Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-02-12
s'rom The Richmond Enquirer.

ascr'oeu' - some one or other Of the many" un-
si'a'nasn ,hat are daily going on. ~ the Urand
mnlpma,, Of life. This happens, IN some cases.
.,a', tho Glamour and vociteratlon OF those VINO
ara interested in deceiuing IN Others from Me
:. arc and glitter and glistenlns' OF tinsei orha
,nssnts-from the exhibition OF seeming strehsln
~ :. fnr.on TO those who are holding out inc
coirs: !. in all from want Of due attention
~ tha origin, the inherent principles, ana leslu-
conseuuences OF the subject presented 70 US.
,vbe truth of this remark must at once De recoS
.,;..l nv al-even by the least ohseryant. II Is
sngrested to my mind, at present, by close ana
80 If the composition and true character o.
'3'THE ADAMS CONVENTION Or flhui-
MA" :,o.o1 that holv On
.ieJ 70. on any acknowledged principles relative
TO political associations was a.'a, Wall a.
;shpd ~ the result of that examination. wei as
Us nersuaded that its members had been APP
no;ntej by meetings. respectable only as 10 the
prs;vate character of the persons composing mem
Nod MT dreamed of the rast disproportion winch
: fund 10 exist between the number OF those per-
sons and the aggregate population which their ue-
lepatcs profess to represent
THAT assembly has erred in the very tue u mas
assumed 1t is not the Adams Convention ., ~
gna. The People disown It the pure, ihaepen-
S5snt substantial yeomanry discaim IT, the plum
dared nloughman'' denies it: the genuine repuoli,
$50 "a the Iand-whether of town or country, OF
a'onnta;n or yalley-have shewn that they VIII
4 6 taste not, touch not, handle not the accursea
tbnun All, all protest against having 'he name
IF v;rg;nia sullied, BY connecting 1t with body,
bosa views are at open with her best leeiihSs
\ her dearest interests, and most sacred rights
But will not expatate on this point II cannot
escape even him that runs; u comes mount " ~.
hnsnm and sensibiities Of every man, who IS prouh
If Ire State, Of her principles and consistency; u
i one about which the people are alike Jealous ana
4 INDIGNANT. Dismssng it, then, and proceeding
~ nv obicct-I beg leave, very conciseiy, 70 Jay
befure the public the result OF my reflections mos.
resnectfuly to invite their attention; and, ny way
Of demonstrating its correctness; to submit aiso
synopsis, which, am persuaded, VIII cohanct tllen'
70 the same conclusion. do it. not from any rear
that this Grand Convention Will pass IA ms ola,e
Gar much more than its worth but, that the people
nr other States may set il down only at ITS true
A v.lne- Here we know what it is--how II was De
,nttpn-that il arose from mere " dust IN inc Dal
ssncs, Here it was conceived brought forth
had its ephencral ben.-and suffered the PanSs
If dissolution. We understand its pedigrce-were
nresent at its birth have witnessed ITS own con
vulsiye throes, as well the intense interest anu
anxious vigs Of its dotng nurses, " IRON tue era
die to the tomb have seen II :. damned 70 ever
n last;no fame" and caretessiy thrown over lh'
wall 4, the bottom Of the garden without icelin;
anv nitv for its fate Here, we know It is no
the Convention of Virginia
But to proceed this State has population 0
III az one million and sixty odd thousand nhabtant
and embraces los counties. Now, out OF s,rt
COMMITTEES which sent Delegates to tins Convention
they send the dsproportionate number OF (b) TO
bunared md si.rtu-seren Delegates e.rclnsire
eieren sent by the City Of Richmond, the Boroag
q of NorfoIt and Town Of Petersburg making a
E3 aggregate Of ~ t,ro hundred and seceny-ptgh
@ Delegates 4! !-,chich e.rceeds, By strty four "a
Ell ,phole number (cl of members belonging to the pop
ular branch of our State Legislature; and IS NOR
busirtu fire, than the mhote Number (d) q Repre-
ssntati,es in Con@ress!!! And this anonstrou
s,rarm of Delegates is created By Go twenty eigt
hundred and nineteen persons ONLY, out Of Pol
ulation of more than spren hundred thousand !!
III fbl(e0 Those who are disposed to test the acct
| racv Of this result, may do 50 by crticls'nS "
L subloined table. 80,
T Out Of the many striking points, exhibited b
This fable. solicit attention TO the three follow
ing.
I /. The City Of Richmond, ioih apopulati,onn
but t,relre thousand, (f) gets up meeting 81 Jo'
hundred persons (the Administration men say ~
or sic huntred) -,chpn the meeting an the ttte'
sprpral counties of amelia, Botetoart. Cntpepe
Haifar, Henrico. Hanorer, King and Queen, 10
isa, Monroe, Nelson, Pittsyiraain. Powhafta
Rockingham, Shenandoah, and StcDora-contaae
snS more than two hundred thousand (g) souls
,cere altogether attended By only four hundred al
Ten persons. .and if ,ce concede to the meeting
Richmond. the number claimed for it By its friend
ne may add The counties of albemalre. Caroline Al
| Fauquier, haring population Of more thGn si'r
thousand, (h) but furnishing only one hundred Al
L ninetytouards the complement Of the meetings
thot a population Of tioeIre thousand contributes
largely as population but little short Of t,co M
drpd aud serenity thousand! ~
HI .. But the sir hundred persons, collected
K Richmond, send only rHR ZEE Delegates nhilst
+ sir hundred others. dispersed orer eighteen con