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

liahle H. nn action for damages. This 10 the
very essence Of property. But be says.
! hsnk you Tor nothing. With all my heart, 7
don't mean 10 set my loot on your land but,
no, owning one fool Of land myself. will stand
here in the highway, which Is ~ free No mo
a. II Is 10 you, and I will tax your land, Got 10
your hearts con,eni. but tn mine, and spend
the proceeds ms I please. | cannot enter upon
ny self but will send The sheriff of the county
aud he shall enter upon u. AMI do what l
oanno, do in my own person." Sir, Is this 10
BIZ endured Il b not 10 be endured
And unless am ignorant of the character
aud the feelings, aud VI whai is dearer 20 me
than all, Of tbs prejudres OF the people Of the
lower country, Il viii not BIZ endured. You
mny as well adjourn sine die. We are too old
birds a. be taken W 18th .haG or else VIZ are not
old enough, don't know which. We will not
give mp this quesI Lnn for fhe certainty, aud far
less for the hope, that the wi will be- reciibed
in the other branch Of the Legislature. We
know. every body knows. TIN II ! impossible.
Why, Sii the Brush House Of Pee ;, which
contains four hun drcd M nbers. holding a vast
property much more now. il IL tiua, iba When
Chatham said. they were bn, as drop IN the
Ocean, compared with the wealth IT the Com
mons--if the,. building lhe,, ssais ~, life, and
receiving aud transmitting them by Hereditary
descent have never been able tn r.sist The
House Of Commons, IN amy measure on which
that House chose 10 insisl, do you believe
thai - geptomcn up sinhs, can res,st one
hundred and twenty below esp"f Tally when
the 100 represent their own districts aod ME
10 x home with them IN iheii conmnn consiE
iuenis Sir. the case has nessr yet happened,
! believe. when u Senator has batn able to
resist tho united delegation from his district in
The Lover House.
Mr.. Chairman, ! am practical man. ] 60
for solid security, and unser will knowingly
take uny athcr. Blu, II ,he sfenfii. On which
| have relird /. insufficient aud ~, property is
IN danger, IL il hrurr that I should ksow IL ia
tune. that myy prepare TO meet the conse-
queues. while |, /. yr' called 10 day, thnn To
rest on ufii, .rRis tal'nt iuus I'D decep-
tive. Sir, ! would oct ave bni'on for your
mixed basis IN ~" Senate Gi,enp this ques.
,i0n, aud have nothing mo,e ia lose. This 10
the entering wedge. nj eve ,llne else must
follow. We are I'd. indie Il bat ~ must
rely GA n restriction 0i The RICH OF Suffrage
hui. gentbmen know, hat after you shall have
adopted the Report Of he Select Committee,
you can place no RESTRICTION upon IL. When
this principle Ia in operation, the waters are
out II il az IL YOU would ask an industrious
aud sngacious Hollandr,' tina, you may cut liz
dykes. provided you make your cut only Of "A
certain width. A rat hole will lei IN he ocean.
Sir, there is an end to the security of all prop
efty In the Common wealth, and he will be an.
wise, who shah n0i abandon the ship 10 the
underwriters
II is tho FIRST time 10 my lifb that I ever
heard ola government, which wns 10 divorce
property from power Yet, tbis Is seriously
and soberly proposed 10 us.--Sir, know IL ~
practicable. hu u Can be done only by vio-
lent divusion, ~ IN France --bu, ,he moment
YOU have sepa,hlrd the two, that very moment
property VIII e. ~ search of power, and power
in search Of piuprr,y--" Male atd emBle
created lie them !; and the two sexes do not
more certainly. nor by more un.1rlDg law.
gravi,a,e 10 each other, Than power aud prop.
rrty--You eau only cause them 10 change
hand IcouId almost wish. indeed, Tor the
accommodation oi the gent eman from Augusta,
I Int God had ordained IL oihef w,se--bnI so IL
is aud 40 II is Obliged 10 be. | Is ni The nature
oil man. Man always has been N so,ieiy,-we
always hud him EN- possession ol PROPERTY, and
with certain apcc,he for II. which leads him
10 seek IL, 4 no per fns soWs,mrs per nejas
and hence the need Of laws 10 protect II. aud to
punish its invaders.
But, | am subjrcting myself know, TO
most serious reproach. II will he said, that I
am mol u friend to the POOR. ST. The gentle
mpn from Chesterfield and the gentleman from
SpO ts ~ ANA hhVt bthH WIN ilie Hh'nus %
the poor 10 NV entire satisfaction | wish TO
sny n word MS 10 the friends of he poor"
Whenever see n man, especiali, rich man,
endeavoring To rise and 10 acquire consequence
in sociei, by standing ont ~ lie especial
81 ampion OF the poor, am ain avs a.minded Of
an old pcq'Fintan"a OF mine. onc SgDOr Man
uei Or enez, who mHde n comio iabir living
aud anna sed an npulrn' fortune by adminlstra-.
ting he funds ol ire p or. Among the strange
notions which have been btoaehrd SIM ] have
been on the political theatre, there /, one which
h IS late SEIZED the minds oil men. that alt
things must b. done Tor them by the GO
yernmeoi, and that iheJ are 10 do no hing fof
themselves
The Government is not only TO attend 10 the
sreat concerns which are lis province but IL
must step in and ease individuals of their natu-
raj and moral obligations more perm cious
notion cam ot prevail Look at the ragged
fellow staggering from the whiskey shop, and
see the sla,tern who has gone there To reclaim
him--whrrr are their children Running a.
bout ragged idle, ignornnt, FL candidates for
tho penltentiafy Why is all this ST. Ask
The man ana he will tell ,o", o.! The gov
efnmHni has undertaken Ia efueate oui children
for us. l, has given US a pre- mum for idlenessj
md | now pend IN liquor what ahould other
wise be obliged TO save, II pay far their school
ing NY n"ighbor there thu Is so hard az
work in his field yondeI 9TH his son, can't
spare the boy 10 auend except in The winter
months the school which he is taxed TO support
for mine. H. has 20 soufIle hard TO make both
ends meet NJ the end of the year and keen The
wolf from the door. His children cant 60 10
school, yet he has TO pay part of the tax to
MAINTAIN IT," Sir, is il iile the friends of the
poor 10 absolve then from what nature, what
God himself has made their first and most sa
cred duty Z For the education of their chill
dren, is the first aud most obvious duty of eve.
ry parent, md one which the worthless alone
are ever known 10 neglect.
MIR Chairman, these " i'll be deemed, fear.
un come cied thoughts but they have been the
aliment of my mind for years. Termination e.
digestion can do no more ; they are thoroughly
concocied.
In the course of not a short or uneventful
life, l have had correspondence with various