Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-12


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That all persons invested with the legislative
or executive powers " government, are the trustees
'oi ihe public, and such ole Tor their con.
duct; wherefore, hot ever The cuds of govern.
nent are perverted, aud the public liberty manifest
Ny endangered, aud Ill Other means OF redress aru
m,tectuai' Tie people may, and If right ought TO.
reioim the old, or establish a new government.
he doctrine OF non-fesistauce IA ainst arbitrary
power and oppression, Is absurd, sa wish and de-
"~trnc;Nc OF the good and happiness Of mankind.
That the right, III the people, tn part,sipa,c
I'm the legislature, - the best security of bb rev
land the foundation OF all free governments for this
purpose. elections ough to be free and eeucnt and
every man having property III, a common interest
with, and attachment 10. the community. ought 20
shave right OF suffrage" 30.
fear, III Mr.. NJ. tia, have wcaricd tie aten.
ton OF the Committee. before have reached the bin
of rights of our own Consultations ii'u bill of rigbts
and Constitution We have, as myself do not doubt,
whatever may have been the defect of their origin.
That bill of rights Is so cngraven in Tie memory Of
every member fthis Committee and has been so ci
ten referred 10 IN tins debate, that ] will read Il.
But pro est against that construction of the sa-
cred truths which 1t coEtains which seeks TO impai.
Their force by combining with the actual &C uiIs Of
the Constitution
The causes of the imperfections of the me-
chine Of gOvernnr ut, truly ind cl gu, n
" uufndcd by my honorable friend from Ere
derrick, Mr.. Coukc.) But the presence of dar-
ger, which may obs ruct the labuur If the most
sNiiui artist in tho fabrication OF a complicated
engln. need not impair his Judgment the plan by
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of Virginia census of her population, Mt a time
when no census had ever DC taken of any people IN
modern Europe, or for ought know in modern times
and al such time; when u threatened invasion nv a
foreign and most formidable enemy, was hourly ey
pected to drive the people from their homes ard 10
waste their estates, was MT within tho compass of
possible events But did it follow thai the great prin
clpieS at freedom for which he fra of the Com
stItution contended, in bat le well as IN debate
shuuld not he profoundly understood and ably eluc
dated Was not the occasion calculated to quicken
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/ aud al; nougn might cmbarrass the move ments nj
the principal actors To enghen, strengt then and con-
firm their judgment?
Were the trainers Constitution but half educated a.
Is coniended all he,r descendants such an see
truth flashes from mind To mind with electro activity and
'icc MieS's''Oe iieoce we perceive merely
NIFTY of opinion, but identity language all the state
institutions Of that period, to Georgia in
relation TO The foundation or my present argument natural
equality IA winch men enter society and the right
OF numbers To govern.
The direct tendency the obvious declared purpose
Of the basis OF representation adopted by the Legislative Com
"ee IS to enable such majority nj the people Of Virginia TO
govern ihis Commons cath, as OF right, they should
The member from Chesterfield recurring TO the Same period
wh myself aud 'easonus o'" supposed inequality
present taxes OF this Commonwealth nvokes the of
the Revolution to his AID Our quarrel wIh mother coun.
he, along several Of his predecessors earnestly Tells ms
grew out OF the violation of the other principle which he
and they are attending, of beng without their
consent" which they define reque certain propor
ton between aHaion and representation On the hand
has been insisted by friend from booke, that Reyo.
ton sprung DENIAL the art OF the Colonies o1
the right OF the British Parliament To bnd them obedience
ofany laws they o, gwen their assem-
by their colonial leg statues "'
No two gentlemen have precisely agreed on this topic and
yet, me, errc, in their sa,emens 80
lar as they have gone Their disagreement has arisen from
their rally referring TO different pcriods or
contest of long duration, IL began with the mo-
morable stamp aci which imposed a tax TO ope-
rate IN the interior Of each colony, mnelinp viii
ali tn transact ions of life Tie tax was resisted in
argument on both sides of the Atlantic on the ground
THAT the colonies represented I'm the PA Rim
mont OF Eng and, and therefore should not be taxcd
In" stamps were sent 10 Amcrica-a mob al WI.
l"nisbuIg threatened heir do tructon. The stomn
mas'er resigned his almost as soon as no I'M
d"d; tho city of w I"msburg was Illuminated: tho
stamps re-shrped and the act imposing them sbor,jv
after r"sciudrc. O'''y
Tn" elder Pit, and his cioouent co-nd;n,o-s
position To the Br'lsh ministry, Of that day content
ed that the mother country had a right TO bind the
colonies IN all cs'es Whatever of Legislation bot Thar
taxation wns nor legislation Tint taxes were free
grant at money, 10y he commons 20 the crown. nh
that, being so, the Commons of england could mo,
grant away the money of the people OF America.
fortunately, as the event proved for TIE bu, nm
luckily for Great Britain, Charles Vownsbend a.
yered mode OF obvIatng the objection % the tam
act by the exercise OF what he considered the MP
'cS'o"o1 rSht OF Parliament to regulate the trade
between the Colonies and the mo her country which
ne deemed an Office of ordinary legislation Hence
the imposition OF duty on tea, PAYABLE IN hoin,
landed ut tho place Of Importation 'S
The colonies found that they had nothing IN roi,,
Dy TINS distinction, since money could as vol bo
drawn from their pockets by comrnorcinI reo,Ia,i
winch were laws as by taxation considered as what
lew taxes ever arc he free grnufs OF those b u,bo
10y ~ B"ih' Hty discovered, fnct "a
friends Tor some time appeared not TO have known
on the other side othc Ailantc that to avoid taxao,
! III som" shape or oihcr they must maintain the do
trncc That the British ailnDcni had a riobt ~ L;s
them III no shape Whatever, without thor conson'
/ nat Tue Union Of he Empire on both sides of tho
Atlantic, was rs that of Scotland with EnpIond ~
tnc crown; ana not IN the Parliament NV friend
from Brooke had, in hls obe argument vcyv I'll
described this stage OF The controversy M which AMI
nor beior" the tender Of representation in ParGn
nc"t was made TO America by England and scnrn-
l"iy aS W. l. NJ wisely roirc od Had a s,n,jlor o.
Tort at reconciliation. been made AT the neriod ~
th' repeal "i tie samp net, different result mini,
nave happened, aud the snbscqnrnt controversy do
.'yr"' u not prevented To this early stage of the
ueinrn rom N"rthampton (Nir Upsiur) from Ho
noy"r (Mr Morris) and from Chcsrcfiirjd' AZ
LclghJ had advert in aid of heir mmon op,,os;'
ton 10 the resolution in debate. NFP'''
Ihc last OF hesc gcnt-non has pushed tho infer.
once winch Ic dcdnccd from no doctrine NJ lie "a,
ner opposition III England relative TO tho natn,c ~
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