Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-10
FoR THE VINO.
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pana all GuocikDri.


There - n tate of thing nfe, IiiinE hrrc. viii n
you ought % know an ,.hrl, hay, un, o. AIKEN %
expose to you. When tho Convention met ti,ero
was an ascertained majority in it, Of the friends OF
the basis of white population. BY management,
by persuasion. by artfm representations bv
bringing the influence of particular men 10 bear upon
the vanity OF certain members, that majority has
reduced one or two, and Is now no than one
u Is no farther TO be reduced by any means of which
the leaders can avail themselves here The mnior,v
pnrgcd of it's doubtful aud wavering members. now
lands mnovabe aud infexible They view the basis
oil white population the r. oi Decpa,e ne esso, a
10 the very nature of Republic principle which
u reinqished, our Stale Government NAV be called
nePnohc' but will be one IN name only; which if
abandoned the minority OF the State will rule ms tho
minority OF The State has ruled heretofore by the
agency OF small counties saw Fcllow-c,tizops ,L;o
ma "riy fanned OF its imperfect grains is imprep-
naoie III ITS faith and it's purpose. They are
not 10 be coaxcd or bullied, and the last re-.
naming hope that the minority have of corrv
ing their aristocratic measure of giving proper-
W, tcsGth, the asc"ndancy over persons is tn
to operate upon you, through the instrumepishty {
your iinnginations and whcedic ypu into giving III
srucionS To your representatives IN the Convention
which shall coerce them into a descr,ion of tho min
s'pes upon which they we'e elected To this end
letters nave been written, particular individuals SOL
cueu 10 eNTrt themselves the progress of the Com
VenIon believed to be delayed for the result md the
confident expectation avowed, that YOU would give
the desired Instructions. Is this expectation we'll
founded: Is 1t complimentary to your ffmness and
h',"ISchc'' of Us IL on the other hand, high
ly derogatory to both' Your District has The reIu
ration of beng the most enlightened in the State
the one which perhaps has manifested the mos, ardent
attachment TO Republican principles; the one
Whlch Tor clIngng III this very crisis, To liberty
ana equality, and diSdaining to be influenced
by considerations which have swavcd Other
parts OF Virginia similarly situated has covered it
sell WIN honor Pending the election. The question
was iuly, fairly and expressly made. You reo,ircd
those who Were brought forward to represent Won in
convention, To make full confession of their p1Iticol
lath- Ihcy complied with the rcouiSItion and nI.
ter pTotracted canvass, choice fell bv larpe
n'Jortcs, upon four individuals who maintained tho
justice ot founding representation upon white popu
'ation, IN opposition 10 property. What then
ar" the circumstances under which Won are ex
ctcd to give counter Instructions Did The mos,
enlghtenc district in the State make IN its oninons
with ut reelection, l., that district who has ever
most sthunchy stood ont for liberal principles ready
now Y" surrender them on the first SUNNI ms? Uaye
four months revnlu oncd The opinions of half CEN
fury, so strongly, frequently, so la CIV and n
emphatically eXpics. ed? have no conc,.ton of anv
such thing have no fear TIL you have changed
or that You will change. My ob,c, is to place YOU
o" your qua against The ,ficcs put in pracilce
against your intelligence TIL Missionaries v III tell
You that your slave property Is meua ed-that it Is
TO be mace to hear all the burthens of the State IT,
indeed y is not mcditat TO RIB YOU of il altogether
! GU cannot be imposed upon by such idl, tales as
these and will not reflect upon your unde amino
by refuting them.
One fact before conclude, 1t was proved by Cen
Taylor on the floor of thc Conventions that if the
cotnbned ratio of population and AVIATION were aopt
ed tn" Borough OF Norfolk, with four thousand white
souls, w"nld possess more power in the Government
than the county OF Norfolk with nine thousand Can
you be prepared to consent TO tlis: Are YOU for a
Republic or for AElSrOCRACY,
BRCTJTS.