Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-12

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It., The House Of Del gates based upon The
,,bil, popuisfion. send up hiiiio the Senate
\, ,,osreu ion of some fsvorte vieW--the Sc
80. say, no. and i'm nehiaIel, toe House. be-
inc the tsx laying branch. might stop The
wheels OF the government, by refusing the APP
prenlia,ion. for the government, aud throwing
III he responsibility upon the oeah'e lilo"
then could the senate continue TO refhs", aud
eheek The lover house AID again, ii,herc
"a, any pstson IN the Senate OF the unlisd
STATES. or a judaeship. ar some other office ih
IN. ~ of the Lsgislsiufe, would he cnn'iuue 20
,bvsr, thr will OF The lower house. aud 10 brave
,be weight OF the bach .woois vote , Depend
upon II. such check IN the Senate would only
work tn currupiion.
lie csnten,led, however. the, II this check
uefe introduced /, might hereafter he taken
ava, by nm nmendnen, Of the ConsiIiuhon.-
Though gentlemen might aitemp' 10 regulate
IL b. Introducing a clause for amending the
Constitution. how was that to prevent The peo
ME themselves from calling n Convention sno
amending the Constitution
Mr. l. asked what would be the effect of fhis
arrangement upon the question OF slavery
Me M the West not interfere With II IN Eng
land, Mr. WiIberiorcr wished TO interfere with
,he emancipation Of the slaves OF the West In
dies-The gcntlemaa from Hampshire. who
stated that slavery was among the most ser'
OIL, evils in this Commonwealth, might he not
insify an Interference. with ouf slaves on his
uf,neipIes and would he not seek 10 remove
this serious evil Mr. MAYOR replied, that he
certainly would not that humanity aud reii-
sioa did mol require and justly such an iner
ference,
Mr.. l.. replied, that he had no doubt such
v.s the honest conviction Of the gentleman
Dom Hsmpshire but as Mr.. Wi rforc. In l.
I ON beine an opponent tue slave trade, brcome
nn advocate OF the emancipation oil the slaves
In The Weu lndirs, 50 also the transition oil o.
ninion In mis- STATE would become inevitable
that the West would march on 10 H. as surely
O. we march directly Ia The grave
Nj Leigh commented upon remark OF the
venerable gentleman from Londoun On the sys
tenn Of the United States contributing IN tue
emancipation of the slaves arc th"n thu Siaies
10 interfere Mr., Monroe explained, thai at
IN. crisis. when The Western states we're
throwing n orr slaves from th'ir territory. II
becsme Virginia and The Southern States TO
decide what the, should 10, thai he did not
recommend thai the other STATE, should inter
fer. hn, mat We should find II 10 our interest
10 Mite the inierpnsinon
Mr. l. askrd the venerable gentleman, who're
was the power 10 Interfere n all-and wheih-
,r4fyou permitted them ~ do so, they would
not of themselves DO II, " lhout our INVITA-
TN.
Mr. l.. referred 70 the change which the
venerable gentlemen from Lonloun Mr.. Mon
Yoe1 had undergone rs 10 this Convention
unrsion--hhw strongly he opposed innova'
ton in 1910. after has return from France
how then could he reconcile The change he mad
now undergone. Mr.. N. rose to explain bur
Mr. l.. begged han To let him flush the few
remarks he bad still TO oGer. as his strength
was nsarly exhausted ] lie proceeded io'
n lew minutes only, aud then closed with a
strong appeal to the gentleman from Frederick
[Mr. Cooke in behalf of the modns ~ ytbus =
Of moderation in public ai',irs,
Whea hs had clos 4. Nj Monroe rose
10 explain his views in 1910 and al ths J. .si1.
time. lilo stated that the habits OF the French
people had disqualified them from enjoying a
free government, aud had thrown them into
disorders. lie pointed Out the d ference a.
mong he people Of Europe aud Of America
and that here the people were qualified for the
enjoyment Of liberty. II there we're any people
WHO were fitted TO kepp upa Republican gov.
eminent, they were here, IN the United States,
aud in Virginia, As 10 the people of
the colour, If the people of southern
States wished 10 tmauclpate them and
he never would consent 10 emanc pate
,y 1 they might invite the uuiied States 10
assist US but without such an invitation, the
other State ought moi and would not, interfere.
He was ior"harchlng on with the greatest cir.
cumspection upon this subject. lie concluded
with apoogIzing for the explanations he had
given
Mr. Mercer rose TO address the Committee
He stated thu embarrassmenis under which h.
rose tie then remarked, that Ms cradle had
been rocked an the borders of the placid
streams OF the rnppshsnnock, but though he
was now located amhug the m puntsins tor
rents, yet there was scarce feeling NH per
vaded the heart OF a lowland man or lnwlnnd
woman, OF which he did not partiripa e.--N as
IL for him then TO disturb tho tranquility ant
harmony OF the State, by holding forth new ol
dangerous doctrines ,
Mr.. NJ. asked whether his friends coul,
stand there justly chnrgeahe with novel doc
trines, whcn we see this Report brought in b,
the hand OF the man who had done more tina,
any other to found our Northumberland 81
This day when we see this Resolution supported
by the other venerable man the only man IL
this Assembly perhaps who had shed his bloot
in the cause ofhis country.
He said, he would attempt 10 show that IN
principles which he advocated, were MOI oul
supported by the Bill OF Rights of this State
but of every other State in the UnIon-tha
they were supported by the authority of tn
friends of liberty abtoad-thnugh they had bee
posed by the wit and the learning Of gentl,
men who had been trained TO the discdssion
OF the bar, Various prcjudices were auemI
ted 20 be excited against his cause. Mr. NJ
stated, that his District had been unfort,
mite enough, TO inlur the attacks OF geutleme
and ,mpuiaions hal been east ont, that W
had come here 10 promote our own interns
improvements. He controverted this attack b.
historical tacis.
He contenhed, that there h7d been variou
cau.es for the call oil this Convention, perfcctl
distinct from the question OF Internal Improv,
Inent~-,hai the balance between the Sennt
and House Delegates had been destroy ed b
the reduction and .xcision Of our territories
That the Executive Council had been obiecte
ta--and that the necessity had been insiste
on for reducing the expenses of The GruerH
Assembly which in 1910. had not exceede
$4,000, aud were Lost year more than loo
mn Shall il the N ba saiI that such so.l.