Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-11-24

1rodvce nearly the same result with TINT which he /
proposed He would leave his proposition in the hands
,f the Committees, satisfied to shape it as that it |
may be most acceptable to the Committee.
Mr.. NICHOLAS sait he wns one of those who had !
induced his valued friend from Goochland to offer
Ibis proposition influenced by me spirit of courtesy
i was necessary that he should make remark The
of the gentleman had no relation to the
precise subject before the Committee TWAS pro-
position III advance, not To be taken up for discussion
till the proper time should arrive. He did the
proprety OF agtatng the question 1t was an
important subject and required delibnraton. be
woniu therefore move to lay it on the table for the
preSent.
Mr.. PEASANTS expressed his entire acquiesccnce
IN the mo.isn OF the gentleman. He would remark
that the inject OF his proposition closely
necsed with the topic which had been under discus
sion for tue lust-5 weeks and.with that which was
next to be talsen up He had thought proper that
this resolution which reates TO the basis of the Sc
nate should be before the Committeeman ayiew of
all the branches of the subject should be embraced
together
The amendment was then passed by, and the COM
ntiee resumed the business it had under considera-
ton when interrupted
Mr.. NIctloi.As saidtlat the course which he should
tske wasso essentially different from that OF the gen
tleran from Loudoun ar. Henderson, that he felt
compelled by of his duty to submit MS views,
THIS re. ONION which has been offered as a subsli-
ftute, had the merit OF advancing boldly up to the
question: and proposing what was in effect: universal
suffrage. He lircw OF no occasion when it would be
more competent to consider the basis of suffrage
than when4we are called upon to extend the right to
almost ever y+lnan within this Commonly We
are placed in that attitude now. If we are totake
opinion, from those who support this propositions
ana expressed by the gentleman ona' Ioutloun il
must be supposed hat who are on the other side
are iniimca 1.-The poor, mlcal 10 republican nsii-
tptons and inimcal to every hing that IS dea ITO,
the people. lie would,llake professqps HIS
walk IN life had been liumbe--ie had MOI filed
those high stations which many gentlemen around
him had filed yet he had not viewed with apathy
bu hal always taken e.y interest in tue progress
of afairs in his CONFERENCE.-The. de had been in a
pdbiic capacty tut although it was one of not very
hit;n rank, he felt the same as gentlemen oal dfger
theatre. He did not intend, however, to make pros
tessions OF his political creed bur by his own conduct
hewas wilingto be-judgsd. he had always suppo-.
sedi that he defending the people. lie had all
ways considered himself warning under the banners
ot tie patriots OF the country, aud on the side of the
people Now, however, it seems, fhpttthe weapons
are to be taken out of our hapds and we are TO be
told tat0e are not the defenders of the peoples BUT
that The gentlemen the olhersite of are their
defenders The people however, will not be induc-
ed to believe this. This stratag did not al-
ply the term to any individual or act within these
DOORS but to transactions out of doors-to estrange
the People IRON their old friends, 10 new scheme it
is odas the DAYS of ,sop. fsap tells us in one of
his IA 6es, that the sheep in fold were protected bv
number OF vigorous sentinels--watch- dogs, who
Kept the Told IN safety-the wolves made application
to the Shepherd-teld hiinitwas unnecessary to 90
to the expense OF keeping these dogs-tlat II he
would Kill the dogs the sheep would be lust as sale,
the dogs were taen killed, and the wolves instantly
dIluQEStToyed the sheep.
cianor w influence the people of this country to
such course--they know their friends and will not
give them W. The gentleman from Loudoun bad
naos ailus:on to him snd sunioeed ibaoe.ee ,,,l;'
dwelling the awiulaess of the situation in which
we stand he had retained his placditv- OF c4unts
nance-that he had felt what he said Placiflity
OF coanteuance does not always indicate the want Of
tirmness OF purpose, and should circumstances arise
to call that quality into cotton he might be found as
firm as the gentleman from Ioudolin aIthoDob he
gave In at gent for having spoken witt
apparent zeal end energy Hehad not the power tc
gratlty the eoaalt Slts such cepious and expand
ed views as had been expressed by the aentienaf
from Loudoun. He had no talent for brinojr,r IN
sucha variety OF topics but he would emulate that
I gentleman IN discussing the opposition before tho
committee. He would not reply in detail to the ar
guniens which gentleman had placed before The
COMMITTEES He was disposed give that gentlenlar
lt erefit Tor ms sincerity although the gentleman
seemed TO deny ann that virtue
Mi HENDERSON stated that he did not doubt the
sincerity OF the tfenlan He then repeated what
he had SAID
Mr., NIciioIs& replied that he had no nnIna fsel
lug tethe gentlemanyle presumed tt the gen q.
man supposed he had worked himself 40 to
to1mpFess upon the committee what lis own
indicated be did not feel Efe was sure the remit
man entertained kind feelings for him he was
those who tsdained the idea personal IN
feeling o1acceunt of any difference on % ,leg
hens such had been his habit. not his plIr
pose 70 gre datailed repy--he would leave.that
90 others but it would be Incumbent on him in his
opsefVatloes to notice some of tie remarks of tbe
gentleman The gentleman had opened tie question
o S4e other slee and he felt it 10 be his duty to re-
ply. me Inyestgat as to what ouht 70 lie +he
pasls OF suffrage, might well be gone into at this
moment as at any other. He then stated thai he
llad some thoughts on paper, which although drawn
guide on this occasion. He believed that ,vLat
safntes the true basis would modify itself to anv
th'hg these propositions may present. lie was not
ii' wren the gentleman from Loudoun commenced his
Femlrks, but he believed one OF his arou1pents VA
mt every woito person had right to tie same bow
81 WIZ. every other citizen. lie inferred from tbis
1"al the gentleman assumed, that every man in the
no:'Iuii.ty laa right to vote. Here he took brief
view OF the rights which it had bee,, oes,,,,ad g.,
man derived from nature, and OF the existence IF
thoSc rights IN an inyiplabe form in sociciy. lie
nlahtgihed that society the only question is what IS
These are the only rights which are RECOGNISED IN tho
bIiI OF Rights The Bill Of Rights first speaks Of