Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-12-11

o"'esa To"ceo ~ improper considerations
considerations with which their judgments bav,
had nothing IN do. And these considerations
citizen thinks, camc from mon ont of N,
District. What other construction then. "a,
DC put upon his language? If these gentlemen
were sufficiently intelligent, to form an opinior
Tor themselves, md that opinion happened tn diff
fer from tho notions of "A citizen. surel,
there would be no need Of persnasion from net,
sons ,oithout the District to induce them 70 on.
deav"r to propagate those opinions, and to do all
In their power to promote the success and final
triumph of their principles
! This is the first part of tho inference, to be
drawn from the worthy I" Citizens" CHARGE. and
gratu'tous assumption, proven to be 80, by tho
absence of proof on his part, and by the high
standing, the unimpeached and uni,npea bl.
| characters of those, in relation 10 whom it is
made; and the second part of the Inference i,
equally an imputaton upon the intelligence and
consistency OF the great body Of the people of
Ai'emarie. 1t is this. That they have formed
erroneous opinions upon the question Of repro
sentation, the citizen cannot doubt: because
they arc directly atvariance with his own. How
then has this happened' It must be, either,
that they are incapable of dctermininp. wba,
'he'f own interests require Of them or that if
capable, they have relnqushc their judc ments
upon this occasion, in favor of those by whom
they have been dnped and betrayed, contrary to
the dictates Of their own conscience. hut in obe.
d'ence to the intrcotes and pcrsuasions of men
without the district.
You are told by "a Citizen" that all the ef
'ect' which, has, as yet been produced on public
sentiment IL the result Of private imporiunify
ana e1pdrfc statements; relying for support. ON
the fact, lie would have us believe il; tina, the
meeting held on the Goth November. was not At.
tended by ore single individual disposed TO re-
'u'e The arguments of those who advocated th,
instructions. Ihis ,cas not so. OF the citizens
VI Charlottesville land foI nupht I know tho
Citizen" was one Of themj who attended the
meeting, as many believe were opposed To the
Instructions, as. We're friendly Ia them. And of
."ese' one, at least, to my certain kn0,cicdg,,
had with nm the fruits of ,ohoie ,ceek's close
application and study. Besides, ii more per.
sons attended the meeting who were friendly.
than were opposed t, the instructions. wha, does
this evincc? The comparative strength of The
parties: Equal notice was given to all, the nvi.
tat'"n TO attend was general it was to the free.
n"iuers ot the county, and not to the friends of
th's or that basis of representation Every one
viii remember too, the earnest and INN, ss;oned
watning given to the friends of the white basis
ny Iun'us' that efforts were malSing to pro-.
cule instructions, which were to destroy our re.
publican institutions, trample down our liberties.
and create an odious arstocrncy IN the land. If
under these circumstances, the meeting consisted
OF m,re Fl ends than foes to the Instructions tina
inierncee is clear, that the parties, were propor
tonabIy represented in it. Before leaving thispari
oil me subject, 1t is proper to observed that so far
nom ITS being fact tina: many who signed tn. in.
situations afterwards, as "A Citizen" tells me-
withdrew their names, this las not been the 6, 90
with more than th7ts or four, and some OF these
whom know, are men that would sco,n the
idea that they had been imposed on. / saw with
only three or four. If there have been more. l
have not been able to hear of them.
Lei us now sec, how true it is, that the Repre-
sentativca of the district, were elected on a
pledge to support the tuhie Gae;s: at least so far
as the votes OF this county. are concerned For
the communication "f " A Citizen" is addressed
to the people of Albemare not To tho Dis,r,ct
lie IS warning thetu alone a ainst inconsistsn.v
Mr. fleasants, Mr.. Gordon, Mr. Thompson and
DR. Massie, were nh understood as being friendly
70 the white basis, From Mr.. Rivess letter l.,
the District, it cannot be discovered, what his
sentiments on the snbject were He does not al.
iude to 1t, which is very strong evidence that
;his question had no bearing upon the election II
MT. kives did not think it important, that he
should even notice the subject, is it reasonub
to suppose that those whom no was addressing
ieit much interest, in relation to il, But layin@
the letter aside, il is we'll understood, as far as
can learn, that ho was friendly to the mixed ba.
SIS. These were decidedly Nj Garlands senti.
ihents and whatever may have been Mr.. Nell
sons feelings on the subject, by reference to his
letter, there is no sort OF doubt, as 10 tho vote
which he would have given in the Convention
The number OF votes given to these gentlemen