Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-29
From the Lynchburg Virginian
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1t will be seen, from the Legislative proceed
ings, that the House Of Delegates, has given the
go.by 10 the report Of the Select Committee APP
pointed 10 take into consideration Gov. Giles S
recon, inaammato,y commune aion in relation
to those great questions II the Governor may
hc supposed TO have been chagrined al such Il
result, i, is not unreasonable to con jecure tina,
he was l,tle less than Bedlamite when he
heard Of the home ihru,ls aimed at j, mmacu-
late S. IT. bv some who entertain constllu ional
opinions similar 20 his own. Gov CHESS popu :
la,iy has been as short-lived as it was unrxpec-
tcdlv acquired. The paudiis Of the People,
ringing IN his ears, Was sound 10 which be
had been so inug unaccustOmed, that h. thought
no zeal could snfFicirntiy manifest his gratitude
and thanks: and thus, ever eager as he hud been
To run ,lt Of words with friend or foe,
his parnaci"us disposition acquir iourfnId
strength with flee, until il has led lin beyond
the line Of "d,s rrti,n."-Even his pa, izans
found that il .as time TO curb his resi-, en-ss;
and we are c inf ently tod, that if he election
for The Office which he now fills we take
pl c. 10 morrow e nud he perm',eA to re-
tire to his "Wigwam Grammar School," to lash
lis p:inC pies INTO more duc'i!e minds Than h.
mas uy had the fortune 10 come in Contact
with
C,nvcrsjng with freed a few days sirce,
as TO the users ness oiVirginla's ,hrus,ing her
OPT i'm, through rhr medium oflegisa'i,e re
solutions, on The her STATS Of III, Union, so
far as any practical result Nigh, b. an,cipa-
ted from such course; a Il # rs absolute im>
proprety whrn We reflected thai on 'hse, a.
IN most matters, there is il VIE difference Of
sentiment, each ,ide sustained by nearly all e.
quail weigh, Of lalrn, and numbers, he sueges-
t,.I iIa,t III, ri e.
standing committee on State Rights should br
aI.polned at The commencement q! every sss>
sion of he Legislature TO rcmonstra,e against
the right Of the general government to co.'s
siuct roads and canals, to regula e commerce
AID TO con ributs its mi'e 'ow,r,ls the reno, al
Of the free blacks to Afiica. We hope the n
Legislature viii take the in, end amcnd rs
rules to his effect. TIL r, port f go, written
by one mes Ma is N "a ia &C much cel"bra
ted in the chronicles Of thp>e days like sundrv
other ancient and other good books, Is entirety
too ambigu in its language To he understood
and bt>id :, there were no TArf> or Colo "a
ton Spcr ie> though, Of th,n. !, ha> C ,nse>
qnen ly, been gross per- erird by certain learn
ed commentators OF opposite Cr,eds, zach If
whom profess l" belong 10 the only orthodox.
An fficial annurl comm' arv, tn rrfor. p
ceeding from The collective wisdom of HI Sta
{ a no { ii have h. eff, of keeping al win
are disnos d ia wan e. from he rue fash in
L. adinE-,'ring,, and, ut The sam tim guard
from misnrerprt,alro", Mr. Ms exposition OF
the prrn ,p and in,'n, If tn CONSTITUTION,
20 which al after writers have ref r'ed as con-
elusive aud satisfactory. Upon his him, we
We drawn up h fnllnwipg ,esou iors which
we 1T nd 10 hand to the Drlesa es who may
b elected 10 rrprrsrn, us in the next Lcgisa-
t"re, WITH slr"ctlnns 10. support them both by
.heir ,oe, IN Influence, 10 wit:
REVOLUTIONS.
Proposed TO the neat Legislature Of FIR
ginia.
Where's sundr, h"reses have crept into the
administration Of The gen RI government,
Which like all other abuses, being al first small
specks, have by dcgrres, becom hra,y
grievances, portentous os sill greater mis-
chiefs, threatening t. overwhelm tie sta &c gov
elnments and plunge US into the awful grlph Of
consolidate n, against which We were S. FIRE.
quently warned by the admontipns Of on, fore
fathers; And whereas, the people of Virginia
have not ce 4,ed 20 "cry aloud and spare not"
more particularly since The administration Of
aft IRIS was conhded to John Q. Adams, who's
principles, if much longer ected on, We do not
hesitate TO say must lead to the horrible ca'as
trophe which we more deplore than monarchy
or even anarchy: And whereas the pebble hurl-
ed from Mr.. Ma son's sling in 'ss failed to
kill, though it grlr,iously wounded h. Goiah
II neral Construction: Therefore,
R solved, Tina, because Congress has en-
acted various lows authorizing the construction
Il certain roads and canals, he President and
his csbinst are dangerous men and should no
longer bs trusted by prople JEALOUS OF their
liberties.
?. Resolved, That every State ofthis Coniet!.-
rraey has an iuaenaale and indeieasibe right
"a manage its own conrerns,S that any attempt
It the general government to interfere there
IN IS an usurp .,ion, md will he so regarded and
tr at d bv u: and that. therefore the President
end his Cabinet, by arryng into fleet the laws
oi Congress authorizing surveys,and consuucl.