Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-21

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Gentlemen abior distractions Let then, learn, then
rom those iustrious peasants thus practical t,nn
n.nf moderate babor inspires sound sense ask r..
COMMITTEE To test the of nv pos;t;on he
nquiring how tn, non rceholders In our sis,ct S,a,
have chosen their representatives IN the Federal O.
gresS, as compared with the wiser frceholdera uf o
Lloyd, OF Massachusetts,, Rufus King of New Yorh
William Pinckney. of Maryland, cum m,.iti, MI,
were, or are the peers of the fist talents thai V,
MA has zen, forth. And now, Sir, are not Webster
and McDuthe, aud Berr:en, without naung ,,,hars
additional living examples of the truth of NV nrono
tion? Such facts speak volumes. IL were n mos, -
gracious consumption of the valuable time of this ,,
Ightened anu honura le body to attempt. by apv on
lsrgcd scope of argument, to prove Iha, man love,
his birth place as lie does his mother with an ardor
that no time can etiacc. circumstances rxtinruisb
Sacred love country and ineifabe attachment tba
natal spot, are thn'e the offspring churllsh in
t"res or cns gold pure base them. Sir the land,ess
peasant clngs Go the rocky cliffs on whose summit h
spor'd IN the halcyun days of his boyhood as tho
Igamenis OF his own heart bInd II his bosom Awav
then with IN" Idca oi the gentleman from Spo,svIvn
ma (Mr. Stanard that twenty FIVE dollar freehold
er, whole commonwealth of whom Stephen Girard
couu create without mparlng materially his resour-
ces has Il stronger, more elevated or more endnr
ing attachment to his country, than the man have
fam. " attempted to describe.
But, continued MIR. IL. gentlemen have denied tho
Pr"prrty OF permitting man without properly to
voie equally with the rich man, because the latter
brings INTO the common stock hs fortune as we'll ms
all that class OF rights strictly denomimated personal
In the first place how this position TO be reconc,lc
with the concession that n who has twenty fy,
dollars III land shall voter Ifune man have Il 90 Oru
and another S25, tho ratio is very inco.,Ierob,
as q" WI hdFaw from the argument of my opponents
the greater part fits force. Examine this branch ~
the subject IN Its true lights. man without mo-
perry stakes ms liberty his life, his reputation his
hnppn'ss and his i1Shi 10 acquire prope,ty While
we surround property with many fences and guard
1t with So much solicitude shall not duly upprec
ate the right to acquire IT, Shnl we not in the en-,
phatIc language of Napoleon, preserve for il the
open thea ro?" Again, If the rich man bling in lis
properly, does he not create the necessity OF an ex
p'usIve government! II i mainly for his .ronor,,
thai law is piled upon law IN your 1. atn,o &
that ne onerous abnrs of your judiciary are demand
ed He too engroSscS the honors and emoumep's
incident 10 the operations of government 1t is rar.
~ tha' you incur exp nse IN making or administering
law for III" ctlZcn without properly md e,ill 80
rarely does a. shar m thos" distinguished and inter
esl"S functions. How stands thu acc unit in War
Are wars wuged for the interests OF the moor, r.
heir passions prompt their possessions inv,,a tho,
No Sir Tue ambition Of the great men of Ro,r
srd her urnes 10 invade Britain after oyerrunninc
tic falr' 81 portion of he Island they returned 70 o,
Joy their spoil leaving tho highlands uncononooI
The poor and hardy Calcdoninils boastcd thai tb;
ga.lantry hui rolled back the tide of battle ht Gu
bon says more truly that the proud Eagles of Rome
sr'rned to perch on thc ked hills of the land The
mountain and The Aood.' SIR, the cottap or is always
the instrument and the victim OF war but he is ne
yer ITS author, aud seldom shares It's glory Let not
wealth. then, complain thai 1t Is taxed for it's own ,
t"r'st' and ITS own protection and honor. But Sir,
property, as has been well said, has influence II
coners knowledge and gives facility for ,muroviny
tue 'iTtu OF the heart and the grnces of the
ucr his IS power, concentrated legitimate resist
less power. ever has been, and Will continue tu
be, TIL time shall be more.
Gentlern.n intimate that the enlarged and liberal
suffrage VIII engeDder tuuIult at elections and i'm
pari TO the populacr habits of dIssipotion Have Won
not now mlrth and irr"gulary and riot at your cleo
tons W hat real evil springs from this source There
genry drink wine and the lower classes alcohol
Ihis Is subject OF regret but an adequate cause
TOR DISTINGUISHING the the other eel bratcd
man in England remarked that il was better the No
bI' mans coaches should he bespaltrred by the mob
than that the people should be- made slaves And il
L. better that cultivated tasie be- off nded here than
that three hti hs of the BODY polite be powerless--
For these transient Inconvenience perfect remedy
m y b" found in the creation of moderate election
d- tricts
Mr. Chairman, we have one small, but conspicu-
ou~ example of the correctness of the doc which
have the honor to maintain, in Virginia itself and
gentlemen justly tenacious of the character of our
ancient Commonwealth, ought to weiph it, The
borough of Norfolk is entitled, as we all know to de-
egate IN the lower Iou, of our Legislature. Intha
borough Po'bo'ters and mechanics tohO haze served
aPPrent'ceshP, arc invested with the right Of suffrage
HOW sir, have they exercised it9 Look their re-
resent alton on this floor. One of those who exem-
py their political fitness, IN the defence, peace
III" ornament of the State, il here no longer. 1t
Is, sir, an lndIsputable fact that the BOROUGH Of
.Nol1Oh has been represented in the Legislature
with inability and patriotism which do honor to the
City itself, while is HUinp and a rOysi1nt DreoT of
the capncy of the Don-rcehoders OF Norfolk
And arc not the nonfreehoders Of the county Of
Frederick as cDmIC ent they are? Is there any
thing in the air If city which gives light aud
purify 10 its populace, when citizens Of cores
ponGing grade throughout your wide confines are III
VOWED ~ darkness or stepped in mpurity We have
been taHght To believe that the multitude in cities
depravcd and more liable to political
deluslon than that dis persed over the surface of
To" country. Aowin them 10 be no worse than
their ellow citizons Of Norfolk lime The best nstruc
tor, establishes heir claim is vain to contend that
we nre happy, and therefore, Chat no amendment
would b. proper. Suppose the State were governed
by an absolute monarch, who-c character was be-
nRn n that Of Traian Antouine and WHO made
them happy for the time, would not the citizens as
scrt heir Sitca rights The sole security for tho
continuance Of their cirU iD,DiUihes2 Would tLev
be content TO hold thir comfort and peace and all that
Is dcnr to man upon curtrsy II not, ought The vast
mass OF citizens the present debate to re-
Ipan content because not actually opPyesscR Ought
they not tobc placed in predcamcnt which would en-