Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-01-30

" 80 ana II76, and showing that they used the
means IN their power To pcrpetuate their authority
think have done one of the gentlemen a favor. I
nave furnished him with an opportunity To cuopise
the Immortal dead, and prctcxt to represent me ms
.eae,hs from their merit, and in doing so, he has
,c".eu me most uuustiy. had already declared
inc usnrpation ofl775 justified nav rendered No.
cessary oy the situation of the country. admitted
that we owed them eternal debt OF gratitude /
sau ,iat however elevated, our revolution
ary patriots inherited portion Of human infirntv
ano had manifested that disposition Inherent in ill.,
nature OF man, to hold aud perl,euate his mower In
aua,ng TO the several acts by which the territory of
me stare was disposed Of adhered strictly 10 Lis,or
icul truth and where motives have no; hen nniSi,
revealed, nave attributed To the actor for motive
the proUabie consequence OF his own actions | did
not impugn the patriotism morality of auy one
w nat imputed 10 the dead, is that which now i'm
pute 10 their descendants a wish 10 nreserv, ,h;r
own power--and for which, | hone they ar, now
struggling for the last time this floor; and for this
umbrage.
| When described the members of q fallen og,r-
chy rs race OF talented high minded men sust aiming
their policy by all the means in their power the
bcrs from Powhatun had no reason To h. attended for
assure tn I'm and the committee thar Ind not III,
least ausion 10 either of fhem-they never crossed
my mind.
| The last OF the gentlemen from Powhatan, who
addressed the committee, has told the House I'm, I
was an old stedtast federaist. He pratui,ouslv
O:stow- d on me, the epithet ultra. He even SPOKE,
VI scotch democrat, and Of something which he
oathed. Ills zeal led him to Lawyers office. to
carh some words OF mine many years apo cloriz,no
thc speech OF certain gentleman against UNIVERSAL
suffrage II is an evidence of great industry nde.j
that gentleman, who has been so lonr wicldino his
pen against a convention, (which he had perfect
right to dol should have treasured up these wor Is 81,
long and that they should have been thought WORTHY
OF the present occasion. II my conjecture is rioht
the gentleman got them from tue same shop, from
which, he got the bill under consideration.
If am not mistaken, the gentleman who now
terms me an ultra hos moro frequently, than perhaps
any person in this part of Virginia spoken of me AS
ieerai politician mud Legislator. or this there are
many witnesses now in my hearing. do no, denv
that there was time, when would not have exten
ded the right of suffrage. There was time whcu I
considered this community, too divided aitated mud
,niined by political strife, to meet i'll convention
ms state OF things has passed away with the causes
that produced IT. have shcwn, and will presently
shew that. at least in 1915, and in 1876 and ever
since nave been sustaining our present principles
IN reation to tho question of Suffrage. Perhaps this
period longer than the gentleman ever professed
the same political creed one tne for if report In,
true, he has, politician tried all political crcejs
and becu violent in al; at all times denouncino
others as trimmcrs. According TO report tho rr,,c
man has heen consistent in but one thinr-thc ad-
nlratmn and aduation OF one gentleman; reptle-
man whose rare and uncommon talents in tlIai wav
nave been often employed in nveetives and persona-
tics. have seen some, though not on this flour n,
tempt to initiate that gentleman; but never hive T
seen any man make that attempt, without rpndcrino
himself ridiculous.
IL was mere, MIR. ID. InterFuptedl
Both gentlemen from Powhatan, have stated
that l bad been candidate for Congress: but
hod failed. One of them stated this, to prove
lnat was not always opposed 10 sitting by the
side OF the representative of slave. This sarcasm
proves that Its author does not know that n re-
preventative Ill congress is no case the represcn
tative OF slave. The other gentleman said had
endeavored 70 get into coDgress upon federal p,inci
pies. Inc fact is otherwise. ] always represented
what Is termed democratic county here and de-
mocratlc district in the senate. never WIS II cpu
ddate tor congress until party differences had ceasd
wish 70 set the gentleman from Powhatan rich,
IN TWO or three particulars in which he has fallen
into error. lie represents saving that if Yo-
hegheny had been represented in convention the
nsurpation which happened at the revolution would
NOT have happened. said no such thing I said
that II foheghcny had been represented tbcre
would have been voice against the surrender of that
beautiful country. The gentleman supposcs the act
OF Dec. 1875 TO have led TO the loss of Yoherhenv
3y settling the boundary of Pennsylvania The
.ictS are tnesc however Phe charter of Virginia
was u years older than that of PENNSYLVANIA these
charters In;crtcrcd and tie constitution of VIRGINIA
gave preference To Pennsylvania. This BROUGHT on
border dispute between the settlers under the two
states, and the act OF December 1870 provided fur
running temporary line. The permanent line vas
not settled until 1885. In settling the boundary NOR
manefty, Pennsylvania acquired NOR than her cbnr
ter covers, and IN this lies the fraud of which the
gentleman spcaks.
Ny Chairman: had little expected any personal
ities from he gentleman from Powhatan. There had
existed long state of friendly feeling and Of mutual
respect between us--nnd Notwithstanding what has
happened, nm determined, if possible, to part with
MN ms we met, INDUCING in those feelings.
bIr. Chairlnan will now Proceed TO notice pnrti-
quarry some OF the arguments Of the gentleman from
Northampton. That gentleman has rrassortcd that
tue friends of reform have at time declared tho
principles OH Which they sought IL. To prove this
he has again alluded TO the report ascrbcd to Inc in
mo journal of 1916. He has assorted that at the
Starrton convention they acted by counties. lie
ION nffflr L.,
before the meeting at Stanton for one object alone
-eqnaiizing the rcPrcsgntation-ond as having az
StHuntoD, TO suit the views of other gentlemen
adopted other views, an extension Of suffrsre
and aboshng the executive council, &c. This
he calls management II is my purpose TO show
beyond the possibility Of doubt, that in relation to
suffrage and representation The friends Of reform
and among them. have been uniform from the time
VIC first acted to the present moment.
la the first place, will appeal to the Journal Of
lBIG. The report attributed to inc, in page 81 con-
tains the following paragraph:
"Yor conmiirc that great diversity exists in opiu
the