Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-09-28

rlty against all political OWLS told the committee
Yesterday mat mtendcd To open my whole mind
without reserve Ihis Is lie last scene of ma poIti-
ca! iye Before came here wrcdpd all I'M, homes
OF AMBITION rom my heart Sir these luise-ksepsrs
aud terHOrS for five years stand in reot,nn t,w,rJs
then land lords to which the influence Of The one
and the deps,'Ieace 9th other are in My opinon al
most insepnrd6iy incidents and therefore they are the
last class of mon, except PAUPERs, who ouch, Ia no
admitted 10 the pyis'
9th. Again, Mr Loigh said. lie had meyer vot
seen free holder who was paper, nor had he O.
yer hca ri that such a free holder existed in Virpin
IN, tl he heard It from the venerable gentleman fPor,
l'o"dcun Bat he had seen mlny house Keepers and
headS OF families, who n,vund nothing bat single
Morse with which they hauling rrood that be-
,o"Een l" otsr people They resided by courtesy Oh
lond hey d'd MT o'on, and recsircd parish aid. lie
remembered about TiRrY FORTY of them " no lly
. ed on 0o'h sides OF the river For his part he did
not know what n house keeper. and a head of n E,m
ly unless It who lived IN house mir
family He sorry to see gentlemen so ready TO
place al persons Of this description footing with
Eree-hoidcys " ~
10th. Yet agaln-Mr Leigh said-"h pppo,rs
that Bacon, REBEL, tho first who adopted IN q
notion OF universal suffrage in tho country and that
he had 1t from tho soldiers of Cromwers army -
Said NJ. ic-R-b-!iion Sir, Then what ue,o
the men Of 776, nut rc5st. against tho royal author
ny! NATHANIEL BACON a rebel! who perhsps
only wanted wider theatre of acton and a more
protrnctcd span of existence, DO the WASHINGTON
OF bis age He rose IN arms against oppression SC
&C.l
bIt the worst, the most HbhOrrant Proposition ia
yet To he told-lt IL that IN which Mr.. Leigh most
so'eninIy and most rehcmentiy declared he would pre-
Ter The pIsMEmDERMENr OF THE STATE rather
thaE crtend the right of suGrare 70 housa Laanas
and tcrmors, or even To equuIss The b1,, of ,enr.
ssntdtion on the compromise Of population and tnxn
uon' >" was he understood by General Gordon so
was he understood by Mr. Fnzhugb, so was he I'M
derst""d hy all who heard him. and | will defv snv
body To read the bates and not come to the same
understanding But morc--in his desperate effort
To achieve he victory tceuIh and ,,otoe over tho
Is az FUb hat f,rI,r
President Monroe made the proposition To c,,Dpro
{ Hse Tor the ptired 6rs'S he burst forth in torrent
OF maddenlng and infnrla'cd cloquence that would
haV" mado the TO sIne and th, ne asTs In bo,ry
could they nc but sensible that he had the yo,rer m
execute the vengeance which seemed TO propel his
denunciatiun' Need say, he IN Que long and con-
vusivc breath, proancd the shade of Washinniop
r6icued the retormers n experimenting with tho
French rights Of man the body polc 'and scout
ed 10 scorn thst maguanImous ally of our revolution
as dying with OF liberty IN cndeavuurinu to
fellow cur example! He said
- at GcorS" Washington were 70 rise from
nc ooon ana L" Pr"pos" such compromise, that
offered by the venerable gentleman so partial ms in
MS conception, 1t was, so rulnnus destructive SO
ahDtnHory 10 the dearest interests OF the people who
mad sent INN hcrc. h. would find the moral cnurane
IN his heart To reject. and oppose IT, even com;Sr,
from hun The stuPoT Of inteiiec The might cxpcri-
: ence, but not the toss IF Speechon the contrary he
should be apt to utter shrek of alarm and terror
mat would strike the duest and awaken the dull
lest UNDERSTANDING though not. perhaps such REFoR-
, NERs as were willing to make tho experiment upon
the BODY polite ho'c large dose 81 FRENCH RIGTlTs
OF M AN II can bear, tcihOUt FEVER, FRENZY MADNESS
, and DEATH!-Slr the venerable gentleman from,
l1oudoun has told rs Of the awful and horrId scenes
! ne wos eyewitness Of in Prnnce.-France was then
arranged into equal depa rtments! with sou1I renro
sentaii"n and general sufFrage,-la shori-eny0yis
4 inc NnIttoyt" Ofc&yHgS 80 a
MAN Have losr my senses is the nhantom
th"i uls my breast with such horror-itbe Eb,yt, of
Y "Si"'H crP"ihg toW greasy n creature of tho
Imagination hat csn never b. rcaliZed-Mv fceino-s
Wy 'Ias."' my PF'J"nices' my principles, all, assure
me mat The di'nenbsymeRt Of me State must bo
iTanSm with cruel evils TO Of tho Eost and s,;Ij
more crue! evils TO our brethren of the wos, W,
SIR, and the blood curdlcs in my veins uvbiio 7 -
T'"Wh--Ont shall avow, that the ver,fio, NJ
"S ',mn'"nceIHh y integrity is no7p opI, me 49,
"" 'o"I y my hcFrE ihc first, IS. that tn. mir.
STATE should hive free and regular rcnnbIcor ,'r
erhm'nt, founded upon tho mutual interests 90 an
with just balance of those Interests v,bars ,hn,,
are coniicllng Il. where Inc rich conG,c, NH
me poor, the rich shall be masters and The nnnr hii
o. SeTrHnts-atterthe example of RoRiNsoN CsUeot,
and his Frjdqy 'o.
/ 4" hhc' II the on-conventIOn!ss or IeIpbt,es rc
any hhk that u requires such peculiarv of talent
W. any particular change IN the structure of pover1l
men, why dId they not lot ~ have Convention in
.hP lifetime OF Mr. Jefferson The truth ~ That
10 GFIesi and prevent all or any change was the fr,E
c'"' ~ Wc'r hearts, BUT so soon a. cbonpa was
Iouhd I" be unavoidable, The second ,risL is and
'eY insist upon their sole ampcieucv Ia ,nake mat
C"""SC "emSe'rcS. ii they INDUCED m this nre
SUMPTION, ..eh a.. wc Friday 10 those sefsti-
led new Robinson Cyusoce.
NATHANIEL BACON.
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