Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-30


human oeinV. whose spirit il not bowed down hy
aud political OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES doubts
,no proposition when Is announced, Not the great
oouy OF the people, IN whom of right tho sovereignty
resides, whose polar star is right and not exncd,e
cy -Nouc but those statetinen who make human
rights any thing or nothing suit their VARYING ,los
VI eNpeu'ency' which has been IN all ages, the pre-
text Tor every atrocity. the tyrants Plea 81 the eu
watchword. But Why need dclain the Committees
" discussing principles derived from reason aud COM
mon sense, which more than half a century moo
were ueunced ny our ioreathcrs, aud happily cx-
pressed IN our Bill of Rights Here is "A text that
no commentary can illustrate, written IN characters
so icgihe, that he who may read, and IN terms
so sunpe, ntclgibe, aud 40 consonant 10 tho lyo
al equal hbcrty Implanted IN our hearts thut il
comes home tn the business and bosoms OF mon
fc tins text lrt Ws appeal tor the evidence of that
right ~ suffrage iNr which | contend, a rirht ines
,MeseI' u ir'Nnen aud Formidable To tyrants only
Aoc l>t artlcle q, tho hll otrghs reads thus That
"a" EScn arr ~ nature equally Tree aud independent
sac hS\N certain inherent rights, OF which, when
s'NN NN'cr MtN a Sin'c ~ society, they cannn,
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s1oft eC-a-.7a. BIT WHEN We quote the bill of I,s
-gl CT opponents they do not 1atly deny it's force
III aE.nOrIy, but explain 1t away by the coustitu
ii'l Iaey say ;heir hors are the same mon and
'AAt t-ey have given contemporaneous and prac.
ua exposition III the one. of what they meant nv he
oer II establishing freehold suffa 90 IN the const;,n
iion.-A Conclusive answer to this Inns bccn frnsho
oy TIE arguments Of more than one gentleman tbn,
has preceded me in the debate.
Inc c'fGumstaHcos IN which our forciathcrs were
pluced' nnd under Which they acted would hnve ron
defed It very unwi-c and mpolitic 10 cnrrv ont n.
that TIME To their full results all the princpies cstnb
shed by the Bill of Rgbts.-Thcy had moi tho limo
au ~ oeeh wise TO 90 so-They acted in haste nd
was then more han problcmatica what would no tho
issue OF the struggle they Ind lust embark in,
w ny should they then create division at home bv
disturbing the settled order of things when harmony
was 30 essential to the SUCCESS of their grent
prlse?-They thought il wise to lenve tbs 49,;
OF their work for more auspcious times: tits yyc
Oo the immortal Jefferson, and as every one must
INFER from the instrument itself-Is this NOT ,r,oJ
by tue ordinance of the Convention n,osod 80
three days after the Constitution by which we odon
~ ior q sy;tein OF dstnbutlve justice the common
law OF England and the statutes made 10 aid thereof
up 70 the 4th year of James the s7 Bv this no., bs5
engrafted upon oer code the law of nrr1o1en;,,,ro
oil entails and the Institutions of the bieEercby
y; ign not the same reasons now assigned for adher
ing TO the freehold test have been urged agn;ne, o.
ule OF ulsrioutlons, the statute for docking en-
tals and the act of religious federation tho VOL &C
the lmportcl Jefiefson'To the same causes that ,c
assign for the adoption of freehold suhra1 e in -,
want OF time for reflection and deliberntioS , ~
escTioed another lmperfecton inconsistency in tho
iallure to prescribe any Qualification
~naleVer iof your Governor, your Judges your Ma
gstrates, your Militia Officers &c. Now is II no,
ABSURD to say, that before n man can vote for bis
Neighbour, to represent him in the Assembly bo
must furnish as test of his Independence or pariot
lsln the possession of his so acress-vet no TO-,
e5hcr OF property residence citizenship il rcour-
cd OF your goVernor--for aught the Constitntion
ti your mShest executive, your highest Judi
, aNu your highest military officers may be- aliens
"'s surely proves the imperfect charac CIR Of tho
instrument, and the cause of that iuperfartion ~
before assgned but proves 'also another tb;n !,
proves me absHrdl'y and instability of the freehold
teSt'IH You can trust your governor, TO execute
your laws, and to temper them by the high prero1a
i've Of mercy IN the exercise of the pardonng power
n you can trust your lives liberty md nr6nert .,
your Judges-the defence Of your homes and vonT
hresloes to military commanders and militia men
though they possess not one acre of land and tbob
they be as poor as Lazarus; ih the name of conn.,,
.enSe, why Is II that you cannot trust citizen with
Out % acres OF land to 60 to the polls and vote in
inc election OF public functionaries5
mr; Chalrnan 1t has been said by the gentleman
rom Chesterfield and by other gentlemen, that We
ocnVe rule from the law Of nature and the Mn oC
rights IN relation to suffrage. that IL in its terms
universal, and that We ourselves abandon il md
tnGccoy prove lIs fnacy' the fomalos ncIudno, ono
nan OF the population, DISTINGUISHED AT one Cn
scope minors, convics, paupcrs slaves &c Which
IogetneT Compose large majority Of every cornTn,,
nity and hence they argue that as ogr rulo if rrid
our 70 us extreme results, will not ork well, that II
urst DC eIroncous.-For this argument have short
anS"er-lt VIII not do 10 test any rule BY cxtren,o
cases presume It cnnuot be necessary Tor mo 70
assign reason for the exceptions - IN this the ,on
seman ana myself would doubtless aaree Je bas
himself very happily assigned the reason for eyclnJ