Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-10-21

ITS SuppOft.--tl hluSt " ~" ~
openly pledged to their constituents anu ,l
70 the world. But, ifmy proposition shali
10 adopted. no man will be pledged to any
hing. tiIl he has the whole ground before
aim Send il to committees, and the ma
iorities will be pledged--they must be; "
they will enter this Hall in solid PhalanX'
each devoted to the maintenance Of 'le
work ofhis own hands.--Ihe consequent
need not predict oc
Sir, the question before you, IS one o
mere form. [ considered II as oil ItnPo'
lance TO the time, and to the rIShtiui ue''O
erations Of this body--and' therefore
thought something ought to be SAID upon
It'll felt it a duty, 10 explain the n@'u'I
of the course | wished to see pursued /
have done: and should consider It unWar'
rantable, to waste more ofthat time "hlcn
# is my aim and my desire to save.
Mr.. Mercer rose in reply, and stated
that he was aware when the gentleman
from Norfolk rose, of the ingenuity and a
bilitv with which he would sustain his SUD
stitlite. and he also knew well those gen.
Ierous feelings of that gentleman's breast,
from which, SHOULD he be found IN error
that error had proceeded. But, be thought
he could shew BY q reference TO his own
arguments that he had no the course o.
them departed from the ground where ae
first started. although at the close be haa
returned to il again In the commence
meut of his argImcnt ho had stated tlt,.
there vas no 9rt clpIe, Involved 10 'l''
onestion. Bat subsequently the genie
7 man had traced the origin OF the Con@L'tn
ton and had pronounced an euIogy on toe
state. 70 which Nr Mercer said, his own
heart Welded Was there no principle
tberel-The gentleman had SAID that It
his course wa not pursued. the Commh
tees void come mo he House orgauzei
into phlanxes, to AIRY through their re
oorts Was there 20 principle IN this!
Principle could not be involved, where
the forms Of proceeding were touched by
which the Convention had been called to-
rether. Hos those who think that there
, are defects in The Constitution, IN their at
tenpts to reconcile them can be charged
with desiring to tear It to pleces-ho kne"
mot The gentleman treats the cousutu
ton as a sensitive being, but IN dong So
: he had treated the Constitution certainly
with no more respect than they who were
disposed seriously to set about the reform
, alton of his errors. The course OF those
ho preferred the Report Of the Committee
wa, first . ascertain whether there were twenty
T. r,,, Of detects
} existed acf1re they were willing to submit the
I0leso1 Co Tho crude notions of any, tor the pur
, posa Of suggesting amendments. however trivial
, The question had been put 20 twenty-ioW mem
hers embracing al the Senatorial Districts, AND
thus .n some degree representing the whole STATE
D. ate. discovering that this Committee OF twenty
frl members coucurred IN recommending Amend
monts, the Convention proceeded TO act Nd'
t.s treating the government with leyuy2 Was
this te1ung IL asuudcr and scattering MS limbs a
5road-for the purpose of eXpoumeml-N thh
a course dsrospecltiIl 20 those great men who ha,
C.-sg.aL it1--Certainv not The Committee haC
recommended a course which 10 all points was re-
s specful TO the Constitution aud WIS calculated e
3 produce an harmonious cooperation tpubllc opm
O., ion in It's result. As question of form ho consld
cred tho present question. Ii It was true that The
= proposition OF the gentleman from Norfolk would
! save time the argument Of the gentleman wou'
=
IT the Convention take the course proposed by th
Committee of tweuty-four, they would get through
the business much sooner, than If they place them
selves IN q situation IN which they must take ey
cry proposition which any member may oller M
Committee Of the whole Plain arithmetic wi
settle this question. Il was said that the who'll
Of the Constitution cannot with propuety be con
] sldered IN this way. He admitted that all govern
, ments were resonble into Legislative, Executive
- al hon Efrh hmm
self had said that these branches by their mlughn;
together resembled the melting ofthe color5 OF h
/ rainbow ought not to have reelected on tho Com
D mittee appointed by the fifth resolution, as hayn;
, nothing to DO. The gentleman hImsefprovos tha
they oud have something 10 do There wer
5 subjects which were not likely to be acted on b.
] either Of the other Committees--which would
f. come under the coguIzance Of tins Committee
, There are rights belonging tc individuals whlcI
have not yet beeu surrendered, which may COM
u1icr tho cogn zance of all the Committees II
{ common, for none will take any particular prov
, iuco as TO resIdnary ghs.
Look from the theoretical to the practical diff
Guilty. The impression Of the gentleman was thi
q that the Convention cannot well frame q govern
ment Legislative, Executive and Judicial, by tire
committees acting M onCc-because one will pei
form the duties Of another. The remedy will b.
this: the COuv must taSe up the Repor
which was first made Take the case put by th
b. gentleman from Norfolk. The Convention is call
= ed to act on the Report concerning the veto. Tn
p Report from The Legislative Committee is mad
and decided upon. The executive Eepou come
in bat the question has already been decided
g Does any member want a new decisiol1 None
z NJ loss Of time has been sustained. T here IL -
second decision Why should the Convention b
called on to decide tho question agaul The ~
Tment then. Of the gentleman from Norfolk wa
8 not % point But he would suppose the nous
hal changed rs opinion. Suppose p decision ha
, been made on one report. and a majority shonl
afterwards believe that decision 20 have been ln
correct; the remedy was Al hand d was only ne
. cesslTy % suspend the rLc. to ilke the nle.tlo