Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-25

dition of man a mcr- theory, II Visionary theory
And yet SIR, am no friend tn new theories; bat 70
membring az do that owe NIL oar inipro.crucct
IN tho useful aud fine ar,s, all the great ian
which have iUscd the pr sent above n ms, oro. ..
mere theories, some gentlemen plea 20 co ;ben
cannot Lisparnge theories an the gross.--Ycs sir
pruning tscll, this art which has rcvuutunized on,
Is revolhtonizlng the world, well Us all the Amer
ican systems of goyecJnent, we're nce but mere the
orics. 80
have no new theory now 10 offer; I only wish :,
see the principles already driinsd, understood M,
cauoiZed, carried ont to their proper extent thin Z
we are pr"pa red for nothing more we can
asR Tor no more at present. But very far frorr
thinking that the sociul compact has yet been per
fcced. ar that society is vet prepared for the be
possible political institutions. That government j.
best Tor any people nat best adapted to their views
wants, wishes, and even preudiccs. Not that which
best administered but that which best suits 1t eli
u th" great mass of society. This gems uo, I,
hive been overlon; ID by the trainers of the Bil o
Rights, and the founders Of this government, The,
declared the principles, the lust and righteous n~in
cps oil '' s"cl' compact and progressed so lar IN
the application they supposed the then cXstino
state OF society required nnd permitted Bu, f-,.
seeing thnt changes would takc piaco and TINT ,h.
human nrl wa" progressing and would progress the,
advised, aud mos prudcny advised n ircouon, re-
currcnce TO fundamental principles. No; TO cbonn,
hns" principles "a one ger icnau Nr. Gilcsl asked
hat 10 purge and reform inst utjons nv brn,rin.
them up nearer TO the unchang ahle prnciplcs BY
continual approximation 10 the cardinal princ;nl.
htica truths which hose Says declared not ono j.
moro Just or evident than thls@'That no free roy.
ern'n"n, or the blessing of hheriv, can be preserve,
To ANY people, but by a firm adherence In iu.,ico
moderation. temperance. rugaljy und vir:uc and h,
frequent recurrence Il fundamental principles"
Mr. Charm IN, have based the resolutions which
nave had he honor To submit. u3on the dnctrin
CONTAINED III the Oh article Of The Bil OF Rights And
SIR permit me ." say. that am more attarl. to- tL
Bill Of Rights, than before the late discussion
comm iced. have seen that thus instrument has
Ne orr pali1i um, and III" only bud ark against the
d'Inollu1 of cur republican citadel, and the DIS
tructinn % :h" republican character Of onr govorn
man Nothing has now saved w. from tn. sh.
ment, the clnoilZa ION oe tho most prominent fen.
lures oil an arS'ocracy, but this Bill of Rights
have not the euriS of al the gentleman antI-reior-
mists been directed in some way o. otter arlinst tho
letter OF this Instrument Some have opp1rned II
one way, and some another. l}ut all nho have plead
tAc mixed BASS and the freehold q"atd alton. have
iIund 1t IN their way, and have made il IN whole
or IN part. dc d eltr Whether hey intendai il or
not, such ha been The effect of I'll their crItcis1,s
upon a. And, SIR, give me- leave To I'D i.IL,sc zen
ticinen had succeeded in their efforts and M this
time carried the GrGiipn bqyis upon their corstruc
tons Of the .iiIl o. Rights would 1t 40, be- p,s,hlc
some ity years hence upon more liberal costruc.
non, aud with the precedent orthcSc proceedings he
fore another Convention, to originate euaiized A.
ls'ocracy III the fullest of the terIn' Yes sir il
IN the short period of 'iy ,us ven-s so rrcat de-
paTturc from ihr prime pics rcvcoped and prescribed
ny IN" trainers OF the existing Constitution, should
H.
mont on wealth, on wcnlth sir repeat, disguise i
~ gen cmen may, fifty four years more and another
Cohven ION following such examples. and such inter
prrt1 tons. anl would have an ol;parchy !, ,yo
P'fd i1''mH by law established nobility. Seeing
the warfare which has been Wnged against this nov
moro than ever dear 10 mo instrument; and seeing the
barrier which il has thrown in the way Of ali on
croachncnts upon fee institutions. shall vote
for It's baIng pcrPetuaily part Of the fundamental
law of our country.
| was glad on yesterday morning TO hear the rem
f1a,.
with the doctrine of This section of that instrument:
not Slr, with the application which he made OF that
doctrine. According to his Interpretation no man
has any attachment TO the community or country but
freebooter. You will observe, Sir, that have in
the resolutions before you. only developed the mean.
ing of the six II section of the Bill Of Riglns-the
plain English Interpretation OF the words. II sin
gle idea not founded the farest and most Just in
terpre alton of these words IS found in any one of
those resolutions, hope il may not be reained-
Some gentlemen alcgc that in the wear 1916 the
words common interest oitt, and attachment 10 the
community, meant neither les nor more than free
holder. According 20 what dictionary or mode Of in
depreciation this meaning is made out have not as
yet learned Words may be used in an appropriated
sense own, bu: some proof Of this appropriated sense
must be produccd--as yet have not heard anv au-
thority other than assertion. Please observe that
the words common Interest," do not mean ey,l inter
est. That they do not, the single fact of the geoql-
y of the ftc"!nds from p to 900 acres in OK mt
aud from p 80 100000 DOLL i'll value UNIQUE. tona bv
greatest
variety in the extent and value Or that interest One
gentleman had spoken Of the interest which one man
might have III ship Which had n valuable CARGO
aboard, and unoikor WIN had only hs person. They
both had common interest It true, but he might
have giv"n TO the figure greater extent, and slip
posed that many individuals might have had different
stakes embarked on tho same bottom. Besides their
own persons they ~ ght have great diversity Of in
tcrcs's aud though dsPropoti0ncd in value equally
Interesting th"m all III the safety Of the ship. no two
interests arc precisely equal yet all have q common
interest But Il i said that this common interest must
also ia peyBtuC1i IN crest. TINS further defines
the nature Of tins common interest This restrictive
tc denotes that II Is not TO be Transient interest
But still this word permanent is only comparative aud
necessarily liiui cd Tie various INSTRUMENTS which
W found embarked in The same ship, arc as porma-
mont a. tho voyag from port port. II may be a
long voyage or n short voyage. SO u may be- and
80 of en- Is the journey Of human life. Our interests
- the STATE are as transient and IA uncertain as our
lives. We all have common interest in The State
but how permanent or how transient that interest
may be cannot be defined. Bosidca il NAV in any
given instance TIC mo C transient than our lives He
who has a freehold Of any piven extent may either