Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-06

hold that sit. How did the prnciple wort there,
] because, rs We are men. well as orr British IA
tners were as 1t worked there wiii II work here
How did il work. AS the hilg in bs peces.;,v -,
sorted to them for money uphold his schemes they
gave money or withheld. As they supoiod his w..,s
they extor,ed freedom for all In return until t,ry,
achieved that system Of free government which is the
admiration of al he world except The United States
Every spark Of freedom in Great Britain rises from
tie power Ia give or withhold money. The spark 81
| hberti wa Ugh ed at the golden lamp Give money
--soid the King. Give power IT, excbenge-saidthe
IomhOns- GiHe mohey-snld the Crown. Give secr-
ty--said the House. Give nonev--said the Crow:
money ! want. mud must have it. II not, my enc.
iu"s VIII conquer me- and thy schemes VII be de-
lcatcI. al BEN Fatl the House this Money Is 20
deny nhpo:tnnt. give in return, security for our
rights ana hhertle- t'r oar birth igh Al this free
dom which distinguishes Great Britain from eye-v
other coor'fs of III world. springs from the pcys,,
! to gl'e or wrh':ni1 money al, sr-aiI.
What is he resui'' He knew il wos fashoacbls
IN modern timns-jaiging from the language of scn-
tcmen aTcrnd hm--to condemn every Proposition or
principle which came from EBgsnd. II was enough
to coideInG 1t, to say it was English. Such was not
hs case such were rot his feelings. He dared
u say ha' the cling would be unpopular but he
had mIdNr his rule in his Convention IN whatever
ne Ind say, ncveHto conceal aUght CT bic reel fee
ngs, nor TO vary from the truth, so far it was in
IT, power OF words to give It cSprr sson. He would
say IN defiance o the world, thnthe English govern
Ulent Is a free government. government of laws
and properly FREE; and ne would go further and ask
gentlemen 70 cast their eyes the habit able gkDbe
v.
u'i then point out to Inc free nation, great or
small except England, ireland, Scotland, and their
descendants. and they derived every spark from This
same srsed England. He would go to England
90 wo"d lake OF the ample good which she contained
ana rlet the evil. He would prefer 10 build upon
her model, because government built mp by wisdom,
approved by exp rlence. capable OF securing liberty
and property for above thousand wears, was worthy
of rnitat'on-aDd none If your French ,Iberty-
Monochrome. 1t was founded on prostratiun OF re-
ii
mHn They get up nature, a. God, and MAI" /, rho
object of popular worship. Give him practical hbrI
~ founded law. which would protect both persrn
and property; hut he desired liberty which was de-
pendant tyrant, deniag oeuc who could al ar,
take from you whit he had no right to
Take into con-id+ratiau The operation or ihe rrts
ci"es Of representation ~ which 70 contend Nhcos
w. L-ra the representation # pENAeriy, u J. aieiy
rs arnrtirg us tie power of boiling our purzr sums
~ nlr own hands. 1t is 10 the people, that ihc gcv
inemt must resort Tor money for every ,abie
purpose. Iio to who hold little and ~lye t!c:u
Tie p''wrr To take from those who hold much. nii'
ask it hr who has nothing, hSs the interest Us
=" who aSs much lie gives n"re hins'4f and h.:
asks me how much small give. /! ain asked VIA
enquire 70. what purpose IL want"d-is 1t rsSiui
the country, $50, s. he measured my contribution Y
what he could spare andu ii was not, lac weuld MOI
c'n'rinu'e farthing. Pie powor OF withhcllSpfr
contributions, - tr primary principle CG bnrty Be-
use nothing surely destroys liberty, Tie power
OF taking mems properly. Such doctrine, would be
al war with the fundamental principles of our free
hcpuU4Can filStNutiOlS and the end
them How they could Ties be secured, would de-
pend not Eui =, wfetchcd man, but Oh tie o.r,,v
OF God, who night bring good out of evil or to nm.
ish US Tor cur SINS might measure the calamities
tie consequence Of them, according to his divine
k1OweGge-It would depend OH U.s. how Iou,,
these evils would last. how long This system would
continue, but by he providence OF Heaven.
Let us proceed little farther. This law ayinr
Committee. ttor such he supposed, was the meaning
Of the Legislative ConnIitecl proposed hy the Re,
port To give the properly oil the people in the East
10 those II the West. by granting he power OF taxa
ton TO tn latter, VINO mad no community oil interest
with ~ but whose interest directly the contrary
OF ours; yes directly the congrsry-dnecy contrary
both as TO the subjects OF taXatCn, ana the OBJ
Iects for winch the revenue s TO De- appropriated As
To- slave tax, their interest are contrary 10 ours be-.
vnuU all dispute. What is our interest in the apuro-
priaUns, Cast your eyes over tho account current,
and tell me il q people 81 .he east, have the same
wants, and desires, as those of the West He would
appeal to gentlemen from the West, If thor did noe
know that we could dispense with these Internal
improvements they require. PhFTr they cannut, OF
will not want theul--and "a much smaller sun viii
square with wants, lifan will theirs Yet we are
gre Oily, approximately asked, su toI,e too,
IT We refused them some Just right, to which they
we're entitled, to grant them the power To tax US,
three times much they tax themselves. Give
them the power TO do tins, and we will have To con
tribute To defy tue whole expenses of the civil list
besides for the Internal lmprOl Of the county
IN his humble opinion, differ who laay from him, whie
ne had the duty to guide him. hc would think for him
self-that a more cruel, iron tyranny, cOud not be
devised by man, by the cunning OF the devil than
government IN which property subject to be
taxed nv those who had not Only no fellow feeling
with the Of il, but Whos interests were d.
recly the il is the greatest of all tyranncs
and one, which man never will endure, N nature or
natures God has cndued him with the p to OF
the yoke by resistance.
There are other views. Pho resolution proposes
to give ful representation to the labourcis OF tho
West exempted from taxation, while IT subjects the
labor Of the East taxation deprived Of Representa-
ton. He would repeat the thought for IL seemed 10
shock gentleInen--(He repeatedly. In evey civil
god society under the sun, there sone Who mpst
labor for their daily breadcber by contract with,
or subsection to others, or for themselves In the
eastern part Of this State slaves fiji The place Of the
pcasantry ofEurOpeof the day laborors in he FREQ
States, and OF the day sborers aud pcasanFty ~ othP
places. What 10 the state Of the population beyond
, The Allegheny? Pcasantry they must have, or vhcr
the country Is filed up they surely will have that u
men, who earn their daily breld by the sweat of
their brow. Thoy are by this scheme TO be repre-
lam oh treIgv ar