Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-11-26


ocular order OF men contitutcs il partly an aristo-
racy. lin npri;ty, 1t IS pure aristocracy; in the
Commons 1t Is not 50; in King, Lords, and Comm ons,
mixed ar'stoc1acy. These hold their power
Ill their lives and transmit it their pos, crv The
rechoder obtains his freehold either by industry or
rom III ancestors, IT he sell it, it passes to the buy
err If be die aud leave it. is the property O. others
and is not entaed-there is the distinction.
You exclude paupers Why: Because they are in such
situation that they cannot be safely entrusted with
political power You exclude the paurer, vet YOU
adni, TO vote the man whose head his landlord
holds Il distress warrant
But we told this is an o!garchy which u,rans
the government of n few. Our opponents coed on
thr Auditor make return of all the frceholtcrs
above % acres of land and distinct account Of all
tie Tax paying part of the community. The free
holders are about % oo0 and the tax payers about
9l'ooo> We have been told that about one tenth
ought TO be taken of these freeh for men who
are not residents. Take away th"se, and we lave
about 10000. How this 80 600 be called an oil
gdrchy by any man?
As IL tax payers. there must be deduction The
v"ry first act OF father is give his son Il horse
and TO make him tax payer Take away the sons
of irechoders, who thus made PAYERS and the
trecholders will be majority. But the sons have
the common in crest; they afterwards have the
Lands OF their fathers 1t is said they shnud 90 to
the polls. Yak them there, aud they will vote per
haps with their fathers but if hey puppies and
sconndrels they will not. The father VINO has TWO
sons will thus have tire votes. Tn. son Is always
wiser than the ather-this the march of nind-thc
progress o knowledge and he votes against the ia
! shines, save this dear but unhappy Commonwealth
where It has been boldly laid down that the son
must necessarily be wiser than his father. Yhe sv-
democracy is to sclucc us to their errors He
wanted no democracy which is ofthut c,aractcr.--
tie had before said that liberty only means and
not an end. He repeated 1t. He stated that
whenever the tune should come, Wien the gen
eIDan ehoud be odous here, he would be ready 10 axe
any system of Lnnparchy which might be offered to
hun. He vas in favor of republican government be-
cause 1t promoted his happiness and he considered 1T
- tee best for the country.
lie adverted to Colonel Allen who has many thou
Saul acres III land, nor very good he has 200 slaves
as he had heard although they must have increased
prodglously since hc last heard from thcrn he has
600 deer his park and drinks the best wine in Vir-
gina and long may he live to drink it. for man gives
IL more freely iic wondered gentlemen did bring forward the
and they have the poor dwellings the freehoders
on the margin Of the they aoag would seem
thai vn gen!lcnen have Object view they Keep with
eagle flight with eye that nk an wing tIa, ne
ye tires bn they skin; the level surface Of things He
II they really Beloved that all the eeholders wealthy
| he very laws prevent the increase of wealth
An argument had been pressed by gentlemen You say ptop-
eFy is the basis, aud you If with
vo1e, he who has 1000 is have 1000 Can the man
VINO owns one slave The who holds thousand can
the Who holds thousand man no holds one
IT you put II IN the power those Community of
interest," would and this the principle of
the freehod qualification of Virginia You enact no
law which will Cypress lie eehoders; tho right,
and give the power to The eehoidcgs you par, will
! all the security.
We are told Old Virginia is going down: Where
Culture Gone, te attributes the government
The decay Of our commerce. although the government,
has nal nothing TO do With it the decay Of agriculture
seemingly attributes to the landodcr Virginia but
that New York has ceded nothing while Virginia ceied
away the uost fertile oil her territory? These gentlemen
j. SAID people leave Virginia because vote aud 90
to other States 10 enjoy that right This seriously told Yet
:ac! pncass Of qnsl'cs, oDO'n 'S
thew eos are also sye,sa 1nm con TO Virginia because
because he me should find him most profound
philosopher that the world produced He did not know
he had tede
closely as others The march of mind sister States
whose example he had heard quoted expressed his affection
for the Citizens of ALL but his affection Virginia was that OF
the heart while his affection for the u States the other
States was that of the head He had vnginian
who had Witnessed elections York and in Kentucky
who did not back perfectly abstract notions
New our model lie had no doubt lie .ea BODY
OF the people IN New York the other places but
he believed this principle of distinctions which been exhibit
e there would be the moral poison which would this
whole Union.
Every thing which Injuries comes from the Woodworking
from the South We have the Hessan fly system of uni,
of the rivers He said he had re-
ceved newspaper from Maryland pointing to an
Die of tract of 100 Of land satisfy warrant,
The neie requested him look the effect universal f
| learn that he had received it.
he referred the abuse of the box, and its efficacy in
preventing the votes OF from being known He thanked
God that the system of the ba, box had introduced
here; although lac had at one time, feared it would be
| Drought forward among the other amendments
Place man where the affections of heart are not called
lno action ana I've becomes helpless, haPess being
courage particularly there no know that
twlil not pass from him for want of exercise SO
political independence He loses it apdity when
Inc once lets go from him. All hard attainment
ana II soon escapes from with all vigilance care
but wees we acquire with the facility Hhe system Of
universal suffrage system destru good order and
all good government lie asked the Committee TO look at The,
operation III the election of pSc officers by people He
asked why the political managers had practice of
noIo caucuses although the has been dropped
Convenons-buth he liked the old because tells
plainly that has eectioncerng objects
After what had passed in debate about the hurry trepi
dation IN which fathers made the Constitution he was sur.
Psed 10 hear brought forward again this discussion
supposed should hear again and again He believed the
convention OF l176 to e entirely competent
su'tIon-and that Of all this the last body which
ought To set Itself the Of their He was no;
gong 10 except himself from the share blame I've mered
lie asked pardon Of his sins from God man; aud he would
TAKE his foil share of cenSuTe. lie believed was nothing but
me fear ct the Cereal Government which kept down the Ceiling
adverse properly which this Stale which would
eE"se break out mo OF violence IL The
General Government