Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-20

state what aouceurs hive the am pe.pI
tn offer for the physical force Of the commcrc;n M
tons Of Europe' NotIng-lteralIy moi hing Will.
we, on the East side of the mountains have the mos
attractive and influential dssceuy that could pssibl
ne ered;-tomn"eroe-the most valuable and 20
uuctivc IN the world. Prrhaps benefits IN our
selves, instead Of sacrifices. He should denrcc.,.
these events as much any gentleman bur HI
was not speaking Of any thing which he miser
ao' ana feeo'e as he was, could prevent. Z
would not be in the power of the Convention
OF The State, nor of the United States 10 pre
vent ~ Gentlemen doubted If n division OF th,
STATE could be effected without the consent of Con
gross. lie knew that there WAS a clause in tho Con
stltution tn prohibit the separation of State bu
when furce IL brought into notion force bids do
nance tn law When this is the cnse. our relation,
are changed and we must look to rho effect ffhrce
! ihc question would be changed, and he would ash
any gentleman here, how the general p.ycrnm.ni
could prevent such ca'u trophe md whether conf,
nc prevented by Tariff, any physical force, -
The only means cfthr government wourd hc nors,.,
iv feeble End Idle III would re or TO the roma RI
which he had here ofnre made that the des,nirs az
thus country would not be settled by the physica
io'ce 81 the country, If yon separate either of tn
STATES, especially Virginia He looked NJ thc ,nsa
qlenccs with rs much awe aud rcpre, as epv ono
lie could not shut his what was passiny
AROUND INN. There are rXcitcmcnts enough already
N me country. Tho General Government has at.
iotd"d excitement enough by the measures which he
Ind a!rendy glanced at. He he had seen some oo
qient views, said TO be written bv gentleman from
boston, on he separation Of Virginia md of tho So
p'O'''" w VIC OHi'n, WHICH ne nad shown would ho
The necessary consequence. lie had been induced 70
make these remarks from suggestions of his GUN
tninh ethongh lie Thought they would be productive
OF no effect These suggestions u bring abou,
conclIiHton among ourselves. Let u.,iet the dis
sensions here. There one rule WORTHY of adj m
ton, and it this, that We should apnroach ma n;
NIFTY IN Some'liing-rhat we should calmly coolIv
and cnndenIally consult and settle what shoud no
done, and how far We should be wiling on both Sides
10 go He would warn gentlemen against the effect
OF CARVING any 81" ston by lean majority. There
was nothing 10 be gained by it No harmony couli
Dc expected IN the country when they sec thnt yo
have no confidence in orr own measures Such
wullh he the state of things, and such oa.
tlemcn may b. Geve be the ff,ci and ,,n,lteFabjo
e':ccts of the causes he had ioned. He would
ASK no m IRE from gentlemen than he was disposeI
himself To yield He wished to ascertain what nron
oSrtion would carry with it the create I mnior;r
ne would agree to amendments which . did not FIJI
y approve. At he other side would avree to TINT
which they did not approve for the sake Of harmony
IL they would take proposition which they wer,
not disposed TO agree 20 hc would agree tn oihcrs
Tar as his conscience would permit him. He was iesi.
rous h't they Should agree npan such propusinns as
would command a great mnJnriiy--nothinv more
There was one inpre ssion his mind: small chan.
ges and such a. unanimously made never can pro-
duce the division of = State. Great chnngcs and
hneqna balance OF opinion, the surest roads to
come at that end He felt himself unfit to do more
than TO throw out these ideas. He had no specific
prnpos on to offer. He invited other gentlemen to
make pr POSITIONS he DESTROYS bat they shoulJ
poceei IN his spirit of Compromise, and that they
should guard against lean IIorties-hecausc from
the triumph Of friends friends, it was impossible
TINT any good could result.
He would deain the Committee with only or three renec.
ION; must occur to all tina, the task of pulling DOWN
dorr magnificent structure Blu, requires Thought care
study and science, to bud up which shall Ue ,lua DE
and he feared that every has has hand TO take
down hrca. lie hoped otherwise should continue so to
hope until the last How would he TO be dapdaiors
to down all which God his mercy sent Us aud SET up
nothing? On the other side, how honorable would be 20
mi iltffP NH ito yin
received from iorcfahcrs Suppose we do lc we shall
have done all we could conscenlOusly do may return
OF doing nothing?Wbat would be the effect? IL would be
great dea! better than doing mischief BIZ, no calculates
shall do great deal if do no, tear down We oug, 10
unite and DO AL we all can do If we hnd nothing DO
can tell our that found the Constitution better
than we expsftediat discovered scions-hat
We aped .Es P"mS k and cut them Oh and put IN their
we could no, so well discharge conscences any
way
Permit him to make another remark Our fIrelthers gave
this blessing They framed this Constitution under the same
feelings zeal and amidst the same honest Tences which
exist But they succeeded by compromising and acu6
cling their party feeling the altar Of patriotism aud
We are called on To examine their work Let recoect
Virginia never ungra,en She never will be ungra,e
while she Virginia. stain may be cas-, on her porsI sau
but she incapable Of nsfaude we have suffered our god
IKE ancestors to sleep in oblivion The great day the po
which she had been so long co"rsad and se Inc, Taye m
benged word,ha, day the e9t ofj had been foso,,en
have accustomed transfer TO the If J1v the
honors due that suspicious day when freedom frs So
upon Our iIhers IN oblivion Instead oftearrg
wn the they raied Of letting them
sleep Oblivion let call them from tine tomb, aud give them
the highest pos'hunous praise which man can bestow They
deserve all Ne give by way Of restng the yenetalon
in which we itsiI uiCnes
with ,her nameslet fill all the Capitol with their names,
for they sufficiently nuueoslc take them from obi
WON and place them where they will be by Virginia aud
By tho world, to latest poseTity
ar Having stated when published the LIST part Of Gov
Giles speech that IL had been revised by him, due TO Gov
state TINT he has not had opportunity Of revising hs ID
days speech, which we conclude above
On motion Of Dir CnwaAS JomS'oS, the Committee then
rose and reported progress
The Convention then adjourned I'll TO- morrow NJ IL o'clock
TUEsDAY, Nov. Il.
Mr. MGRoER moved that the daily hour IN which
the Convention should stand adjourned, be 10 o'clock
lie referred to the OF tho Federal Convention
which sat from en- till four during the last month 81
the session. Tho motion, after some few words from
Mr. SrANARD against it, and Mr. DopDRipGE IN iiS
favor was carried in the afirmative--Aycs ~, es
40 tho PREsrpBNT having given his casting vote III
| favor of the mutiop.
| The Convention then resolved itself into Commit
! tee of the Whole, Mr. POwgLL IN the Chair.