Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-06

hud 'oiu them IN some 30 10 years, when your for
ssls shall be filed VIII, the wilderness shall bios
som as the rose, and wien ten or tive -. al;lions Of
f.eenen shall inhabt the country then your repre-
seitntion VIII lie cqunl To that o! the whole British
iteds
The West revcrscs the proposition. Her terresen-
l1'es 70! u that IN 90 years there will ~ ma orty
"'the axe population Oh the side the noun
tails; " they nsk to adopt basis Of white
!" our 'c!T u'h;ion, which, at the end Of that 30
Jchrs VII put every thing nave ~ iirr wet:
az VIII re ~ their ,lcrcv all. orscs Ia ID Mir
-. our household goods, ous servants our -----
lie asked the Committee 10 remember . hack
woods vote. TIE desires ut'jLc West mus BE- com.
pied with. b" thcy reasonable ~ unreasonable ~
remember the force OF bach woods vote. We
mas g"c them wbn' ask or they will pm ish vs.
'ot ny lazy o. dis'r'n" ise 'en-, hut hv q back
"o'"- VOC ~,ch never :r"ut' Gp' n.,yps or 10 it,
purpose Il solid phranx
The Commons of EnTl1r c,ai,u.d cov,o- ,,..r
~ IN our uwu AMI. Tie We la ms u rirh, IA
'Isnurs" "ur m"ry at the of three dollars for
very one d'l.t- ai IA ''r own We claim 10 vr.-;
~ ''s' S ION "f'ui property IN own hsnd, Tic
CorniIis al EnEl md claluci 20 cxac, Il prcl,.r
c"'n--ior y vas nothing NOR. from Am,rica ,yi,le
E va g G"aY 'Ir incncy ct their own, can.tit,i-
ems By ".i.ii'ns The peore OF ,Le Nce; clam. the.
I'm I, 80 "way peppr corn of their own. and &c
e%"'1 thousands FROM US On which side j. the
hip' lie asked the ,s.n.e,D,u % mike the
conpari on and 10 answer.
Our a'hers stood justified before thu natians and
- ~ Fi'SGA'' OF ilHu Gttdl an Tor TnS'sf
British yGkc. precisely k til. sam, model as Tint
"rch l. nav ~ be npo- ei On our neck He be-
g"h 1" tc made rstood. That l. : rti., hmcpt 20 tn
= 'n"oh ctlh fr'm hf< youth, had been rul rg
passion. LIS attachment had got TO that state, 10
whch "l settled attachments must some time reach
anu had become prejudice. He scarcely fell the rea-
sons II lac should Ue asked icr tIcn on which this
'ung feeling was founded. but u was beating in his
bosom. lie had ior"seen he b I'd or.toid this con
iert Ii" had look, d with anxIoiv 10 th, conflict IL
So is-and WIKI apprehension TO its consequences -
lie mad raised h's 'assaudrd in warning against
ms distraction Of the State inls s,parat ION of bro
t.le' from brother. Had IN, vnc.. been heari ha
wanted that weight Of character " hich would nIake
u useful Never once, since lac Abandoned m youth
the path of-ai!oition, had he felt - lilcA AZ now?
that weight OF Character winch would niye force O.,
rs arg umcnts
HIS feelings, his principles, his reason told him
'i"ie Couu 10" '''' N""arn' ION Ut th- CuT'"mv c-,.,.
"th"ut e'it nSc9uenccs--"lto,t uutry 10 the
i1dst dhc without Stii greater injury 10 iAe " est
lei, and his blood corded ~ iy made he uv.,y,I
ne Mas forced 10 de eidre thar the - Ser, alton Il tie
integrity 81 tic Commonwealth. ,,ts only i. &C.
ono N"I OF iiS meant. Tie IT-; was, that he last
S = ''' 80 80 S''"'C i''It it!. Too y est uud
'fce equni, well regulated and we'll balanced sy,-
tom OF government funded on alancc Of ntrresrs
exempted .Oi the danger OF too MAN, copHic,,po ~
cmen'S.
The resolution reported by tho Legislative Com
lnlce proposes 20 base representation on Numbers
orc; Wil!e = acknowledged on all hands. ana,
these numbers Co not qtadrate With or represent
property. The proposition IS To divorce power from
properly. Yes, to divorce power from property To
PUT power IN the hands Of the W"s' having r-,-a--
~ on this side the rUuntains. Seu2ru;cd they NAV
be ny force for tim. but divorced never; for as
sure Us the lessons of truth, c,hrr property viii
purchase power, or power viii lake property. If
property purchase power. how will IT bn doUn5 nv
means of corrulton--thcTo - other wav. n
power take properly. VIII u De by force or hv fraud
nearly approaching fore 1haj iii.;f-!t so IS
stntal Is he principle OF prrperty-so certllG i. II
that IL" human beng viii ever re urn to stale Of
n he
Iation 50 soon power takes propc y b. force the
rc.nit wi. DC confusion, anarchy, blood shed AMI
military desPo'sn. Such would assurcdly be the case
hereafter; Is II has been IN al ages aud countries
heretofore
Our Republican Government viii then be ar IN
enc Ia" experiment VIII nave faiiod for the sword
WI not destroy more certainly than corruption.
he hrst moment that corruption Is ,lt. that instant
d1strus enters the public mind and then Is our Re-
pubic AT an end. As II IN anciert Greece vnd
Rome, and IN France, IN modern times, W. must re-
sort 10 the sword, and tn stong arm 70 vicd II. FOR
thc pro ION of interests OF property and OF So
c.cy. The prime pie is opposed 60 the foundation
OF society II strikes the root of the social com
pact; c prevail, and If dscuutcnt should not break
out against even the Republican form of Govern
uncnt IN this Commonwealth, there is no parallel to
be found between the conduct of man in future and
past times.
All Republics had died this DEATH In pursuit Of
Wild understandable liberty. and dsrustrd with regal
government, the people have wr'scd tho control Of
property INTO their hands. Having got this control
they have gone on, first 10 cnanger then destroy
II, aud have rcsor;cd 10 the sword uniformly as IT
that course had been prescribed to them
There was an old book written 10y torr. ard be-
cause he wSsa tory. he said he afraid TO mention
his name hc begged gentlemen who believed that
OIL discoveries concerning Government, made before
the revolution ridiculous. To- read that book
H. asked them to take Swlf's Essay on the D,sscn
tons IN tic Republics OF Greece and Rome, and they
would there II shewn TO demunst ration, how al
republics are destroyed, by taking power from prop
erty and placing II 10 the hands oi people. Power
ald properly cannot be dvorcedi and every attempt
TO separate them must result in the same ccnsc-
qncnces which took place M France aud which viii
IN similar circumstances, take place IN all republics
while man retains his nature
lie said there was no difference IN the passions of
mon, from the days Of Scion down to hose of George
Washington. lu our age they remain Of the same
characters and like causes, in oil time, will produce
Ike effects.
TO ptocccd-thc resolution oGthe Legislative Com
mittee gives To those who have comparatively little
property. power over those Vhe lave conuat nti "
uourl and i,or..l