Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-03-05

l;can principles, bur created 40 emergent and
moments. has been found 10 he iocoa.
si,teni with these principles II has been found
70 be oppressive and Inadequate to the end Tor
which il Was iormea and now. repeat n. the
people alone have the power Of proacsng ITS
venerable precincts and pointing out its defects.
They alone have the power Of TRADING upon IT'S
sacred ,hreshh Id, and declaring wherein they
think IL subyersiye of the principles upon which
il vas founded, and wherein they wish IL alter
al or amended. And who are the people In
whom does the sovereignty Of all republican GO
yerulnents consist la the ffeeholders only
Or, rather, does il not consist la the whole boz
dy ofthat people noif )rseho,dcrs rs well as free
holders. who live under the same government,
AID are government and are governed by the
same laws7 II certainly does. or the govern
ment II moi republican. But, If the sovereign
power rests in the people, and they "isl, ut any
iiuc 10 alter. amend OF abolish their existing
form of government, how - il 10 be effected
Il is altogether impossible fliat the whole body
of the people could meet aud act together with
any degree oforder or saiisiaction-H0w then
j, ito be done By and through the rSyre.
SgHidines OF the people only. Mark what |
-ay the representatives Of the peopls, the
whole body OF the people. aud not the repre-.
me II, in that convention which will presently
convene for the purpose of alien ing aud amen
dug your State constitution, the people " i'll be
represented; will they have voice IN that
assembly 10 who,c acts they viii be bound 10
suhmiih TO. fellow citizens, they will not. A
par e them only will be represented; the
land.hpiders alone will he permitted 10 share Ia
those deliberations in which you will be SO
Immediately and deeply inierested--and when
the time comes FOR the election OF these dele
gates 10 the convention, JDH, as you have hith-
erto been. will be pushed from the polls and
told you hnYe no right TO vpie the freehoiders
VIII tell you, that Hify are he legal owners Of
the country. that they are the tue proprietors |
of the soil upon which Won tread that their liz
,eresi alone i sufficiently permanent, and thsir
attachment 10 lhe country alone sufficiently
strong, to entflr n mau TO this invaluable pri- |
v,lege Yes, this will be, as il has ever been, |
their unpalatabie language but when the ioc- |
sin OF alarm rolls its starting echoes through |
the land, and The marshaiied hosts of our coun. |
try's foes raise the yell Of battle you, the non
irceholder', must go and defend a soil IN which |
yon have no inicrest;-you must 60 aud shed
your blood in defence Of n country TO which |
you are not sufficiently ATTACHED, TO allow you
a voice in lis councils. Or, when axes are to |
part; you must bear the burden, and yet have
10 voice in choosing the representatives who
impose these taxes. Or, when road is 10 he
worked upon, or new one dug out, you must
20 and place vuurSelYrs bv the side of the |
2lves ard hittings Of these gentlemen free
holders aud d your p'rt III improving he face |
of a cauutrV 10 which you ATE so slightly At |
fdthfd rs u be deprived a share in lis legis |
IL I'VE d.hbefa,IonS And can you, non-iree- |
holders. viii you submit to this win you
any longer COVER 10 the tyTannica genius oil
disftanchi>emenl VIII you anp longer bend
the knee 10 tia, msidiIus tyrant--nnequal lib. |
erig
will now appeal 10 an enlightened public
AZ large, aud ASH why the attachment OF the
non irerhoder 10 this country is not as strong
as that Of The freeholder Why is his attach
ment less, because he is not in possession OF
a certain portion OF its soil? Tell me, fellow
CITIZENS, who fought the hard contested battles
OF the revolution Tmn over the pages o the
history Of that glorou, era and gaze for
moment at the list of those illusi lou, names
I'll yet glow in all their primitive splcndour
aud Tell me ifthc noble the dlsnierested La
Faye was II irceholder Tel M, il the gal
Ian Mercer who pou,cd 5ut his blood npon |
the plains of Princeton. was a freeholdri ? |
lrll me ifthe patriotic Pulaski, who fell before |
the walls OF Savannah, gIorlnusly fighting in |
dete ce OF country not his own, was.a FIVE |
holder Go 10 the fields of York -Tnwn. Bran
DIVINE and Monmouth, and tell me if major |
ity ofthose who there land down their lives in |
defence OF civil and religious liberty, were |
ireehold,rs2 Go to the plains of Fh,ppeway |
am bridgewaier, thosA well foue hf fields in our |
last struggle for liberty. and count the bones of
thost who there Sncrlhcrd their lives upon the
altar oftheir country rights, and tell me il
maJorlty oftll.m are iliebones Of frpeholders !
TO, YOU pleH.e, 10 the occah where Hull
NcOonough and Decatur won immortal hon
orS, aud tell me il a majority of tlose whose
blood there ming ed with thu ocean wave were
tfeeholders Aud then tell mo whether or not .
the uon.frerheider is attached to hi. country Z
Aeam, nun-'rrehoiders, | ask, if you will 7
submit any longer 10 a deprivation OF your
inherent and immnfabie righls---now is the |
f'me Tor asserting them. THE liaehollers will T
not consent 10 represent yen in convention,
vii yon not Srnd your own representatives to I
that body and ~ voice Of thundrr demand /.
sour rights ? Should you let the present np-
porinniy slip another as favorable NAV never
oh'r. Then hear me when say, "now's the .
day aud nowi the hour ~
ANGUS JUSTITIE