Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-03

Joined, he could not ngrcc that either OF then, shnI
have more power IN the new government than INN
sen; Ills rye lie sand, Was OF az much use and hi,
skill to use il as either OF their possessions Nav
tho day may be tomorrow thai tLe safety ofour nor
sous and OF our community may depend upon him. e.
oc thought that ms claims founded upon the
preservation of our very existence, were stronyer
,han those ct any other person. and cnttled him
than any other man To greater political power You
Ieco'ect thnt the great men OF The old world were
oil warriors and military chieflains A. FIR bis
neighbor b claiming influence for his wife il il ab
snfo' las she any separate interest from his! Hos
she not identified her interests with his' Could
enc nave any will affecting the community, but
through him. Was not she his property by the mar
rage compact?
ID rises and says, that his claims were paramount
10 al others He had many cidren--,hey were the
nope OF every community. lie claimed an inter, =.
IN government proporionod his interest in IT. and
10 the service w,ich he yet might rcuor it, He had
IL money, no rife, it Is true bat he had seven sons
and daughters coming forward, who would he ohlo
10 create wealth and TO defend the community. He
i'Nisted GlE'n II that II any man III that community
hAa nght To NOR" than his voice in it. than his
oNil personal weight, he had sfren good reasons TO
oier why lic slouid have more than him.
II said he hld neither wife son. daughter or rife
o. sl5io doilir lie was stripped of al extrn-ic
claims lor superior weight Ia the governments
vnt he was not without O'i;'r cai rs. he had
learned 10 speak two three of the Indian nnnnaucs
since he became an nhabiiant of these wids aud
should any misunderstanding arise between us and
them, ie could be Interpreter, and rit do more
% prevent war than any other member in our COM
nnInity. lie claimed then influence equal TO this
rarest and most useful endowment which rcouired go
ruch labor and time to obtain, and which wien OBJ
taled was so useful To society But he must prot est
against ID having 7 votes for his children, They
are minors, under mis- control, and of immature roa-
son. When they arrive at manhood and are free
agents. but not till then, shall they have n voice. A
rises and says that they all had clans tor various DOR
Ions of political power. He thought we must a6an-
don the idea of forming social compact upon these
principles He would claim only his single VOC and
lt and, Ii
t'liiJns 1t every other gcuticnIn yielded his, He
would agree that We should all surrender ourselves
our property, our tnen,s and skill pro hmm pub
tco-tut carli man should have IIs personal il-
hlenc,, and in all coz. r6u'ipns To- the pnuc scrvic
each man should contribute al hls own way according
II iIis respective abity
lI.tro, SAID Mr.. g we hal in uins turn sonnet limo
analogous To TINS state OF of which, we Ina We
s, often heard. And here have the on!y true phi.
lcsoply OF the social conpact. In This compact as he
understood 1t, every man surronders hm-elfto the
Shuic community, aud the community TO i'm. we had
NJ occasion To travel 50 far S0uth as the gentleman
!f"'n Northampton who Penetrated those regions u.lt
he saw trtite deDiL Nor need 20 so Gar .N;,l Ia
WAN the gentleman from Orange, who found ma ion
composed entirely OF 'co,acn. H., seemed greatly
concerned for the political rights OF such nation
bat ho need not have troubled himself nuci on hat
account, for sIch nation could uat con-, ,r nre
tan 500 years.
While he was on tho subject Of such a state of ma
ne' on viewing man as coming INTO society, might
nc not take occasion Ia observe, that exhibits
EnseH as possessing the right of suffrage anterior to
hs coming into The social compact 1t is rirhl
derived from, or confrme by socie;y-it is n RIGHT
which belonged to han rs n man. Society may di-
vest INN of II, but could not confer it, But what
j. the right? IL is that Of thinking, wiling, and en-
pressing this will. vote neither more nor less
than ihc expression Of persons will. God has given
- Ean the power of thinking, willing, and spec kng
las will, and no man free agent, ever entered
!a.u society, without willing it. And we may add
could form social conpact, without first ex-
orcising what he might onIl the right Of suffrage
a iuh nd led IN tlo
of which every man by nature, has good a reason
"a another. Bat this is only by the way.
Having now glanced NJ this staff Of nature and
Inc dreaming of the social compact which his de-
ltiry and eXtemp rane,is wa he had done with
nut much method he would approach the great
qu stion now pending before them, rcmnrk,ng how
6'vur that depart from the ductrns con-
famed in the three first articles Of The bill OF rights
abandon the radical principles of our government
MOI only oithe state of VirginiA bn Of every other
stdtc in he union.
eli Mr.. G., re I'd and commented upon the three
fret ariices.)
hthe amendment would succeed he should consid-
CT these principles abandoned. y principle
woUl be sanctiuncd-tbc very principle which the
istocracy and monarcles of The old world hive been
FUNDED Give mon political power according to their
wealth and soon hall have lagnlZed lgurchy--
then the thirty tyrants-thcn follows gui-
dccinIciri-then the deCemriri then the Gigmgirdc s.
las: ofai julius Cesar Talk ofthe docking of en-
tails and the awso Parcenary, but feeble resistance
VIII these arrangements present TO rcignnE ogarchy
an love power aud IN proportion as they possess IT, does that
love Increase
This appeared him a controversy merely about power
Odc party spoke though they possessed IT, ard had
ieIov An6ber contends ip their right 1t is with
struggle nr powcn for the right pr principles, f, JUS
lie tie did think that u order his comfort, hap
inesi or prosperity, That was necessary to invade the peace
tonicn, happiness prosperity of any That he
f1f prncplcs m power PEE lie wolld sicv And in
seNng this, he would shew how unreasonable for the
oponcrso eo 10 ask usfpr guarantee sanst opprnsso
7 poyet will vested the rauds who ought
t. h1 uncs bewcen the rival Interests Of the Las, aud
West lie wOJ!d take the number of
FIR the data That number Is 2l4uf whom the -
s tide present 81 Tspreycnta
ist Oi white population basis they would only ~
IOihs representatives. That is according 90 the
lRlJv hicl would comedy demonstrate the principles
q. ay document could obtain. The country west OF the
Njcsany, containing coupes has present G6 Iepecna
tc-on the white population basis that country would have
ny 81 40 We shoul then lose and ~ representatives.
AIS tho senatorial districts Underwater would lose p
r"senid'ives and nearly FIVE IN all these districts
E91ld lose nearly n Representatives Now the ga1hon IS,
WHAT secton OF the state would gain the power We lose but
who eainS Vie answered tive 20 counties making the g
mud Ias of