Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-12-08


II, unLIpply, 1t shall be found that we can agree
on nothing, let US at least, part Ill peace. Let US
Io nlamc our ilnaginatons and our passions, by de-
claiming about wars that to be wagcd, and
about battles that never to be fought.
Mr.. LEIGH, Of Chesterfield said that if the hearts
OF the gentleman from Frederick and his own could
h examined, they would perhaps be found to beat
more in unison than the gentleman expects The
gentleman says that flag Of truce is and
are engaged in negocatlos. If there be flag of
truce. said Mr.. Il. have yet seen It's white c."
i1F; thcrc be negotiation III process, am not ad
United 10 it; # there be any comparison of views, am
rUt III the colclaye He sad that perhaps he did
deserve to De there because the part he had taken i'll
the debate had been so warm and decided, and so
marked, that no hope entertained that he could
BE induced to yield an incl When he rose i'll his
place few days since. anu begged postponemcut of
thc decision for u few days in order that he might
prepare proposition of Compromise, i'll which both
might be made to yield somewhat and neither 10
stand OH the ground which was originally occupied,
he had hoped then that his Intentions would have been
h;tSSr appreciated He had then hosted the ia =.
aud lie Gid not take it Ill until it had been fired upon
II was not until he had heard that his proposition
would b, rejected, that he had declared either here
or out o; doors, that he expected strenuous debate
lie wished that he could fulfil his prol1se or answer
the expectation which that promise had produced,
tor never while he breahed would he arrec to
the principle that property ought to be wholly dis
regarded. The Gentleman from tockbridge had told
the Committee OF his Scotch Irish blood That gen
t.cnlan we'll knew that he (Mr L. had no prejudice
against that blood No one knew; it better That
gentleman had felt his sentiments il his own person
He admired the gentleman for one peculiar duaIin-
ctthat blood which he eYhbited-w!!ch was that he
could not help expressing his gh veneration for it.
lie respected him for that; the gentleman would have
condemnation from him in that respect. He wotId
tell that gent-tn, ii alil.e.l. ::.-7l was noi that
!nan IN the State, nay, that in tic world whom
- would us lief not meet in fight hnE yet Old Vir-
GINA would be as little disposed, II they meet at
Bannockburn to yield New Virginia Elt why
these threats Does the gentleman apprchend that
are to be thus trightcned-that we, the descend
ants OF those whose blood is mingled with the blood of
his ancestors, have lost all original courage, and
ready tamely to submit TO whatever may be ex-
actedof us? Does he feel, knowing whom he address,
cs that Lower Virginia is not at least as brave as
the geutlcans country, the galantry of which, said
Dir u. | wIuld be the last to depreciaic7
Mi. MooRE said he had expected to alarm
the gentleman from Chesterfield and the East. He
knew full well 10 whom he addressing himself,
but he had seen that gentlemen had LcGWn dis,iuc-
tons between the Old and New Virginia stock. H.,
had no idea OF Affirming the gentleman from Chester
gentlemen, that the people whom he represented
would not be ensaved without resistance; that he too
had taken his stand and he you'd go farther.
Mr. LEIGH resumed. He stated that he had al
luded to the Old and New Virginia stock bat he had
not done At in the way of taunt. In the remarks which
he had made III reference to the county courts he had
referred 10 Old and New Virginia, and had put New
Virginia on the footing with Old virginia for
which he might stand charged with q full share Of ma
tiHnal vanity.
Although he had intended 10 debate these propos
O nd
dress assembly with half the embarrassment which
he felt at this moment. He had gone to work hon
esy and with the most sincere desire to bring about
compromises and ne believed that he had given evil
dence OF his desire to do ample more thar, ample ms
ticc to the West, at the time that ne had done
f justice TO the East lie had expected difficulties.
but lie had also expected full support from the East
n; least, If from other part Where then must have
been his sutprise-is afiicton when, after all his
labor, his good friend from Richmond rises and saws
that although he preferred the proposition which he
(Mr. L. had made, it he could do nothinr ,,-:;rr r,
;oud IT,: Lie utaer side. Then up gets the
gentleman from Loudoun and says he thanks his
friend for saying he would take the propositions offer
Cd by the West; aud he is followed by another gen
tenan from Lououn, who called the gentleman from
Richmond his political father, and stated that he was
prepared to follow his lessons and that If was most
gratifying to him to hear that he would, if he could
not have the proposition ofthc gentleman from Ches-
terrified, take that which he might afterwards find to
be the best. In the time not n word has es-
capped from any gentleman from the West which ex-
hlblts corresponding disposition on that side. Not
one word. To affections they appeal with conf
icnce bit when the orpca! is made By Old to New
Virginia. not word heard The gentleman from
Richmond they rely with confidence but for them
selves they will yield nothing they stand firm, and
viii not move an inch from their ground
The gentleman from Loutoun who calls the geIl-
cman from Richmond his political father, and ex
presses such unbounded confidence in him, tells
him, at the very moment, that it is his vote
and not his advice which he wants It was his
vote which the gentleman valued, and he must
j>aow tl:at the gentleman from Richmond said he
could ohiy take the proposition the other side
the last resort, since he preferred mine lie wished
the gentleman had come out manfully and said was
only the vote which he wanted. Tie, 3Jr. L. not only
wanted the vote Of the gentleman from Richmond he
also wanted his add tile aid of that weight of charac-
ter which belongs to him. lie, Mr.. L., stood alone:
lie was the only person who thought it proper to de-
bate this subject; and he wanted the support of the
gentleman from Richmond, rs he had received it in |
the debate on the county court systein-if he could
obtain iis All! now, az be did then, the propricty Of
uttee. when h. came into The Convention on Mon. |
day, he found the gentleman from Northampton sub
Of the gentleman, and not sufficient inform him of
the precise motive of the proposition. He heard If |
again read b. the clerk, yet orreasons which must be
obvious 20 every who has attended the reading