Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-14

who according 10 the old pfaserh WIRE able 10
sing. aud whom he va. for making 10 sing.
| Amer ,ome further debate. and nnsvailing
ausmp,. 10 amend Ar Fnzhogn's proposition
Me- Randolph addressed the Honse. tie
aid thai the IN an reason which had been as
s,gnet IN behalf OF the anne ndmeni. sas the ina
bllify Of CERTAIN free sh'r persons 10 pay any
car. Now he should be glad 10 Lnos how then
inability 10 pay altar, was likely n be- incff"'
.rd by he pressure and pfisa'on ,nc'deW 10
a site of unr In peace the man might he
able by iiis ma took and hs spade 10 earn
noneh TO pay a smnll tax. but how war vas
| 10 confer al ability which psnee did not allow
he v.. SO duh AZ 10 be unable TO comprehend.
| The amendment proposed that 90 cap'tatnn
tau shoud az laid on y certain description oil
persons, trcept iutims Of uar. n the principle
wa. sound. I'M. exception was most exception
able. But lhc prlnciple was not sound. Every
uian enjoying the blessing u privileges Of Tree
government was bound 10 pay for them, eHcfpi
paupers. But this amendment was not Intended
10 apply to paupers II wns made for hearty
able men for sturdy beggars not sneh MS were
decrepd and helpless
He OBJECTED IN the amendment ON another
| ground--rhe Convention were Roliog on me
| Legislature NJ spider acting on ny; they were
tieng np It's legs x binding fast iis wings. 80 that
II hsd neiiherleg nor wing To 20 with. lie
heard much sad aboIi trusting The people every
bpds was ready aud wiling 10 trust the Pc
! pie but the delegates OF the people. whom thf
people had chosen rs then own inmediai" re-
personalities, these were held unw9rihy ofany
/ sort Of confidence. lie thought the psople
! we're as'worihy-jnsi 80 far ~ fbis--they
ucie vcry capable Of choosing thrii own a
genfs They had sagacty aud virtue enough
q dprt1p bpf pVoffh nd nd iutpl
| ligehee on the one side and their opposite. m
the oihPr, aud they having established their a
! gents with power 10 act for ihrn, he was for
leaving more 10 those agents than some gent.
men seemed wiling 10 do. II gentlemen " Oh d
| have NJ caritailon Tar. then IN the name ul lns
tee let the exemption be equal Here Nj.
| Randolph supposed the case nj twn connlle'
one VIII and lhe other aItno1t slaves, " Showed
the unequal operation II thr expiration TAI II
Oh slaves only. He soid this was njust
and un equal aud giisyousy did he feel thai
want oil neIy, md want of dccis on which caus
| ed gentlemen from tho EASTERN psrr # tue
STATE, NJ the beginning OF the proceedI es o
this Convention, moi to claim what thy had n
right 10 enjoy, the representation o Their whote
population. Then they would have had something
10 stand on. They would have had tho (PoU
sro) Of Archimejes Then the gentlemen On
them on the bnss Of Federal Numbers. And
why because he would not cast on his bte,h
ihern Of the west snch an impuiaiion as to say
that they would not have been willing TO grant
Ia their brethren Of The East what was granted
10 the Southern States In bard driven bargain
by their other brethren the Yankees-whai was
granted them by Brother Jonathan.
Mr. iifshhgh said, the gentleman from
Charlotte represented That as The man argu.
mcni urged for the amendment which had
not been urged nj all. The ground he had IA
ken had been, tint TWAS most unjust to compel n
man not worth one cent in the world TO pAv az
much tax ~ another man worth Sl0o,0O0-
AMI another consideration had been urged by
others, that II would tend to limll the i'sht VI
suiirage from going 10 Universally.
Mr.. Rdndotph replied. The gentleman now
said thai 1t was unjust TO compel poor man,
adtcher. 10 pay as much lax asa man worth
Sl00on0. The injustice was not hall SO crent
i, WINS precisely hall as great-os 10 tax the
slave OF the poor man who owned but one ue.
gro aud hired him out MS a laborer-nhe the
man who held thousands in Bank Stock pad
no INK all. Here was case not Where rich
ani poor were laxcd alike but where thee
'aIed tn" poor man and exempted the rich al
together where they taxed the negro of the
mao wholly free from taxation. II it Was IN
just 10 AK the poor laborer aud the rich cnpi.
fa'st equally, n torii0ri must il be unjust to tax
the poor aud LEI he rich go free.
lie was very sorry.-vcry sorry, indeed TINT
the gentleman frnm Chesterfield had brought
HI, mind 10 vote for his amendment. He was
going 10 vote for II ms a restraint upon suffrage
II would not givea straw for the restraint
SnHr &c by this Constitution was universal in
fac, mud II might be as well so in terms 1t
should he IN same whal II was in substance
Having extended II as they had done, the Con.
ventloh had done an hci OF monstrous injustice,
and by consequence of equal lmpo!cy. They
had excluded all the well-bfought IN sons Of
FreeholdeI That was class, as he had said
| On former occasion. towards whom his heart
yearned, and in whose favor did not his ude
men' forbid II, he fit strong inclination TO
extend the Right OF Suffrage For his part, so
/ f'r wa he Tom being unwilling 10 lrust the
/ Legislature 10 make a Cons ilu. Inn, that for all
tn experience he had had in the Convention
he had ten thousand times rather the Legisln
tnre should do = than those who had und rita.
ken he task he firmly believed il wauld be
IN safer hands lie d, fled any Legislature in
the country To make Constitution less worth,
of appreciation than that which they had con
struo,ed. tie would NOT give straw for that
long list ot restrictions about suns aud whai
not: IN practice il would be unavailing. unles,
10 exclude the meriiorous class of persons
he had mentioned. He was moi afraid 90 trusi
the Legislature. Aud why not2 because h.
did not fear 10 trust he people : and how 81
Because the people were the only competent
authority TO select their own agents. When
this was done, they hal the princnes OF free
Government, IL was now TO be determined
whether they were 10 have . Government thai
would stand, or whether the frni,ess aitempt
was TO be persevered in to make a cone stand
upon its apex Their Government under such
a Constitution would be fuile--it wa, mnossi
bic il should stand for a century.
The question was now taken, mud decided
by yeas and nays as follows
fEAS-Mrssrs. Jones, Leigh and TAYLOR OF
Oh Anderson. Co6fnan. HARRISON, Williamson
Johnson, Mccoy, Moore, Smith, Miller. Bax.
| ter, Claiborne, Madison, Sianaid, Me, Ger
| F'iahngh, Henderson, Osborne, Cooke, Powell
| MAYOR. Donaldson. Pendleton, George, Byars
Taylor of Caroline. Oglesby, Duncan ,Laidlry