The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-02

nneirut aud inodrru, oi elective monsreli-
is. and sly il they do mol give iohndaiien
for my fssrs. The Konau emp.rofs, the
pnpts, while they we're If AZ, Importance
The Grrnan emprrofs, tIll they became
hereditary ~ practice, the kings OF 20
lad The dtys of the Ottoman d"pead.n-
eies. II may br said that II elections ar.
IL be attended with these disorders. the
schooner They are repeated the better.
Bui experience say s,thal, Ia fee them from
disorder, they must h. rendered less IN
irresiing by necessity nf chaoge. N"
foreign power, nor domestic party, will
waste their bIeod and mDuey to elect a
person who must ~ out AT ihe end of \
short prriod. Tie power of removing ~
cry fourth year by the vote If the Poo
pie, ~ n power which thsy will not exer-
else and flhry arre disposed 10 ex"r-
rise il, they would moi hr PERMITTED. The
king III Ppiand is removable every day by
ihe diet, bnl They never rrmnse hun, nor
would ltut,ia, ih- Emperor, &c. permit
them to- do Il. Smaller objections are the
appeal on matters of fact as we'll as Law I;
and the binding all persons, legislative, RI
~
tain that constitution. | 40 not pretend
Ia decide what would b. the best method
of procuring ihe establishment of IN.
manifold good things 10 This constitution,
and of getting lid Of the bad whether by
adopting II in hopes of future amendment ;
or after II shall have been duly weighed
aud canvassed oy the People, after seeiog
the parts they general, dislike, and those
they generally approve, 10 say III them.
" we see now what yun wish you are
willing To gi,r 10 your Federal Govern
menr such aud such powers /: hut 800
wish, At the sanr time, To have such and
sn.h fundamental lignts secured to you,
and certain sources OF cpnyulslon taken IA
way be u sO-send together your depu
ties again, let them establish your fnnda-
mental rights by A sdcrnsanet declaration,
aud let them pass the parts Of the consti
tuition You have approved. These will
give powers to your Federal Government
sufficient for Your happiness" This is
what might he sad, aud would probably
produce speedy, more perfect, and more
permanent form of government. At all
events, hope you viii not be discouraged
from making other trials, if the present one
should fail-we are never permitted 10
despair of the commonwealth.
have thus told you freely what
like aud what | dislike, merely MS mater
OF curiosity for | know it ia not IN my
power To offer matter of information to
your Judgment, which has been formed
after hearing aud weighing every thug
which the wisdom of man could offer on
these subjects. own am not "A friend
To very energetic Government it is al
ways oppressive il places the Governors
indeed more at their ease, at the expense
Of the People. The late rebellion IN Mas
sachusetts has given Iore alarm than |
think il should have done. Calculate that
one rebellion in thirteen States, in the
couIse OF eleven years, is but one forpach
Stat in a crntur, a d half. No coun-
Try should be 81 long without one, nor i" III
any degree of power in the hands Of Co
$3.50, - -. hand ef power II hea1.%
than with rs, there are seldom half do
Zen years without An insurrection. In
I rance, where IT IS still heavier but less
despotic, as Alontpsquieu snpposes, than
in some other countries, and where there
are always two or thee hundred thousand
men ready to crash Instructions, there
have been three IN the course ut the three
Years have been here, in every Que of
which, greater numbers were engaged
than IN Massachusetts, and a great deal
more blood was split. In Turkey, where
the sole nod of the despot ~ death, iosnr-
recilons are the events oil every day. Com
pare again the ferociou. Expectations of
their Insurgents with the order, the mode
ration, and the almost seIf-exllug ush.nrnt
of ours, and say, finally, whether peace Is
best preserved by giving energy TO the Co
.ernuent, or Information TO the Peo le.
This last is the most certain and the most
legitimate engine Of Government. Edn-
cate and inform the whole mass of the
People, enable them to see that II is their
Interest 10 preserve peace and order, and
they VIII preserve il; and it requires no
very high degree Of education to convince
them Of this: they are the only sure rei-
ance for the preservation Of our liberty.
After all, It's my principle that the will
Of the maj 1rity should prevail. If they
approve the proposed constitution 10 all
It's parts, shall ncur 10 it cheerfuly, in
hopes they will amend il whenever they
shall find 1t works wrong. This reliance
cannot deceive US, as long as we remain
vlrtuous and think we shall be that, as
long as agriculture is our principal object
which will be the case while there remain
vacant lands in any part of America
When we get piled upon one another in
large cities, as IN Europe, we shall become
corrupt as in Europe, and go to eating one
another as they do theie. have tired
you 10y this time with disquisitions which,
you have already heard repeated by o.
Tiers Thousand aud thousand times,
and therefore shall only add assurance of
the esteem and attachment, with which
have the honor TO be, dear Sir" SC.
From the London Literary Gazette.
BONAPAkTE'S GRAVE.
From the Journal of ii Gentleman Just re-
turned from India.