Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-01-30

have furnished him with an opportrntv q, enlo,;.a
.ns NhorteI oead, and preteXt to represent me as
detractln9 from their merit, and in doing So he bas
treated me most un]ustly. had already declares3
the usurpatIon OF It's justified nav rendered Nc
cessary by the situation of the country I adm;ted
that we owed them eternal debt of ,,y,,;t,,l.
said however, that however elevated our rcyol,,,;o
airy patriots inherited portion of human iafirnG,
and had manifested that disposition inherent n, The
nature OF man. to hold and perpetuate his power. In
to the several acts by which the territory Of
the disposed OF, adhered strictly TO bistor
cat truth, and where motives have not been Dubclv
revealed, have attributed to the actor Tor motive
the probable consequence of his own actions did
not irhpugn the patriotism or morality of any ono
What imputed to the dead, is that which now inn,
pute to their descendants, wish to preserve tl..,
own Power-and Tor which, hope they are now
lSerugginS for the last time this floor; and for This
ASSERTION, who has been 80 weak as to take personal
i unibrage. fo'ool''
Whenl described the members of fallen ojiaar
chy as race of talented high minded men s1snin,no
their policy by all the means in their power the uens
oeTs rom had to be offended for
assure tn en- and the committee that had NOT RI,
my mind. - 0
The last of the gentlemen from Powhatan. who
addressed the commttee, has told the House that
was an old stedtast federalst. He gratutously
Bestowed on me, the epithet ultra. He even smoke
OF Scotch Democrat, and of something which he
ioathed His zeal led hifs to Lawyers office. to
learn some words OF mine many years ago. eulogizlng
rye speech o. certain gentleman, against universal
suffrage. 1t is an evidence of reat industry indeed
that gentleman who has been SO lone wicldino his
pen against convention, (which he had pcrfect-
right to do should have treasured up these words so
long and that they should have been thought wortbv
OF the present occasion If my conjecture is ripht
the gentleman got them from the same shop, from
WHICH, ne got the bill under consideration.
III am not mistaken, the gentleman who now
terms me an atra, has frequently than perhaps
any person IN this part of Virginia spoken of me as
liberal politician and legislator. Of this, there are
ma, many witnesses now in my hearing lido deny
that there was time, when would not have extern
ded the right OF suffrage. There was a time when
considered this community too divided aeitated and
nhamed by political strife, to meet in convention
This state Of things, has passed away with the caus
that produced it. have shewn, and will nresen,iv
shew that, ut least in 1915, and in 1876 and ever
snce have been sustaining our present principles
IN reiation to the question of suffrage. Perhaps this
is period, longer than the gentleman ever professe
tue same political creed tme for if reports he
true he has, politician tried all political creeds
ana been violent in ALL at all times denouucing
o,mers as trlnners According to report the gentle
man mas heen consistent IN but one thinp-the nd.
Hhration and adulatlon of one gentleman; GENTLE
man whose rare and uncommon talents in thai wav
nave been often employed in nvectves and PERSONAL
ties. have seen some, though on this floor at
tempt to initiate that gentleman; but never have
seen my man make that attempt, without rendering
himself ridiculous.
Ut was here, Mr.. D. was interrupted.1
Both gentlemen from Powhatan, lave stated
that L had been a candidate for Congress- but
had failed One Of them stated this to prove
that l was not always opposed TO sitting by the
side of the representative OF a slave This sn1casn,
proves that its author does not know that a re-
preventative III congress Is, in case the represent
tative OF n slave. The other gentleman said had
TO get into congress upon federal princi-
pies. The fact is otherwise. 1 always represented
what Is termed a democratic county here and a de-
rnocratIc district in the senate, never was can
oidate tor congress until party differences had ceased
L wish to set the gentleman from Powhntan RIGHT
m two or three particulars in which he has fallen
INTO error He represents me as saying TIA. If Yo-
hegheny had been represented in convention rho
usurpaton winch happened at the revolution, would
not have happened. | said no such thing said
that n Yohegheny had been represented. there
would have been voice against the surrender of that
beautiful country The gent eman supposes the act
by settling the boundary of PENNSYLVANIA. 7ii;e
facts are these, however. The charter of VIRGINIA
was " years older than that of Pennsylvania tbesp
charters !ntersered, and the constitution of Virginia
gave preference to PENNSYLVANIA. This brouoht nm
border dispute between the settlers under the two
states, and the act of December 1878 provided for
running temporary line. The permanent line was
10, settled until I85. In settling the boundary per-
manently, Pcnnsylvania acquired NOR than her char
ter covers, and in this lies the fraud of which the
gentleman speaks. ~
MIR: Chairman: had little expected any personal
ltlcs frou the gentleman from Powlatan. There had
existed long state of friendly HeIipo and of mutual
respect between us-and notwithstanding what has
happened, am determined, if possible to part with
him as we met, ndulging in those feelings
MIR. Chairman will now proceed 10 notice parti
quarry some OF the arguments OF the gentleman from
Northampton. That gentleman has reasserted that
the friends of reform have at no time declared the
principles on Which they sought it. To prove this,
nv mas again alluded to the report ascrbettto me in
me Journal OF 1910. He has asserted that at the
STANTON convention they acted by counties he
mas represented me, as having sought co1Iy ension
before the meeting at StauDton for one object alone
--equaiizlng the reprcsentation-and as having at
Staunton, to suit the views of other gentlemen
adopted other views, as an extensuzr Of suffrage
and abolishing the executive councu, &c. This
ne Calls management. 1t is my purpose to show
beyond the posi- bty Of doubt that in rlatien TO
suffrage and representation, the friends of reform
ana among them have been uniform from the time
we hrst acted to the present moment.
LII the first place, will appeal to tho journal of
1916 The report attributed to me, in pare e. con-
tans the following paragraphs:
Yor connnice, aware a grrat diversity exists in oni