Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-25

AMI high handed He had learned 9
his from George Tucker and Spencer Roanc. But I
ID any one suppose tins was measure of Charles,
ino cared not cent for his subjects bevond his own
hores-who never thought seriously on any thing; a
ut also was only intent the enjoyment of his plea
ures lie reminded gentlemen that il the
e'gus OF the most dissoute and tyrnnnical Sover-
igns liberty always had made the greatest strides
We had this measure from Char'cs the 2nd., /
nd therefore we are to abandon IT: must on tho
ame scale, abandon the Habeas Corpus, which had
l. origin with Charles the 2nd.
i.rt us discuss this proposition with reference 20
abstract right or on any other ground: but 10 not
hereafter let us discuss because 1t came from Charles
the end II We take the ground IT natural rights in
the Bal of Rights, according w the conStructiun we
put on them, and they rights which belong TO
ALTO every individuals not TO those who pay taxes
nr hold lands, fight; but ever, American in this
Union. The right of suffrage. then, be concluded is
not one of the rights which il gua anteed among
the inahepuhlc rights then secured. he rdicu,ed
the idea that these should be termed rights
Of nature, Which could not be brought into exercise
until man INTO society The very persons who
con end that these social rights ali rights of ma
ture, exclude great majority of the very persons
whom these rights belong. All thinking, reasoning
beings concur in the necessity of specific anal
ihcaon: and the question il whether the right of
voting is natural; but whether the exclusions and
Limitations which w. are about TO adopt The most
congenial tn the spri, of republican institutions.
| Ii had been said that ireeb"lacr who was pau
per was brought u the polls. lie had never heard
such case bcinre. q freebooter we are told. !,
somemes idle, disSipaci, worthless vet he votes;
while mechanic, Industrious, vrtuous and valuablp
is refused the right The who sells his trcchuli
10 day, is dcbarrei from voting o morrow. is il be-
cause he Is less deserving of confidence than bcfore
He admitted thar these would exist and would
be found i'll all applications of principles To human
action: but nevertheless thee did not prove that those
principles were wrong. He ref rrcd To the charac
ter which had been drawn OF the non iccholers ant
the Inference that II unjust that men so valua
bie forming much OF the moral essence of society
aud of the sinew of the land, should be excluded
from the privilege of voting lie admitted that this
class o. society valuable, but still he defended the
course Of exclusion adopted towards them on the
ground that 1t was determined BY WISDOM IL sanction
edby time s. circumstances lie maintained that there
was as much natural feeling, much moral worth, as
much political integrity, among the tfechuGers that
/ they were IN situation which placed them above
inducing temptations to corrupt on; and tina, no one
had heard of Virginia freebooter who had ever
offered TO bride voter, who had ever himself been
approached by br.be. H described the usual char
actcr and ordinary bearing of a irecholdor OF the
Sta e, without the consciousness that lac j. mem
Der OF arStocracy, odouS has been descrl-
bed 10 be- He stated that 90 To the house OF Il free
holder, and you meet with hospitality aud kindness:
II You have sh wn kindness child of his he will
repay II ten times over, hire IS God in
Heaven. or honor IN man.
He took view OF the exclusion of the other sex.
Is there any who believes hat woman is nescssa-
rly inferior TO man. merely IN he rent Ter yiri;Ics
actual courage? He had seen them courareous
IN those situations IN which many politician would
have shrunk. Is IT just that the rule should exclude
the Iteilgent the hight and trliinu of the SEX
No, but the exclusion rests on the ground that the
moment woman assumes political power, she ceas-
eS 10 be woman. In the of minors. he also re
te!red to their exclusion, and contcnded that the gen
era regulation by which they are excluded is wise
although necessarily imperfect.
We arc constantly brought back TO the Eli of
Rights, IN despite nj all which can he said He re-
tcrIed 10 the 9th article which declares that all men
having sufficient evidence of permanent common in
terest with and attachment TO society have the rrht
OF voting. On the question OF what IS sufficient ev-
ldcnce, he asserted thdt land alone furnished IT,
The government of Virginia mainly intended T.
regulate the internal local affairs of the Common
wealth. Al our external relations are committed 10
the Federal Government What remains is the
nam subject OF interest in which The State Govern
ment is TO operate. There are two intercst,-one
having reference TO the U. States aud the s. ster
States and the other to the different discordant in
teress OF the State herself. There arc conf ctnp
interests between counties which even udioin each
other. How can you identify the mere IS of IN in
dvldual with country, unl,G s. he has lived th. re
lie has horse, slave, his hands hardened by labor
but these do not conne him 10 particular sphere or
county. There are no other means of identifying au
individual with local interests but by the possession
OF land Abandon these only means by which ilen-
tity OF local interests can be sustained and YOU take
away the great guarantee against the violation OF all
the great interests Of the State. He repeut,d his
propositions and asked if it was the of
BIRTH which furnished this sufficient evidence, He
ndcuied this idea, and prayed that the time nav
soon come, when the philosophy of attachment TO n
place Where the bones of their fathers lie shonld
ceaee to be relied in defamation as it was in the
picture Of life, when men without pang migrate To
distant places, as interest inclination guides or
prompts
II has been argued that freeholders, 90 where thew
Will never lose the right, while freeholdcrs though
they remain forever, can never acquire it. lie as
kcd if there was any thing which could prevent in
dustry from attaining this qualifications or any thine
which could prevent the possessor Of the
freehold from losing it by vice and dissipation
or parting with 1t for profit Any man who has fifty
dollars can buy the privilege whenever he shall fee
disposed to acquire It, In any county it may be ac-
CURED Tor hy dollars; in many for twenty five dol
lars, and IN some for five dollars. lie referred 10
reference to case in Monongao, IN which the
whlskcy-drnkng lnndholdcr is entitled 10 u vote
and tie worthy citizen Is compelled to 10 TO n free
State to got suffrage. The freehold may be
purchased ,r ten or twenty dollars and the first 100
miles the man travels 10 get vote involves an ex-
Penditurc which would have purchased him qualiG-
cation at home.
He SAID that ouc of his NUN frat ortg ,,- ., et .