The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-04-20

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r. such place as the city "i Richmond
ofall ,oIticai maladirs, the spirit 81 over
,.sislaiion winch per''des our oouaclls
..a,b,ps prodaces the most injurious effects
rbrre nv been Al dill rem ,essioae since
nv, hern ia the Legislature two attempts
.It.r the linIe oi mretua ut the General
.spmrly, To tn Last dstrai OF ta- irst
n,,da, III Dtcrinoef. Ihip aupro led,
,onA inerd wnhid he a salutar,
-,,,snrr. far they cannot be got 10 SCI IN
bnAlp.ss seriously MI after Christmas
ph. reason is obvious IL man who has
,d some experience there. but perhaps
..t,aot he well conceived ol hs ptfsoa In
MOI. never nenhtrs, and are oi too great
18th to detail here. There have hren At
iva first sessions attempts to remove
- as,t of Government from Richmond
s.b,en sincerely regret did not prey All IL
,h,agb voted agalnst the proposition but
yhasr been darlus Tie two last sessions,
.onpIetely convinced, that such remo, al
,.nghr 10 take place, and that 1t would be
productive OF great good to the political
rommauity for, out ot the circumstance
ofhoIding ne Government IN Richmond,
ar,srs our long sessions. The reasnns are
,,,,ly shown above. IN Redmond mfu-
INC. arises the eAtfaVa6dnt and idle tx
...oairnre If many thousands oil dollars,
h..tA4 The annual excessive appropriation,
c,Dr.xpensrs of ths tieu"ral Assembly.
rit, lohnrnce caunot operate upon
bVlgarth CaboliDa Assembly, sitting in
pIIgt. Snch lnduencr could not o. rate
= unon nur Lrglslafnre, sitting IN Wnchrs
A., Staunion, Lexington, Pattoushars,
ryncbhurg, New Glasgow (or any where
.se bat ntar the University They never
.ouid in the ndture of the Ease, be large
cl,ss; and Rc0mOud,i II deprived OF the
Government, must continue To prosper
And there Is more than suthclruey ot
p1bIir property fmuch of who, IL fast go
itg mo a state al dIIapldatlon and decay )
tnau wn4ld .aA Tor all the necessary build
ing, for ne Go'trnmrnt II soid at far
urIce, or what It would command. The
circumstance of refusing Ia TAX. the seat
al Government 10 a more central situation,
ICepl SURF, is one malu Cause OF such clam
n,rs tom the Northwest, upon the subject
nj con,enliou. they believe that II
xonld b. removed. aud that TO otannton. or
that section Ut country. IL They can have
,hat M ch weigh III thr cont enlipn, thy
en- succerd IN another, and 10 tue People
M tnat SIDE OF the nountaln more lmpor-
t.nt never aud wrlglt M atte legislation.
A, the Northwrstrr Peopl" ha,r perhaps
prudenily vested their wealth III fertile
hands, and live stock, they can be able Ia
Mace the burthen of taxation upon the
Shoulders If those, the policy OF Whose
6orrta,hers has been Ia vest lhrir capital in
III
talny have. # by the provisions Of Con-
yrntioa they can let lnto their and, on both
SIDES Of The mOupiain, to an equal partlcl-
patton IN the government, all such as may
choose 10 vest their capital III any thing but
slaves, or IN such Invisible property, as
Cannot be subjected to taxatlnn aud all
those who are so abandoned As not TO take
care To accumulate property OF any knd,
sufficient 10 MAINTAIN then wives and chil
d en- tand vi no are left IN many Instances 10
hr Supported BY the ppny Efforts OF Ine wife
or upon the charity OF nelghbors,) aud also
the most OF lads and young men who are
subject IL bear arms, under nur eX1sling
laws Bring about such a state at things.
aud thed indeed may we expect our iegs
Eliyp balls To bp filled with " unf dyed po-
baClaus," which Is s. loudly complliued OF
b, snnp of the reiurmlSls Thru may ~
expect universal emancipation tn follow,
Arising out Of the burtbcn of taxation sod
support ot our slave population, thereby
Yenderrd orsr than ust l.s- Ia the owner.
We might then surrender our lads "uhau,
any consideration but personal safety Ii
e,ing 10 some othpr country, fol an asy-
bum from the pesliterous Influence of Tree
negroes and molattoPs, whom 1t l. perhaps
even now liz unuaton Of sumr 1T the o.
thrr estates attended To let ato an qua
participation Ia thu government with the
tree whites OF the country. This, perhap-
might bea gratifying spectacle IN those
people 4 other states bordering nn onl
DorlhWrstrln frontier, and from whom
some OF our people nave caught Pc maps
ffip c"nt.slou, ttvtr oi rn,docipaien.-
Some of me rtlul ulsts complain mat oul
construction does nol permit every ma
and boy who rs suhJecl Ia bear Hns, Il
vote and be- voted for, at rt,eians, aIjho
tbs Is d service they owe ~ thosr VII
bear the bnrthen ut lhr Chdrg,s If the gov
eHm.0t, ,shrn protects h.n N TIM Ii, -
ihrrlt ana property, # by 'onfss 81 IN
dusty, honesty and temperance they
ehoosr Ia acquire property; ana VINO
when they brar arms dun sen' thor coua
~, that county always stands ready Il
pay thrm for such service.
The Returmlsts complain of unequal re
Presentation, 10 tie different counties. =
To this, lansner that the large aud SINAI
Counties ar" ST. equally dispersed, one Il
monsst another, tbat all sections of thu
Slate, the eIsl, The west. the north and tn
south, are pretty equally represented an'
a. ali forms of governments, as well a.
odloary acts OF legislation. are matter
accompanying, the compromise "" h'i'
Prrhaps as good as any we can get