Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-23

least poor principle. Virginia rnay be 4
victim To her honor, bot !. for one. hope she
may be poor iurever, ifshe can only become
rich al the sacrifice Of her principles.
Gentlemen are under great mistake. fihey
impnte 10 me any wish for confusion, OF ary
desire that we may make change ihai shall
prove uopalsable 10 the people Hrt we,
whose districts are 10 be sacrificed. hay an i'm
portan duty which W eve 10 our constituents.
am Opposed 10 cor eiliae. | wish lAs State to
remain united. had rather b. IT, citizen Of
great Commonwealth ,hen PET, State But
there Is something yet bette. iran Union. Op.
preston Is worse than division. ! am ready
10 20 as lar for Cancellation rs any, but am
not rendy 10 offer up my country as the sacri-
flee. | think II vastly better. thai freedom
should he preserved, even " di.nnion must be
the price. speak, God knows with ai1ieien
al my Leoft. But how is this evil 10 be aver.
ted Here we are arfayed against each other.
| The West advances iis demand, and they say,
these are provisions, which We must have"
| The East rempusirates. and says" you will
destroy US" To every compromise there must
DO two parties but do we hear one whisper.
aye, so much M one low voice that talks Of
compromise No. Gentlemen stand ON their
rights ;ihey stand perfectly stationary they
call 10 rs come up 70 them bui thai we ne.
yer can am willing 10 ADJUST the difference.
Do gentlemen ask now By a plan which
,hal give security 10 the Lat fof tie preser=
walton OF all thai is dear 10 them and their pos
| terliy. While We shape our course towards
! Cancellation, we must haveeneclnal security.
! All erou'ty from equality of taxation, IL pure.
ly imaginary. What boots II 10 us, thai ,he
taxes are made equal, II they ara al 10 ba paid
! by one part Of the State II wnad BE- the M
t"rcsi OF the West, 10 pay even henYy taxa
tlon II they are to hive The sole distribution
pl the money raised. The only possible 40
curiiy, mto give such share in The admin
Isirqiion of affairs, ms shall ensure n good and
lust government, a. will secure Ia rs the rights
winch W brllrve TO be IN jeopardy.
Let ia say. IN conclusion. that whatever
vote mNy give 10 he final issue, | reserve 10
myself 0r RICH frs 20 SEE The uhnie extent of
The srcnfuy gcntlemrn y oppose 10 give and
then, when they hav" modified their PROPOSE
ton into its last form, then cones the am fnl
question: Is this security ad gnale III shall
Judge that II is MOI never viii give my assent
TO any system which viii jeopar die The righis
of my constituents.
MI. MosRoE now ros' and addressed tue
| Committee, IN substance, rs follows:
Nd Chairman The House, hone. will in.
dulge me IN II few remarks. | will promise To be
very concise, My faculties Of debate, always
humble, have been impaired by long disuse
while occupisd another station in The public
Their weakened by budly infrmiiy, vt duly
impeIs me to make soma remarks on this ocea.
SION, They shall be but lew, aud more a sen.
tneut ;han an Grafton. NV situation Is one OF
peculiar dolicHcy as Il relates 10 my onOslinl.
enis. aud my cououy When | reifed from
the Office last held II was with the expectation
that that retirement would be perrnauen, Ny
age admonlshrd me ihaj II was welcome aud
becoming, When received an ioytft,on To
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by mc) conscuted with regret, for Causes
which mu't be obvious 10 all. Yet | would
not shrink from the call Of my fellow. ifzens.
AVID hi their call came, but il $ With the
dbposuiDn 10 look To the whole Common eaiIh
from the Potomac 10 The Roa o. from The
Mountains To the Ocean. from ksuas ha 10 Mo
nongaiia, from the Blue Ridge TO The Ohio, l
was one TO one.
could have been coatent TO reside 10 any
part of the tomnun,s cath | left one mar
ot II, where had spout the greater pari of nv
life, tor another, whore VS. nj apsi unknown.
It's c'izens kindly ina iies ed thelI confidence.
aud came with n disposition - look 10 the
interests OF the whole cansd r IN sci fas their
servant, and consider them IA having tight
TO instruct me II they should think In 10 do so.
| shall either obey them or withdraw from THIS
Assembly. When fad my sel I In that dilemma
! shall do so without q word. But | DO nor
know that u will arrive. ~ The course shall
pursue here, shall make IL nv principle 10
look TO the State nj large. | shall look also 10
the divisions and 10 the state of acrimonious
feeling which existed, long before The calling of
this Convention, and which consider this bu-
dy rs having tendency 90 tranquilize
My idea has been that IL will he wise 10 bese
representation on the white y 3pulntiop in III.
House OF Delegates. and 10 place an adequate
check on the result oftheir deliberations il tl,e
Senate. This is my opinion. BY basinp the
representation on The white population. We
are resting on principle on principle cor
responding with the Bin Of RIGHTS and with the
Constitution, for our government is in The
hands Of Tho white people. We shall by thus
means rest on fundamental principles. and
CRAFTY the feelings Of the people, in every part
OF the community. Our Constitution rests on
that basis.
And by whom was il framed By thu
most enlightened ofouf citizens by men who
have given proof ofther patriotism, wisdom.
and knowledge Of mankind. wish 10 preserve
its important features and 10 alter II as little AZ
may be, onsidering that il wits the first OF our
Constitutions ever made here and will be an
example through olfages. Where do we Gud
tree government in history, except in Greece,
10 a certain degree in Carthage and in Rome
Every where else we find only barbarism. and
all mankind kept in a state of degradation.
with this example before them, these men
hamrd "A Constitution better than had ever ex-
lstcd before.
BY resting representation on the white non.
ola'ion, IN the House of Delegates, we leave
that body free from any check but To control
us has'y decision, you resort TO the Senate,and
therefore thought that The plan of the mixed
basis, ought TO be confined TO the Senate
For my part. am ready TO vote for it. But
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jec,ions. II makes our system corregpond 10
that fthe Federal Government: Ii il more
easy Of execution, aud il Is not against princi.
pie.
BY adopting the white basis in the House Of
Delegates, we shall rranquilize the people, and