Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-30

necessary TO secure these other rights, and II
Necessary to secure these rights, II Is the mos
important OF all, aud without IL. tho oihers
eanno, be preserved lit appertains TO maj,
aud must so appertain from the very nature n
its exercise ;--because. when entering iu,o so
cieiy, we surrender part Of our rights, does 10
follow that Il was not pre- rlbBsly u natural
righ,l You might as well say, that because
society are entitled To deprive man offe under
certain circnmsiances, and because he net
surrender TO them tli, right, that therefore,
the right OF life Is not natural tight We
have indeed few or no natural rights. II a suf-
rsudet of them for particular purpeses de-
nrisa us OF these rights forever lit Is also.
iu,ey necessary 10 surrendsr n part 10 secure
the , mainder. have always thought thet
all The tights declared IN the Bill Of RightsJ
were natural rights, such as neither consitn-
lions nor laws can altrogate. object 10 de-
clare this as my political decalogue. ! wetSd
ont leave them 10 Statesmen 10 interpret, bur
! desire hem so simple That every pehssni
night uodcrsiaud--not such rights as would
require lucuhi atoms 'fiwenty years 10 cbh.
r'ehsnd, bu, sacb az all might plaiply sna,
aud seeing understand, --.,i the, ale 10 be made
thus com ieated, farewell TO liberty I'LL thu
peasant can understand, they would which
their servants, and # they departed from pro-
prie,y they would be broug IN back 10 thu path
itt IN which fhsY d"pnrieh.
Nj. ! ,hen alluded "a tho volcano OF TIT
french Revolution. and commended Tint il iul.
o,ahes 10 warning against tho adoption OF
tree saif are. Andwna brought about that
Revolution A mob IN Paris. And ara We
10 compare them 10 the people Of Virgins I
II was not the French people IN general, Wild
accomplished n. lie said that the French he.
vulution had bfcn very much misundei stuodi
The gentleman from Londoun Mr. Monroe1
had once voted ag inst the extension OF ~
hnge ~ consequence Of the excuses 10 whGh
TIA, RevoIuliln was carried bui since, he
had become saii.6 n thai IL taught no such
warning lesaon. Mr. L. said, that that evenf
had beco much misundersiood and that hr
believed IL bad been productive, with NIL ~
nischlis III great deal oi good
Mr. / DIS ih,ued the use al all sotts OF rpt'
ihets--bn, III. gentleman from Chesterfield
M. Leigh) had h'mseif fallen into the samr
h,bii--be had spoken II persons bidding NJ
the auction Of popularity and Of the ddrR
which had been used And what was thai
genieman's argument That the light OF
iraepp d was the best cniculni.d 20 bring 10
the Jiol the greatest numbe, OF independents
voters. and .xclu1e lie dependent But Whist
did ibat gentleman also IN, thai the tenant IN
debt for feni 90 his landloih, shouid not vote,
because his landlord holds him by his heart
hlnk1, HUD HnlEH' sflAt hnf WY WI
wh,ch his intact sleeps. Aud Is IL therefore,
only 10 the uDindelned OF tho creditors, that
the freehold right d Suffrage is to be confined
But why should the exclusion apply only 10
tenants Is there any difference beiween debt
10, trent, or any other debt 2 And Is not one
half of The pso1 10 OF the State, many iIeehDld-
.rs Themselves indebted 10 o,hefs1 Aod will
me genil4nao apply his own cri,eriun. and
exclude 50 macy others upon the satno ground
ms he would exclude tenants
Nh. /. asked Il land is the standard Of par
riuiism or 1f moral worth, OF would you toIget
the virtues Of the poor. and make property Of
any sort the test oi patriotism u 10 II not ~
mnikB ble that renilcmsO make land the test Of
p1bhc spiIii, md yet do noi require The posses
sion Il such property. IN your Chief MBgiss
irateor Ia the Judges You trust, then.
The highes, powers Of the government MA the
hands Of Don-f eenOlders, aud you will DOT
trust even the ,igbi CT voting IN the bnhds VI
the poor man.
Mr.. I. reminded the COMMITTEES OF the eulo-
loginms pronounced yesterday on frerhodeIs
by the gentleman from Chesterfield he made
lhpte oui pure, independent and inielgeni&-
aud still he feds ianii with these ireeh0 ldsrs y,
their sagaciiy IN calling tots very Convention.
The gentleman may iDdefd say, that they
were cheated into tie measured Mr., l. Con
both sides Of the Convention question ~er.
fairly heard IN his District. 10 such inconsial-
ency, then are all gentlemen driven. vito DO
not base 'h'ir opinions or just principles.
The gentlemen had attempted 10 alarm us
with the idea of Tho Psndora's box--the ballot
box But though Ne agreed With that gentle
man rs 10 the use OF the ballut votes, yet is 1t
not true thai the Wings In England are now
attempting To exch1nge the mode Of voting
from piph roce TO the ballots--and Is there not
| q provision ~ our statute book, 10 punish tDeh
| who did not voie thus showing HAT the free
holders themselves, want Independence enough
TO vote. The gentleman from Chesterfield OF
"a alluded 10 another gofgnu, an sdyertisemeng
he had received from MaTyIa0d--bui surely no
did not show that The sale there noticed. had
u'isen from the system Of unis rsal salTsago--,
and perhaps the very person who sent him the
advertisement, vas The man whose property
was thea sold
he said, gentlemen had denounced all theo.
ries--bnt what was Mr.. l., doug attempting
TO ibeorize the people OH Of their tghts, vita
out an example TO pppllhIm, while we
| were attempting To thssfze people INTO
| their rights, with the exa'Dpa OF y American
Republics 10 support our positions. Test the
| institutions Of nil our SISTER States--and ste
they not as free Us we are Have they no, the
iiabcas Corpas, the trial by jury, allthe safe
guards Of ber.y' Take New York by way
OF illustration. Have they not as able men
as we have, in their government Is il any
disparagement to onr JUDICIARY TO compare
them with hent, with Spencpr, with Sanford I
Is their bar inferior TO our own We have
| been told, of letters from the other States 10
warm Is against innovaiion-Bnt hc had seer
| gentlemen, bipce the meeting Of this body ,whe
had drawn avery diticrent description of the con
dion OF the other States Is not Ohio as free as we
are, 81 properly as well protected He had heard
from Mississippi, where slave property holders
constituted the majority the Legislature. and
yet no attack had been made upon slave o,
any other species Of properly. He referred "a
another State OF things in the State Of Alabama,
will the gentleman say, that those who arc
capable Of electing federal officers, properly
qualified, will not be able TO elect proper State
| ohicera3 Had the universal suffragp nrodnceJ