Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-11-20

can afford us, When the war of taxation |,
comes on between The slave holders and
and the non slave-h holders With all his
respect for the Western people, aud with
all his confidence in them, could not con
sent to give them so much power. wi,huu,
an adequate guarantee, not even for the |
present time
But, there is another consideration |
which shows the necessity of political !
guarantee We have purchased the re-
presentation Off members Of Congress,
out OF - 10y means of onr slave population.
Are we prepared 10 surrender this influ- |
encc which 'cc have thus acquired F! Are
gentlemen prepared To give us 4 guaran-
tie" Tor our continuing to enjoy this repre-
sentaiion, instead at throwing i, into one
common fund 7 Will they place guar
an,ec for it in the Cons,,u,inn-can they
place i, there. agrceably to the Constitn-
ton osihc United States Can YOU tie
mp the hands of your Legislature Are
the gentlemen of the East then prepared
to divide this political power amony our
brethren ofthe West! For one, Mr.. S.
said, that he was not.
| But there was still another subject, on
which the people Of the East required
guarantee he referred to appropriations
Tor lCtcrnal improvement. The differen,
SECTIONS of the State are as strongly mark.
ed 10y various interests, as by geographic
cal Differences. He Illustrated this posi-.
ton at great length by a variety of views,
showing what particular improvement each
section desires. From his recapitnlat;on.
he inferred that they had separate inter
esls-and therefore he wished, that the
interests otthe people on this side of the
mountains should not be but under the
contr"nl OF the western people, which had
so much more magnificent objects to at
tend to than oar own. He cou,ended al
so. that the further West you CO. the more
extensive aud costly will be these improve
ments He enumerated the various oh
iects of the Improvements desired, with
Some which have been actually expended
showing what was the style of improve
ment, contemplated by the western citi-
zns and how little attention had been
!, paid to the improvement OF his own section
Of country. And he asked whether with
such facts before him, lie could think Of
constituting those gentlemen the guar
dians of the purses Of his own pcnpIc
What lie proposed, then, was to secure
! themselves against evil in obtaining one
; House, leaving them i'll the possession of
the other branch Of the Legislature. recu-
lated by the principles which they had adj.
I vocated
, Mr.. Naylor addressed the Committee
, at great length in favour of the White Ba.
S sis. He began by remarkng, that if o.
Their gentlemen, who had been accustnm-
f ed topublic debate. feel themselves under
2 any sort OF embarrassment in addressing
5 the chair, what mus, he his situation, who
{. was so little in the habit of addressing
! Legislative assemblies He stated. that
, the amendment of the gentleman from
I Fauquier 'lr. Scott) had only increased
L. his objections TO the original amendment,
and the whole system which thry advn-
: cate-that gentlemen have con,ended for
Y the compound ratio, because wealth re-
: qulres pro:ection-whi!e Others have adj
{; heIed not to the variable standard of
I, wealth, but to just, constant, AMI per
t manent principle OF apportionmant. He
\ was surprised to hear gentlemen say, s.sai
= there are no suck abstract, invarable
. u,
hat even If gentlemen should succeed i'm
!; breaking down all snch barriers, there was
another barrier which they could not over
, leap-he meant the force of public senti.
ment.-MlS with the people, and you
, will flnd them adhering to the doctrine,
that the majority ought TO govern-This
=, sentiment pervades our society, even down
to the boys. He reprobated the pursuit
; OF mere temporary eSpediency, in OPPOSE
I ton to principIcs.-l, was a dangerous
, doc,rine-the plea of tyrants-
But IT there be any principles in gov
eminent, how are they to be discovered
aud assertained As they are in other
elements. Gentlemen had indeed rid-
, cule1 a state of nature-but surely we
, were at liberty 10 assume it, for the sake
of argument, !ust as mathematicians have
f a right to assume that a line may he
drawn from any given point. Ii then we
suppose state OF nature, how could ii ST.
ciai compact be instituted but bya majority
, Of the persous-Certainy gentlemen
would not contend it was to he established
by mlnorily-EIc quoted MIR. John
Locke to show that the social compact was
formed by the majority OF the society.
i These are not only weighty truths, but
they are confirmed by the opinions of the
people-and he is Tot Il wise man, who
wars aIanst even the prejudices of society
But gentlemen ask, If the majority are
to govern, why do not women ard chill
dren vote lie nigh rest on The 5eIy
made to this argument by the gentleman
from Brooke. But he mIght put the ques-
ton as to The rights OF women Oh another
ground-that the Deity had made women
tender and weak, and placed ,hem under
the protection OF man aud that it was