Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-19

credit even 10 the assurances Of the gentleman
fs.s. Loudous, aha. she improvement, sf The
blasted fields OF the East might be produced by
wasting our means on the mountains aud tor
renis OF the West.
lie said thai II was very desirable 10 under
stand what was the point ~ issue before the
Comm'tiee-tbsl the gentlemen from Augusta.
who had recommended the seale Of qualified
voters, had admitted that II would produce
yearly the same effect In the distribution OF
power, az would arise from the amendment oil
the gentleman from Cnlpeper.
He proceeded 10 examine the argument
drawn from epihets which he thought was
the strongest, next 10 The argument. tnnt we
are, OF are likely 10 be IN the majority. Tie
i said that these expressions had been founded on
/ The posiulste that We had subscribed TO a posi-
tion aserbed to the gentleman Of Nonhamp.
tou that there were no principles in govern
menI. But whether that gentleman had uttered
such sentiment, or whether be only meant II
in The sense in which he should apply it,, he did
not undertake to determine.
] Mr.. Upshur rose to say, that he had uttered
no such sentiment.
/ Mr.. S. remarked, thai he certainly did not
subscribe 10 snch doctrine tba, on the con
trary, he firmly believed there were principle.
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lished aud which it was the business Of pru-
dence TO apply 10 any EXISTING state oi cIrenn
Stances He SAID there were varions princi
piles. but none Of them So exc luslve Ms 10 banlsh
all the rest. Genils nen on the other hand,
had selected from the mass one general principle
which they apply without permitting other
principles TO modify, qualify iisuse, and direct
ITS application. lie remarked, that there WA no
principles So pure and elementary as 10 admit
OF no modification that there are no posiulstes
or atoms ~ politics, as there are 10 urathe-
MATES referred to by The rev. gentleman from
brooke-whereas, gentlemen assuming these
poslulaies To be true, pursue all their consc-
quences, linking induction to induction, pilIng
consequence upon consequence, like Jacobs lad
der mountingio Heaven, with this difference,
thar he WAS AFRAID their ladde lay in the oI-
posite direction.
Tie called upon gentlemen 10 say, whether
'hey VIII take np any Of their pri0ri propo
shion', and apply u TO England with all her
various and coniending inierests. Would YOU
take this general theorem, embracing only a
single term Che equality of mani aud could
You apply II 10 the complicated state of Eng.
lsh society But, suppose you were to get
clear OF Kings, lords aud clergy in that country.
would me situation or thelr people admit of
equal participation of political power Would
you allow the city Of London and The county
OF MrddIeses, numbering the 10th part Of the
people oi England the same proportion
OF Representatives. upon the broad principle of
The gentleman from Norfolk The man who
would give such an apporiionment, must be
dr'veller. closet speculative politician, who
had never looked at men themselves. Would
they allow propor,ionatc alton TO
the town of Boston What then becomes Of
the assertion ofgenllenen, that we are soley
GUIDED ny wealth in the apportioninent of
power lie SAID thai he would not elbow the
cry OF New York, representative not only in
proportion 10 her numbers but 10 her 900
millions OF property. These gentlemen would
rue the day, when they would make New York
not the ruler, but the tyrsnt OF the State. He
apolog'sed for dwelling so long upon IN course
OF lustration, because he wished TO show that
these epilheis had been ice o sideralely assumed
aud wanlonly applied. He exsminedat some
length the general maxim, that " all men are
bv nature free and equal, and therefore each
man and each portion is entitled TO equal shares
OF political power. Now, if this were true,
po'h'cans have been wrong since the DAYS of
SCION. II had hitherto been supposed, thai,
The statesman was no, TO he produced by as
much knowledge rs falls To the lot of boy ,nt
81 The human mind. But some gent emen haye
lately reverted the arr of making statesmen by
sort OF lahour.saying machinery, and with the
same fapidhy by which the nail is manufactured
- once, and The case with which the spipnn q
Jenny is worked by the hand, = was a novel
aud patent mode of making stat esmeu--where
simplicity ofthe operation tdkes place Of wis
dom. This new principle OF equality is not
only catholicon TO subdue all diseases but
II Is an Amulet in the hands Oft he physician TO
make one forget all the recollection of former
tunes. In applying The rule, the case cate.
gorcal becomes the Case Hypothetical where
the rule IS applied with an IL; if The person he
not a woman; iii be not II minor or if he be
not paupsr-and the Report of the LegisIa-
i've Committee makes other lmitalions--as
thatthe voter must posse cariaiu qualifications
Nc Thus the general theory becomes changed,
and Is next said 10 be true, only IN pulti-
teal predcament--and who shall saw what
conditions shall be introduced, except il be the
patent republicans
After having stripped the question then OF
these epihets snti-republcan, aristocratic
and oliearchical. Mr.. S said he would proceed
to examine the real proposition before the
House
Alter n lew other remarks, Mr.. S. observed
TO the Chair, he was willing 10 go on with his
observations, il the Committee were willing
TO hesr him-ihough as he felt fatigued he
would throw himself upon their indulgenc
on MIR. Doddridge's motion, the Committee
men roSe-and Immediately the Conven ton
adjourned.