Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-06

on tide woter and the valley, let but a canal or n
road be pointed at the West, and the effect is felt bv
the people IL is precisely because the doctrines -,
State Rights aus p' vented tn GENERAL Government
ir IN aiding Virginia TINT State Rights have BECAME
un % 'ul'r The inference he drew that II take,
a." required FOR snch object, thur inequality Nj.
never he cons ierri, and tia, inxes w ii never no
re uc"d by the tran fer of power 70 the West
Tic viewed The yrr on oh, cts for which money
vol De- required the civil list-the pubic de,,re
general system Of e,l. 'iion-and MS muci-des
rcd In crnal Improvement. Gent, .n,n viii then
very justly aud rightly ca, The cxerc se of ;hr now
or the! WI possess fc- l pubic bcrtG: ai:hougl
te Fast for every sHglr dcl!r- uf ;h':r OWN: and
vii appropriate i according, TO their rotten. # in.
nc" and pohc.. Tha qic--'cn j. whether, wlnle
Louooun pay % cents Il head. he people Of Fred.
erick pa = 10 r'o?lc III BE Sei.., -. u,,1 he.
people ~ HHnLYhl u. - ccpss, 'he, hall ciuIn
anu have rlgtiuj p"Wrrir givc nd gran r., ID Ft-
Fanha ~ cen =; fo,n A;n.cst .pG cent; Al.cln,re
w c'n'S; t'p"h.aLd - NJ: win r white
nrfeeF grants 30 CENTS and &c ri~t, el.i.e;s 1T
'S"""and'al - rcn's, "a stall have and ,Nrrcisr
r pow. ~ YIr &c nt prrhays OF one lo:e % gi,c
'hu grant RON tn pc p'opc Il W a-NIcl cenis
AVA whether, while the epic o.! ~ n.wla :;.b
w. but Il orHt.- OHIO - cents Brooke - cents
M"mong1ha - crn's. a.d hanover II can s: they
sal c!olm aid hay po%c- b. TIA. vote % *
&c rom Cumberland - Gents from Amelia % ce,,:s
ton .Nottaway IL cents, and from Puwhatan re
cents: SnrrNsinG the tax 10 he unfrn tie r suit
wa be IN 'piah :; there viz every OF this dif-
terence between the amount which the rist yis
bring lao tc I'relsur, and ha, winch viii h, can
ihutrI by IA" " AID a.. tits disDal, ,,ur..
taxation to b. ovishei o objects in which he Els
ana IN" sou have la interest wii!o hc Wes' have
comparatively vast .ticrcst.
Re could no, on, b. struck with the hqppy ,,-ia-
phor oI the gentleman from NnrIuk, tnot taXatiu"
"nn representation Hre not twin streams, thu, they
81 ING rom different fUE;a;p, rise Iii differ n. ,,lcl
-idc 'r"igh DIFF II, vaIl!cs. and dl=euba gIe chem
s'ly"s 'nn different Let tins principle pre
rnt WINCH IS row coE cnaca flT vthu gentlemen OIL
We "th"r SIDE, aud me mctaph MAJ s'rIc'l true
4. q r.r Il 4 a.tua al
iercnt ioan'n!rs, aud take ,!lnreu. courses R.nre
si;atlon viii rise IN the Niouu'as. and will cnt,e
down IN torrents carrying destructive iri:iia an
over al the lowlrud country; yliIc "A NATION IA ,
IT. rise In m" low'nnds viii ascend tho Mountains
sLread re rich. and ample and erzir,e :reaTs over
the redundant hills anu valli of the West
- n,lcmcn nc knew, discalmcd tho influence Of
local Interests and local l- lnys. Some Of them had
declared that if they knew ticir own hearts tIay
were not under the control o. local Interests lie
Gd not doubt he sincerity Of their professions lie
0i not DOUBT th"i th"v believed thc'- owl h~o-,s 20
De- "A@npi from that l;ucn-r bat H. must &c allow
CT TO "oHht exceeding, whether tncv know their
own .'"riS, though Hr did not sot himself ,ri. ;l.
~ mp as soacrcr at hearts, but divine tru!. ned
taught Us that the hears oi toau Is tire charcrs To
ltscii. ana d"c"iti.'l above all things t. vas certain
~ " tie rer sr:ah.e hat the West should b. - uni
ted On this question Among them here was no
diversity, ann { they do not ,'ycusv,lv repnrd the
IL lngs ana interests of Inc people they represent
tier conduct uniformly squares WIN those interests
and fc 'lngs.
isW
1t that tho Pyrencc- arc no more" as LOU
Is XIV told his gondSon wnen he assembled the
throne 81 Span? Why Is AsDiey \ zap opened 70 the
Potomac, in the Alpine height which divides Cnlpep
or from Frederick, - You proceed TO the south3
o"k TO the census, and explains the fact as Lou
G"n has a population OF three whites TO black
Look at mr. taxes. which scarcely amount o one
hai ci these OF the poorest slave holding county.
Loudon J. connected with the Northern Necs which
has tile same Interest, and both hold opinions IN
common on me subject "t state rights. Their"
ind m secret The votes which tho friends of the pro
position reported from the Legislative Committee
count upon as secure, are those from Oranre. Eihc-
murle, Campbell, Pitlsyyana !, on. from Norfolk &
such votes ne was bound 10 say perfectly DIS
Interested, aud attributable entirely To the magnun
unity OF the gentlemen from whom thev will comm
bu such ma gnanimity was far beyond INN: II was
"uch beyond LIs CONCEPTION. Ii not for him to
enqu5HInto their motives, much less was !, nfnp.r
Tor him To- cast ceisure their course. Blu, such
magn0nmIty tatiIs such as was pcruittcd to
them, was not permitted to him He stood here 10
guard TIE local mic csts Of those who Gcputed him
lie could not disregard those interests fer i h lr
Cd 10 say he did not regard them bet. or had he,
i1r HIM That he had new }. en born. The CONTEMPT
otsome and the hate Of others would pursue him
threngh lie' aud should he fly for refuge from il 10
the iemotest corners OF the earth conscIcucc-Guis
ecH Prtriu sc guoque fygit-conscicuce with her
whpof scorpions would follow and lush HIM till he
FUND grave. He could not disregard their inter
es's much less could he listen only to the voice of
those local IN erstS which were opposed to the rights
aud property Oi his own constituents, and suffered
hmmeii to be- scdUccd 10y It into opposite cause
The contest IN which we are now engaged Mr.
LEIGH said, was not precisely similar in all its CIR
cunistanccs To that between the colonies and Great
Britain, but iG principle ihc conflicts were the same
he had heard many gentlemen talking about our
io5ciathrrs casting of The yoke OF British slavery
und nc had wOndcfid tn hear such things. Our fore
fathers never were cnsiuved. The imprudcrce of
the French minister Genet, once led him 10 maxi,
similar remark to General Washington, and hc re-
celved an answer the very commencement OF which
90 IA .fsts.l snNes. ole. 4
freedom All the quarrel grew ont Of claim which
was set mp by Great Britain 10 taX the colonies; and
al the peace of l7S3, there was M part OF the Brit
.sh dominions more devoted to Great Britain than
the State Of Virginia, nor had George the Third a
more loyal subject than George Washington.
All he quarrel grew out Of this attempt q, taxa
ton; all from thc efrts Of Great Britain to enforce
tn" system; and the great merit of our forcfuhcrs
was not that they cast OF the yoke Of slavery-for
that any slave would cndeavor TO do, or any fcon
In the Pcntcntiory--bu that they resisted, as soon