Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-11

nhfhheHfteu ohyiock IA the commonwealth,
WHO will not, on such conditions. give you
time. Are we 81 weak. that like the speed.
thrin who runs 10 the usur,r, we are willing
to encounter this calamity. because it is uot
10 come upon ms ill the year 1867 reriod
not 81 long as some Of us have been IN public
life SIR, would not consent 10 II, II IL we're
not TO come till the year 2066. | am at war
with the principle. Let me not be told, that
then am nj war with the bin Of rights |
subscribe 10 every word in the bill Of rights.
need not shew how this can he. II has been better
done already by the gentleman from Spoiisyl
vania, (Mr. stanard,) TO whom feel person.
ally indebted, ms n tobacco planter aud a slave
holder. Tor the speech he has made. The Bin
OF Rights contains unmodlfed principles. The
declarations II contains, are our lights aud
guides hut when we come TO apply these
great principles, we must modify them for use
we must set limitations to their operation, and
the inquiry then ~ Quosgne How far
Il is question not ofprincipls, but of de
gre Tn very moment this immaculate prin-
cpe of theirs il touched, II becomes what all
principles are. materials IN the hands OF men
of sense. IL be- app, ned to the welfare of the
Comm nnwenlth II is not an incnniai,on. II
y no Talismnn. II Is not witchcreh. II IL
not n torpedo TO benumb us. VI the mixed
principle nj numbers only Is to he followed,
the requisites inr The statesman fall far below
what the genI man from Spotisylvhnia rated
them at. fle needs not he four rules of nriih
m"ilc. No. Sir, negro boy with knife aud
u tally stick, ~ n Statesman complete IN this
schoal Sl DO not sco1' jncr. OF Il NJ. Il use,
! ihink, the very words Of the gentleman from
Augusta 1.-TWO ofthem certainly we're employ.
ed ny hlm,) nj the principles OF the Bill of
Right, n So helpme heaven. have not heard
ofany who did Bu hold with enc OF tho grea.
! iaaI inastars uI noliIiraI A hilnennhv tbat M
rational man ever did govern himself by
distractions aud universals. | do not pun nh
suaci ideas wholly out of any question. he.
cause know well that under that name,
should dismiss principles and that without the
guide Il light of sound well understood prin-
ciples. all reasoning 10 politics, as every thing
else. would he only II confused Jumble Of par
t,cular facts aud details, withou, the weans Of
drawing on, any sort Of theological or prncll.
cal conclusion.
"A statesman differs from n professor in mn
University TIE latter has only tho general
view of society; the former--the Statesman.
has "A number OF circumstances I, combine
with these genrh ideas, IL TO take into IL con.
liberation. circumstances are inhoiie, are
infinitely combined. are variable aud transient.
| lie who doris mol luke them Into cons,derH i'm,
| ism terraneous. but sHTk m8d--ddt 0pf,dm
III cum rniione insdndt--he is metaphynoally
mad. Statesmen, never losing sight oil pfin-
ciples, Is 10 be guided by circumstances and
Judging contrary a. the exigencirs OF Tho
moment, he my ruin his country forever"
Yes, Sir--and after that ruin has been effsc
tod what n poor consolation is derived from
heing told, -" | had not thought H." SHUT
! est diIi@e non puln ram " Who would have
thought l. 7 Lord bless me never thought
| nj such thing, or never would have voted
| for II Convention
| Iftlere is any country on earth where cir
cumdanees have more important bearing than
! IN another, il Is here, IN Virginia. Nearly
half the napulaion are in bondage yes. Dir.
more thnn half in tho Country below the
Ridge And is this no circumstance Yet, lei
me- say with the gentlenHW from Accomnc,
(Mr. Joynes) whose irresistible array OF figures
SCI all figures OF speech at defiance, ihai "
there we're not n negro IN Virginia, ] would
still contend for the principle ~ the amend.
ment Aud Why Because, will Put Il IN he
power oil no man SET Of men who ever lived,
or who ever shall live, touax me without M
| consent II Ia wholly mmaterial whether this
is done without my having any representation
Al all. or ms IL was done in the case OF the Ia.
= n law, by n phaanx stern aud 'nr1ofhbie,
who being the majority, and having the pow.
er pres ibe to me the law that shall obey. Sir
what WINS |, 10 all the Southern intereH that
we ormo within Two votes Of defoaing that I'M.
auitous measure . DO not our adversaTIns (or
adversaries they are) know that they have
the power, aud that We mus submit =
Yes sir This whole savcholdng country. tho
whole oft, from the Potomac TO Mexico, was
placed under The ban aud anahcma Of ma
jority of Two And will you Introduce such
principle into your own State Government
Sir. Mt SOME time, during this debate | doubt.
ed If were in my right mind From tie
r. ia ~
be found of a rational and moral people sub
yer,ing "A constitution under which they had
lived Tor half century, aye, Tor Two
centuries, by amajOrity OF one. When
revolutions have happened in other cann
tries, IL was the effect ofa political siorm-
n Leyanier, n tornado-to which all 0ppns
iion was frnitless. But did any body ever
hear of revolution, affecting the entire condI.
ton Of one hall Of great State, being efte
ted by jo,lly of one? Did ever enter
the head of the widest visionary. from the
days of Peter the hermit to-a day will not
namo--to accomplish a revolution by major
ity Of one Sir, TO change your constitution
by such majority, IL nothing more than to
sound the toosin for a civil war
II may be at first war Of words. weapon
less war; bui IL is one OF those CASES III which,
as the LAWYERS tell us, fury supplies ans
Sir, this thing cannot bet must not he. was
about to say IT shall not be. ] tell gentlemen
now with the most perfect delibeTaton and
cslmness that we cannot submit 10 this ont.
rage on our rights. II surpasses that measure
of submission aud forbearance which is due
from every member OF an organized govern
meni to that government. And why do 80
tell them Sir we are not a company Of ma
ked savnges on the coast OF New Holland, or
Van Diemsns Land--we have government
we have rights and do you think that We
shall tamely submit, and let you depriveus OF
our vested rights. andlreduce Us TO bondage -
Yes, vested right, tina, we shall let you impose
on rs a yoke hardly lighter than that oil the
yilliens regardant OF the manor We are now
little better than the trustees of slave labor for
the nabobs ofthe East, and Of the North, Qf
there be any such persons in our country and
to the spectators of the West. They regulate