Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-26


ny Of Their oltpressOns
He asked. whether we should copy after The
BRITISH CONSTITUTIONS Shall we ,mits'e people,
who, all ,ough 1istingni,nsd by the glory OF t,r,r
arms, are cypress d ~ ihsif aiHg lords aud
Clergy - pee pie Wth Al laasI t~u millions Of
psupers, aud Thousands of olhers who are
roh-spent, stirling th snpn 1T theH wretch
ell ch,lJfen-in England. where the Tor.
tune OF Lord Wellington - egnai 10 all tha Civil
List OF the untsd > ai"s. ID WI Il such n
eountry as tbs, that We were 10 initiate tie
xsuid rather inok 20 oar sIste. sts.rs-of these,
only one feqltird the qualification Of freehold
aud thai was Rhods island a State winch
had no Consu atihn snd whose charter was
derived from the same tyrant. Charles -. who
had ekercis Il such dsspoiisn ia Ibis land. In
North Carnl,na indeed. the freehold is rrqn,.
red for the oen,le. aud there IL is accompanied
by the correative right OF the free negroes 10
vote. And how was II In III. other States
In sevea Of the Old States. there was no snch
qualification reduired-and IN some, even the
smallest Tar is dispensed with rs qualifications.
In IL Of our Republics, therefore, We hno the
same standard used, as the gentleman from No.
Mongolia Mr.. Wilson has proposed And why
Is Il said thai IN these Siaies whiskey Is drank,
lni excitement 10 produced But there was ~
such spectacle exhibited At orr freehold cleo
,ions do noi the fscholders also drink wins.
key and Kick up their heels And do the peo-
pie Of OHIO, the free State as II is called To the
West enin, less oi good laws Is property liz.
respected Than in our own And is not the
spirit OF improvement there more sotive than 1
10 10 Virginia AID how ID II IN south Careli-
aa and Maxa1huset,s ard afhhr St"'~~f -
the talents of their oitEcns less Distinguished
than our own Are McDuife. and Lpwndes,
and Webster, less qlslt6rd In serve their cenn'
Try thsn our own Statesmen
He referred 10 the rsht Of qua'i6 alton in
the borough of Norfolk. wneie poi-boil"Ts have
the right 10 vole--anI asked II her representa-.
iives have nat been always distinguished, and
FIN this body her delegation /, moi equal 10
oihsrs Aud are tho pot.boilers, the rabble,
Of the Borough ofNotfolk, more able n select
their representatives.. than the oon-lfeeholders
oi Frederick
Mr., II pronounced an eulogium on the yr
tues and habits II the mrn in humble cirfum.
xauc~-iIe contended, that they were attach
I'D 10 the place of their nativity, as much as
the rich--ihat they we're no les willing 10 shed
their blood Tor their country--that they Ind
both intelligence and virtue.
Mr. II proceeded - examine the arguments
which had been urged IN favor Of the Limitation
ot the R,e,t OF Suffrage. lie eontcnded that
there ought 20 be chanes IN the administration
ced oer,ain exam le. Of what he thought 10 he
misrule In its affairs among these was n law
passed. as well as we understood hun TO say,
m 1888, crempnns oyerseers from CERTAIN dn.
ties which he commended had been enacted by
the freeholders for the brnrft OF their own
est aies, while no such exemption Vas extended
20 the non-ireeholders. tie referred TO ihr
county leyles, watch were enforced Oh the PEG
pie per capita. whether rich or poor, and all pay.
ing alike--asp 10 the excl lion of the payment
OF debts by which the great Landed proprietor
Gould retain his lands and reye in luxor the
prison bounds while the last CIV aud furniture
Of the poor non frerholder might lie seized and
sold lie also pointed 10 the InnGnIshng state
ef our lnrernal improvements, aud OF our fhb.
lie Schools, IN order 10 show the necessity OF
changing the administration of our anirs, into
other hands than those OF tl1e freehodefs.
lie made rome HllusiJn 10 what had been
thrown out IN the course Of the debate by n
gentleman lrom Richmond. on the danger u
dividing the State, though he sh fu'd have sup.
poSed, from the equnniuiIty and ca'mneS ot
that eenileman's tare, that he had no serious
fsnrS, and thai there sds sptnp itilr rhetoric IA
his horrors aud awes Mr.. II thought the
whole Affair would be settled n Tn poils--i thr
ConS'itt IN was bad, thu people would eject II
Iii not, they would ratiiy a-and there would
be an end "a the unuer.
Mr.. II. having resumed his seat MIR, Plea
sants asked asa favor Of The Comndtes that
the resolution nov under consideration M ght
be laid ASIDE long enough 10 afford him an op
portunuy nl presenting L. this body PROPOSE
ton OF his own which lie offered as The bass o.
Compromise.
MIR. PIrAkASrs thea offered the follow ing a.
mcnd,npnt 10 the I'm res ,luipn y the Com.
ultiee
rne original resolution reads.
Resolved Tat the number OF members
In the Senate oi this State Ought 10 he nai'her
Increased nor diminished. noI the classification
OF its members changed -
This amen iment proposes u strike out all
al1or the wofds " Resolved That" AID to Inarft
as follows
- representation IN the Senate hall
be based on the whole number OF free person I,
including those bound t. service Tor a ERIN ol
years, aud excluding Indians not taxed, aud
adding 10 tae aforesaid Numbers Of free persons
thice'hhhs oil Nil other persons and the
Senate shall "onSis, Of number not exceed.
ing and lis term Of service aud
elassihcai ON remain as At present"
~ importing the amendment. Mr.. 7 caSants
spoke IN substance as follows
have risrn IN make the motion lust now
intmated TO the Committee which motion. |
had hoped some other member would have made.
had hoped some gentleman ot standing N lha
body. some. gentleman ot standing ia the Com.
munnv aud OF weight Of character would have
risen TO make some such motion, --bnt | have
beenso far disapponieh.--I will then present
the proposition under the hope .h#, IT may tend
In bring about reconciliation and lead TO those
con cessions, which are so desirable, aud whic h
many gentlemen think absolutely necessary to
tue further progress of our proceedings
The District irepreseut, has received the no.
lice OF several gentlemen in the course of thi,
Neoate. II Is what fully expected, and wha,
am very glad TO see. The respectable and
intelligent people whom represent, hope
snan ne permitted to term them so, for il is
10 more than The truth) have put themselves
IN that point of view 10 which they are enIitled
10 stand before this body; | have heard i,
frequently msinualed here that the people
are IN the dark, aud thert FIRE not CONNIE.
tent to decide on that branch OF the subjec,
which has a