The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-03-02

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the freonHan That wien fbe robei ini hid
boep suppressed. . re-. uen' OF Bfttsh soldiers
rhs sent user 20 euieros the arbitrary met
suses winch had produced t. Ihat TIE king
! cenpelvtl Tie trembling bmfgesses, 70 whom he
held at pardon aud obiisiouon the one h9nd.
tod hayalcis aud ialiers on to nthet, 10 enaei
many oppressive and arbitrary laws. Finally
,Haf -, y "a his regiment OF m~ercenatirs, he
did nj caadfseend 10 gk the colonial legisl1-
ture 10 lHlit Ite righi Of suffrage b. laN. but
placed i hiostlf 90 its present footing by in
.t uraag ms Governor s. thn the mtHlbc0 NJ
me assembly Aguid BE- ehota by freeh0fdcrg IN.
~ Iou bad nbt then forgotten, | say, the
a.rth aid parcntage of tbs ituilatOn of the
ights e the peapie-of TINS freehold suffrage
- shlci, many honest leprbliclns, at tits day,
regu4i Is the very palladium Of their liberties.
On viewed i in il proper ligbt, san afisto-
c,atc ineiiulion. wholly Incompatible with the
principles vowed IN the ieclari tion Of rights os
fteJasis ufthc eong;tuiion ofl1.6.
Ncfhrf we're you less satisfied Of the abSrdi-
", on lrpubhcti principles. If the eYIaf repre-
seutati5n 81 counties 50 exceedingly H%HtYunt IN
population, AID promising TO be stii mofc 50.
Bur tho samp iufnuation winch induced feliE
10 postpone, tll d a more convenient season. -
the most important Of all concerns, operated on
Won You postponed the revision OF The consti-
luton ~ 6 a more convenient season, y hoping
that, bad a. these things were IN hcory, no prne-
iraf efit would result from them, IA least ior "a
considerable irne,
You had staked your lives a. d fortunes on the
rofrteta'ss Of HE republican hc0rg OF govern.
ment, aud YET ypn srre guilty of the weakness
# suppeslng thai you might dcpnri from ~ ~
essential aud sital points, without impclitliug
souf iheetes. ron continued 10 believe deYpuf-
" IN the theory. and to disregard il in practice.
ltmc, which tests all things, has tested the pru-
lcacc Of such a course.
Forty years have r He'd by, and what Is Your
present state Rop harc Inst yonrt %5eriie8 aad
gop ire uRdsr an us~nrpingsaaa irresponsible oi-
.FUchg. pu 5#te changed your matters n
London ior masters IN ihrhms nd. lie OH
Rlrchs ~ L6adon we're moi Without hcrr friends.
supporters aud ptrtizans in ylteima bun the
majority ofthc people were against them, aud
they utterly dIslcearded the will of that maio-
rlty. So Is itnow. The actual efficient gov
crmnsnt Is composed Of a bare majority in the
house o. delegates, representing about 22O,UND
%citi2ens. lha jHaia Of loi men rules die statc
aud has the hpldncsg, Wilde the Individual, com.
posing II stu III Themselves rfpubheoas, openly
TO SGT ~ defiance tin cIcatly expressed viii Of a
mhiorlty of about 81 600 c%itizens.f
lhis Is a tyranny, according to the old and
established meaning of the term. Ever since
the vote was tlkcn III the house Of delegates N
the present session, on the convention question.
which vote clearly showed what was the will "a,
u large majority OF the people, the government
DE jafio has been Il tyranny and IN usnrpataa
As such II may rlghtluily bc put down by force
of arms, ifneedtnl, and ought TO be q nut down
were II not apparent that the object can he n
tanned, with d little delay, by poaceuble mca.
sutcs.
fon will be told, fellow-citi7eng, that This Ian
euage IS scdltlous and violent. .StIyiolU II n,,,.
