Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-26

| prop,y rs qualifications of suiirage-aiiempt
| ing fshew the abuses of which il was suscep
| TITLE. lie referred 10 the peculiar situation or
the slihern States, and tVTginis-hno ASK,
ed iihe lime might moi come, when me ~"
Of evy white man might he wanting 10 meet
the egency thai may aTise-and was "o'
! polii then TO give share III the government 4
/ 10 esly such man, and attach him TO the m /.
| Teresa of others
! Heoneluded from he facts he had laid be-
/ fore fe committee, that there was no substap-
/ tisl rtson for fearing that any raP'ne mou'a
bs exscised upon the property Of the flch-
hat ihre WAS to danger OF demagognes III ineh.
oing ilf poor TO create riots aud turinohs anu
that III right of suffrage ought to be ox,e"oro
Mr. Wilson submitted an amendment 10 MS
Hep0 alton, which was accepted by The ooIl-
dihee without any objection.
| The Chair put the question on the proposed
| amendment OF Mr.. Wilson:
Ayes 81
Noes OF
/ tMeSrs. Madison and Monroe voted among
tie noeg.
( Mr. Campbell then proposed a subs,i ute for
the resolution, which substitute he had offered
n substance on the ooh Oct He rad the
tesolutous.-Mr. c. said he had thrown them
into distinct propositions for the sake VI greater
clearness and dIsiincfness
The Chair declared them in order.
L. RtSofred, Tho. =" r"'1'.'9 NJ" ny NV
possessed OF the Right oil Suffrage, have sum
( Gent ey,uun.r uf common interest with, and at
lachment 10 the commmnnlly, and have the
X ght of Suffrage.
. Resolped. Tha, all free white males of %
years OF age, born within this Commonwealth,
and resident therein, have sufficient evidence Of
permanent common interest with, and attach
ment To the community, and have The Right o {
Suffrage.
3. Res0lred, That every free white male of
II years oil age, - citizen OF the United States,
not included in the two preceding resolutions
who Is now n resident, or who may hereafter
become a resident within this Commonwealth
who IS DESTROYS of having he RICH OF a citizen
IN this I commonwealth, shall, III open court 10
tie county III which he resides as may be pre-
scribed by law, make declaration Of his inten.
l'ons 10 become permanent resident in this
State; aud II such person stall, II months al
Ter making such declaration, solemnly promise
to submit to, and support tue Government OF
this Conmonw ealln--such person sh Ill be con-
sidered as having permanent Common interest
with, and attachment 10 The community, aud
shall have the Right of Suffrage.
4 Res0fred That all persons, except such as
snail have rendered important services 10 thu ir
country all persons of un>ound mind, and all
| persons convicted of any high zine or msde.
| meanor against this Commonwealth, possessing
whatever qualification they may shall moi be
| permitted To exercise the Right Of Suffrage IN
| this CONFERENCE.-The
After these resolutions were read, MIR Camp
heli rose IN support oil them-he stated thai eve
| ~ man IN q. Bri ain was called Il sHbject I've
his station what may-and in this county .
we have changed the phraseoIogy and employ.
/ ed The " hp thpn Shun h.,
zen Is the only question necessary to be deci
ded, before we establish the Constitution Un
III this provision wa, settled, he confessed that
ne felt at sea on every olhfr subject. He thought
politics Was yet in its ~ fancy .--Reform was
very slow both in religion aud puilcs Calvin
and leather appeared a5out 300 years ago and
introduced the reformation Of the church but
from thai Time 10 this, the progress of reform
had been Very much earded. And he believed
II had been the same case wih those political
REFORMS which began with those enlightened
politicians, VIII, had appeared at the time of the
American Rrvo' ulion. He referred 10 The DAYS
| OF Patio ana Cio ero- he SAID. he expected from
the talents III this Convention, that the hest
form OF government, a new model he was a.
boui 10 say perfect model, was TO be adopted
by the Old Dominion. lie commended that the
Bill OF Rights was the very best declaration OF
Poll zeal rIghts which had been made for 60Ou
years-bnt he now began 10 despair Of improve
ment, and was afraid that relrocossion, not
progression, was characteristic of man. And
what Is now said THAT every thing new is a
visionary theory while we ought 10 recolIect
that the art of printing, and every new arr and
improvement were, at the time OF their inyen.
ton. new theories.
lie fully agreed in the sentiment, that every
form oil government. 10 he good INNS, ne accnn'
modated TO the wants and interests of III. neo.
pie and the authors OF our Bill of Rights had
wisely proclaimed that a frequent recurrence to
fun ameniei principles was necessary to slpport'
the lo,m of government, Aad what is our duy
W. oucL, - carry ont tho ,,o., ,f,t
tie authots Of our Gons .urion instead of
W akening them. H. was always attached TO
the BilI al Rghts but he was more s. than
ever. since he saw he attacks w,lch had been
made on iheD tie Nd ~cdded 10 ,hs iosrrn