Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-11-21

to rule over The larger, prevent all danger of their
suffering from oppressive taxation and prevent this
danger, th posi- bity Of Injustice the minority, tho
majority must actually endure it, There is something
IN nus sort OF logic apparently unfair that
Vonsheq AZ It's use by the very honorable member who
cmpoyedit
!, is insisted that If power were distrbu,edace
10 HNau as wen as popurtiou. that District OF the
state 70 whoie share tse largest representation would
fan could 10, Cypress the remainder because il could lay
no tax whc'; on'd not affect itself much the
Their Districts ut with due submission, we crave 10
know wherefore il the smaller portion Of the State had
the power, it Quill be under temptation sy hea-
rer duties upon the property o. ether portions, than
those assessed upon precisely the species OF pro
perry held by iislf What is 10 prevent the minority,
II should have tue TO do so from drawing ma
gic circle around its territory, into which the toll
gahcrer should never enter There is nothing, under
such circumstances TO prevent this but sense OF jus
ce, 'hc still small voice of conscience" which would
surely speak with much effect 10 the majority, IL
the minority II il he replied, that this would be TOO
grossly unjust to be attempted that it is full
as much So TO lay tax which in terms only univer,
SAL while in effect is confined par ocular section Of
the State only. Besides if you allow the principle
10 De true, that minority should be vested with SUI
premc control because owns peculiar species o. Pro
pcrty see The results which leads. No line Of
denarcaon, whatever, has been drawn suggest
cd between Innoriics OF different sizes If then this
argument holds COOL when applied slave holders, ~"
sp-owncrs and the propretors of town lots and town
property might by parity of reasoning up similar
claim So might many other classes of persons who
hold peculiar species of property; and thus should
behold countless host conflicting interests starting up
anu warning Tor supremacy against each other like the
Dragons teeth sown by Cadmus II we should say TO
them, your number Is too small, they would bid us to
point out the line OF Distinction TO say where the prnci
pie should stop. They would also say. the smaller the
minority the greater the danger of its oppression and
small number is truly entitled 10 the labor of their
hands, AMI to the protection of their goods and chaels,
/ a large Que.
An able Orator in the Convr non cndeavours 70 shew
ny anaoges dsduced Gom juries, the presidential Veto
and other political Institutions that there nothing in
the spirit OF institutions adverse TO the doctrine we
AlIals buf,
eriy aliacioiis. So far asthe present question is COM
cerned, there 10 no .sembdnce Of similarity betweea
The examples s'iduced 10y him, AMI the before
The jnres ami The Convres.. not snacing laws for
themselves, but acting for others; they The agents of
the nation Ii an individual should please 10 appoint
twelve man, two hundred men, to transact particu-
lar piece o business fr him, and should give of
These The power TO put veto the deci.ions Of all the
rest there Is injustice, of kind in this arrange
m"nt because every man has right 10 manage his
own Affairs IN hi' own way 81. if the majority OF tho
people should consent 10 organize Legislative Body,
IN such form a. 10 confer upon gle person. the
er OF controlling the rest il has ndubitaby the right
do so. But, SUPPOSE these 200 men were cast upon
some drsart shore would single them, have
nght 10 demand, against Len consent the supreme
power over his companions? He would certainly have
The right tolsave them, il he did not lit" 10 submit TO
their gultion>; but shadow of title 10 make then
The slaves of his caprice.
his, no Doubt, true, that the wester class, altho'
Smaller IN number than the rest, ha right pr0tec-
on; hut 10 nothing more. Indeed, the warmest sup
pofers OF the doctrine attacking, have never
pretended To lay claim TO any thing more than protee
unn' H. men, wealth may he defended from the
phlty OF the ind gent without becoming despo c our
opponents should. according TO their reasoning, be
perfectly content Now. we conceive, that the
complete protection would ha granted, by giving il
superiority in the Senate alone IL is urged an in
superable OF lection 10 this scheme, that the Senate
have Away, in the en yielded TO he wishes of tina
Lower House, is true, that this has been the case
heretofore; because, that body regarded the the
House o Delegates, accurate index of the will of
the People; of the sentiments OF thsse constituents,
whose dc'ires they bound obey. But il the
Senate were elected Tor the avoved irpo'e of resist
ing the encroachments oil the other ordinate branch
OF III Leg stature; II the Senate fo tn from The
iowla2ds OF The East, while the other House desc
ed from The Mountains of the West, there could then
be no just grounds 10 fear such result since the votes
OF the Lower House, would be proper criterion for
I'VE government Si the upper. Any section Of the
Slate, how small soever, has right presume, to
withdraw from the control Of the remainder f il be-.
evrs the government 10 he tyranncal. Ii would, by
consequence, have the right into spuations
with the other sections, and quire conditions from
ien, without which, IL might refuse TO unite and
man under common government. reasonable
iion would he the protection Of IL. property which
ought therefore. to be conceded; bit il would be u-
Reasonable to demand absolute djninion.
IL the basis of teSation and representation vera
Adopted 1t might not produce, a, this time, any evil COZ
sequences; but, hope that the Convention {, engss.
ed not III training temporary Constitution, which mo
'a,' Tor only fieetng moment. We hope il is filed
win sublime and ennob'ng aspiration, TO desire form
oil Government, which may endure for countless ages
undercd and unh,t, anii. the rise AMI fall and vs.
rlou' vicssltmdcs of Surrounding empires II wero
called upon," Gbbon, TO point out that N. r;o,
Of the World in which Tie condition of ,u,tLn5 49,
most happy and prosperous. ! would take that which
elapsed between tile downfall of Domi,ian, and the &C.
ces'ion OF Com s'oius."-But the form Of govern
ment, which, under the reigns Of Nerva, Train, Hl-
dran and The Anioines, was productive of so much
happiness and prosperity proved, the whole 10 be a
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