Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-05-18

iaew, afe al INTERESTED IN keeping ,aemas they
are We should rs soon expect 10 have Such
grievances redressed bV applying 10 the Brit.
fish House oil Lords His honor readily aJ.
rnns that The right ofsuffrsge may be safely ex.
tended, II iudiciously limited according to our
bill OF rights and il, in addition 10 This linita.
ION, constitutional provision be made by the
present ruling minority imposing a restraint.
not oniy upon the discretion OF legislative no.
dies but so as TO prevent them from acting
IN conformity 10 the will ola majority OF Their
constituents through all tine TO come Nav, #
men cannot be righttully deprived of the use
OF their faculties, Why is this restraint not only
indirectly but el'eetually TO be laid upon the use
OF those faculties, so as TO prevent the will OF
the majority from beng operative, by depri,.
ing hem of their due portion OF power, in max
Ring or changing those laws by which they are
to b. governed I And # this be not done, the
exercise OF superior faculties aud industry will
be discouraged. Il becomes. then. a necessary
'c"uSequence 10 the extension of tins right, that
tariff should be thus indirectly levied upon a
majority OF the people, compelling them TO pay
mayor phrt the demands of government
WINE They have only an equal participation of
power aud by this means, minority will
rule rs al present. Tins is n tariff levied for
the encouragement OF superior faculties aud IN.
dusIry and whoever may have been the dis
coverer, II certainly an original idea & IN state
politics. II ever there has been one, since the
hrSt moment of the sell-exstent being; aud re-
Gently elected from the archives of eternity, 10
grace the 18Th century by its development
ask, fellow citEeus, would any Of YOU hn-
ving controversy, knowingly rrter il for set
| ue'nent 10 men who were materially interest
ed IN deciding against you You would not
and this question is now pending, between you
VINO oppose the present aristocracy, and those
VINO support II. underline present system of
government Can any OF you. who favor the
interests OF our disfranche ID brethren. muster
Sufhciency OF confidence into the scale of
your judgment, to outweigh selfinteres,? Re
| collect that this is one Of those cases 10 which
! confidence is wont 10 turn fool and loose what
itwoIks for. wiz you venture your all of lib
erty, your civil and political rights and prlyi-
| eges,-all AL, upon a flmsy misplaced
| confidence IN selfinterestl a confidence tint il
hooted down by public opinion, and secuted
oui OF all laws by the civil iurisis of evory ma
ton Understand TINT this question eyentu.
aies N liberty or dealh-that tyranny is every
| ~hefe the same ,Iunder whatever speclous uamc
! " may assume ; and Of all It's infections, poIiti.
| cal dsirsnchsement is the most TO be dreaded.
| II constitutes kind of dying existence, that
stupidity fingers between the confines of liberty
and the grave ; aud liberty is the victim upon
which it fixes, with accumulaiive and unre mil
ting pressure, ill every vestige OF It's existence
is ann'hila'ed and lite, you know, becomes
extinct with liberty.
! The Judge further says that " il elected he
will serve The people. according TO The hes, OF
h's abilities Ipresume thai there are none
who know Judge Daniel who vii not readily
subscribe 10 this assertion ; but remember that
self-'nterest controuls judgment, aud Judgment
abilities II he should think 1t rignt that the ba-
Sis OF representation ought, IN part, or in
whole, 10 be fixed upon property instead Of the
free white population he will support il TO the
extent ofbIs abilities and the same remarl,
viii hold God with respect to any other alter
alton IN our fundamental laws. And in so
DONG he would redeem his pledge to the PEG
pie ; although the Commonwealth might be
! placed IN a worse situation than il now is aud
the only general conclusion have been able
IN draw from his premises is, that he woull no.
approve Of any alteration that would material
| y depreciate his interest from what it's, under
| he present order otthlngs.
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