Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-04-06

-. l.ovu IVA accommodate ourselves 10 'heH
"a sua pract,.ai means of correcting thcir u
affscss bat know also that Laws anu hs'no
lions must 20 hand In hand With the progress o
the human mind. As Tia, be cones more ue'e"
ned. more eulg h'esed as new discoveries or
made, new truths disclosed, and manners sh'
opinions change With the change OF ofeu"''"'
oes. institutions must advance also. afa keel
mace with ,he tines. We might as well require
= man 10 war still tie cont which hited nm
when how. n, civilized society 10 remain ever
under The regimen OF iler barbarous ancestors
hi. ,h,s ,,cn,stcrous idea which has lately de
j,,,.a E,r,ne /. blood their monarehs, instead
,fsis,ly welding tn the gradual changes o
eiroums,sncrs. sf fayoting progressive ACTON
,,od.tion - progressive Improvement, have
Limo "a old abuses, intrenched themselves be-
mind steady habits and obliged Their subjects 10
shro blood AID violence rash and ru'nout
fnnoya,inn, which had they been referred 10 'hf
rrarcfnl defberstions. aud collected "s ION oil
che nar,en. would haye been put into hteepta'
slc ard salutnry forms-Lei us follow no such
.xample, nor weekly believe tia, one genera
opis,ot as capable =. another Of taking care
81 itself, and OF ordering us own affairs Lei
,, az our sister states have dose, avail our
calves ofour reason aud experience TO correct
en-. crude ESSAYS Of our first aud inexperienced
nltho, wise. yirtuous. and veil meaning eoun.
rils Aud laslly 1T Us provide ~ our ennsi'ui.
ton for It's ~, ision nj stated periods W IA
these pericds should be nature her Ell indicates
Nv the European tables OF mortality of tile u.
dulis living at any one mnnlent OF Hhe. MA
forty will be- dead ia about nineteen years nj
1he end Of thai period then n nrv majority ~
come into plarc; ar in other words new gen.
GRAFTON. Inch geueraiion is ms independent Of
thu one precedng rs hat which Ind gone
.. .fgat h.la IA o. ~ .
for iselthe form, Of government II believes most
snromoiivs Of its own hsnpiness, consequently
20 accommodate o the circumstances IN VIII CHI
n finds itself that received from us pfedece'-
sors aud IL is for the peace and good OF man
kind thai n solemn opportunity of doug thus
ever, 10 or 90 YEARS should he provided by the
constitution So that II may he handed on, rom
periodirnl ropaiis, from generation 10 genera
ton 10 III, end OF time, ifahy thing human chn
no long enlurr.--1i is INV fp,iy years sinee
the Constitution Of Virg mia was formed the
,sbles inform Us that. within thai period, Two
thirds ~ the adults then living arc no" dchd
Have then the fen,ainins ,hird, e'en ~ fheY hab
the wish. the right TO hold ia obtdience IL their
vill, ami 10 laws herr,ofare made by them, the
other two thirds, who. with themselves, com
pose the present MASS 81 adults Iflhey have
not. who has ! The dead hut the dead
have no rights. they are nothing aud nothing
nannot avn something. Whrre there Is ~ sub
stance there can be- no nocid"o' THIS eorpo-
rrnl globe. and every thing upon II, belongs 10
ifs present corpnrral inhabitants DUNG their
rrncrntinn They alone have right IN di.
rect what il the concern Of themselves alone,
md 20 derlarc TIM law Of thar direction aud
this declaration oan only be made by Their ma
FORTY that majority then has right To depu'e |
representatives ~ p Convention, aud u make |
the Constitution what they think WIZ he best
for themselves-But how 10 collect fhr'r voice
this is the real difficulty. u invited 10y private |
authority ~ county or district meetings. these |
divisions arc W large that few will attend, aud
their voice will be ,mperfeclly or falsely pro. |
pounce5. The mayor OF every wand on ques.
ZION like IN, rsrsrnt would call his ward ioge
ther take the supple Yea az Nay OF It's m"W-
bers, convey these TO the rounty enurs, who
would hand on those Of all its wards 10 the pro-
per general authority, aud the voice oil th'
whole people wonld be thus inirly. fully, and
prncenbly expressed, discussed aud decided hv
the common lsnson If the socicty. ~
this avenue he shut 10 the call Of snilrranee, II
will make itself heard through that OF infer, \
We shalt 20 on. as other nations are doing, ~
the endless oi'c. u oppression, rebellion. ret
ormat,on. oppr sson. rebellion, reformation, u
again, 80 on forever.
rneufs we see anane men, aud pi The principles
hy which alone We ,uay ~ event our own from
falling into the same dreadful track. have IL
ven them NJ greater length than yonr letter cali
cd for. but | cnunot say things by halves aud
coride them - your honor. so IL ue them as
TO preserve me iron, the grdiron OF the public
papers II you should approve and enforce
them MS YOU hive done That OF equal represen-
toilon, they may do some good, II not. keep
them 10 yomsef as the illusions Of witheredage
and useless time.
shah. with NO, the less truth, assure you of
my great respect End Consideration.
I'll. JEFFERSON.
Copy ofn letter received by $. kefeheynl, esq.
dated
Monticello, Sept 3, 1916
SIR--Your letter OF Avg 49, is uu rccci-
we'd. That which wrote % you under the nd /
dress of n. Tnmkinson, was intended 81 the
author Of the pamphlet you were so KIND AS to
send me. aud therefore, in Your hands, foun0
sts true destination, hui. must heseech YOU,
mir. not 10 admli possibility Of It's being pub
lished. Many good people viii revolt from its
add my wish is to offend no body /;
20 leave 60 those who are 10 live under IL the
settlement Of th"ir own constitution. aud 20
pass IL peace the remainder Of my time. II
those opinions are sound they will occur to o.
theirs and will prevail by their own weight with.
cut the aid OF names. ! am glad to see thai fhe
Stanton meeting has rejected the idea Of
limited Convention the article. however, near
est NY heart is the di, ision of the counties in
TO Wards. These will be pure aud elementary
Republics. tn sum Of all which taken togeth-
er. composex the state. aud viii make of the
whale true democracy ms To the business OF
the wards which is that OF nearest and daily
soncern the affairs Of the larger sections Of :
counties, Of States and Of the UNION. not admit
ting personal tsausaction by the people, will be
delegated to agents elected by themselves md
representation will thus DC substituted whore
personal action becomes impact cabie. Yet,
even our repressni alive organs, should they be-
come corrupt and perverted the division "io
v-srds, constituting the people, in their wards
regularly organised power, enables them,
by that organization, to crush. regularly and
peaceably, the usorps,ions Of their unfaithfui
areuts aud rescue them II ON the dreadful ne |