Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-27

i1e Couputeu thst putting the vUlue of the freehold
as estimated by gentlemen, il would take capital of
thrce millions OF dollars TO supply tho 10000 now
eAsuded with the qualification. He then reviewed
the proposition by gentlemen on the other side. de
ny'ng 'hat Tue 'and qualification was necessary. The
people who lived IN Shepherd state, had other
property besides land, and that was considered unite
as p'rm' nent and Essential as land Was i; ncces-
s1ry tor him tn direct the attent on of gentlemen To
Engiand Is not the fixed capital i'm that country rs
important US lond?-ls II not here in The low land
country where labor is capital and s an essential
Ingredient IN the veal h of the country Imnlc-
uHnts al trade are essential aud every will thus
perceive that other property as essential rs land
IL TINS prnciple be true what becomes OF the tunda-
ton OF he argument which rests on the durability of
lann, The right Is not founded the land, but tho
relation IN which the proprietor stands il. And so It
Is with other copi al. Ii the relation of the pro-
prietor to -as is between the freeholder and the
SOIL Personal property lis essential ingredient IN
TN" wealth of thecountry, and the title To 4 is rs ood
as that OF the land owner to the land BY shutting out
the sixty thousand free whites who lack the ulalh
cation of land, we shut out only majority now
but the increase OF that majority. He referred 70
the time when tenants for life were every where to
De tIund-whcn all that part which was now called
the back-woods aud the part where he lived were
cultivated by tenants for life The practice had
been discontinued because of its eff c. on the, indie.
psndencc ot the tenants, and completely had Tins
class disappeared that IN twenty vcars ne had known
our TWO instances of tenants for life Suppose mcn
OF fortune found 1t their inter st 20 divert part OF
ther capital from manufactures to lani would =, not
ne netter TO introduce the tcnantry system araiu
ana to supercede slave labor: I'm his mart of tho
country. tenantry for years had slpersrded slavcrv
Gentlemen imagined that 10000 non-freeho,Iers
might b. easily converted into freehalders He re-
auesthd them to look al the consequences of this
suppose sixty thousand persons purchased frcoholds
OF hity dollars each three mil IONS would tins
be expended merely for the right of sufiage
i Tie took view of the liffront value of Ind in
Mnerch sections OF 'hr country, and resisted the
idea that qualification could at any time, be pur
chased al moderate price. In the distrc, he repre-.
seh'ed the non freehoders greatly outnumber the
ana nc supposed that all the non lreehol
uurs there desired tn purchase a freehold each and
taxing this for his basis asserted hat it woud take
zen H'ons, TO purchase freeholds for he non free
"oiuefs IN oraer to give them the qualification 10
! vote You would make a Il these men farmers He
repeated that the basis of the qualifications was no,
The land but the relation IN which the owner stood
to his land
II diverted TO the assertion of gentlemen, that
this question which we are now sett,u WAS nf linn;
tod Importance. onls embracing he Commonwealth
II was forgotten that Tie Uni ed States had reprc-
scntat!on from this State whCi, would ne Affected nv
our measures and which taxes productions to the
Smouni OF SIN times our whole Sat revenue. He
did not believe, that his venerable friend Il colleague
/ (Air. Monroe) intended to exclude houeekeepers
who have an intcrcs in the soil
MT L. JOHNSON moved to amend the amendment
By adding 1.-THE proposition, he words mot less than
The amendment to the amendment was then neg
atWed-Ayes 42-Noes ST.
Mr.. LEIGH said ne did not intend TO say any thing
as to the principle of this propositions but he merely
wished to point out what had been noticed by the
friends OF the amendment The circumstance to
winch he ferred, was the. probability, that while
the owner of house might be precluded from oivnq
ms vote, because the property did come up TO
the limitation OF value provided, while the tenant.
if he pays but 10 cents tax horse is permit, ed
10 vote.
MI MERcERsnid there was no necessity, for going
into quest ions, which dad lmed ateiv bear OF the
question before the Committee
The amendment was then carried in the aft ma
tive-Ayes So.
Mr. WILSON moved that the Committee now
rise-Ayes So
The Convention then rose, and reported progress
The Convention then adjourned to meet to NOR
row at IL O'Clock