Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-08

rauti,t,.Iiy for opposing with manly frmnefs
ms ;,,yas,ons of ,he tighfs OF The people shen
Dissolved. bs refusing In call Others tor long
spaee Of line, thereby leaving the political ;, $
ten, without any Legislative head by endea'-
oging 10 prevent the population oil our cnuniiy'
aud tor that purpose obsirueung the laws W
,he natural kaii n 81 Foreigners !: by keeping,
am1ng us. IN lime of peace. standing armies
aud ships Of var Nv affecting 10 reader ihe
military independent OF add superior to the c'-
v.fposer by combining VIII others 10 snaJeei
rs TO a f1r ign jurisdiction giviug hs . sem
u 1heir pretended acts ol iegisl 5i.on ~ qlar.
terng large bodies Of .tined troops among as
for cutting OF our lfa3e ~ all paris Of ihe
world. ler Imposing taAes Oh rs WITHOUT our
cons"ot for dep,yiug as If the bruehis oil he
/ trial by iuy for transporting ~ beyond seas
10 BE- tired TT pretended offences far s1fprn.
/ ding our own Lrg isiBiorss and declaring them
/ selves Invested with power 20 legislaie ibr rs
IN all cases nhats1cvef by pluudeiIng oui sea /,
raVnging our eoas's, burning our towns, anu
de.Iro ing The lives Of our people by lneimB
/ insurreefous af our fellnw snljees WIN the
alarrments of ioffeiti IRE and c5pii cai'ni ~
prompting our negroes 10 fise "a arms among
Us those vcf, negroes, Whnm by an Inhnndh
Use of his negative he nau refused us petinishtuu
| to exclude by law, by endeayorlag - bring on
! The inhabitants Of our lronierS, the merclless
| lnllan sayaees, whose known rule OF warfare
| Is an undi,ungilsbed destruction OF all ages
senrsa and conditions oil exisfcac"; by trans
iornne hther a large army of foreign merce-
mar e, 10 Complete the work OF d Ia h, desola-
ton md TYRANNY, ihFn already brgun WIN CIR
cum tsncrs Of CT ely and prthdy rnwoiihy
the cad ola civilized nalion by answering
| our repeated pc hibns fur redress with rfpeti-
ton Of ininti $ anil finally, by ahiadonlng
l,.. D. 4 mt
| ms allegiance and protect On. by which sever.
u acts nf r.rult the gnvernmen, ot this coun
try, rs he.ore exercised under th" Grown Of
Great Briiain, was totally dissolved Did,
tlresOre, having maiurely cousldeI ed the prem
,ses and viewing with great concern the deplp
rtb.r condition 10 when this onee happy conn-
o., would he ~ 'nced unless snmr regular al
quate mode 81 civil pol,iy shou'd be speedily
ldoptrd, aud in compliance vi h The recon
trndaifon of he Gencral Congress. ordan
nd declare, form ofgovrrnment ofVngm
Ia:
md whereas tn General Assembly of Yir
gina, by an act passed 90 the tenIb da, oi
Pc ruaty, IN The year OF our Lord une thnus
AID eighl hundred aud lwcnty-nlne, entitled an
aci TO U ganizr y Convention did au bo,lse aud
provide tn the eIecIipnIby ihe.pcoPle. of Do
gates and Representa- :, Ia meet aud ass.m-
bic, in gene al Convent II, ~ h. Captoi IN
lie City OF Richmond. ~ lie first VI iuuay Of
October, IN The year las' aforesaid 10 20 SD
~. di cuss and propose, a nv Constitution, or
alterations aud ame ndmrnls of the EXISTING
Constitution of this Common" ralih, u he 81 -
","cu ~ 'ne P'oP'c' #"n = ~ " ''e" /" III
eu ~ ',jec'ea
tatiYes Of the good pfo7lc 81 Pugiuia, Ger. -
aud in Convention assembled in pursuance oi
nose to the oeonip - toil,Y,,,r amend, 4
canstlIu,ion nd F,,,n= of t,oy.rn,nant for thi.
Commonwealth. I'm, i.tos,
ARrICLEI
The u clararipn of EiohtS tns,io ON tho I1t
lime II g. by the raur ,.ent,t,ves .f t.,.co =,
n ople Of yIrelui., ns.rmbIea in b,ll <, ire ,rou
yenI,on when ua,ia,ned 10 IN I'D ll,.,s=n ,,
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Ia, M amen l,n.n,, ,b,u Il. nr,Cvsa 20 M.
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tn aa II had IN In. t,rmp, Cans,itpti,a at mi.
Commonwealth
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Csnr,nl i.ss,n,,lo f w., W ''''' we
onc OF lhrse snail be called the House of
Delegates, and shall consist OF one hundred aud
lhf'y l7nr members, 10 be chosen, annually,
Tor aud by the several counties, cities towns
aud boio"ghs of the Commonwealth whereof
tl1fiy one Delegates shall be chosen Tor and by
the 'weniysn counties lying West of The
aH'ghany mountains; Twenty-Five Tor aud
by The fourteen counties lying between the
Aieghany and Blue Ridge OF mountains for.
,y.'wo tor aud by the twenty -nine counties
lying East The Blue Ridge OF mountains aud
above tde."aier; and thIry>six for and by
! 'he counties towns and burougas living upun