Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-03-22

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authority bv onr constitution thar ,hn, .h''
of EnyIand should b,ro 5000, :. ~ '.s LIS W'
plish const;tut;onP We REGARD ,b;. c,,,,,. f 49,,
quality i'm orr ,enrescnto,;on n. ,,,nra,ho ;,,io
frusihlo on any nr;nc;rIc az ;rL. o,:
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leTisvsturo ~ VI, .,,:, b -. r ',....,I-,i'
to declare the s,n,iro.,,, ~ H. So o,, o,,os
tons Of nhstrar, ,,I;.v ~, -. -, 1t
membc, of that BODY to cxDres, ~, s,nt;ma,ts If
those whom he, re,nrc.epts AID vt ~. s,,t;,,nn,
of the State NAV he ,nisranrnsen,ed WV Re-.
cause, the majority of IN. Legislature H., not rom
resent n majority of the ,nonlr
We are vet &, voupr nn,r,o o,r noJ;,;,,I doc
TIMES are but very imoefactlv IcvcI,,oJ Ths
relations in which we stand - tbn ,,n;on and our
own pa, ticular afli,s ne !, sovero;nn s,,te mus,
continue 10 increase ,h. 5eIc.,.,, and a;n;l1v &c
cur ierisIotion Ouo.tiors Of I'LL ;,r,on.o
must be aritateI and doterminad Inv omr Iem;sl,-
ture because This is ths hr,r,.i, of ,rnrarn1nnn,
through which the no milo daI;hor,,. ,nL rasa,o
If we do not mistake the omen of the ,;nas o,r
futnre history will h.. vnrv d;tr,rnn, G.,, 10 ms,
Hitherto we have cpcontare ,,ono nC $50 r,Ic
shocks of poIitical conmo,one which sb,l,o the
tirmcst civil institutions t Their co,,r and vb;cb
could not fail TO dissolve rho clunsv air;c of mr.
Constitution The ne,nIe of Viry;n;, b,yo nat
vet degcnerated from, the b;gb stoo5ord ~ ,,LIic
virtue and patriotism which was established bv
OR forciathers they have infused into their an.
vernnent spirit Of harmony aud iust;ce which
would have rendered the "Reminiscences of the
worst form of government acce,.be R,t tboeo
things will not continue Govo.nme,ts n,,ur,lly
grow more corrupt "a they orr, older and th.
time will be here as il has been evorv whore olso
when our rulers will FORGET riuht to nursun the
eXpedient" When hat time arrives we ca, M
longer RELY ON tho nuhIc wine oc the noonIe ~,
correct and restrain the ;ptrioues and Wees of in
ordinate ambition Tho non1Io ,,,,s, ,bo, IooL 20
their government for those cbecks and balance.
which are not TO he found in orr const;,nton
We have already lived to hon, ronresent,t;vac Of
the people on the floor of onr Jeg;sIatnro claim
the right under this constitution to exercise nil
powers which are not prohibited bv its oyprcss
letter. One step further in this sort Of deduction
will bring us to the doctrine of parliamentary oni
impotence, which constitutes the IMAGINARY bull
wark of English liberty. It is time to define
the powers which belong to our legislature by
more specific enumeration when thew are claimed
by such construction as this.
The long sessions of our LEGISLATURE aud the
great difficulty with which the mist ordinary bu
siness &c GENERALLY TRANSACTED ,ro Observation-Disclosures
to which the annual drafts on the treasury bear
ample testimony. These inconvenience proceed
from the unwicldy character of that BODY It is
too often converted int, a mere deb,ting society.
for the rhetorical exhibition of Young graduates,
and the business of the country is forgotten in a
confusion of tong';as The connection between
constituent and representative should MT be SO
intimate as to render Legislature unnecessarily
numerous, nor so remote as to render the dele
gate stranger to the interests, feelings and opin-
ions OF those whom he represents In the larger
counties of the state, our present number of del
egates might be safely retained, but it mirht be
very properly reduced in those small counties.
where the whole number of lreeholders scarcely
serve to form militia comnapV Tbc-o &c SnraI,