The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-08-04
IHE VIRGINIA.,
LfNcHBURu, AUGUST J. -
THE STANTON coSyENrIo..

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LIE IL sfAuNToN coNVENrIoy
This body has met and has adj,
lis proceedings have been, aswas eye,
temperate and firm. 1t has poia,nA
the defects which il thought uers,.'
ed IN The constitution Of the Stat. ?.
adopted such measures to procpra : 7a'
lneadmeht as its best judgement d..
T" here are all tn. evils, and tsrn.n
c"''lnoil"ns prescribed by the e,ooss..
OF ms measure, as its ceriain coara.a;,...
they came like shadows; and >.
they nave departed. - Ours. tb.nah
signed to be a pure democracy. and ;.f
mixed one. is yet not "A so,.rn.so,,.r..
moo. Our citizens can assemb,,. n.,o..fs-
aud suggest measures for the e.,a,,,
without any danger to the publ, NJ
and without disturbing the nul,l;,. -
IL needs no riot act To warn, nor b..
guards to dispense them The ST..
Convention has quietly met. 'aet.d ..ss
harmony aud deIberalion, and na.,A..t,
adjourned. The members hav,, -
to their homes, with theirconyietioa, -.
necessity of reformation, fortified by tia.
'Ideuce that they are associated with -.
ofthe best aud some of the abl.st No,
the State, aud with fresh determination +,
persevere IN their endeav0nrs. Will. H..
are assured that numerous pbalanv en-
y embodied, will be ready to suppor, tban,
at the Polis-the legitimate arena for cipi
zens Ola free government 10 fight their hat
ties.
What has the Staunt one ,onyattio, a.,
1t has declared that it deems the State Co.
stltntion defective and it has shown WIZ,
these defects are. 1t has determined -
present memorial to the next Legisla-
ture, praying that body to make pro,isioc
by law for taking the sense Of the neonJo
at the next Spring elections, whether tber.
shall be Convention or not-and has a..
donted measures to procure petitions To
the Legislature TO this effect from ,yr,v
quarter of the State. It is asked, Does no,
the question stand nor just ,ohers Il did be-
fore =? We answer, no. For while IN.
Meeting, by declaring that the friend,
of amendment deprecate any act which
might tend to impair the independence Of
the Judiciary, has silencpd one great ohr
lection to IA Convention, il has shown, that
with regard to the prov isions which are
deemed radically wrong, although there
may be some difference of opinion anons
them, yet, that in the main they ara more
united than their adyersarles have been
willing To admit Still more has been cf,
fected. The people have been led to scru,
tinize the subject more closely. aud To-
yestigate it with more fearlessness. They
no logger feel that foolish awe ia approach,
ing the Constitution with which endeaYnis
have been made to invest the subject aud
what the great body of the people do oOt
feel, they sill not feign, They begin to
Look upon it as the work Of men, Gilibie
like themselves, and equally as liable to err
--of men, not guarded from wrong views
of things 10y a superior degree Of wisdom
or virtue aud who. on the other hand,
were more liable to commit faults, from
the circumstances which the opponents
of convention adducc as giving superior
intrinsic vale To that instrument. We
allnde to the period of its formation.
when the elements Of the ancient govern
ment were ia confusion, and every man wa.
eagerly anticipating, not the return of peace,
and the establishment Of order, but the
commencement of d contest in which the
safety Of this temporary fabric would be
threatened with assault from within and
without, findeed it were not annihiatcd,
we hope that every friend of ConYen-
ton in the State will second the views Of
the Staunton Meeting, by signing The Me-
mortal to the Legislature issued by it, and
which we suppose will be generally cir.
culated, that the enemies of reform may.
not have the plea to shelter them a51i5
that the people here not peiitiOned!
won TIL AMERICAN REVIEE-.No. AZ.
ABSTRACT coSTIsuEp.
Art. s. Recoiiectioas Of the PeRiasula-N
the author Of Sketches cf fndi0.-lhe keFie"'
ers, remarking that this little boo; is not 50
uiuch Recollections of the Peninsula as 1t IS
recolIectons of what was done in the PENN
sula, between 1909 Glthc end ofthe wal, that
mart of the Rritish Army 10 (which the aniho'
was attached, proceeds to give three ortouf eN'
tracts from it, & makes up the rematnder o.
long number with The description % - u lhe