Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-30

WY W u f'hSN''s "
Chase freehold estate ~ isni of the assessed
value OF dollars, situated within the Con-.
mon~ealth, The title 10 when shall have been
esidenced by recorded deed OF vii, and shali
have bern 10 possession OF the szWe ior he
hpaceof bsfore suy election al winch
they shall respectively oHer 10 vote the mode
OF troving the previous res idrnce required oi
this clause to be prescribed by law.
That no person shall exercise the right by
suffrage AT any election unless he shall nave
paid Stale. County or Corporation tar impo
sed on him by law. aud legally dema9 Jed OF
Inn, during the two years Immediately prece-
ding such election the mode OF proving or ois-
! proving SUCH payment, II dispoed, 70 be
prescribed by law.
That no person convicted Of any Infamous
offence, shall, at any election thereafter, enjoy.
OF exercise the RICH, of suffrage, the enumera-
ton oi such offences 10 be made by law,
! Thai the right Of suffrage shall not be eGjoy-
ed or exercised ny any pauper-(he definition
of the Term pauperio he male by law } by
any person who shall have bren declared by
lawful tribunal, 10 be ofunsopnd mind, during
the continuance OF sueb disability, or, by any
non.commissioned oiliefr. or private soldier,
seaman or marine, ~ tlfe regular service of the
| y. States 0r Of this Commonwealth.
Mr.. COOKE said, that HE Convention was in
lHf ON WIN " lih sfbslDI, anu lHtN HHU dfCI-
ded nertto nolhng-and that however able
the debates had been. he presumed the Com
mittee was nearly suIfeited with discussion.
| He would, therefore conhae himself 10 "a very
few remarks, IN explanation Of his resolution
lie assigned hrs reasons for voting against
ther amendments which had been Offered. In
reference to Mr.. Leigh's amendment about
leases, how could il be reconclled to prncipe
that a man who in 1929 would have a right
10 vote under his lease, should next year lose
| II, because his leass Was about TO run out -
Would the people quietly permit this same IN II
10 be eniIanchiseu and disfranchised when he
himself Remains the same, though his lease only
varied in lis duration tie objected also TO the
amendment of the gentleman OF Spoi,sylvania,
Mr.. Stahardl because il subjects The dehni-
ton OF what - 10 Constitute tue stand ri OF
| representation TO the discretion OF future Legis-
lotnrn and was therefore mutabie-and
moreover he ha. resoried TO money as The stan.
daid Of representation. which was SO much
suffice 10 nacIualion. In Illustration of III =
fact, he referred To the English law TO rents
| reserved 10 ecclesiastical establishments some
2 or 900 years ago, which had deprecated nj.
most to nothing. The same fact was shown
bs the variation OF money ip this country SO
much go that 33 ID cents now would buy. a,
much labour rs dollar would have done in
1917
As to hs own scheme, he should con,en,
himself as briefly ms possible with explaining il.
Tie was satisfied thu Committee would not like
~ set speech aud he way the last man in the
House 10 make rue. He showed the general
ground on which he had placed the right Of
s"itrag"-and afterwards assigned the reasons
for making the eXeelrions which bis proposition
embraced
| Mr.. +. j. BARBoUR SAID, he would emulate
the gentleman from Frederick, Nh. Cooke
| At least IN breyliy. lie was satisfied The Com
| miilee was fatigued with d,cussious-bm he
would only assign the reasuns which had de-
| iermined him TO adhere TO the soil. He would
| INST submit to the gentleman from Fredrl lck
| wheiher ms provision about the citizens of 9th
| er States, did not VIC ate the Constitution of
me u. ). Asto The general question, he pre-
snmed That this body should say who should
administer the government of the Slate who
| should be the constituent booty and the only
question was, who they s'ouId be- His great
d' sire was IN launching the vessel of State, TO
P'sce her Al such So ure anchorage, that she
| miSht ride out all the storms 10 which She NAV
he subject. Mr.. b. held laud as the best the
sures', and most permanent foundation for the
right OF suffrage. That it was sometimes the
best aud safest, seemed 10 bt admitted by the
gentleman himself, as his own proposit ions
r. qui'e Tor aliens the posse, SION OF a certain
portion olt.crhold. lie coniend,d that as 10
o'he' property than iuna, it is uot as prrma-
nehiHs landed property is. Girard with all
his wealth, may be in Philadelphia 10 Gay, aud
may 90 10 New York 10. MOI row, as profit may
determine him. Land, therefore, is the mos,
permanent il is tangible and yi.ible, and what
is more, IL is immo,eable While he WAS dis.
POSED, like the gcutlemHn from Loudouu, 10
adhere 10 the sol, he would admit vn~ious mo.
"Ihca iohs'-He would admit esStes &c to the
fight oil suffrage. He answered The al irctions
"i the gentleman from Frederick, about les,
sees. (Alr. Cooke exp'aiped) Nh b asked
whether according to the etntleman's own
proposition, a cIi.zen of another State would
not 10 the first and second year Of his coming
'nto the SAFE, be deprived Of tie right of 70
ting, and IN the thiId year he would be- entitled
TO exercise il ! Was 1t not also the case with
man who would Que year pay the taxes, ard
the next year not pay them And so on with
respect to the present system OF freehold for
as soon as he was forced ~ sell his freehold, he
would lose the light. And he same objection
would apply 10 any general qualification.
AZ b, answered the objection Of lis being
nm aFiSocratic Institution. In this country il
would indeed be the most variable of all arts
'ocracIes The man who sells his estate
would cease TO be an aristpcrat--and be who
onts. becomes the new aIiStocrnt. But in
E'g gland, II is the King alone who makes no.
n'emsn-a"d not scriVener, by drawing a
deed. can make one.
he estimated the quantity of land in VIZ
gIna and the numbrr Of lrechulds into v hi III
'he 'eItio DRY may be cut up, aud showed thai
II would yield one hundred aud forty thousa nd
more ffeeilolds than the whIte population OF the
state would Trquire-And he asked what sort
OF an extended aris,ocracy would ,bis ,be--and
"hat dangef there was of an unjust exclusion
when by small sha.e of Common industry any
man may acquire the patent right OF voting
Ana u any man can TINS easily acquire the
rsht and does NOT devote MS much labour
as VIII be necessary TO secure II. what is the
conclusion; That such man manifrsts no in.
| tenton OF remaining within the State and no
evidence OF permanent attachment TO the
interests OF the State.
| Mr. B answered the obiectinn that ,boro