Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-27
Vol. III.-No. Is.

8 that Daay families have done " '"s""" s"'"S
,. me area Of the Commonwealth contains he N.
-'4Ntu, aoout p7ouo square miles, calculating. stn
acres 70 the square n,le. Mu,plvinr ,hs ,'n,Es 80
square miles by 80, and the result viii discns, G
hoid qualifications sufficient for 1870 600 souls r,or.
uan every man, woman and child in VIRGINIA. II -
IS sUfhcient for every man to acunre nm ino,.s, ,
the SOL, leaving considerable excess vet W.. ar,
to.G tie posses. of the fr ehod vests al ari.tcc-a
! cy III 'he few 70 lord it the many. Here is !,
pc'pP'n' partition ofttiis land aniy going on
Continual rans mutation. perpetually enluTgine
alu @iaenng the basis II beongs tr iD man, TO M
81 Oh men, blu TO all, to merchants, mechanics and
iabnurors. II belongs 70 them while they have IT.
a"h thcn to their descendants IL they ha, suffcia.
energy, industry and economy il, and If NJ
90 'hose who eUrpass them Ia lhese qualities IL 9as
therefore, within the ch of every one; and herc,
there can De no danger Of aristocracv. II there
De NO uause then, 'hc question is-f tbs be
icN'-t-ce o permanent common interest aud atiaci-
ihen's H"v one recently ont &c l:s term ofaprrcr-
I'cesnp VINO has not acquired u ireehoid qua hchti
hiSt be considered exhibiting doubtful in, entu;,
~ remaining permanently in the State. The Sill, 4,
limitation connected With the freehold, is called *
'Me h'icn'ch on ha other 81 ie. qualification HbU g
~ pi'ce' an individual Is required to apply OH, Ia
sinai Portion OF ms ear: gs 10 obtain ii, IN u-Gcr 20
give evidence that lie remain among u.s.
we are told hGt many individuals among us rega. !
ms fgnt as OF grea; :alde He lid not question:
idc' and ne showed that tho possession OF this ir,r
/ was within the reach of all a triiing cost.
=, t's Trend from Chesterfield had told us that NJ
me- can DC drawn which do hot leave angles right
.nd !eit - there < 10 rule which doessnut l.a.c
is nara places. tie " 40 i within "a hours OF be
.ag u years &C. age. may consider it hard case thar
ne Is excluded from the polls especially if he be in
possession II prenaturity OF mind Unless gentlemen
on the other side can shew some rule which s not
SUBJECT TO any exception, they ought critically to
condemn that which lay do egn, a. to thr ndiy;d;>
al who has interest in the soil - - :. > -
gent enen contend that the right should rest ON the
capital vested III stock and personal property and are
not disposed to have the SO acres for the rule he
would say your wealth may be great you Will not
appropriate any portion 10 the attainment of this ur
vi'g'; hnI the wealth or winch you rely is intanp,-
DE INVISIBLE and beyond the reach of taxation. The
pour iferuldcr from his scanty pittance cont ibuc
nor' 70 tie support Of the SAFE, than you d with =
your grfa, wealth.. =
Mr. LEIGH said, that according to his comtre
hen ion Of the cause, lie WHO is assessed for tnx
una Ia pay, or he is disqualified That il the menu
ING OF the provision, and he asked it to be diai .tsy
understood y comes to this: drunken vara-
o"iHs are cEIy to be oNcGd>-., tcc1~se they baA,
nr"pe.y On which the government can Law a tnA
Will, sucll IS have property to be Considered.
= Is = - GENT ~, snd i.ya Ti.i,
.o r"e Il le Lad used ths pht, e.!osy lgluG lad
os'i. adopted 10y the gentleman from Fred, ri, * Il.
~"tt' have been doubtless attributed 10 ms pee, :
ma temper of mind, nnh political creed. Bat Ia
would submit It to gentlemen. Whether lie " 10 ha >
some property aud means II ie ll-o las none =.
the more like, 20 embrace tho de -cripion of the
tieInal as drunken vugabond-. Rsbble might se ,i.
proper phrase, as II used by the other side lie
dd not mean to contend lIat the possession OF e~v
q property, large small, is a security against vice,
lie knew better, and ne was sorry say So Bl, d
We look at the state of mankind, order 10 deter
min" which IS most likely be free from all riOlt .,
the cpthets which had been employed it yyotiJ b,
found That tAey who have some pToDertv oyn rSn,,.
cases out OF ten more apt to be vrtuoiIs than thay
who have none. We shall find that where there.
10 means, no industry, there we NAV look for ,,,.
grcatest degree of vice. - -
lie had these remarks as TO details in rcr
ec good tinh towards the gentleman from Fred,
rlck, IN order that ne NAV amend as he y,;.rIt - >
see me consequences of his own proposition. Ii,
SAID he was no. going into the gcncfc question of Tic
iande! qualticaton. Hope was wilped: hone 49,.
LYing IN his hear; for this very morning he La
hraTu venerable gentleman speaking in favor of II =
!aiih qlahcaton set voting in faver OF tyrop, ne,
ton winch dispensed with az a-ded Cualh ,r,nl
lie hadno hope that his shoulders would be broa
enough TO sustain tie Dad. If gentlemen refuse T.
INN their aid Whether he could ever sec proDbrtv
divided so as TO induce bin TO vote with the entl
'aen on the other side not, he should have rvri.
evidence that he valucdit, while hare was scint0!a
Oh nope ie:. But there GROUND taken bv Con
tlemun on The other side, which seemed to JtnSS .,
involve consequences rearly irportan, as VII Tor
tho freehold shall constitute the qualifcu or-,r no.
lie meant the system of reasoning by which pf.,.t
t"m"n converted negative qualification into posI,ive
Disqualification. They lay 1t down that the az ,
toI' VI me publication of the Freehold IS the n
VI -, &c 81 every other clus. We permit 49,.
"'i4oiud5 .lvr ,rSo's ., to.Grfr ri,
y.itn XIII fi,n IN ak q the exclusion OF lie fe,
who cannot acquire the qo-6c,,;o,s. tvfnn",ln
chooses, he acquire II at t.,-saf TON ,,,, -
at the most fifty dollars. How then. b ,ii -,
BY whom IS he excluded IL is only by ~ tvr,,.
that H. is excluded. He would assume, that thor j.
NO man, who may not acquire TIE qualIfcatits,. M
qualification Of landed property Is within the reach y
all --~ .-
There another subject, which he would
give his opinions very briefly he would not agree
tnat those no cannot vote for members Of the L.
gs.Aturc, do not belong tn the body polltNg lie
would agree to no such sentiment. His wife aud
daughter citizens, members Of the body polite.
and slaves Of either the husband the father,
they free born citizens, en'Ired to al privileges
aud protection, aud God forbid lhatit should be 9th
ervise. II was not necessary Tor the qualification
of citizenship that there should b. tire rilt
j j. would b. absurd to take away III chprOc er
ct, Lcns., from any mcmber, because hc was not d
qualified voter.
Again gentlemen innate the right Of s"iiruge.
u the IN. ST valuable # al rights He mad lftard
: al his lie Hc Thought. ViuI first rom - hoo,
tual he knew tins o. b., CO., al.d whom come thouElt
not he argued gain. tir Jlci-in although NJ
could not now tn us ;., recall toe Arguments Wl,.
he a. en- tlonpIt So friun ,hant lie believed ths. 10
was h. mos. ,sliabc ~ all privcgtst 10 he ul.l0r