Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-11-18
THE COMPILER.
WEDNESDAY, NOv. ls, lssO.
he River is ii Feet above low water mark.
There Were IS Steam Boat arrivals, and the same
number Of departures, during the last week.

There were - Steam Boat arrivals, and the same
number Of departures, during the last week.
900
The Richmond Enquirer Of the 10Th inst gives
an opinion that the subject representation in the
House Of Delegates, and in the Senate, would not
be disposed of by the Convention under ten, OF
perhaps fourteen days from that date.
a letter from Mr.. Campbell informs US that il
has become doubtful whether the ''white basis Of
representation, in either branch, will succeed in
the Convention. Gen. Taylor, of Norfolk, who
was Jealous advocate for this principle, has re-
signed, and his place is filed by an opponents Two
other members who were expected to 90 for the
white basis, have come out against it, and great
efforts are used 10 operate on others.
There are some intimations on both sides, that
If one party prevails against the other in Conveu-
ton, TWO CONSTITUTIONS viii be submit
ted to the people
-eSe-
Mr.. LEIGH, OF CHESTERFIELD.
This gentleman Is entitled to the credit of a
frank and fearless expression of his opinions, He
avows the belief that Iabouring men are incapable
Of acquiring that intelligence which would qualify
them for the exercise of political powers. He
goes beyond our own Morgan. Mr.. Morgan re
gardsthe people at large as unfit to choose Go
vernol: Mr.. Leigh deems the labouring classes
of free white men, unworthy Of being represented
in the legislature. No European nobleman could
be moe distinct in the feeling of superiority over
working men. But he does not shew thatfolIow-
ing theplough, or using the mechanics tools, are
more dgrading, or more In the way Of imprOvee
ment, han the amusements aud vices which ar
FOLLOWED by the Underwater gentlemen, who are
supported by the labour of their slaves.
Mr.Leigh spoke five hours in two days We
have gwen a part of his speech, under the Con
yentim head as presenting the views Of the men
who hive hitherto welded, and still wish TO hold
the so,ereign power of the state. The following
passag is added here as containing more forci-
bio expression of disrespect for industrious habits
than his ever before been witnessed in an Assem-.
/ bly, Of American statesmen
"heyery civilized country under the sun, some
there mist be who LABGUR for their daiIy
/ bread either by CONTRACT with or subsection
to others, OF FOR THEMSELVES. Slaves in
the eastern part Of this state, FIJI the places of the
! ptasantry of Europe-of the pelSantry or day
/ labOureT3 I'm the non slave-hOlding states of this
! Umon. The denser the population, the more nu-
msrous VIII this class be. Even ~ the present
|sfafa Oh q, D. IL
must be some peasantry and as the country fill
up they will surely have more-that is, men who
tend the herds, and dig the soil who have neither
real nor personal property Of their own and who
EARNtheir daily bread by the sV eat OF their brow
THESE, by tins scheme are all TO be represent
ed--but none of our sleeves. Ard got, I'D political
ecopmy, the latter fill EXACTLY the same
place, ! ask gentlemen TO say, whether
they believe that those who are obliged to depend
on heir daily abour for daily subsistence, can Of
do ever enter into political affairs They neve
i dO--uever Wlll-never can. Now wha
real share, so far as MIND Is concerned, does any
man suppose the peasantry of the weSt-that pea
sm,ry which tmust have, when the country Is as
completely filed up with day labourers AZ ours Is
with slaves--Can or viii take IN affairs Of state
Gentlemen may say their labourers are the mos
intelligent on eauh-which hope is true-that
they viii rise opoli,icai intelligence. But when
any rise, others must supply the place they rise
from
.,..sAss...
Mr. P. p Barbour, IN his Iate speech
IN tie Convention. remarked:-"No t0ist
farmer ercr tries an experiment.; he leages
that to Others to d." # THIS be the tuC
characteristic Of Virginia turner's, II Is
nell for them that there are same erperimcn.
tai turner's in ether parts of the world;
otherwise, they 0oud get, like the Spa
niqrds, in their attachment to oH notions
be using the plough described By Virgil IN
his Georges. Not an Improved harroV
hne nr rnkn trntLI ercr Ln,.c tn,,chcI IL.