Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-13
Fon THE WHrG.


10 COL Gro. TowSEs, oml COL JosEpu Marty ne.
PreSentHfiUes in Convention, from the District Of
1"sy'UHnfd' F'onkRn, Patrick, aud Henry
1entiemen; ] separate you from your colleagues in
ms address, tor reasons that your couscieucss will
Prooaoiy at once suggest. Messrs CabelI and Stuart
have violated faith, betrayed no trust Use strong
language and use it on purpose. They were not
elected upon class of princDles In come IN IN.
Convention, and give force and efficacy 10 onob.r
When placed beyond the reach of the constituent,
mey nave not undertaken to Presume that the opinien
% a' constituent, as expressed through their
oas changed or will changes nor have they undertak en-
TO give vote in express abandonment of the la,es,
aeclarauon OF principle by their District in the pre
snmptuouS expectation Of bringing the peonIe whom
they pretend to represent, to their ue1y ,vav az ,h;
ing when they return home. These are NV reasons
Tor separating you in this address
am friend OF brevity, and hate circumlocu,on :
WIN not detan you long. wish only to- ask YOU ono
or two Questions, which you may answer or moi as Won
please My object will be equally attained by yopr
silence, for use you merely az the medium NJ
" ''e punt ~
were you not elected as the friends of the basis of
Could you have been elected at all bin, for tho ,,u
deTs'an'ng JW and c1peit tina, you were the friend,
or that measurel '
Was not this question the hinge unon ,yh;ob 49,
election turned1 ~ VIC
IF you answer at all, you will and must as men Of
fr"m, respond affirmativrly to these questions OF
Col Martin, will ask if he not the man in the
District who (aer having as Senator opposed tho Hill
spPortIoning representation the Convention unon
wh'e populaon) most jealous and radical in favor
OF white population and reform, gen eraIlv1 Tbs 10
believed by me to be so.
YET gentlemen, you opposing white populaton
WIN all your might. You have voted against it, and
you mean to vote against il in the inaI and decisive
struggle What are your calculations in giving this
voter cannot believe, that az the instant of giving
'ne PIedBe' express or implied upon which Won were
eiectedJ you secretly meant to violate IL know vo,,
ooh 10 be honorable men, and although am convinced
'nat W Your hedrfs, you were friends IN white
poPuia'lVn' or TO any other serious reform vel do
oeheve that you designed TO act faithfully nv vour
constituents when they gave you so honorable Droof
W helr confidence, aud did premeditate the dere
ncuoh u can ind no mlder word To convey the de-
Wnch you nave committed or mean 90 commit What
men are your calculations What has changed vou,
WIN you say that the District has revoutionized since
.ne last Monday in Mayl IfhiS be your ground AK
what evidence have you Of the fac0 few visitants
rom the District at the Seat Of Government may have
nau 'he nodesy to instruct you You may have got
Iers from some few al homes but you are men Of too
uuCh sense, TO offer these circumstances even true
~, evidence ~ the change of IS or 10000 people
mere nave been mo- public meetings, no assemblAges
o""eu or accidental, through which the people rx
pressed tneir change of opinion, had u been that
!ney had changed. You must abandon this grounJ
Is TOO weak TO sustain you. Having proof that the
people nave changed, mayhap you think, as jusica
ZION OF your abandoning the principles which elected
you That the people did not understand fdemselues
nave heard this idea advsncednot by you but fer YOU
Ies-such Is the day Of republican feelng-so much
are the property and aVstOeraey notions getting the
"hp band that men DO not ecrupls talk aboS, tho