Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-11-07

importance, that ought 10 be n,ac an exception
from the rule. and that sum ought to be raised tor that
object expressly without reference 10 the peculiar
s,itu,ion Of that fund.- casting no Injurious imp,-
tsions upon the gentlemen: God forbid! know they
were all honorable and hgh-nindrd men who were
sincerely pursuing what they considered the hes,
Of improving the State.
But what Ia. thi. question Of Internal fmprove
dcw',h the question OF willie compound basis for
representation noih'ng at ALL .ir:'ye they themseves
have Introduced II, must be SUIT. ell 10 go it'll. into
THY way OF reply The gentlemen 20, little by their
scheme: all the money, believe has been sunk In
james River They made large loans to effect IT, and
now those loans have TO be repaid, the country ha.
come TO halt The system Of Internal Improve ment
| c,nnot move a peg. know that the dstingui. hci
Convention held a, Charlottesville was got up with
view 20 revive the interest Of the subject in the puhl;c
| mind; and what has been the result, I believe IN.
gentlemen must that IL has been any thing el.c
rather than revival of the public confidence in behalf
OF Internal improvements Unless these projects are
carried on elsewhere in very different manner from
what they have been here, they will ever result in
mere jobs. wherever the Public or the Government
have any concern I'm them. The meeting at Charlotte
vile has produced but very little effect in favor of the
subject. very little inieed ,.irn that Won con
not at this day get the people of Virginia to consent
b. taxed Tor works OF Internal nj anv where
be il East or West, North South Freeholders or
non Frceholers-sll reject the proposition The only
way in which they can advance step 1, by loans
| and that mole shall ever hereafter oppose.
NV friend from Hanover. Mr.. Morris, when the gi
gan'ic scheme was rs' presented 10 incorporate Joint
Stock Company. in which Virginia ami other State.
were parties with individuals and the United States to
make the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, supported IL
with great effect against my friend from Norfolk no
rough. (Nfr. LoyalD and mysef-Yst. notwithstanding
this, such was the anxiety OF the Virginia Legislature
not To connect the improvement OF the State with Fs-
deral Authority, that the bill did no, pass until pro
vision was made attempting 20 limit the Federal, power.
within the bounIary OF the District Of Columbia as to
its subsci ipton.
| Reference had been male to an application 10 IN,
Legislature, Tor certain improvements in the Shenan-
doal but what argument could Justify ia from mere
application, which granted no could no, per
| ceive.
My friend f. ON Orange, Mr. p p. Barbour for whose
talents and character, entcrrin the most exalted re
gard has informed us that he is an,t mere erperi-
r'enS, and in favor OF experience alone and so am
against experiments. when they OF wild and vi.
sonary character. But must forget, that il l.
from experiment alone that experience is oht ained-and
that the most valuable institutions of tn. conrv tha,
our whole Tree government Itself IL but the OF
an experiment. which has happily succ--deh, and has
"a ondly trust converted this land into The abode of
irecmen, 10 endless ages Vet, the very same arou
mens might have been urged against thai experiment
"a are urged now ag aint this IL was fearful conn.t
we engaged in, agan the greatest nation In the world:
the hrs in arts, and arms, and liberal science and ali
that can enohe or aion the name Of man That was a
teariui experiment; and the heart Of the irmes, man
might we'll Pan'r il not tremhla, adopting il But
Sir is there any thing fearful in ths little .xperim
we are now gong TO max? Almost all the State. have
remodleld their titution.; and has any violence
| or public calamity ensuei? have heard Of none In
the old world. indeed, you cannot take up at
the 'onnua''on 81 your government. and improve t-
form Why' Because the principles of aris,ocracy
and monarchy, there infused hrou ghout the WIN,
system; hun'red ranks Of depcndeE' officers 4, g
Interested IN unfolding 'h- existing abuses, and kccung
down me peop'ei and IL th' people obtain mitigation OF
thir ev they mus, rise in their might, like the s,rons
man, and tear down the templs which has ecome
prison. But, does argument from tha, state If n,s
appy here, where inh.bit free State AMI are sur
rounded by % other States, equally free. Are argu
men'. OF this sort To appal uN there any iemonia.
