Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-12-11

Pe's'"s u" 'ie East, VINO ma not only persons
but property TO protect' What are YOU abou,
TO do; You are about designating persons AZ
agents to protect persons alone. The govern.
nont is established TO protect property-whe,h
er ct the rich OF the poor, but according T. Che
doctrine Of gentlemen this idea is to be entirely
thrown out.
lie asked what would be tho consequence OF
adopting new rule here upon any new mr..
| ranSements which may be made with the Gen.
ernl Governmcnt-and indeed may it no, invite
new arrangements of the most serious character
| lie ccntendcd that it was the policy of all no.
| vern'ncnts tn practice honesty-and to do JUS.
''ce |" all parties He said, he asked for no
stronger proof of the disposition of rovcrnmen,
10 ahusc lis powers, than the acts of the Feder-
al G"vernment-the Consultation seemed to
nave been altogether despsed, and the rights of
the States ironno protection against oppression.
Look ut the combination of sectional interests
| I" Cypress other sect. ons-a parcel of fanatics
| associated Two years ago at Harrisonburr du
| ''"S the recess OF Congress, to tax aud Cypress
| "hcr people. In consequence of this despo
t'sm every dollar in ms pocket was taken ,u,
and every one that gets there is likely To share
the same fate. And how has this clan,re in the
fundamental law been brought about Bv ava.
nee ana TIE spirit OF electioneerDg. He repro
oa'rd THIS sectional taxation. He called upon
all christians, all lovers of right and haters of
| cV" I" say, whether they ought not t. put down
| such things. But the gentlemen of the Yves,
also called upon us To trust to their honour and
| integrity. And suppose we were to nut the res,
OF our property under the con.roul of our trans.
mohtane brethren, in what situation should we
ma ourselves They would take rs much for
| the purpose of Internal Improvement as posi-.
| oie. Inc General Government was disposed
10 take'al our property by the operation of the
| larih-and yet these gentlemen talked Of the
degradation, of Virginia, her poverty. as it.
brought about by her own Constitution.
Mr. q. begged to put question to gentlemen.
They ass. us To trnst their integrity Int will
'''ey ."S1 ours lie presumed they wouid saw
| yes; aud would give us as much credit an ,bev
| ask. They are all honorable men. But il this
| were the case if there is to be no other re-
strant than confidence IN their honor, he would
inquire, what was the use of any check of
| any government at all 1t was indeed very
| fiatter'ng thing TO be called honorable men. Il
was tile French principle of pericctibility of
man which would give every man vote,
| whether he possessed property or not. Blu, i,
was an ignis Jatuus of which gentlemen were
| In pursuit; extending the rights of those, who
have no property, over those who have
MI E. observed that another appeal had been
| made to gentlemen Of the East, founded upon the
military services rendered by the Transapne
citizens during The war. The gentleman from
Loudoun Mr.. Mercer,] who had so pathetically
| dweit upon these services, had himself been
partaker OF those scenes. But we had not come
here to indulge onr feelings or make any pro-
LESSONS about heroism, patriotism, or the like
| 1t was the last place in the world in which to
operate on the feelings of gentlemen for ques-
tons were here to be- coolly decided by prnci-
| pies and reasons. For his own part he was
willing to award for these services praises, af-
fections, gratitude or money-We have paid for
them IN money; but if they think any compen-
satlon still due, let them bring forward their
! claim the country would be the arbiter between
us-and would aword what was due. But he
could not consent to pay for these services, by
the sacrifice Of our rights Besides, Mr. g.
| asked what would b6 the immediate effect
of transferring civil rights for military services,
and reversing the old adago that the military
should be- subordinate to the civil authority!
| The same gentleman and others had said, that
we withheld from them their rights; but in
| what do these rights cousis' Do they mean the
! right to do wrong the right TO wrong us by
| cessive taxation, But this was description
Of rights, which was not recognized in his
code of ethics. They speak of the right
of suffrage--of the cruelty of depriying SO
many oil the right of voting; and yet the
very next moment they exclude half the nation
from the exercise Of this power But the mo.
men' these gentlemen admit the right 10 exclude
one person from the polls, they abandon their
general principle, and confess that the whole
| question resolves itself into one of expediency.
MI GILES supposed that two brothers, one of
~ and The other OF u years ofagc, were read
| ing together the eloquent memorial Which had
been lately read in this body the right of suf-
rage and suppose after reading it that The
younger should tell the older in addition to all
this, 4 am smarter than yon--I can out.read
you, out'writc you, out-cypher you, and more
over can out-run, out,jump, throw you down and
whip you. can drink more biskey. and then
can m Ike better choice of an officer than
you can, what would the elder say agreeably
to the principles Of gentleman Tie truth
is, the only enquiry is what schcme Of suffrage
is most conducive to the public veal, Ouaht
the plan of representation TO be calculated TO
Protect persons alone, or persons and property
together
Mr.. G. said no had now come TO point which
he could not touch without pain and regret, be.
cause it appeared to be departure from that de.
corum, that spirit of friendship, which had hith.
crto been manifested in those debates MIR. G