Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-12-14


acts, he didnoi see IN. use Of refnaiuing here.
exciting otsselyts, aud now sxciiIng tue peo-
pie more aid more aud from all he could
understand They we're Sufficiently excited al
ready.
/ Mr. sreffsnid, he wished it sufficiently I'M
detstood by the people. IT The Consenton we're
1 10 do nothing ba, adopt Mr.. Gordon's propo.
siiion, why twas thar tins appoiilonmen' was
made, that twas inunded no .'sriicu'at pm
eipe- 80 thai II might moi bs called into preee-
dent
M. PoWea declared. in reply TO Mr. Leign,
that he dIsei,imed NIL idea, by his course. OF
sevsfing the sisie-bu that he mad M doubt
thai HI, peopit wnnld indignantly reject such
Constitution AS might be thrown before them
with such urincIpir--and lac had no doubt,
not a year would pass, without the table OF the
Legislature would grnan under petitions Tor
the call OF new Constitution lie commended
thai ih. peops of the W.a had Offered iair
comp omi,e-4and the Eastern members would
not mret than-anh he insisted, thai NJ this
time magnify 81 tbs free people ofihn Com
mOn@ealiu We're ~ inyot al tie bhsw oi WINE
population in|foe House of Delrgs es.--M' y
appraed Ia the peoplr Of the Ensi- and asked
sherr was the DAGGER u nreani zing The Senate
on The federal bass--lie had this very morn
ing submitted proposition, TO meet the "bJrc-
TONS Of the gentleman from Chesierhsld--he
w"sld enlafgr ns powers, aud lis numbers Ia
SO
Nh. RaHdofh begged pardon of the gem
tlrman ifom rauquier, (Mr Scot) for whose
sound manly practical good sense In had the
very highest tespec tor suggesting that ne
had renli, uyider stated their CASE. lhe true
medium, bei"crn the claims of the two SIDE
ui Tho House. was not that ,.h.~i. The genif-
man from faaquier had stated but y was he
E / Federal ut.ubpf Thai hall
house. But nov they had agrecd to meet not
there, noi AT the halfway house, but ~ md
die point bsfween the halfway house. aud the
eEttrne West. This eas ~ reality gsing up.
| - FWy per cent Of their tIhini, b I sepeIaY
fle PEI cat of It. Lstcad Of ,akinR Il midiie
| y int brtwern the hall way house aud thor
Oicn eUd oiihs tOad, ihsy look one beiween
the Lt1 way house aud he iosstern termination
at =. Tiny were nut isisimg ON 40 pei cent
II lheir lain, but had consented 10 lake 20
per eoal Of il H. Ind risen 10 put the matter
on - proper foot
One word more, md he woald resume hi.
scat he r"ason Why toe argument ol the
Girad Of the gentlemen rom Frederick. he
meant he gentleman from Augusta, on john
sau) a. moi bern arsweie4 was hal all he
se8d had been anticipated. Tho state cot Of
tar hiR meat by the gentleman fun Rich
| Wuud, tie hlrt Justice OF Ihe Unite 5ta'es,
i, Ma, hall) lad bepn such as IN put at DE-
haHco nll ihaf gentleman Ind sald, OF, al that
ANY man ca earth cnuid say. Nhrre was the
necessity OF defending me fortress Of Gibra a.,
agam,f the abodnr9 pnny aua rs o tue
gendnman tfpm suFusla2 Inc Chief Justice
had pu thu agnrnrnt on ground Y hich never
could b" shakcp, ave which Lad no more been
i'm ugned. han the fortress Of Gibraltar could
he affected by attacking il with pocket ps.
fol had Ia Is.tt IN a ,,,t
any compliment IN which he pm every thing
iha, he attempted 10 place in elenr lisht
liz he'd shewn ths' the weak aud helpless gov
efnm"nt proposed in the plan Of the gentleman
from Frederick was not what il was represeu-
| ted 10 he, aud had shcw0 them what irds com
promise. The gentleman from Brooke (Mr
Dodttdge) had stated lin 10 have said that he
nevs, would be SATISFIED unh what was tech
nically called the white basis IN the House OF
Delegates. He never could he never would
the genileman's constituents were not more in
teres,ed in the question than his were aud he
sawno reason WHY his constituents were 10
give up any more ,hsn those of the gentleman
(end he did not pretend that iheV were bound
to do SOY This was not u compromise on any
Just principle II was one III which the West
took the lions share, and left to them OF the
East, ne II they had beeR n parcel OF Jackals,
the refuse aud ofials of power,
Mr.. johnson EXPIRE sed regret that Mr. Up
shnrs proposition had not been finally Il ;.
tosed Of before that Of Mr.. don had been
brought before the COMMITTEE. He should
have thought il d,s,able thai Mr.. Upshur'.
should first have been made as perfect us pos
r 'ible, beio,e a substitute was received Other
peptemen. however, who acted with him, had
no. thought This the beIt course. aud be- had
Requiesc' d, lie did tot rise Ter the purpose
, indicating the argument he had ioriDrriv
used from the Remarks of Ihe gentleman rom
Charlotte, or 10 prove that il possessed Il
strength which il did not far less had he in
tended To represent himself rs IN any respect
, OF on amy occasion pretending 20 he rqua Ia the
Chief Justice l. needed no ghOd lbowing To.
wards v Rando'ph) TO inform the Cummtle &c
of their Inequality.
, Mr. Randolph said. he had not distinc,l,
heard the genie mans words bat # the, en-
{ lamed "Hi ghOalg adv ice. he thankful iot
1 H. Hs cont < iloin SO rercrtad quarter. But
+ he c9hu assure the gentleman rom Augusta
o that NhsirveI he might suppose, ne Mr. j
was lme at I,an IN that Commute, against
: whom he entertained The iesst possible degre,
d OF personal feeling. His ho>ulny towards hat
J. gentleman " rs political only; but he must b. per.
miIed 10 add tpat there had beru moth ing in the
: gen'eman's career during the prestnt Cnnven.
'N", :" "'uuce amy man however hunhle ms
condition, to regard hu as an object of en-
, Wy.
= Mr. Johnson said ia ply that he had never
5 been, he belle we'd, an ohjec, OF envy 10 any one
f, most certainly not t. the gentleman from Char
j loitc, for, sad Nj. j. sc cannu, envy any
1 thng while We think il, re IS noihing superior
|" ns. Yet cannot taxi mt seat wlthou, re
iinrn'ag 10 the gentleman from Charlotte IN,
# ,hanSs Ter the assurance tina he chrrishe,
n towards me personally, 90 i'll feeling (Nlr. Il
Q None IN he world.) Ii that gentleman had
p known how enti'ey devoid my hear
9 Mas from such a feeling WHEN he took hi,
seat IN inis Convention, shoold have hopeo
q the occasion Tor this seeming collision might
. have been avoided.
$ Mr. Madison now rose. and the members wer,
= gathering around him as when ne las, addresse,
n the Committee but the Chair having intimate,
. that he considered IT as entirely out of order
. they resumed their seats. Mr., Madison ,hei