Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-16

S''"'' H'"'o"s, s'eepiest ehetnies, VINO now ap
proaeh you with their admouitions and warn.
'ngs. They are those. who. in 1927. taking sd.
vantage OF the possession Of thai very unequal
power which they are now striving 10 retain,
rttusedto direct their ministerial officers TO take
the sense of the people sto the propriety of
calling Conventlon--an &C, OF odious tyranny
which never could have been perpctratcd in
government founded on principles Of equality.
but which we may expect to see repeated here
after, should the mi xed basis of representa- ion
be recognized, on all occasions wherein the in
tereas Of The ueaihg JtW shall come in connic,
with the 'ciH Of The majority Of the people And
shall we listen TO them Shal We allow them
to dictate whdt changes shall be made IN our
constitution, who have sail hat they wart no
| change Shall we make Them The oracles OF
our faith, who, in the day of ,he,r power spurn-
ed us from their presence, and insnIilngly re
jec.ed our reasonable requests As wet might
our torefdthers, after having sure sslolly re
sisted the aggressous o. the mother country
surrendered their van age groun /. aud petition
ell George the Sd IT, dictate their future z ovrrn
ment! Let rs tel es' genu emen, that
we are deeply indebted 10 the for the soi-
citude which they manifest for the protection
Of our interests and the establishment OF our
! rights; but, at the sane time. let us admnnIsb
them, that as they saw no evils 10 correct IN the
old constitution. they are not the most suitable
persons 10 suggest the comedies that are ne rs
saty. physician must first be cony inced
that his patient rs III before he resorts 10 the
necessary medicines 10 effect a cure aud man
in the last stage oil disease would scarcely con-
tnue TO abide by the advice al llm who persists
in pronouncmg him peri cdy conya escent
| The most Important .ef ,rm winch the trleuds
seemed 10 promise the nos immediate, the
most lasting and the most substantial benefits
to the Common seatf, at ge,-was The equal
'sation representation. II was subject Of
dnceasing ana pi JGSt complaint that 100 W
! tiers IN one county should possess rs much
weight IN The government az 1000 voters ia
another. Pun tins question, even now, 10 any
man. aud he vii Indignantly spnrn The idea.
Accuse any man Of being the advocate oi such
a peterborough system, and he would rescni
the charge, as a. Impeachment OF his under
| standing or 6ts plegrlty. Aud yet, this m'r-
ed basis tas IL IS iamliiarly lermed)ls the sumo
! principle, and eat3 20 the same results. Ihf
same, did we say II lsa hundred fold worse
Tor now, IT l. 10th ng bu' the inequality oi
which we have e. complain INT let this arts.
tocrateai principle preyail-let hi, whitening
Upas disril il, deadly influences let Ibis 60
| sumlng canker penetrate 10 the vlials oi Qua
institntons--and we shall mol only have inc
gualiig to complain of,--but we shall no lonsas
live under republican government. We MAJ
still cllng to the name, but its glorious spirit
will be extinct. We may still abide by the
forms, but its beautiful simplicity and equality
will be gone. We shall nave no badges aud
titles Of nobility, II Is rne-no lords, aud dukes
and earis aud Hereditary king,-but we shall
have class pripii ged above all others, an
that privilege iounted On the most corrup,ing
and the mos, = n'emplihle OF all eonsidera-
tions--on the 1asis OF zee dlfh. which may be
| obtained wIinou merlt, aud lost without re
proach- (Which coniers on us possessof aeIther
virtue nor wisdom-and which is too often
made instrument, IN me hands of vile of
ambitious men Of eflec,ns by bribery and pur.
chase schemes of personal aggr andisem" nj
! Suhvt rslyp al ia he 10, and thA
liberties Of th"ir felow-men ltis
"a serpenfs egg,
| Which, as its kind, will grow mischievous -
the prolific source whence will arise conten-
tiols, aud eatt- burnings, and discomfort, and
division-he parent oil a tlmii eri,tocracy, eau.
tious At first, but growing by degrees more
bold until wounded pride shall come in
aid OF a deep sense oil injury AMI wrong, TO
arouse The people to lst sense of their rights
and a lrn determination to wrest them from n
privileged aris,ocracy. And all these real, sttD
siauiiai tangible epits, are to b. overlooked or
disregarded, aud we are 10 be seduced or driy.
en- in step as unjus, in itself as Il will be fla
tai in ITS consequences, to quiet the imaginary
| fear OF unequal iaEation We unite with the
hg5-mndsd Delegate from The Norfolk DIS
trict. VINO mas just surrendered his Office into
the hands Of his copstit n'nts. and of whom il
NAV be said, as it was of Marcus Bruius. " he
is the noblest Roman Of them ALL" in praying
that the evils we have pre- iicted as he certain
fleet OF government based on lctath, may
never come to pass. -" God gran, that our
fears may never be realized :" and that, II such
basis should he adopted, the people may MOI,
find that" the tempting cup which they wish
TO quaI, contains a subtle, though disguised
poison, fatal to their liberty and destructive TO
that equality of rights wtich is the sots security
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