Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-01-16

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mixed representation OF persons and property; and
georgia has carried into her enumeration of inhabi-
tants, three-hilhs of all people Of color, whether
slaves or not.
With the exception of the two lart mentioned
States, whether an amendment has been made it has
been TO Top of some aristocraic feature But 10.
thing can so decisycy prove the growing determi,r
uoh OF tho American people, to establish .hoir 90.
Vernidcnts upon the pure and equal prcipos of euunI
personal and political rights, as their conduct IN TIN.
admission of new States into the Union, and th.
course pursued by each State, i'll the formation,
oil It's own constitution.
The American People never brouuit tl,nr o,;ro,,.
To bear uncdly and practically the subject under
discussion, until they passed the first act to enable the
people oi territory to form Constitution. In the
st ui these acts as well each successive ou,
the right OF suffrage free and eaual and erch i;
nearly the right OF srlrugc in each new State Thelp
legislative houses are homogeneous with each otbcr
" with tho electors. This even the ase with Alobn
ma ana Louisiana, where we would least have cxpce-
ted 1T anu this, not outstanding the neiphborhooa o
ueorSia ana South Carolina The truth is TINT
odous distinctions founded on the possession OF
are condemned intoerabc by the body of the me-
rican PSople; and how much odious ia the M
tempt made 10y the friends Of this bill-an attennps
to disiranchisc free of portion OF his POLITICAL
rights, because he docs not possess n Sia,cs
Wealth, at best, is but fleeing thinp--is here
to-day and gone to morrow But the practice of re-
presenting property, where property has been re.
presented, was more rational than the prosont of.
fort Other States looked TO property oencrnl,.
whereas The Trainers oil this bill regard slave uruperiv
alone.
have already shcwn that Il solid located well def.
ncu arNtocrncy, existed ut the period of the revoh,-
on ana that the Convention of 1916 pre,or we'd thar
aristOcracy far possible. Tho author of tho me-.
OF dcsccn5, and Of the law DESTROYING estates tei
used to say that by those measures he had dctroved
the aristorratc party in his state. Perhaps he was
right HIS measures may have laid the axe TO the
root 81 The tree, but The tree itself dies slowly Th.
members cling to their power to the ruin,i passio
strong Ill death They resist every innovation; and bv
chs Yrf .rf-p,
nature In Tint spirit they resisted the establishment
OF Primary Schools--some OF them maintaining thns
10 instruct the poor child, wac to increase his misery
10y adding imaginary, to his real vants-a postio,,
Which nu2t bee true, If it could be asserted that a.,
VINO Is born poor, must necessarily remain So
Shall we be asked why Georgia and South Caro,h
ma have assumed the grounds they have nssu,pcdS
Perhaps the times of these assumptions conpccteI
WIN existing cIrcumstapces, might furnish the answer.
Oid Georgia was nearly all settled and throuphouk
that state nearly the interests existed Thai
stare, III 1876 was asserting its title u vast unset.
tied DOMAIN, like Western Virgins once was and ,f7.
people of the settled parts established their nr;rc,ic.
OF enumeration, while they had power TO do So YbS
same IN the of Carolina but who can saw hu,,,
long me people OF those states will submit to these
regulations The 81 garchs of Virriuia cnme for
ward too lite. They rested too long in the deusys,
hope, that their county and burrounh system would
uphnld thcm' ny blinded their eyes 10 tho growing
n,chgcncc ana dissatisfaction of their cuunrvn,el,
The strife of more than twenty years never conrl
convince them that oil was safe. They never did
believe that majority Of irceholdcrs were against
thcIi until last April; and as to the non reeIoI1,
they never dreamed of him. 4 short review of o,f.
progress at home, ought to convince these gentlemen
that their present attempt has been deferred too on
In taking this review, will first advert to the re-
Port OF committee of this House IN the session ~
l8'S-'17. (Scc journal, p. 8S) Nv that report II
was shcwn that in almost every year siuce 300 peti
tons for the call OF u convention, or for takug I'm.
sense of the people, had been presented aud in 1906
ana 1919 had been sustained by the votes of those
M N ypf 1t.
1915, til House refused consider bill to eonal;zb
the senatorial districts from supposed want of eris
laiive power. In 1916, this House passed conyen-
ton bill and sent ii to tho Senate The Senate NAT,
Sod until TINS House sent them a senatorial bill which
they passed, ond rejected the convention bill Tb,.
most prominent of all the grievances couplsued OF
"ai Tic unequal representation of the people, and
~ all times an equal representation of the peopi,
founded on the basis OF white population wns vfhot
was most loudly demanded. No ether REPRESENTATIVES,
was thought SPOKEN OF.
Iventy-eIght years have passed away since thu,
JTtch0IdcS have sought for REFORM and fourteen spr,
thcy knew themselves to be the majority; vet 40 pre
was hcr aversion from revolution that they petliion-
cd year alter year, Icr tie facility of law TO take
,91f VotcF on the question of calling convontioyr
W non thus was obtained, il fair TO expect TIN.
GcLty now aykcd for, enable the free ople 10 ON
INTO convention on equal principles. No one hsa
reason 70 apprchend that instead of this we would
nave 9ccn met by such measure az the bill under
consideration.
DO gentlemen deceive themselves 20 far ms to bc<
Gyc hcy have either the right or the power TO forrg
ths bill on the community, What right have We ~
shy that none but frccholdcr shull give his vote,
Could wc not well cay that none but n sl,vo,nIJc.
shall votc' We have 10 such right. Phe precrdent
OF I1i5, viii not bear us ont. There was than an
enemy at the door, and government in the hands OF
some person vas Independently necessary. Pcrsis.
aucc III this measure would raise I'D another encr{,
OF a very different character. 1t must incvitnbIy
produce revolution. IL is not in human nature
that men shouId endure ogurchy in any form
when they arc able to stake it Oft No one ou0ht m
doubt that minority Of even the present reciodors
are opEo ed 10 ismcasure The whole vest is nOait,n
IT. and there there srcarry disseniient There IS,
also, great division against it in the east Permit
mo TO consider this subject with rcercnce 10 numbers
Inc white population OF the East in 1910 exceeded
That oil tlc Wost about ! lG thousand. Ia $50 aLort
83 thousand. Az the present moment have ntIr
doubt that The majority would be found W est Of tho
Biuc Ridge. But where TO be found the ndn-
mn lar.L-. IL Ll.- ..I-.Iu