Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-26

oi the Convention was 81 1893, and of those who
ted against IL &c 1877 making aggregate of 80 78o.
he could not say what proportion of the tfeeholdcrs
entitled tn vote, omitted TO exercise their right IL
was generally estimated that about one-sixIh may
have omitted to vote. During the last winter the
subject was talked over frequently by the members
OF the General Assembly, and It was generally placed
at that ratio. He then adverted To the number of
who ave charged with no properiy tax
and TO the proportion of female names-much great
or IN the holding, than the holding
part OF the State which are to found he proper
ty tax books, and which he estimated nj about nor
cent of the whole These pers sons are cpnsdcr ahle
property holders in the slave-holdiug part Of the
State, holding this kind of property by bequest anC
inheritance. Again there are many minors in the
State who subject to property tax, but who
not he permitted Ia vote. ralin,, these excluded
persons together they will amount an almost equal
proportion wi,hthe white males who are quslilici to
vote. Mr.. d. hen Went into some other calculations
TO shew what would b. the operation of an cxtension
OF the right all those whose names are 10 be ,nnd
on the property books.
lie to the discussion of this point, under cir
cumStanceS of great d sadvaniaEe. re was one OF
those who wished the uualiicat ION tn be Gyrl m m,
hrst instance. lie wishc tn ascertain the sense of
the committee, before the final decision of the basis
The committee had already refused to 90 into the
House with the resolution; and had refused 10 record
the names Of the members when they vote on the
Journal. There is some rca son to cypyct ,h,t meg
basis may be p-ovidcd for the Senate. We have
already had-iS,, the combined btsS--2d, he basis
on the federal numhersand Sd, the bas on taxation
only IL sScnS TO be the dete :naton of the rsp
tcmen TO have an ariStocracv of wealth in The S.
ate. lie considered all the basis as founded i'm
error anu insufficient 20 crafty public cxp,cta,iou
re Thought the true policy to extend the r"ht
~ Suffrage 10 all TO whom jhG STATE look cor support
This was sufficient prove that they had a common
interest IN the Slate. The abolition Of the Doll tax
he presumed viii be one of the first measures of tho
wh:e basis of representation should be it adopted
lie had witnessed many efforts to abolish this tax
and had assisted in many attempts make roads and
to adopt systems of measures which would he agree
able to the west. He alvertcd the arduuuS duties
imposed upon the people by requiring them to work
upon the roads. This is peculiarly gsievous tax
on hun who has 20 employ whi'c labor. In some
parts the people compelled To travel many miles
with mattacks on their shoulders 20 work on the
road In this labor, from ten To twenty days are
consumed every year, and he who engages iabour-
eE has 10 pay larger for his services to cover
to him this lost time.
lie complained that the right Of suffrage would be
contracted So much to exclude 10 COO persons If
the extension to be limited by the proposition
of the gentleman from Chesterfield; and that this If
dnnc would be done by minority Of the lfeeholdcrs
who ale themselves minority OF the qualified men
He deprecated such an attempt 20 exclude so great
a number, By the minority Of minority. In reply
10 the references made BY the grut man from Cna
ereld to England, he admit ed that to that country
we are indebted for many of our best privileges /
from England we have drawn much, and shall vet
lraw more. We had profted by the enlightened
news Of her Statesmen, and no man was more ready
o accord this, than himself We are indebted to
nat country Tor Tue tIia by jnry-ihc habcas corpus
ma Other valuable privileges. Tie precedcuts Of
he gentleman were looked Tor in and brought fror,
england Tor every occasion. But IN that country
whenever reform required, no matter bv whom.
ne Minister have always been prepared with an a.
o!ogy Tor refusing It. ~ one time the Christian
eIgion was IN jeopardy, Church ind STATE we're IN
anger. and at another time 1t was answered
We are at war with France. That mus, b. ter
minated before the proper time VIII arrive" The
tNFnsa 0ang inl-n
inc OF the great charter, in the I2th century-who
Xtorted that charter from the Sovereign, which is
low IN effect to this day. The Barons They ex-
orted t-Ihey were the reeholders, and the rest of
lie nation were non-freehollsrs like The majority of
he people Of this Sate-Henry the 81 had confer
ed these Liberties before John. for when Inc Barons
made the demand, and were asked BY John what were
ne liberties they desred-the answer was-sThose
"Hnch your father gave U.s. The demand was then |
educed to writing, and the grant was regularly
signed, sealed and delivered. This grant is still Drc
served IN Its original form, in the tower of London
W. Know what sort of feelings the Barons had
They had arms in their hands, when ,h,y reouired
the Klngo consent to their demand. He Welded
but afterwards appealed TO the Pope promised o mn,
dcrtakc crusade to the Holy Land and made "a
giit OF his Kingdom to the Pope and ST. Peter.
This was the way by which he endeavoured to eyade
BIS obligation. But st. Peter did not Interfere in
behalf OF the King, and he found himself in minor
NY. The ball, as the gentleman from Chesterfield
sald' was put IN motion. 1t going down hill
a contrary moitoD.
..-''Hoc opus, bic labor est" He had no, traced
all the arguments of the gentlemen on the other
side.
Tins was one civil revolution, ~ wnicii tin, people
gained and IN which the evil predictions of its oppo-
sers had not been verified and Of the same cIarac
Ter was that which obtained the lesser charter and
another which extended the Grhcuia su0er cipyt1s
Another, and more important one, was the revo.
luton Of 1893, by which the clause squandiu Jene
'eJaceret' was invented in the Judges comniss on
u exchange for settlement OF the succession 90 the
Crown, upon the heirs of the Princess Sophia of
Hanover settlement desired by The Monarch who
was brought to the Throne. by that revolution
This gave to England an independent judiciary aud
he prayed t. God, that to remotost ages ihey NAV
never part with tins sheet anchor of free State
Unhapphy or the people Of Scotland and Ireland in
their sev"ra articles Of union with England no pro-
vision was made to secure the Independence Of their
Judges, the consequence Of which has been in our
own days, that for the charges, Catholics m
Ireland tried by dependent Judges. and Protestant
Jurcs, suffered death; IN Scotland transportation;
while IN England, when tried by an Independent Ju.
dcsry, aud MddclcscX Jury, they are houorably TO-