Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-27


this Convention. In the mean while, not
single convert has been made from our cause
If there has. name the mani could name ten,
twenty. ave, fifty; and if were TO resort TO
docu men,ary evidence, could name more. 80
far an, from being one OF those, who wish 10
precipi,ate the question, am glad, rejoice VI
the prosu.ct, that our Session will iun Into
that of the Virginia Assembly. In politics, 4
am always for getting tn: last adVices. You
can never get q. the rue temper oil me puoilc
mind, till the occasion presents ITSELF Tor deci>
sive action.
l have made, and shall make, no disclaimer
OF having intended off nee TO any person or par
~ in this bodv-and this for The same reason
before stated. never will plead, till am ar
raigned by competent tribunal; and the DIS
claimer would be misplaced. Gentlemen on
all sides have spoken Of the intention with which
they are demanding power, (for he gen le'nan
from Augusta lifted the veil, aud owned TO
tina, power alone is The objec, he is IN pursuit.
off, Sir ] mean no disrespeci when say, that
however important, i: may be to themselves, 10
me it is matter Of perfect indifference: ispcak
in reference 10 the operation OF their measures
whether their intenls be wicked or charitable.
say the demand which they make is such as
OUCH, 10 alarm every considerate and lore
mitigate that alarm, in the stern, unrelen'ing,
inexorable, rrmorseless cry, which they raise
for power, and their determinations 10 listen 10
no compromise. One gentleman, indeed, has
ataled some what Of his tom Of triumph. Per-
haps the prospect Of speedy enjoyment has
Gained his exultation, and sobered him down.
Mr.. Chairman, since have been here, the
scene has recalled many old rec objection A.
one lime thought myself in the House OF Re-
representatives., listening 20 the debate on The
/ Tariff; at another time, imagined myself lis
tening O The debate on the Missouri question;
! and sometimes | fancied myself listening 10
both QUE s,ons debated at once. Are we men
me: to consult about the affairs OF men! or are
| We, in ruth, RobiDhood society, discussing
rights in the abstract! Have we no house over
our head? Do we forget that we are living
under Constitution which has shielded US Tor
more than half century; that we are not per-
| eel Of naked aud torlorn sarsges, on the shores
| Of New Holland; and that the worst thai eau
cone is, tina, we shall live under he same con
s,i,ution thai we have lived under. freely and
happily, for hslfa century? 10 their nonslrous
clsims Of power, we plead this prescription; but
then we are told, !hs, nuilum tenpus 0ccurrii Re.
gi-King whom?-K'ng Nsmhers. And they
will not listen to a prescription OF So years-a
|
cure a lille 10 the best estate in the Common
weslth, unsupported ny any other shadow Of
| right. Nay, sir, in this case, prescription ope.
rates against possession. They lel US IL is ON
ly a case Of long-ccntinued, and, therefore, OF
aggravated I'M Justice. They say % US, in words
the mos courteous and soft, lbut am no, SO
soft as swallow thcm)" we shall be-we will
be-we must be your masters, and you shall
submit" To whom do they hold this Ian.
gu.ge? To dependents? Weak, unprotected,
and incapable If defence? Or is il to The great
tobacco growing and sIa,e-holding interest.
and 10 every other interest on this side the
Ridge? eve have numbers, you have proper
iy" l am not so obIuse as 10 REQUIRE any fur
ther explanation on his lead. I'VE are num-
bers, you have properly" Sir, undeistand it
perfectly MIR. Chairman, since The days IF the
French revolution, when The Duke Of Orlrans,
who was the richest subject, not only in France
| but in all Europe, len' himself TO the mounisin
party in he onvention, IN the vain and weak
| hope Of grasping political power, perhaps OF
mounting he throne, still slippery with the
blood of the last incumbent, from that day 10
this, grea, degree of infatua'ion has not
been shewn by ahy individual as by the tobsc.
CO. grower and slave holder OF Virginia, who
shall lend his aid 10 ri,et this yoke on The necks
Of his brethren and on his own. Woe betide
that man! Even The Duke Of Orleans himself,
prof1iga,e and reprobatr as he was, would have
halted in the course, had he foreseen, in the
end, his property con6scated to the winds, and
his head in the sack Of The execu,ioner
enter into no calculation Of my own, for |
have made none; nor shall follow the exam
pie which has been set me. leave thai branch
Of the argument, if argument it can be called,
IF the gentleman from Augusta, 10 be answered
by him self.
The gentleman told Us, the Gay before yes
'erday, that in ff'een minutes Of In. succeeding
day he would conclude all he had 10 say; aud
he then kept US two hours, no! by the Shrews.
bury clock, bu, by as good watch as can be
made in the city oil London Drawing out,
and opening his watch A. hfeen minu'es
arc to Two hours, in the proportion Of one to
eight, such is the approximation 10 truth in ,hr
eenileman's Gale ulation II all the ale uIations