Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-09

ufteep eentuties. 10 defiance OF ali these casnves
essential, radical, as they told at almost
every turn, of the Barons Of England, uud their III
sing and their swords, and their nolumus nutare
hg for the Barons Of England! What did thew
ever do, when they had power, but Insult their sove-
iegn and tranPle on the people, and when they bad
II not but crouch and truckle. from the time of Henry
the h to the revolution Of the royal power and Aid
in its encroachments the rights and interests of
the nation, And what have they done since the rev.
oition! Why, they aet in concert with each other
ihey nave formed union among themselves, which
has given to them dominion over the sovereign. ms
well as the peoples which has given TO them ali the
power and almost all the wealth of the country.
But the point, on which these potent, grave and
reverend Seniors and to which some would rejoice
STILL to add. our very noble and approved good mas
tiers, made this notable declaration is exceedingly
unncky for the quoters, repeaicrs md admirers of
nolnmus rnutarc. =
In the 18th century, copy of the Psndec,s ibools
oil the civil law had been found in Italy and the sys
TEN which they eXpoundcd, became extremely po6u-
lar on the Continent and was in time almost univer-
snlly adopted. The English had never been govern
ed by 1t. When they were under the Roman yoke,
| The code in question had not been compiled Aifer
lis discovery, they knew nothing about it: and what
| people do not Know, they cannot like. They there
lore opposed the efforts ofthe foreign clergy to intro
dnce IT, The kingdom split into two parties the
barons adhering to the old corUmcn law, and the
komsh Clergy endeavoring TO Introduce sys-
tcm pronounced by Lord Mansfield TO be the frs,
collection of written wisdom that has ever exis
ted: 80 inveterate however was the spirit OF
party on this subject, that when in the reign
OF Henry the Sd. the preatcs endeayored 10
procure an act Of Parliament, lcritimatnp bas-
tards whose parents afterwards married. the barons
came out with this famous nolumus mutare. Not
because thcy disliked the measures on the contrary
they approved 1t highly II suited them and the clergy
knowing that it did suit hemas they had great nun
oeTs oil ilcgitimae Children" selected it as the one
most likely to succeed. But the barons hostile IN
the civil law in mass, opposed the introduction of
any part OF IT. They were afraid that this measure
was intended to be, and really was intended 10 be
an entering wedge, aud then they proclaimed their
nolumus mutarc, a declaration which is pompouslv
brought before us, whether the introduction Of n
revised code. or minute amendment or an article
Of the old one. be the matter in debate
II may not be improper to mention, that in this
state, where this declaration is so much admired and
quoted, we have done the very thing, which the Ro.
mish Clergy proposed to effect in England. we
have passed an act expressly providing for the 10
gtmacy of children born before the marriage of their
parents.
u Perhaps the Western Times Ind as well nc,
attempt to answer for the opinions of the peo,e Of
Virginia.