Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-03-27
MARTiNsFURG, VA. March Is.
COW ENTiON.

'tNFEtTiDN.
This subject, and another and VET auotbc- roiao
lion OF the proposition To take the sense OF the ncn,e
upon Ii, are again producing ferment in the p;,bc
!nnd, which it Is altogether idle 10 s;npose viii bn
apPeased by any thing short Of fair expression oi
The pubic will In relation it. ny come In liza.
Tesultand without meaning 10 be offensive vc ,,rs,
be permitted to say that il wretcedy short. sin hi,
ed policy which, such state Of tlngs rs rl,c nrc
sent calculates TO avert the by refusing .ci-
'icS Tor aScerta;niD2 whether those who demand il
are, or are not majority. lie knows but little of
mankind who tl.ns. Suci refusal comes 10
US with something like the aspect CT aucacio,s defiance
IL can but arouse spirit of resentment and ano,a
Yate lie evil that II breads by c;-iiug up the s,ions
upon a subject that ought 10 be given cn.ir.!y if
rossih'e' 10 the judgment, exempt from all sinister
Influences.
Popular excitement in free governments is in or
neral 70 be deprecated; ard il was therefore, viii!
gTahLcatTnn that pcrcei:od on Monday last the
hrst Gay OF the quarterly term Of the county cont.
mat instead OF meeting Of the people, which had
been spoken Of, the subjec brought TO the Io;ice
OF the Grand jury hy David II Conrad Esr tio
Attorney for the Commonwealth in lie Superior Court
AT the conclusion OF charge which he delivered r.
IL IN t"e absence aud at the request of Cen BOYD!
tc Attorney f0T ;jlc Commonwealth. The Grant
jury acted upon the 5umrrston and ,jDani;nou. IN
'he pfeseDlmcnt which readers will find below
Composed of highly intelligent summoned from,
every part OF Tie county, without The slirc; refer
encc 10 Tbs subject, lis act is undoubtedly but an &
preston OF the public voice of this ilft-rnoder
a'ed perhaps, by that respect Which intelligent mon
VIII always feel disposed 10 show 10 others IN all
cases where the claim il is not believed IN no
luialy aud totally for f5itei
we would fain hope that this presentmnnt may bc
published in The Richmond papcts-and We are an
ioTHed by some of the Grand Jury 10 request faI
the editors Of the Enquirer ani Wing will law il he,
fore their Ioadcrs.--L Carrie.
We, the members of lie Grand Jury, convened
from The different sections OF The county Of }ekecy
III making the following representation Of grievance.
IN h,tt,,-
upper country; conceive, that we hereby represent
me opinions, and feelings, ola large majority Of our
fellow county :rrn - ~
We deem il ct and proper in ifcir name to exnrsss
our unqualified Interpretation, Of the course pursued
ny majority OF The members uf the present Irrisa-
,uro REPRESENTING n'iaori'y oi The frecmcn of this
ouhonWeai'b' IN rejecting they did the bill rrr.
posing tba the sense Of The GccbCIerq sI,noII I =,
ken, on TIC subject Of a Convention
VIC arc not disposed to enter INTO any elaborate ~
gnneDt to prove that the people in this Commonwealth,
arc nc legitimate source OF powcr-and that the ma
iipIHy Ot republican CoiDmGDy have ri~I TO form
10 modify and 10 amend that ten of Government
winch defines aud cUntrouIs. their rights Because
we 90 not choose, 10 prove orn5bccausc we do not
cnonsc To make question of primary principles which
We nave always understood la be the very spril of or
republican institutions. And '7e appreIcnd as a co.
TotdTy 10 these truths il ~ equally uDCOnroycrfii,lc
iha To thTDw obstacles IN TIC way Of fair erourv
'',o me wishes Of the people, liu,'nad Of aoriin, f.
cihic5 10 ascertain tlfir rue scp,;rcnlel +, anti
ieFU'dc'' Unfair and oppressive That this is more
especially true, wien Is douc by men, who profess TO
oC 'he delegated servants Of fee people; by mon
Who ~ so doing, retain in their o.rl band, an undue
spae 81 P'H'ca' power; by mer who call themselves
or brethren, but by such coirc yoa;i MAKE fl,e,o,
selves our masters.
We affirm uDhcsiiaDgjy, that tbs obs. .aa,e di=rc-
gar" o orr rights, ~ it Is polinc4ilr unjust SO j, il
morally uDIiinj and unrnarI;e!: Is O. avr trer ,,,
10 loo" UTon thc nao2lc of he l,,~cr c,,,rfr as Ic
""''.Y descendants o. those high spirited aud Zee
..',''el men, who While they retained tie study viz
rs % HG'r ancestry. s1rcrad3ed Eaftel and scorn
" l.'A'1I oppression, Uat prompted them 10 hazld
f "'u"chhr ~ The cause oil freedom. ti,cr
",'s, nc" fortune, ard i'cir srcrcJ b9norD That
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