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

''conspirc 10 condemn principle, which yke. 10
"Hhode Island an equal weight in the scale of po,ye,
with Np-sachrsei,s, Cpnnrcticui or New. orb.
AMI L., D'iiwh" an 90 a dcr n the nn'ionil deli
"h'rrtt'n-, with Pennsylvania, or Virginia or Norti
"ta'ohnn It's operat ~ co1ira,lc the in, IN, men
"fai mnrim'S republican e ,nerna~ai. whicn r,onr,
"that IN Sense ar HDpr,ty styuLi pr.otd ~ rho
eniornity OF this lnnav', thru OF the ff,,nis OF
equal representa- ION III IN Conven,n is 100 aup,.
rent To ne ii any other proof IT, tnsu would ar,ss
nom substituting the county of Warwick ;,r D.la.
w" G. "nd Fred rick, or LOnduun, for .'Pnnsy
i'ih@ ar 'NswSnrk"" How far the answer f., t,,is
reasoning. which Mr. Hamilton PMS IN the IN this OF
MS adversari"s, speaks he langnrge If our opp,
nents. leave it TO the C"pimirtc.. to- j,,ise.
IS 'phiStry," says Mr. III ,mton, may r.plv that
''s"vrrc'gns ar' equal AMI that IN ,inritv OF the
votes OF the States "l be majority III conf cri-
tied An 'rica" For the words 'svorriprs' and
state hav,' only Ia IN the word .i.ties "
IN bhuif offh hose who desire canrp of tb~ present
Constitution. and for "canedcrat,-d Au,e r,ca" the
people ct virginia.
ci'se ihis On ration with Mr. Hamilton's reio,n-
der, which n"eds no commentary. .4iu This kind ni
"f7gical iegNreInain," adds will Acyrr Counter
scot the PLAIN suegeson.of Justice a. r.T,fI, m f,>o
Ill nfy M open that majority nf =. at ~ ~ SIN, ,,i
nor'ty oil th" people of Am rica; & iwo-thiris OF The
"peopie at America coulhnh Lrn- h., persuaded MN
'n' credit al nrHinf disiDoiiJnv and syIto.s, s,.b
tfees, to submit their iIerisfs To he mud
'dispoSaf ot one third. Tie larger Sites " ,uI1
atrr whle' revolt from RECEIVING the llw. from the
smaller L" acqu,Sc.. IN such a rrivaton OF tb.,r
QUO innortancc IN the po itical scale would he not
"ncrel? To he lnscn>inle To the love of pnuer Inn,
""ven to "tcT.ce lie desire IF eqmniify 1t is neither
,aionai To expect the first, ivst 10 reguie the
=. w." CONSIDERING how peculiarly the safety aud
"'''re OF me smaller Suites depend on union they
ought readily To renUunce proteIson which # nor
"teihqn'shea. would prove fatal To its duration"
ne c"Ininltec wall readily excuse NV sub titu, ion
OF the words of this able aud ELOQUENT ,vri,nr f
any language that could invent to express tho s,ine
ideas Shch cours'' Is the more exurIin,t In, ma,
PURPOSE sine" 1t a'tirms al The truths when ib,ur
10 sustain by The appeal of statcsInn and patriot
at the revolution 10 the people OF A.nrr,r, m y,,,
pr ~ VI" P''h''P'e'' inr wmch 10 had contcnled,
rs well III arms. IN council.
lh't lie did not. any m"re thun his equally pntri
otc associates, confouui taxation, with r,nres,rn.a
tlon IA has been otcn done IN h. ,irsc nj ,b,s
"eoa'"' passhge. winch beg have Ia offer 10 the
conl!ntte' from ;hc preceding number ot the ,bIo
work. sufficiently manfcsts.s
The principle, says he ''of rcrmlrtino tho CON
triou'ionS at the States. To- the common treasury no
quotas Is nno her fundamental G, rr uf the co t;.dc
racy. - speak of it now soIry with Wow 70
eq"dfny among the States " By ea,DtLfy Il VII hc
seen that he dies not moan the payment of c1ual
sums, by equal numbers. but in sg.d or in I no
norton To The respective abilities of thns, who ,ra
reqnIred 10 pay them for the common brurft NJ nil
those who have been accustomed 10 conremp,.o
the circumstances, winch produce and cons. ituta
national It'll b. satisfied thar rb,r, is NO
'c"ntm1n stdcdnrd, or barometer. by which ti,,. do,
grets at 1t can be asccr aimed Neither tho mir,
9 me lands nor the numbers Of The DeDoie which
nave been successfully proposed. AS the rule of
state cont rIoutIons his mn DreIenSDn a, b,j,o n
Just representative" Let Virginia be n.-o,oI
with Moth Carolina. Marvlind with Nv Ter
"s"v and shall be- Convinced that the rnanrctivo
nOtiH'eS 81 h'se StdfeS IN relation revenue bear
iittir or M analogy 10 their comparative stock IN
LANDS, or to their Cnmpar afrve Dnpulation T'bc
'posi'on may BE- equally illustrated by similar Dro
cess between the counties of the me stare Nh
'' man acquainted with the State of New York will
: doubt that the active wealth of Kings county
"bears much greater propor 81 to that of Mont 90
" merry IMAM IL would app, ar 10 do il we should
lake either the toti value OF the lands or thr total
numbers of he people rs n criterion
"Thc wealth ofnatoRs depends unon m infinite ro -;
"cty of causes Situation. soil climates the nature OF
the productions; he nature of the government; tho
genius OF the CITIZENS; the degree Of Information they
possess; the state Of commerce. of arts of in,usttv
=" these circumS'a nces and m1ny more too complex,
minute, advent tlos, admit OF particular spe-
"chcatIun, occasion differences hardly conceivable
"ln the relative Opulence and riches of different coun-
ties The consequence IL, that there be no
common measure - national wealth; and of course
no general ar stationary rule h. which he 1JjIv of
"a State To pay taxes can be Determined. The at
tempt therefore t" regulate the contributions Of the
members of confrderacy, by any such rule cInnot
fail to be productive ofgidrng Inequality aud criyelnc
"opgg r,
'venience but by auth 'rizng he National Govern
"meni TO raise It's own revenues III its own wav ="
at Is signal advantage of taxes articles of con
=. 'curlty against They prescribe their own
Limit; which cannot be exceeded without defeating
'the end proposed that Is, extension of the revc-
"nue When applied to this object the SAVING is rs
Just ne is witty that in poric1l arithmetic two
'and t~" do always make four "
May not now affirm. without Il presumptuous I'M
pehchmout OF The authority Of the able authors Of this
vindcation Of the Federal Constitution that whate-
yer concessions 1t may contain of expcdiency or us-
ticc to The Union OF th" Safes they have not s,nc-
TONED INC doctrines OF our advcrsares, that slaves
are regarded property bv our laws. and na such
have no other title to representation than any other
description Of property in Tho Commonwealth
Phr res 'lutiIH, winch have und,rtakrn 10 Sis
tain, ahke excludes a represent alton of counties -
Such ~ the present representation IN the House If
Delegat's, and It's glnrng inequality is one of the
leading c'uscs Of this Convention. Although 70 voice
mas bc'n heard IN this Committee vindicite this
inequality. aud The proposed am,nl,n,nt IS ns nnch
at war with its continuance the resolution itself
yet thnse who are opposed 10 any ohnnge of the prc
sent Constitution must be regarded as dismissed T.,
tol, ouIh -. Ii L "a. n.