Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-12-30


oarselvssffom the grea, slave holding aud tobacco
planting districts of the state. could not have
brought myself TO believe it--nothing could have
pursuaded Inc to believe tLatth real danger which
those districts themselves And ogant & prcsump-
tuous as may appear IN me, these cpthets have been
applied to MS by the gentleman from Augusta will
risk any thing short of my eternal salvation on the
fact, that when the people of that region come to
understand the real question, You viii as soon
force ratsbanc down their threats, Constitution
with such principle IN II.
The Gentleman from Augusta told us, Yesterday,
the day before, cannot be ccrtsin as the
precise day, with some appearance if il were a
grievance, that the people had in'ertcred--and he
asked II we are to be instructed out OF our seats?
L answer yes. Such cannot be instructed III
their seats, must be instructed out OF their
seats. lie tie voices OF the people from county
meetings AID cross roads and taverns Will come here
and Interrupt the harmony Ct our deliberations.
l trust they will Though the people have hith-
cvto been supine this side the mountains, trust
they will take the matter into their hands |
hope they are beginning In from their torpor
and know II. will state one fact. To show that
the current of public sentiment, fast setting in on
our side. do not say whether it for against
US before. have heard, not one, not ten not fifty,
land when say not fifty, not less, bu, moro
than that number) OF intelligent declare, that
If by any possibility, they could have orcsoen (poor
innoccnts,) that such to he the results, they
never would have vutcd f0r tlis Convention In the
mean While, not single convert has been made from
ten, twenty. aye fifty, and If TO resort to doc
umentary evidence, could name more So far am
from being one of thusc, who wish to precpitatc
the question, am glad rejoice in the prospect,
that our session viii run into that of the Virginia
Assembly In politics, au always cor getting tie
last adviccs You can never get ~ the true temper
OF tIe public mind, til the occasion presents Itself
for decisive action.
lave made and shall make no isclairner OF hay
ing utsnded offence any person or party in this
bOGy-au1 tins for the same reason before stated
never will plead, till am arrasne,l b. q cotnpe-
tent tribunal and the disclaimer would be misplaced.
Gentenen on all sides, have spoken of the intention
with which they are demanding power, for the gem
tlcman from Augusta lifted the veil and owneS 10 u.s.
that power aud power alone, is the object he is IN
PdrSu' 81. Or, mean no diSrespcct, when say
that however important Il may be to themselves, TO
me- II rs matter ofperfuct indifierence-I speak in
reference 10 the operation of their measurcs-whc-
Their their intents be wicked or charitable. | say
'he demand which they make, is such, as ought TO
alarm every considerable and fore thouEhted man;
and that there is nothing to mitigate that ALARM in
the stern, unrelenting inrx0rabe, remorseless cry
winch they raise for power and their determinai
10 hsten 10 no Compromise. One gentleman, indeed
has a6ated somewhat of his tone Of triumph. Per
haPs the prospect OF speedy enjoyment, has Gained
his eXuaion, and sobered him down.
Mr.. Chairman, since have been here the scene has
recalled many old recollectons. At one time,
thought myself in the House of Representatives lis
tening to the debate the Tariff; another time
imagined myself listening to the debate the Nilsson.
myself
to both questions debated at Are we mem net
20 consult about the affairs of mem Or, are we in
truth, robInhood society," discussing rights in the
abstract Have no house over our heads9 Do we
forget, that are living under a Constitution, which
has shielded for than half &C injury. that we
are not parcel OF naked aud furiorn savages tic
shores OF New Holland, and tina, the worst thet can
come IS, that We shall live under the same Constu
ton that have lived under freely and happily for
half century, To their monstrous claims Of power,
we plead this prescription; but then we are told thu,
RePi. II;
numbers. And they win not listen 10 a preserintiun
OF Do years. period greater by four years than would
secure title to the best estate in the Common eah
unsupported by any other shadow of right. Nay, SIR
IN this case prescription operates against uDssession
They tell US 1t is only Of long continued and
therefore, of aggravated injustice. They say TO us in
words The most courteous and soft, but am not So
sol; as to swallow them, eve shall be-we will be-we
must be your masters, and you shall submit" To
whom do they hold this languagei To dependantsi-
Weak, unprotected, and incapable Of defencel Or is
II to the great tobacco growing and slave holding in
terest and to every other interest on this side the
Ridgef "We are numbers, you have proper,yo I am
NOT so obtuse as to require any further explanation on
TINS head. eve are numbers, you have property D.
SIR understand it perfectly. MIR. Chairman since
the days OF the French Revolution when the Dike ne
orleans who was the richest subject, not only in
France, but in all Europe lett himself 20 the moun
tain party in the convention, in the vain and veal
nope OF BFaspng political power, perhaps of mountn
the throne, still slippery with the blood of the ,s, 20
cumbent-trom that day To this So great decree "a
iniatuation has not been shewn by any individual as
/
who shall lend his aid riVet this yoke ON The neck
| OF his brethren aud on his own. Woe betide that
man! Even the Duke of Orleans himself proaieate
and reprobate as he was, would have halted in his
course had he foreseen in the end, his property con
Gated to the Winds and his head in the sack of the
ecutoner.
! enter into no calculation Of my own, for have
mace none nor shall follow the example which has
been set me- leave that branch Of the Argument n
argument It can be called ofthe gentleman from Au-
| gusta, to be answered by himself
! The gentleman told uq he dav beforc
that IN een minutes Of the succeeding day he would
conclude all he bad to say; and he then kept us two
hours not by the Shrewsbury clock, but by as good
watch as can be made IN the city Of London. TDraV.
ing out, and opening his watcbl AS fifteen minute
are TO Two hours ia the proportion Of one TO eight
such Is the approximation to truth in the gentleman
calculations all the calculations and promises of tie
gentleman from Augusta which he held out TO 10 10
gun usl speak not Of las intentions but only of the
effect that would have eDsuedshall be no nearer the
them
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