Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-14


hii'yhany which we cannot, and i repeat IL, which
VIC dare no attempt to enforc, among ourselves, L.,
Us give hem representation according TO their NUM-
oefs ard tax them according to their ability to pay
upon The subject of guarantee, Of which we lave
heard so much during this discussion, concur en-
tircly with gentlemen gu the other eide Of tho
question, IN the opinion, that none can be giyen-
FOR my own part, will neither off r, or accent of
any guarantee in relation the taxes which are 10 be
imposed for the support of government. The ONLY
guarantee which ought either to be rendered, or re-
ceVed betwxt The parties to the social compact Is the
mutual confidence which ought always 10 subsist he.
tween them and without which, the cnmpact ou,b,
never to be f'rmed. This was the only guarantee.
gwen by our ancestors each other when they form
ca the old compact, which was sealed with their
blood and 1t Is the only will rive ar take por
And, Sir, all the arguments we hnv, hear fo,ndod
upon me diversity OF interests supposed to exist be-
tween the Eastern and Western people of this State
are arguments IN favor ct division of the State and
not IN favour of guarantee, or in favour OF puttro
the government into the hands of the minority
anu gentlemen can convince me, TINT our interests
are so distinct, conflicting as they hnye rrnre
schicd them to be- for one, in favour of an i'm
mediate division of the State. Aud no bu Dpier lime
tration OF what endca vorinu Ia ir,press upon
the Ca'umttec, can he desired than tina, afforded bv
inc eloquent gentleman from Hanover, when he cali
GU upon US In imagine, what would have been the
coufsc which the Adams's, Franklin. Wnshinr,,p
Lee, and the Ruledges, would have recommended
their coun'rymen TO pursue. had this country bccp
equally represented in Parliament ACCORDING 10 nun
oc's' IL tHS tue TAX was imposed the
consumed IN this country. And had the taxes been
imposed By the majority in Parliament, a,nins, nil
'he!r united votes, AMI rc;non>trnnces for purposes
winch Gould III no way benefit interest the people
OF ,h's country According tn the principles now
contenucd tor by that gentleman. and IL those VIVA
have spoken on the side, they should have re-
commended TO the people to ask for moro po,ycr.
that bong the only guarantee which, in their on;n-
oh can De received as sufficient 10. the protection of
property And they should, upon this principle now
so ttren'ously contende or, (that is, that rrpreeou
'aion should be IN proportion 20 population and tax
etion continued have asked, that an estimate should
oe 'aue OF 'Ae value OF ali h property IN the two
countries, or oil oil the taxes paid in each that the
representation might be cqualized accordrp To THE
continued ratio. But according 10 my ideas of What
would nave been propcr they should have done what
'hey certainly would have done, under such crcu,n.
stances, that is 10 recommend, as they did recon
ilenu TO their counryncn TO refuse 10 submit 10 ;ho.
laws, and declare themselves an independent neonl
nat, CIR was the Only course which was !c to the
people OF this country pursue then; and if tho in
'crcsis OF the people in the Eastern and Western di
visions Of this State, are so inconpatiblc with eocb
oth'r, That we caunot trust one anothcr withou,
oreTturnng the fundamental principles of our govern
mc"t' ana Pn'ti"g The power into the hands of the
minority, there Is other course left To us now bui
to divide the State But, Sir, DO not believe there
Is any suci diversity clasling OF interests among
US; u there be, the gentlemen asserting it. have en-
tlrey failed in the proof and until IL be shewn e
are bound TO presume 1t does not exist
L promised TO prove, before | took nv soar that
inc people oil the district IN which live arc more
united by The ties OF common interest with the noo-
PIE III inns part OF state, than the people OF the Cul
pepper or Accornack districts can be. and now nro
coed TO redeem that promise
Ills known that tins city and the town of LYNCH
burg anu the intermediate country, afford our only
market Tor our surplus produce, upon the dsnosal
OF which, we depend, for all the Injuries and many
oil the comforts and even nccessarics of life, OF
course we feel deep interest IN their prospective
The people OF the Cupeper district, trade altogether
ne tgbu opI l..
at Accomack, to Baltimore; thus of course feel a
deep interest III the prosperity of those towns bur
certainly none N that OF Lynchburg or Richmond
We would be disposed to defend this CIV from nh
enemy If It only to secure to ourselves mark
CT hcreaftc-: they the contra y might find il to
their interest that this City should be burned TO ash
"s' lnasmuch as 1t might be the means O: driving
some of its capitalists to live in the towns which
they IN the habit of looking 10 for marriott
We have no other channel, by which we cur carry
on commercial intercourse with the world .yceni
the James River; It is therefore our interest To keen
up good understanding with those who live ON MS
banks, and TO endenVor 10 get IL improycd thew ON
the contrary, might be benefited by the navuatiou
being entirely destroyed, as It would keen rreat
many competitors out of the market. In truth our
interests intimately cannected with those of
The people along the whole course of the james Riv
or, that we might well attempt make our streams
low IN nm opposite direction, to attempt sever
them Their interests on the contrary, all tend TO
attach them, to people living either out of this Com
monweaith or IN some other part of IL than this.
great deal has been said upon the subject of
roads aud calals but without much bearing upon the
question under disc usSion far am capable OF
Judging The gentleman from the Culpcpcr district,
(Mr. Scott for instance undertook to prove, thu
all improvements cost more as YOU advance wcst-
ward, by comparing The cost of the Potomac canal
with some little improvement on the Rapdan. He
also made some rcigarks upon tic subicc: Of the
James River canal, which il will not be improper for
me to notice The griplcJnan socms to b. OF opinion
that this Improvement was undertaken Of the in
stance OF sonio western man. | think in this lc IL
mistaken, Tor have always been under the iin2Ycs,
sion, that tblJ Improvement was first suggested by
some person living east of the Blue itidre. /
thought It little CURIOUS, That the gentleman should
have changed bis original ground, which was that
improvements cost more as you go westward, than
they DO III the cast and seem disposed to attribute
the imnIcnSe cost Of this work, nit TO it's situation IN
the west, but 10 ie fact, OF ~ having been west
orn scheme, for Tic benefit Of the western peoplo-
put' Sir deny thu, this Improvement was uulcrtu,
bon exclusively for Tic b9i,cli, OF the west II was
expected greatly tobenct tic coal trade aud as soon
Us IT had reached certain point, AM all the advanta-
which the I'd