Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-10-31

he
showed that the King of G. Britain could only draw
revcnne from Ireland i'll his character as King Of
Ireland, and with the assent Of the Irish Parliament
So 1t was with Scotland before the Union and so
with the subjects of different realms On this prin-
cipe the colonies here We're not subject to taxation
without being heard if Parliament. II had never
been pretended that the discunchts arose because
representation dnd taxation werc correatve hut be-
cause the Colonies were not represented at all He
might appeal TO every gentleman here, some Of
whom knew these facts by observation, and others
front history, to SUSTAIN his statement. So far the
Argument was uhSwcrcd.
Representation is net the c,irrciatlvr cf ,ox,t;ou
Pho question is, by whom are vc to be taxed: Here
comes the third and fourth postulatcs of the gentle
men, That he who brought Most property into So
ciety and had most to protect was entitled to most
PsWef-ard that III entering into society nature and
athr prircipcs arc swept away and no ritrbts exist
except sucn US are conventional. Here the gentle
man from Northhampori adopted the exclamation of
the gentleman from Cupepper that there twists No
natural right to control minority bccanse m soca
ty there is no natural rnt bv which enc man ca hold
power over another Yhe right nfilst be convention
al or IL does not eNst at all Here in their discussion
about rights, nati1rula uld conventional UenfIc,ne
Seemed to have forgotten that this IS d controversy
ABOUT tile distribution Of power. WE are uoy ma.
joTity claiming to havc political rirhs ACCORDING 10
cur ihnner1. We claim powers which are denied
10 us because we are told they do not result from any
natural or conventions! source-5ccausc al.horoh
tuat power might exist law OF force in an anti
social state, all that p1Nrc. swept away when We
therefore "a
conventional compact to find its sotrGe. This shews
now lnl.rnio0sy the gentlemen chu chancr, their
why's n the document which all our uolt;cal ripffe
are founded Once it treated as fill of mere ,-
stractions or As gentleman of the highest local at
tittnn:uts said the other dnv Us no IA rt Of Tho cr
stitution at all. We have brcn told il oulv contaip
eu aosiracions from an authority high as aIty il
the land. 4c a,roiin<s uf these GrriitIe,nrn as ds
oators was sNewu in this. Yhis ver. RIGHT TO Govern
the minority is secured ia the majority in c:xuress
tcTnls 1t WIS wtittcu iii that very Bill of Rirhts
mat whcrc the government slull degenerate int mis-
rule uud becont unfit for the rpIr,i5srs for y.hrf
WIS creatnd the majority shah have tho rrht to A.
ter abol sh or arurnd IT. Here the right is ofvcu ia
tito u1alory ID express tcrC?s It Is ntways Irrcstf
and abli,g with he majority here and il: n cr,nvcr
tlona right conferred by thar Instrument which ,,,r
mated from those WHOM they called Tho greatest ard
wisst men the country ever prodrlcc Here we have
clue to tbs rellcauct Of Getlcfrt to NEEDLE y;th
the rrtacr btfGre the book was written But before
the bnpk @hs written in vii bmir for those who bd
That on1of it was derrcA Ivy uianinn ms yot Of, his
Conv1'ntion that this very Bill Of RIGHTS o1rft MOI
to he amended although TINT had ,ret1 AFTER
wards resrlnded to make way for this d,bate-
That Instrument has been cUlsidc ed as one OF chs.
suhlects committed 10 us by orr constituents To on
QuiIe whether IL nccdcd airy amendment Il hnd
been treated with the same respccr as all the de-
parinIents had been BY our consent the BIT of
Rights is decided to DC State paper of aii4n~ an.
thoritF We IRE called by the people TO revise and
aulrni thai Instrument We say it needs 10 amend
uent; anu shall we nuw be told that abUnnls ONLY
q
port ct the Cmhnittec il yet upon our table and is
yet prottssedy to be disposed of liy yeu lii fins
conrsc VIC lnlve hot trodden exactly in the f,rt -r
OF those who have hni Up the present Constitution
iley were nllders, we arc not, The first thnp m
did after they had declared that fa soyernfon,, -.
tile King of England WIS ait an end was to apnoint
a CenruItec to prepare report and declaration of
Rights To $e'oe as a basis Of Goee,mnent That re-
port was tho hrst nude 10 the CONVENTION and the
first acted npon by that body They rcnortgd tho
Bill of Rights as the basis, and the Constitution 70
rest upon It, fhey built the foundation first, and
then raised upon it the superstructivu
In the course of his very cloG,,ent arpun,ent t,o
& 'nierr1an from Northampton admitted That it was
the safest rfc that minority OF nnits should VOW
efn S't DULY whe1 proparty WIS eQual-,1nicss rro-
Perty was elna he did moi admit the priuclp'a at
nl OF
AIR. UPSIIDB rose to expaiu-ry4e ndltle3ran
from Brook had mistaken his rncani;fr. He Ind
not SAID That the rule was safe wr the property OF
ono Individual was equal to that OF another lie dis
Claimed alike that proposition and tho effect Ljrb
might be deducted from it.
But he nhaEt whore distinct interests enrsci,, arn
Classes OF Individuals exist i'll society K0t between
individuals but classes embracing PORTIONS so farot
as to have ain influence OIL ttni Community
Mr.. BoDDRrDGE said, he had misunderstood ths
gentleman Yesterday, but he understood rim totav
While there vas natural right in the majority to
rule over the minority, and ScE raht was derived
to them, from nsiit0nal conventional source
whCnct did ne de1ucp the RIGHT Of the minority IL
govern the ma5orfy?-for government there must be-
otht oy Tue in"lorltI or ue minority 1t results
pot to the minority front any form of government
Is II Ia be traced to any conventional sanction, The
idea is too monstrous. Thtre was no snch rinht
resulting from uature and other cuud exist bnt
BY conventional origin Where is it to be f6nuds
Not IN the bill Of rights nor In the constitution for ev
cry thing there Is in favor Of majoriiv. It's admitted
by the gentlemen the other side that tlt for flc
poSssesion of slaves the rule Of majority wonld be
safe ut present The minority III this case had Ia
bored in vdin to furnish guarantee sa,isfantor n
the minority, bat every g1rarAutee which the in |
EtrIity of the majority could suggest, w,s called
papcr work, and to show their urfciencv 1T was at
ffrmed by the gentleman from CuTpupcr-that there
Gec no principles IN government, that where it was
the interest Of the mlJority to opprcss The ninGitw
they VIII DO it. and to demonstrate against the On
PRESTON, would br to appeal from Caesar to CgsaT
IS there was no principle to rstBiu mc1i ri, power
SO We arc toS, that majority Of the pnone of this
free land aru not to BIZ trusted. we arr nf6rnTra
tat tho minority never Will DO satisfied, and thai
THEIR discomfort may break out with sc1nctbino dau