Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-11-07

'' !'o"cy' Inc question: Is whether, while
Lounonn pays 90 cents IL head. The people of Frod
er'ck pay 56; the pcop,e of Defkccvs;: opI no
people OF hanhwha pay 81 cents, they shall cl,i,o
ana nave rl%htfuliy power to give and grant from Fin
va 81 cehts nom Amherst lo6 cents; Albema rle
w CENTS; Guochland % cenls:-whc,her Will.
bcrkcey grants SO cents. and the rich cirza.s of
ShenatdCali 81 cents, they shall have and exercise
the power by virtue of perhaps Of one vote to Give
ana grant from ne poor people of Warwick IS ccn,s
and whether, while the p,!cyic OF kanawla G ,rirb
ut" but Fl cents, Ohio p cents, Brooke 10 cents
Monongaa Ii cents, ANA Hrnover ~ cents they
snail cialm and havs power by the sam. vote to ex
act from Cumberland % cents from Amelia 90 cents
from Notiawny III cents, and from Fowhatan 10
con's' Surprising the tax to be siuifrn the result
VIII be la"vi'ab'c there VII evesys cent of this DIFF
ference between the amount winch the East win
pring into the Treasury and that which Will he con-
trihutaa by the West: and all this disproportionate
taxation to be layisled objects i'm which tho Eas
and the South have interest while the iyes bovo
comparatively Il vast interest.
lie could not but be struck with the hapnv meta
phor OF the gentleman from Norfolk that tn yotion
ana representation are not twin strea,ns that they
sP ing from different fountains rise in different olen
glide through different val!es and dscuborue them,
eiTesnto different oceans Let this principle pre-
vail, winch Is now contcnded COR BY the Gentlemen on
the othcr SIDE and the metaphor will be cv true
Representation and taxation will then sprrg from DIFF
ierent fountains, and take different courses Repre-.
sentatlon VIII rise In the Mountains and will come
down In torrents carrying its destructive humiliation
>
- rise in the owlands, will ascend The, Mountains
spread lis rich and ample an6 lerlilizng streams over
the redundant hills and va!lics of the West
Gentlemen. he knew, dist1ailned the Influence of
local interests and local feelings Same of them had
declared that II they knew their own hearts thew
were not under the control Of local interests He
ad not doubt the sincerity OF their professions He
did not doubt that they believed their own bsorts Z,
be exempt from that influence; but he must he allow
ed TO doubt exceedingly whether they knew their
own hearts, although he did not set himself mpious
~ up as seacher of hearts, but divine truth had
taught US that the heart of man is treacberous to
itself, and deceitful above all things Il was certain
~ little remarkable that the West should be so uni
ted on this question Among them there was no
diversity, and If they do not exclusively regard the
feelings and interests of the people they represent
their conduct uniformly squares with those interests
and feelings.
How is Ii with Loud0un colutv? How is
1t that the Pyrenees no more" Al Lou
Is XIV tod his grandson, when he assembled the
thron" OF Spain? Why Is A5heys gap opened l., the
Potomac in the Alpine height which divides CulDep-
er from Frederlck, as you proceed to the South
Look TO the census and 1t explains the fact as Lou
don has popus ton of three whites TO one black
Look at her taxes. which scarcely amount In ono
hall OF these of the poorest slave holding county.
lIoudon Is connected with the Northern Neck which
has the same interest, and both hold opinions IL,
common ON the subject of state rights There we
nnd The Secret The votes which the friends the pro
position as reported from the Legislative Committee
count upon,as secure, are those from Orange Albc-
marie, Campbell, Pittsylvana s on from Norfolk: g.
such votes he was bound to say were perfectly dis
Interested and attrIDutab bic entirely to the
unity OF the gentlemen from whom thew will come
Bu' such magnaniniity WAS far beyond him; if was
much beyond his conception 1t was not for him to
enquire INTO their motives, much less was it proper
tor lllnl to cast cellsure their course. But snch
magnanImity as theirs; such was permitted to
them, was not permitted to him. lie stood here tn
guard the local interests of those who deputed bi,h
lie could not disregard those interests for if he offer
ODD u haf nd mot a..
for HIM that lie had new been born The contempt
ofsome ana the hate OF others would pursue him
through e; and should he hv for refiIrc from t
the reGDotest corners of the earth. conscence uis
eruL IJdtrtd Sc Yuoque ftigH-conscieDce with her
whip of scorpions would follow and lash hun ill he
found grave. He could not disregard their inter
es:s, much less could he listen only to The voice of
those local IN crests which opposed to the rirhts
and property oi his CWn constituents and suffered
himself to be Seduced by 1t an opposite ca1se
The contest III which we are now engaged Mr.
LEIGH sald was not precisely similar il all its cir
cumstances, 80 that between the colonies and Great
Britain but III principle the conflicts were the same
tie mad heard many gentlemen talking about our
tofeath'Ts casting oil the yoke OF British sluverv
and he had wondered to hear such things. Our fore
fathers never were ensiaved. The imprudence of
the French minister Genet, once led him to make u
similar remark to General WaslIinglon, and he re-
celVed answer, the very commencement of which
conveyed most emphatic repy-.born in n land of
freedom" All the quarrel grew out of a claim which
was set up Oy Orcat Britain TO tax the colonies and
= tile peace OF 1853, there was no part of the Brit
lsh domlnions more devoted to Great Britain than
the State OF Virginia, nor had George the Third a
more loyal subject than George Washington.
All the quarrel grew out of this ATTEMPT at taxa
ton; all from the eff rs Of Great Britain to enforce
the system; and tie great merit of our foreathers
was not that they cast off the yoke of slavcrv-fo,
that any slave would endeavor 10 do or anv felor
IN the Peniteniiary-but that they resisted as soon
as they saw that the yoke preparing for their
necks. That was their merit. II was a quarrel or
the uR1ect of taxation As Lord Chatham EXPRESSED
1.-THE Commons OF Great Britain clarnedto rive
ana grant the money OF the Commons of America
without allowing them any representation. True.
But did they refuse to allow Representations Thev
only wished to give and grant without representa-
ton.
The citizens Of the West only now claim to rive
the money OF the East in the proportion Of three dol
lars to every single dollar extracted from the pocket,
of the West, without allowing the East represcn
ton strong enough to make any efficient Resistance
Suppose that Great Britain, when 1t became an OBJ
n he ,l, h,df IL