Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-05
VIRGINIA CONVENTION.

From the Correspondent Of the Fredericksburg reno
| RICHMOND, OCTOBER 80, 1929.
The doings of the Con. ention-if sayings
NAV be called doings now oil profound
and deepeniug interest. Since The drba,e open.
ed on Monday last, there have been 9 speeches,
of which all we're respectable, and TWO or three
very powerful
| The eagerues. with which auditors press 10
h. ar these illusions, proves how mu h our race
hungers and thirsts at er eloquence; consr-
ouently, how po,rnt an engine it isin social al
fairs-how well wor h acquiring the mastery
of. The squeezing is almost ,nsuHerable. Yes
,e,day. | STOOD from 10 o'clo, k till 2 (nearly)
part Of the time on one ieg-and "bored
with elbow points through both my sldes.-
Even this poor accommodation too, obtainrd
only by goiug 10 the Capi oil an hour before
the .i' ing This morning, hall an hour ear
lier, mob of US gathered al the Hall door,
which, for some urkaown reason,waS not opens
e i'll ten. TIL, n he rush would infsilibiy nave
demolished a dandy, # any had been am ing US
BENG, luckily, one 1T the forem ST., IN the
scramble TIA eusued for places, | go' seat,
whence anv SPOKE sman might be seen and
heard By novel arrangement, l'dirs are adj
miued to hose outward seats Of the Hall. here.
,of,re assigned only 20 dignitares OF the State
and Federal governments: and seizing unon
this fresh privilege -xlortrd from masc uline
courtesy, 100 or $50 fair faces exhibited them
selves there on the Two last days. Unless they
an,i' ipatt some express share in The ensuing
DIS riSution Of poIHica al franchises and powers,
20 learn the xercisr IL which they thus throng
the lobby, it would seem to ne b. tier that WE
should BE- allowed the b. ST opportunity OF hear
ing these great discussinns; not because we are
4 unn hnr oil ph
mar assrr,s) Of III mare worthy & nder but
Lrcause, being to administer the governmrn',
and practise (f we can) hr eIoqnence, in which
such luminou, hs,ous are now giving, II con
Germs Us mos 10 hear them.
You are doubtless aware, hat all rhr sspeech-
e., mentioned were upon The momentous
question, wine ,her representation should BE- ap-
D riorrd according 70 vie population alone,
O, conformity with farnnon Grn TAYLoR's
was, Indeed, cou he'd under differe" "ca-
sion-a motion 10 amend mr. Bill t Rights.
Blu his drift was essentially itr same The
contest now turns, in point OF form. upon Judge
GREENS mo'ion, to amend the 'epor' # he
L g,sla,i,- G .mmt,es Recommending Uhitc
population Exclusively for the II use ut Deir-
ga,es) nv So, utlng fpr " erclusiUely," the
words combined Nth faraiion'"
Against this ame pdmrht. VI ssrs COOKE.
(of Fredetick) DoDDRIDGE, BALDWIN and
ELL have taken u, hoor: for 1t, Me ssrs. GREEN,
UpsHuR. BARBOUR and MoRRIs heard OILY
the two las, on ca, h side; NJ UPsHuR's dis
play hos commanded he most applause. AS
printed in lhe newspapers, II IS an able speecb
but Judging from his mos, frlioi Gus delivery
while makiog a short explanation The other
day, and from many inaocursciesi" the reports
Of other 81 erches that heard, d" n" doub
thai 10 am're resde' its powerll> very family
preserved L e'iri"d cla;,s Of app aus from
some Of the lobby canaiHe; whom we may re
joice to find, not On tue ,a6'c1i >ice. It re
foI mrr's speech had been thus received, Dis"r- |
gaLrzers, Jacobins, Moboerots wo,,d have been
the mildes, cpl hr applicable 10 Us
Il Is impra't icahle, by a"y SUNNI y"f mine,
to give Gear i'd 81 all he grounds occupied
or trav-rsed by the cnamp,. ms of each side -
Ye am no, sensible that any views entirely
novel haze ben presented 20 me: at IL as' OF
grand results. In the exhibition "f de ais, and
in the ilus,rali ms Of Leading princiHlrs, has
ben di, 'layed the originality that marks ge>
Mus and Commands a,ien'ion. Soth Pa''ie.
have assumed uni. nable positions, and spun
strings Of sophi,try. whi-h, as is usual With
lis rners,i seemed 10 mr could easi'v rreo'er
aud n'wIst, had IN" honor OF seat l" the
Convention. NJ. Up,HUR and Mr.. BARBOUR
have most # these SAGA is the hackrIed j.
PIC Urged by item, that il, " nature, the MAJ
j riiv ougr' rule, women md hid en s:'oui.
We counted: aud that II AL men (under The Bin