Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-06

He CON reverted the argrm nts drawn from
tn. two. .hieds vr,o in the Federal C"nsti n,io";
from ~ fac, O, cleo i,n, being decided by
,luraGiu: from the f. - referred To i" the bs-
I nv fEneiand; from the aw h &C and bloody
homes Of the Fernr Revelation. men"ting
comm n,ion, aid bioodshrd among ours'fes
He commended. IN; il was because the MI
nority mad ,ttemp,rd 20 dirt,te to The maJo.ry
Of me nation. and r,fused weld III IT H:h's,
that ,hr cnu,ulsions IT he French Re' o'ution
had arissuyeRe commented upon the argument
d,awn teM &he subjrc' OF i" er"s' i'"p'"V.
men,, an&<&t fear that the people !" L'"eF
Virginia wen d br tremendously '"Aeo J." NV
imp "vrm"n, of the Wes' h. 'eiie'e", mar
i was ma, he West alone, which had s!imu
lated the spiri, Of improvement IN mat anee
tion, hmt IL was gen i"mro AZ the ne"" Vi ."'
water. il was the Jane. River interest. w"IcN
nres ed the connec ion wi h the W. stern waters,
and demanded 80 rxprn,i,ea Canal Het rev
n, ,mpu,a,ions. however, upon any one. he
belle, ed, ,ha, every gentleman had been acn
sted in m.kinp csc rmpro'em, MS by honor.
able motives. nut ,ha, he Furd Tor Internal
Improv, m-n, had been principally sunk ~
lanes River. AID unless snch matters w're
m ,naeed better eisewhese Than thy were IN
Virginia. he should he forced I" come 10 i'is
coucIu,ioo. tina his subjec, OF Internal I'm
proyemen,-w as be 'er conducted by indiViduais
Than by .i,her the Federal or thr ate (i"ver"-
men,s He ex mned the various improve
men,s which had been a'temp I'd or wee con-
tempiatcd, to show that 'hev furnished no sort
Of opposition 10 The improvement OF our Lon
| slitution
His highly rrspec able frirnd from Orange,
TMr. P p. Barpourl had i"s'>,ed that mere
was a grea dls,inc ion be ween exp rim MS
,od rxneri,ne But Can there be experience
ui,hou .xpprimen,s! Have not all our civil
institutions b IN thu fruit Of Experimental
| " as.ot The I'm, rican Revolution itself an x
perimen,1 AL our Cons iuiInns were expert
mepts-and VIA, misc hiefhad arisen ON sue n
| a shirt? He con reverted The various DosI
| tons arising from the Interests which was al
| ged To ac,uate men and the JEALOUSY whieh
wa> supposed 10 be SO necessary IN govern
| mcn,s. He asked what would be the sItua'Ion
Of the S,a,e, If ,hi, free basis were rejected by
this convention The people would be dis
| cotentrJ and new Convention woulc De aied,
upon diff rent prin'ip Bat j. will contain
on any caIcula ion, a''e,st l9 more Representa-
| ives on this side the mountains than bryond
tn. m. He denied hat he West would ever
contain greater number 1t white people ina"
below The Aileghanies.
He cnn,pudrd tha' he Valley country would
| in is feelings be AL E,s,ern conu,'y. Are MOI
heir inter: SIS on thi, side OF the moun'ain! Is
no. their " de this way. Will noi they follow
the .ou,sr Of the Rivers! 1t /, the interest Of
the VALLEY country to BE- with US According
to the AUDITORS tables, there are ny Two wni'e
trhablrs there 70 one blac one; and besides the
slave, or NOR EQUALLY d'ff"srd among them
than among u. each " owning so much
r. wer han IN the I.nwlands Ard white II hi
| bl, 8 on the Yves ofthr Al ghsny are only
TO !. md The slave popula ion is destined to In
crease t'rre also.
lie sked il they meant to extend The Right
Of suffi age? He was anxious oiocrea,e thai
riyh,, 10, only I've" suse i, wa, 'equir' ny prin
c,ple; hu' from sxpediency 10 in,itr white M
TO settle hire and take I. e place OF sla'e>-
Every hing IS the result Of human lab"ur.
A,c .iiecturr, the Arts, every thing proceeds
r ON IL The land and he sea, ave aui The
ma rix 10 receive aud employ it. He did not
therefore, think TIE freehold of the Common
wealth was the oily basis Of 'epres' n a'ion. BY
adjusting the nasis Of represen alton Oh correct
grounds and making a su,ah'r change In the
RICH Of suf ag,; the people will be tompIe'r-
" Sd ,sfied - and VIII after all will be the #
fec, Of ,hr change? You only push political
,owrr linle hig er up The country-nearer
tie middle country mhi' h ba, slave population
.nd of course an identity Of Interests with The
IowaEds.
He Examined The argument drawn by the
gen lem III from Orsnst W.. Barbe"r, from
he S. lie OF Ms>sachu.eus- nd attempted ="
show Ia here was % rnai"gv b't~rtn hat
no y md the Sena,- OF Virgi"i,. He also on
,ro."rted other positions I'd an ID by he g"n-
,lernan from Fa"qui,r NJ Afer
>o."e conver.ali,n Between NJ ss,s Scot ard
G. .rnon, the Later CO" erd Il h,' all 'hf>e
sectional me aso'es abou, In" rnal 1mpr"vr-
men, had bearing upon the qurs'ion hrfe
The Comm l. e-and that thy could mol De
fairly attributed to he Wrs'ern voters. He
a.ked w 1t had these sui CTS 10 do with he
luton
HI c"ncisded by insisting hat the people had
a RICH TO govern tn, msrlsr,- and 'hi 'hIs
power 'e,'drd i" tine m j"i y If the eom"uni-
nj y-snd he called upon this Convention 10