Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-06

,h., time! And If you leave exposed the great
nronrr,y Interes, Of tbs Commonwealth, now
do Won stand? If thr East asks TO, his pro'sc-
lion how will you obtain it Bv paper guar
an,ses which you may strike tut TO- mo'ro"
Or. do you no, place in the hands It the IN
depar ment Az absOIur con'roi over
This guarantee ! Gentlemen tax OF suaran-
tee. Of in egriiy and hoDor--hut Tor his own
mart. he would no, take any guarantee w"ic"
is 40, founded on Interest. Mr. B. ask why
il it that ev.n numbers are considered as '"e
rule Of power But, because numbers are INC
brs, evid, nee OF the ability OF ind'Vi'na's 70
con,rihut, to the suppor' of Government. ne
pen,l, mn from Brooke had SAID, inderc, mat
,sxa.ion and repre- sen, a'ion are no. 'rriafes'
But ON VIVA, principal " S the pr it'oh OIL ~ s"
and O, her grea, papers Of Eng and to"n"eo ~
no, on this principle! VIVA, brough' the head
Of it's monarc h 20 The block? II was orcaust
he wished 10 put aside the representatives OF
the p-ople of England, to usurp the p'iVhege
of taxing them, and o assume he power over
The purse of he people. !, was this principle,
the assertion of which gave Immortal honor 10
Hampd.n and % Sydney, and nad inspired the
patriots Of tina, county with love Of itoefv.
Mr.. 3. said he had rrferred 10 the de-
bates in the Conventions Of Massachusetts a"d
New York, and he had found their abies' dr-
ba,ers declaring in favor ct The principle
that, represrn aion and axa'i m ough, 10 60
together-and yet we are now to ne to'o, 'ha'
we are TO sacrifice these principles I" some
visionary maxim> OF Ross au ana Locke -
Bu,, did no, Locke depart from his own an-
SRA, maxims, when hr formed hr Cpns'ii"-
ton for sou h Carolina HE also referred 10
the .u.hori,y Of The Fedrralis', penn'd oy
Distinguished gentleman now on this h"or, TO
show the dangers arising from the oppresslo"
Of the mipori:y by IN. majority; (read',g
usage to That Eject The gentleman from
B, o"kr, (Mr Doddridee) had r. red OH a"
nuaI pe ,tions for Cohvrn TO-, from Patr'
and from Fl nry. Bu VIVA did those petitions
convey? They sought for a diminuli"n "f *
pend,,ure, for reduction of he expenses oil the
General Assembly bu, it never entered their
head, TO suppose, that their purses were 70 D.
brown open 10 the gen'lf-'en IT he West,
or ,bev would h we done ss he citizens Of Gull
pepp r have done they would come 10 The
right about and not >uff one man to tax
money from III, poke, ct ano'her.
Mr. GORDON ,hrn addressed the Cnmmi'lee
in opposi ion TO the amendment He said, il
nigh, be thought pr'sump'uo"s IN HIM a.
tenn, 10 snlighen hi, ASS mhlv on he great
w., in possession Of terain tao S, which he
though, i, lis duty t. bring for h IN. He
though, much f this debate had be- be>i c
the question. From most Of The arguments
urged, one nigh >uponse that The question
was no.. whet e. VT had met here o am nd the
Cor, tuition, bu, whether a Convention should
be cal;-a al all. Thai question had been de-
id+d aire ady bv tina, cIas. OF persons, whom
some gentlemen ,e, IN to respect so highly
h. freehold, rs and they had decided in ia, or
OF call. The grea, proposition now wa,
VII. her We should no' remedy he evils. and
ca ,al,z The represent alton OF the Safe Cen
,emen were now iaboring to intusr new Drin'
cip ito The Constitution ITO found II eit''er
upoa slave population, or the pri"' 'ple "l ak =
ZION And gentlemen argue, that there Is q
portion f The Safe which will be deeply in
i,rrd by fnurdiug it upon the basis OF W It,
popu a ion alon-. and tht refore :hey wish 10
coun,ersc, this ia ,ence by inf">ing new oun.
tera, jig printirl. into it. B"I. low is I e
fac, a thi, time Wha' ma'sri chang. wall
he made in h sc r,>re IS? ur State is di
,idpd into los coun ir,, various in their ponu
ton ard rcpresen'a,i"n Some Of hrm have
crra,rr deleg ,,ion. tina" would De required bv
snv ia ion e re rrscna ION, ar by any ihrn-
rric | rircipe. And ,h' q"rs'i"n is, whether
n is wis.,, CALMLY md sob' rly 10 ,emove this n
justice aud 70 aliz'' hi ineq'.liv Wnat are
The facts? Mr q. here entered in'o variety
Of stsis ical Stat, men to sh"w l"~ uneq"all'
trr midcl' coun, wHs repr' s"'trd. b" on
he ground nf popula TO- and ak ii N, IN rel
ion 20 The other st ri"rs H. alsn remark d
hr grea, sup riori y of Influence pos>' S. W
the country frnm tide water I" the se'-b"ard
That por'i n toes not pay any hi"g like an
,,rr,pe { IN, * ,ensrs Of tn L 'Inmon"e lh,
and vet they po SIS d ve,y undue 'hs'e r
pr->en'a'i"n (H. ill,,raed this position,
y rsmbe.s.) The rep estn,a'io" in the We,
nr Virginia is aire DIV r. dund II, and also IN
III Es fVrg,nia 1t i, the middle conn ry
which IS TO Z in. You are 10 osrrv m''re Of
The hood O the h"a't; and IT you snff- death
from n. CIR, umstanc.. ~ was indeed disease
f.r NH, h we have no remedy. He con ended
that the basis Of he white popula Ton would
make very litllr diff 'sence, in these respects,
fr M h. proposed compound basis
Blu; he insisted upon the basis Of whi'e pos