The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-05-01

,ben will DO ~ HnN, ~ say irt
tI.,.,sr Of ID rgates amend thor 'uIrsas
W. .',,.liog committees, ard INSTEAD 81
70 or fnrty mrmbrIs zach, let lhtm
t"s' A., On ar ninc, and let them b.
Gun. ,lents aud hn-innss. Admirable!
then where are those men at talents
P' k..s,oess to BIZ had II they are IL
.,,.p tbre are NOW placed on thu dfi-
-" committees: and ] suppose the al
I'll number tagged Ia the r"nmltte"
,yho according Ia the Col. spend thrlr
i, Richmond vanitIes. ond d. not at
committees at all. would IN no way
ode the operations at ii. seven ar nine
-. men Of whom the committees, acchr-
-, his advice, are hereafter tn consist
n. saws seven IN committee nov compose
,-,,,n for business: then why do not
.ha seyeu wise MN who agreeahly 10 bls
I'm are To compose the committee, as
H., nnst now he ~ the different commit
..as ifind.pd they are IN the house at all,
Ill members arr placed on some com
',;,ter, prnceed % do the business without
..,.rd 10 those who spend their tune Ia
'lIaneas and dissipation Their presence
= aot nnw, the Col. says, necessary IL hp
.;,,,s AID am snre from his account Of
t,sm I should reg lrd their absence as IA.
,anrabl, 10 liz dcsp trh. Then why is 1t
,,t DONE The answer IL pIa'u. You
,,onot find tie seven or nine men Of tai
and hnsiues- in the house for each nf
.,o committees aud unless the Col. eau
AID .om. expcdirot by which they can b.
rn,,.n thrre, fear the day of ms apotho
sanolliIcd rrtortnpr, ~ yet far dlstant
H., J. h.
cum talks Of putting seven r rine men of
bnsincss add talents on each Of The standing
committees, to initiate the st,le in which
,.c.jpts were drae II in old cookery book
!; these the cook was at the top If the re-
r,lpl for dressiag any particular thing, .e-
re indlcfously remind d that the thing To
he dressed was first Ia be obfa'ued.
BIT examine this hrme little further:
The commuters, says the Col. shall con.
.it Of seven; tl.ere are sixteen standing
committees believe. Then there will be
one hundred and twelve members of the
House employed On Committees, leaving
about one hundred and four unpmplnvcd
Now ad litting for the sake of argument,
that the nnp hundred aud twelve wise men
could hp found in the house how In the
whom two TIN d5 assem- lied on the first
dly of a sesslun are stranger, select them
from the MIXED crowd of fools and wise
men confess | cannot perceive, nnIcss
wisdom or folly should be- more lrgiblv
written IN Their foreheal4 than nature has
shought il necessary 10 do with the rest of
mankind Bnt admnting it were thus
plainly written, there is vet, as have heard,
some danger thdt the house As the fools
will have some share IN his rlectIonl might
h. presided Owe: by speaker who, let
dSme Nature write IN her most clerkly
hand would vet he unable to Rad il. Bat
admit I'm that they were there aud that
IRE Speaker coutd have discrrnmrHt 10
tUoE, ard Integrity t. s, 'ert them what,
[tould crave Ia know f the Col. does he
intend IN do with the one hpudrcd Nnd
t'es remaining members, fools ~ wise
men, dL,sipated or staid2 They az still
tprrspntat - of thu sovereign people
tar penp' who, according 10 the constju-
tnD nod tn reason too are the Judges, have
SID by elrctng them that they are u re
crescent hem aud protect their intrrrats.--
lloes there III ought here, ~ resld" any
t-herr b. prWer t,sIy thai these men ti,us
sLrrted, shall h, deprived Of their right IN
the business thos wrrr sem to transact =
kot 10 put them on Committees would
have thai Effect: for III thu business of the
house IS matugcd aud digpst"d bV the com
rliiprs, and il is there The Col. himself ad-
mis- m"nber may be m At actively USE
MI Fellow CIfzsus What would be your
Feelings II, after having T. The hrst of your
skl'l and discern rent exercised the InTaIn-
able right ofthe elective ftanch s. IN choOs-
i'E I" o men 10 represen Mt the county, you
should find that in pursuance of this new
scheme, they were stigmatizpd as fouls, oI
what Is not much better, that they were
rorked out as wanting tal,nfs far business
and when any proposition WAS hrfGe
FHmDlftee, affecting your local interest,
rat Your members. instead of haviag a
right tn advocate il b, fore The committee
were necessarI, compelled To become sup
fAants Ia some member of The committee
n DO thai for them " hich wa sent them
there to Il" for you2 yet this is the lrg,ti
mate eject of the Coz. scheme. Arror
mHg Ia thr rllre of tn II use as they now
Ad0o, and 10 th"y ought to stand, t
member be not an a commute" tn which
BUSINESS touching the interests If his COIN
Y y referred, he may, on suggestinp Of the
Gct as understand the Col. be added TO
mai committee, that he may be able 10
e'>chargr his duty to his constituents. And
Rf not apparent even % us who are "uu-
fds"t rntiritns." Gnuw citzcns, that it
l. fIg't II should he 81 and it aIeo condn
.rs 10 thr saving of lime, as no member,
la'I or wise, would tamcly acquipare in
'r 'rp"rt ola Comm tr in which he had
IA vote. and before " hich he h i no OPP
p"Tonly of asserting IN" rights of his
county. Constant attempts would he
aaat to change the reports of the Com
mnIers, IN Die hnns- rndLess deh-tcs