Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-09
THE CONVENTION.

Tho Convention thon resolved Itself into Com.
lDittee of the Whole Mr. PowErr. in the Cboir -
The question before the Committee being upon The
amendment offered b. Judge Green, to strike out
white population as the erctusire basis of reprcscn
taiion and To insert tho comb acd ratio of popnla
ton and taxation, explanations cnsusd be-
tween Messrs. Scott, Moore and Green upon a topic
incidentally introduced into tho dcbate-to wit, the
originstion OF the James River Improvement After
hese explanations, motion of Mr. Leigh who
tsatcd That the motion was made in bchuf Of ono
OF his colleagues, Mr.. Giles who wished to address
tic Committee but was OF TINT limo too uawcl,
and no other gentleman seeming disposed to take the
'i"or' the Convention adjourned al an early hour
II is hcGcc understood, that Mr.. Giles will spca, to
day.
distractions 10 tie Courenti0n--Wo are persucGeI
fom what we md hear, that deep game is play
ing to defeat tho settling oil representation in Tie Lee
g'slatnfc' upon Tie basis ofwhtc popua; ION. Every
delay is practscd rctard the decision of tho cucs-
flon with the horc that certain districts nay nsirucl
their Delegates against It, and trenuo,s and in some
Instances, certainly unfair efforts being made 70
get M Instructions, rothor what arc called such
The success of the effort from. Norfolk, and the re-
Poncns of white population to make fresh cxcr,ons
and to hope for further success. At this moment
their expectations are fixed upon The Albc,nare Dis
trct. That District approaches to tide water and
lis geographical position ard number of s!avos induce
the hope that may be- severed from t alcg 20
VIVA, it cst2-ms fundamental principle. ana begged
or the supPo. ofthc Observation-Disclosures
which long secretly ~ operation in irgnia are nov
for the first time, preached from high places, and
openly sought to be intcrw oven into tie fundamental
laws of the land. Let us ~ pndSr,tood to tie
sense i'll which we use the term AristScrut;c. We
apply it not to individuals, but to their doctrines
When property is preferred epcrsous, AM an Unfit
cncc given TO wealth, which is denied 10 free mon,
that is \ris;ocrscy let whatsCcvcr names be used 10
disguise it. L. not that effort nov making? lsit not
supported by arguments so high toned, that the
Wings of England would not bear them. and by 4
zeal So determined, 10 threaten not to acque see
in deteat' We repeat that VIC use not Tie term 4
rstocraic in any invidious sensc-wc ineannoto say
that any gentleman is Arstocrai--we know the
reverse too well many who support opinions the
open PRONUNCIATION of which, has filed every repub-
lican i'll the u States with astonishment- We mean
only that the opinions thcnlseves nre essentially and
directly arstocrati1-that is, according 10 the oHf
definition of the word.
That there is possibility of detaching the Dis
trct of Abemarle Amherst. Nelson, Fluvan-
ma and Goochland, from principles so clearly express
ed, and so triumphantiy supported lust spring, we
have not moments belief Then pending the can
vass, tho question was fairly mldc-every candidate
expressed his oplnions--onc set was excluded, be-
cause they opposed, another elected, because they
supported the basis Of white population The infer
cncc hat the people have changed on a rnatter OF
prnrpe, is insult to their honcsty--he inference
that they can be coaxcd into deserving their princi
ples, is insult to their UNDERSTANDINGS Neverthc-
less let the friends Of the be on the alert
lei action be met by couFtcraction-lct them meet
those men who go to the most ignorant, with the
cock and bull story, TINT there is design deprive
the slave holder Of his propery--le them meet this
story by another much more true, that there is dc
sign to put wealth above personal rights, and to make
one man, in one part OF Virginia, t%icc u.s. ulucn-
tial in the government, rs onotbes mop, III another
part of the State.
We said that in some instances unfarncss was en-
ployed in procuring the instructions ecut on to GER
tain members OF the Convention. In support of this
allegations we ofTcr the following extracts Of sl,cr
from Norfolk
Nossoix, Nov . 1879.
SIN: While r western people quietly aujoyuc eir Ere
sides, those of this section Cd country no DOM no
Doubt you are uc oppre ci tho used carry
their points IA hc COnNcnuonthe apporiunment " cDJcrn
aOu Severed persons who rs lobby
nave returned io The purpose 0i getting instructions signed
Cen Taylor They say Is a,cenaucI that Convcu.
ton VIII Ice equally divided te amendment OF udgc Green
and " They only Um Cen Taylor and Srcutc l. vote All
safe tia, Ar Madison has AZ last o. yotc iji
the Hist, &c. "
~ r. Very many ro sign the instruct rus 10 Gen Ts,af
donmt know tct meaning, or what purpose tcy ior
u.cly arc they blinded 10y false tales
Such are the means used in soa,e nslanccs, TO Get
up these instructons-and what respect are such in
sructons entitled to. after they have been obiaucd3
None in the wordbccausc they are the instructions
not Of the peop'e, but Of a few individuals only
When district after full and Sc rchng canvass ns
Chat for tho Convention was last spring throughout
he state has chosen her men, and through their prn-
clpcs ayowcd It's own-can any thing be more pro-
postcrous than for few to undertake to instruct
the Representatives Of 90 900 people, thus cnligh-