cal spirit gone ahroa' in the C.muonw eaith 80 III II
th"r- Is nothing like Justice faith among men. Su,
picon, /, seems i, TO he the order OF the day; and lea
lousy The Only safe Foundation Tor a civil community-
Sir men do not associate in comm n; be ,use thew
suspect, but because they Tore eit other because an
cirv il necessary TO the heart and man il \ .,yage
without it, II is only when soci,iy Ia. long been cs
t'hh-hed, that The spirit o srlhshncss makes man
mlsan hropc, and pcrsuade- him deny thai true .eI
love aud sociii, the sum- NJ, Sir All tn, .u,
piron we ought to cherish in ;dying the fnun laioos
ohr ne" Constitution, IL such will teach TIA to he
very jealous lest much grain of arstocracy or
monarchy, should any whore be found in it, LIT u,
nav 10 beS-ro KIM; but give rs, and chill
drcn The equal rights oi men
S'r II we shall i,il in agreeing any amendment ia
he Con*uion and hall return to those who sent u,
mere with nothing in our hands, what h, the con.
sequence: Discomfort, division. public confusion. Sir
u mmf hapP"n. An excitement will, tax. place which
cannet he allayed The People EXPECT that so,ne,boo
mar. oe none; Ihey expect, that the basis of rerre-
ehtaon oil the State shall be equalixsd and the Righ,
OF Suffrage extended and they will I've deeply dis
ished II Is not done. said, that you could not
ehu me kish OF Suffrage, and cnerait this principle
compound basis into your Constitution : ami none are
or can he consistent, but those who oppose the whole
For the very moment you exend the Right of Suffrage
you grant power, which, il the white basis il reject.
ell, Will call another COnv en'ion. And, Sir hermit mo
10 say, that iie caaaess with which we have met and
he mutual respect and decorum, which distinguish, the
present body, sew clearly, that we are in no danger of
mat bloody sword which so ominously bra di.hed
over u.s. by the gentleman from Hanover (Ar Morri.:)
ou we insist on what the People di.approvc sha
nave Ea't aud west, LHwlsrd and HghIaul, unite in
me can OF another Convention, who will put out the
noxou' principle, and pen the just rights of the Com
Innnty viii every where prevail
ana there any thing TO forbid this equ1lz ati,n of
rights! " Al shall prevail, the majority will sill re-
main below hc mountain; there viii he 10 more dele
gaes nom The EASTERN than from the western side of
the blue Ridge do not 60 the specuIations of The
gentleman rom Brooke, (N'r DodirlscJ do not he
heve, thattie majority VIII he f,inI beyond In.
mountain, unless the policy Of the Old Dominion shall
he to encourage the g-owh OF he black POPULATION and
discourage That OF the white know, indeed the i'm.
m'nse trat oil mountainous country which the state
sesse and rejoice that she does possess it, IL il her
ihpregnabie security; a stronger barrier than the Bal.
Kan. Butit aregon, which never can DO - a pop
uia1n so dense as that below the mountains; MOI az
IKE u wen, sir, this negro property ( is very dis
agreeable 10 me to De Obliged to touch the subject but
the isuit Is not miae IL lies in my way, and cannot
avoid ~ this negro property has ncre
ana calls Tor The deepest consideration. in emil 10 lille
appeal TO The icars OF Virginia; know what the old
tTsnians are too well; gallant people il not on
the earth; the only fear thy know, is the dread Of
Exists below tie head Of idewa,sr, a mas. Of that DOB
uiaiion which besides 90 THOUSAND IRE blacks, contain,
one hundred and fifty thousand slaves. There they
SIR The colonization society has failed TO remove
,hrm. fou cannot get them to 20 OF Virginia; and
think they woui be slockh ads if thew did Twin, 4,
comfortably as they do This black population /. last
Increasing The willie population il nearly .ta ion,rv
There lies a ,yide-sprrad Oi,n oC