Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-16

nWf" upoh the nasty circumstances ~ WINCH
this Constitution vas framed, and that IL was
nothing bo "A Godsend But lit was q God.
send II VAS the most blessed one which men ever
had. tive have eejoyed so much tranquility
aud happiness under Il, was that the reason
why We should change IL lit was a lucky
hit. should We therefore profit less by n--nnd
should we murmur nj II, because its institution
was rather owing 10 nterposition Of Provi-
dence, than the wisdom III man
But Mr.. q. disputed the proposition of the
gentleman from Brooke He would attempt 20
prove from the letter of thu distinguished I'd.
mnnd Pendle,on. that the present Constitution
was not got up ina hurry. The paper he
would read was a letter from Mr. Jefferson To
Judge Woodwa' d. giving MI acnoun, Of "a letter
he had received IRON Mr. Edmund Pend eton.
NJ, i. stated. that the Constitution had been
dispulen cry article inch b, inch. How
d,amc,rIeally opposite was this TO The account
given by the gentleman from Brook. M q.
read this letter.
Tie proceeded 20 defend The Constitution from
other impua atoms which had been thu out
against t.-Our ioreintherp had founded is ba.
SIS on thr hni--on earth on mothe, eanh
the instrument on which Ne move, aud have
our being. Wu look 10 IL iar our yer, being--
for our subsistence. u gvca Nv The con,sc,t,
food or the Iett rehn d specie. oi luxury
II gives Us thr cJarsest clothing or the bnrst
material which decorntes the iaif OF our hand
Would II not be prepusterous 10 found a Coz.
stitailon for the people oil the land, without
having respect 10 the land itselfi Is DOT this
the very best foundation Tor government -
lie thought, therefore. the very best provision
which had been made. was 10 regulate The
right OF snhrage by The freehod-ns ihHi righ,
had been heretofore exercised.
Taking land Then MS the bass of our form OF
government, he proceed 10 state that the AT
thors OF the Constitution had crccied upon II
n republican ioTm--a representative govern
ment drawn directly by sight of suffrage. from
the people, or in some respects, inierme dAiuy'
lie was aware ,hat some gentlemen we're Tor
ineci lnierpos'lion OF the people on all occa.
sions-hnt he con seiyod, that ia Is arrangement
Would be rather oneTous 10 the people them
selves.
After having got this compound form Of
government we neat 6nd its powers distributed
among the various departments, by which IA
" III OF The majority was Frequently checked.
Aud he eoniend' d, that by this baarc,ug aud
checking Of to~ers, you preyeut de.pelism
Tor, an unlimited will in any, depaf mcdt
was only another name for despotIsm
Aud are we Sbou, 10 tear Down thee pillars
OF gov, lment2 Are we aboul 10 destroy the
Harmonious operation among Is iiil' rent parts.
all ot which tend TO the CO mon good--all
concentrating 10 that grea, obj q ?
He sald, that they had been told a grrnl deal
of the poor-tiiye him leave To say, Tim under
its provision The poor are better supported. than
under ANY other system. AS one criterion by
which we nigh judge of the condition. OF the
poor he knew thai nothing was 80 much aleu-
lated To advance his suit ~ u court OF Justice rs
10 urge II as the cause If the poot man, aud
lawyers were always found wulng 10 assist
them.
Another effect 81 opi Constitution was the or.
der which prevailed in oui eiections-w whereas,
in many other States where the rgh' Of sui
nage prevailed, there had been nothing bur
universal disorder. The elections in New York
fully illustrated this position Not 10 speak oil
the two gren' parties tbs Jackson aud Anti
Jackson which had quarrelIed with each other,
n new party had been started up under n new
nomenclature called Miss Fanny Wrighi's party i.
who went for an Agrarian LAW. n distributions
Of property, OF interests, NC. Great fears were
iately entertained in the City of New Yoik
least that party should prevail and on the Sc
cond day of the election they were expected 10
be successful bpt he was happy to God from
the returns last nighi. though not Official, that
Miss Fanny Wright had been ousled aud de,
feated.-Yei who will guarantee that this same
spirit will not spring up hereafter, aud work
more eitectual mischief!
Another advantage ofthis Constitution better
| tLau all the other checks, wa, Ihnt the middle
| I ass IN sociriy bad so much nfuence--nnh
tbs effect he attributed 10 the County Courts.
| the wIsrst system that had ever been invcpted
| He referred particularly to the advantages oil
this syslem--il was without patronage, and III
compen shnon except the sherIilaliy bestowed
on the olte5t magistrats,--lt IL nj Tire same
I 4. H.. Il, Al.
nal in the world-and " hen the Only conpen.
salion is bestowed upon then, the Judicial OF
| Gter becomes a ministerial onc--lhus kecpini,
| the Two Offices separate and distinct
Mr. G.. proceeded 10 state TINT he had thus
attempted to defend the Constitution from the
charges which had been made against ii--and
! 10 shoW its superior advantage. lie then re
| marked that AZ 10 the foundHtion of government
he differed from other gentlemen. II had
| been doubled, whether there was sucl thing
asa stale OF nature. lie agreed viii The gen
ileman from Loudoun, though he had charge d
| his doctrine with all the embellishments oil
oriental metaphor. Mr. G. commended, that
the social compact was made by uan--lha
| there must have been man. or rsther man,
men, before the social compact existed. lhii
! was the state of nature. In fact ne ihuugtr
| there must have been an interme late staft
/ between the states OF nature and OF soCIGit
viz-lhe domestic stats. One Of the gfntlem.r
had given an account of the state ef adam and
! Eve II he had gone on 10 the state OF Can
and Abel, he would have found the right p
properiy--for Cain devoted himself To the
cultivation of the land. L. offered up his fruits u
God-but Abel,to the raising of sheep, and
! devoted its victims 10 the Loid. A d1mrsli il
state then existed. Adam did not think o.
Furnishing Cain for the murder Of Abel, but Goo
took II into his hands, aud set a marx upon
Cain, and sent him to the land Of Nod, Sher,
he took a wife. u any person should dsput,
the history Of Adam and Eve, what then Tn,
sacred historian had only given the same ac
count Of them, rs would have been true of an,
other family in the same situation.
| One gentleman from Ac.omack, had said
society had arisen from the feeling of property
| This might have contributed TO such a state