Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-01-29

| the object was IL defeat n Convention sitnr,,l,
"r. Mr. W. id thai n few days ago Mr.. {
had snid he had no particular preference for
| county representation Al That he wanted sas
hni property sh"ul' be secured Yet ulen Nj
ha'hs'foord's proposition was disposed Of alr
I. voted aeainsf il. ahbo' IL WIS based npoa
property and persons. He thought fhe En,t
mn The Wcs could as well trust 10 the Other de
phrlmen, VI ihr Icgislniurr the Congressional
system as the county one.
Mr. Everen called for The nyes and .or-
o. Nj Terrible moiiop some verbal nmepd-
m"nf. were mad
Mr.. Allen i Prc,ion. nbved to ainrnd so ns
i"stil" uui ibe provision which restricted the
rlghl ri voting for membfr, 10 Tn, Convention 10
ire. ilders oply aud 10 mscri Il nrny isiop pey.
uniting al f,ee white persons osrf u yrafslEc.
IL vote
Dir Ierri said he would vots AGAINST th,s.
rroposinpn mol brcsnsr he was opposed 20
the extension 81 the right ct snfI age but he.
cause h. thought thc legi-ntu,e had nothing Co
~ with the snhjrci, representing ma they d,d
the freehol'iers aud heinz called upon by
hem lor the facilities Of going into con,en.
ton
Mr. VIM anl.Mr Holland both took the
same ground with Mr.. Ierr
NJ, smith of knpawhn, said ihni he was III
favor OF he pfopo> tiiun but he could make nu
apo'oeg viii, h he thongh HI wonld be nceepfsLl.
10 the whole lln,sr---The West he said were il,
favor Of The esienson of the right Of suffrage
with some exceptions. On the contrary all M
ndcoca''s OF The county ssstem WIRE opposrd t.
H. Now .nid he. lrt ,,s ,,,,t tll. ndt,s nniu,r
in tue Ill, and he doubt u whether the .onni,
gentlemen u ou'h stand by ~
Mr. B,o,un nj Jln,,i ,on said tbnt ihs oae.
ton wa. ,pl whether he fIon.e could s,,,n,j
the rh, OF suffrage hut whef1,,r The, e.niJ ~.
suirin
Mr. AInson nr Frederick did moi rnilteiy c,u,
ca with Nr Brown. H. waq in fave, If ,b,.
extension Of thu rig HI of suffrage hut no, of mn
limited snfIi ape His pen,rd minoinl. uss
thu I Gnmh y rovcrnn,rnl III ony6t TO H..
adntled 10 II participation ~ha could be admir-
ted without danger 20 thr rcsi The pr sen,
call "a. from tho frrehold.rs. md he joui,,,d
whether the nonsr ought 10 nde,, o,h.ts 10
participate, swilhout Gr,hr, msirurt,,os Go,u
their constituents The subject OF The ,.t,n ,o,
Of The ,irhl OF snlT, ere vas one H., ,L. roov.n
lion IN ar, mon Fin. sense of,te countrv vns
IN itvor Of H. and he did not Doubt but Tim +,
would be done. Jfn should not he. il u.nl.B
cause The new constitution to- be rejected bv ia.
people
Nj Allen snd thnt he had leHrnt thru for ,h,
6rst time thai be- did noi represent the whole
fee " bite populaiinn oi the 5intr when socI,
ETY. WINS resolved into rs original elements a.rs
not thr mombr,s of il eunai VIII, had the
right IN restrict or hnii thai equality snfh a.
principle would he a,isioerat,r and be r,lled
on those who had denounced Aiistne,acy 10
shy whether IL WINS or not and To yote ara,ist il
How WIS il possible, br asked than n eonstlu
tinu could bind tLnsc who were no, gafiieg tc,
~
NJ, Doddrilg. said he fully concurrrd with
NJ Alle1 IN lact. he snid, that The amend
meni of that prn,lrn, IN had been copied tl,.n
his mnnnsc ipt
The at,,xtion wah then taken and Mr. A
len amendment VIA negaiivel ayes 81, noel
III.
Mr. Eppes ren,a ked fhni'the sab.iitut. went
on he GROUND that ,hr government was In Tho
hnnls ofthe ireehoide,s. who were alone To be
concerned IN the scheme Of RETURN. The cont
mrtce If the whole ns he hal uni,r stood had
Va, Il an amendment which excluded all bu,
freeho ders honi seai IA the Conscal'on--WAs
such he asked We, the iolrruretalion Of the Lill,
u II was not NJ. y. inti,natr 4 an intentaa tu,
offrr snf h. An amendment
M Ir,rill tho1ght the bill borc thrt construt.
ton
Nh Parker Of y hoped That the amendment
on lhis subject would br explicit, M TO whnt per
con. .ho Id bs excluded. II il wasthc INTENTION
II the House 10 admit the Judges, we'll ard good
HI wns disposed 10 exclude ihrm. H.
,honghi they had TOO much lute,p.t in the pt,.
scni state Of things so fAt ,raiph ~ their O"u
department of the govern,nrnl.--IIe ihong
Il officers OF government ought hs excluded
and ~, hap, rYeu the n,c,.lbrrs nj that bodp.--.
Ue ~ ueh, some restriction should he imposed
~. - xctude foreigners. aud cilf.ens of ofhct
States
| Mr.. Christian thought. that the frceholle,s
would take chfe Of tier Own IN c,rst AID ought