be, as II arrnigns our masters in Richmond Ia
tore the bar Of a tribunal which thcy utterly dcs
pisc-the tribunal of public o~pinian-and ace
,rs them of trampling on the libcIiils of lRr
country, ItoieHt II may bc-but they have
committed violence on the most sacred primer
pies of or government, and il is lime fsr all
VII" love then country, and do not mcan 10 sur
Icoder thcn libcIncs without a strnegle Ia
pt"h pllinlY, at least. But, if II be sFdtion.
md ,ipIent. It is nevertheless true.
| hive sud, HAT, since the late rejection nj
thf convention bill, the government III igci1 Isl
tyranny aud IN "surpation, aud not a lautnI
gotcrnuIrnt which We are bound tn obcy tn
ieat the correctness of this assertion let as refer
ia the solemn desluation, which Won made
1900 49, ~ ~ ~ IN w FfhIliI11. oil tho
principles by which Sou justified yonr rebellion.
AMI on which YOU meant to found your new m.
stitotious.-lou declared.
That all power is vcstod in, aud consoaucnt,y dcr,,.
"a ifon' the people that magistrates are their trn.te,s
aud ,sf'aits, aud al III timrf nmenablr 10 thcm.o
ih'i government SIS, Drought tn DO, insulated fr tho
hrnCht, protection and security, Of ia, tnsnpl,
q Ha1us o. community. Of all the ynrio4s mndas nm.
forms Of GOVERN ent -thht Is hrst, IS Which Is cnp,bl. :
The greatest degree Of happiness, aud s1f.t,
1ni it nost c|tertullIV sccnr1 apAuat fhp dancer ~
nlil,li n,nlsiration and that when any government
hail he found inadequate or contrary to thr,c purno.es
. N laf ~ Of TN community hath an iudI1ituIie, 1pnI,rn.
able, aud ndrfsInblc iipht, to reform, alter, or eh.5gb II
~ sir1 N ninef u shall ~heindgod most conduel,o to The
p1tlic wci.' "
Hero Is n solcun declaration orthc rfcat prip.
1}h- Which wa engraved on the hearts OF all
tbe enlightened friends Of liberty, long before
tn GLORIOUS era OF the revolution, -orthc nm
cirle "hioh. M fact. produced the revolution
nat Thtn Il government is found jaa{eqnaie or
chRtrarg N ne purposes tor uhirb an eoreru-
nlelts are instituted, a maioJ1y ftbc psople has
Il r1gbt 70 reform, after or nbohsh IT."
Nv II IS a notorious flct that eyer since the
year l1sl, AT least, a portion Of the good nro-
pie OF THIS commonwealth has entertained aud
the opinion, that the CASE hyualheti.
cailV stated IN the " declaration Of rights nc
Exists IN NlrGnia-that the government
.H' q '"t'h lhdueVhHte or contrary 10 the
purposes fer which il was instituted. Hose who
entertain this opinion have, for ten years past
confidently believed and insisted, that they con-
a q" majority of tle comnuuil and
tat hey had, by the very terms of the bill of
nights, and m conformity with the grant hu1du.
9lthiai thrs Of all representative dcmocracics. a
10 alter the government" In support
Of taIs heiiei and assertion, anterior to Is45.
ia'N referred 10 the convention bill which pass.
ID the touSe ofdelcpates in 1910, and was voted
Tar ny tlc representatives of a great mainriiy
~ IL peopl' Itey insisted that that bIl, with
thf other previous, cotemperantous and sub>r-
qh'ni demoustratlous Of public opinion. made
out Al least a primo furIr case in favor Of the
proposition, IN Il thcPsople wished tor a change
Of nc constitution. They contrnd,d that the
evidence was strong enough, a~tleas,. to impose
On III legislature the duty ct providing tIcti-
t1rs ior taking the sense OF tue people. on this
question N a peaceablc aud orderly man
q o.. That It - as at least clear. and beyond MI
thai a large majority of the people
MS led a la" 10 be passed tor taking their sense.
IA such peac' ahle and orderly manner, with a
We" 10 franquiilizc the public mind, and to pre-
N.nt commissions. bIaiiS and rfVil uor md III