Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-12-09

lit had always, heIetOlol0' II had /
inn with some other proposition, and nae :e /
never until now, been presented speoln
lcalIy. and alone; it was therefore, Ia "
der. ,b;s
Mr.. johnson strongly objected TO 10. ' ms
amendment, as going IN effect 10 Pu' .%o
event Of the right OF suffrage, within INT
control and at the discretion OF the Legs
Ioture. who, by increasing or DIMINISH sn
;no tlo ,axes. could enlarge or lessen tii1
n aS of voters at pleasure. A tax oil
cent head would at any time lh'r0o0ee
unicersal suffrage.
NJ RANDOLPH then rose and ad-
dressed the Committee nearly as iolo"S'
AZ one Of the least jealous OF those VINO
rr;sb Tin company with the gentleman VINO
stands at the head of the Delegation rom
I.oudon. and presides over TINS Coh'eli
,;on the benefit of whose vote ! trust we
ILL have when we come into the House,
- restrain the right of suffrage to the pos
soos;on Of land, | feel almost Indifferent
ybetber this amendment shall prevail or
not. will 60 farther, and say, that Il me
tproposition written, IN sport Dy my o'I
friend and fellow laborer who sits oenlnu
me mir. Tazewelll and which gives 'he
rigbt of suffrage to every free white man
,,Io bos been twenty four hours IN the
hounds of an election district, should be
,fsred bv him, do not know II l should
have any great objection to that PROPOSE
non. But will say, with. the most per
foot sincerity. that had rather this Com
mitee should rise, altar having adopted
resolution committing the whole powers OF
the State. Legislative, Executive and Ju-
dicioI. TO the Legislature ofFmglnla, than
that any of the propositions inserted IN the
Third resolution of the Legislative Commit
tee should become a part OF the ConsIIlu-
= fon. | believe it would be safer to trust
solely TO the discretion OF the Legislature
than to adopt these propositions; for we
should then at last rest upon the good sense
Of the people. Sir, put It to every gen.
= tleman who hears me, whether ltwould not
be safer to give the Legislature carte
blanche. and make them as omnIpotent as
the Parliament Of Great Britain, rather
than to give them these propositions as the
fundamental law by which they are TO be
. hound. have said, and will now repeat
II. that if the first resolution IN the report
of the Legislative Committee shall be adj
opted. in the naked form in which II now
= stands. it will be matter of Indifference to
me, personally what shall be done, by this
: body hereafter, on any subiectN And It Is
only because this first resolution lies as
vot IN abeyanCe on your table, that | am
!, disnose6 10 struggle in relation to what
consider next IN importance. Sir, II the
freebolders oftbis commonwealth, IN WHOM
"a the mower. shall BE- weak aud mad E.
, nouQh TO surrender this question they VIII
fIhaye efaced, (were It not IN holy wrIl')
= all record Of the stupidity Of Esau. II we
= the proprietors fthe sol, the land owners,
+ who can give notice to q,at, aye, and com
oel TO Qult too, all those persons who IN
. sjst on taxing our land, submit 10 THIS, our
=, ''inefabIe Stupidity" ('1 thank thee,
Jew, for teaching me that word, i say,
our "ineffable sup dIty" will have efaced,
=, were 1t not inscribed by the pen of inspI.
= ration on the pages Of holy writ, all record
II ofthe stupidity of Esau. do not know
whether | shall take the trouble 10 rise,
@ or keep my seat when the question shall be
called on the amendment of the gentleman
from Kenawha.
had no expectation Of entering into
this debate, but the appearance of apathy,
# which witness, with a solitary cXcep-
n toni is TO me most affecting and painful.
n There is one class Of non-freeholders to-
ward whom my heart yearns, if 1t were
o not restrained by my judgmenl:--I mean
/. the sons of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fathers can
# not yet afford to lay off their little modlcum
. Of land and who therefore, have TO wait.
o To that class would now address myself,
+. and i'll would say to them; cannot you
trust your fathers?-cannoty you have lit
lie patlencel-must you not, necessarily,
q succeed TO thlspowerl If not by inheritance,
d or bequest, at least by few years indus.
i. try? Will you 90 into JOINT stock with
I those "Uagab0nds" and that '.rGbbLe," so
well designated by the gentleman from
l. Frederick, who never mean to have afree.
d. hold? the prohigate, the homeless; who as
3 was well said by nv friend from Spottsyl-
. vania, "hang very loosely on society,""
but stick very closely 10 her skirts, and who
b are determined TO pick up their vile and in
e famous bread, by every desPicable means7
J., | call on the young non freeholders, the
. sons Of freeholdors, - and if 7 had son
t he should be my ova SOM l call on them
S 10 wait, and not to unite themselves with
those who, in the nature Of things, can
70 have no common interest in the Common
wealth. ! am very sure, that when they
shall have understood this question, they