Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-01-26

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An. Reform mss are ra,hsf ircsed think Will ta'a
this crisis, have !ea no sssrs,,on ,; 70 itt'
ION OF some that we ought 10 accep, the Constitution Ne a;
better than the old one gained in t. 10,
reform They argue should no, a.hy eae, ' war ct
vantage which in this campaign every sd
we could not driv. the enemy from his capitol lie, w rba.
they all the the new tostuun sss.
US, and when the appropriate cones round as @
commence operations airesh. idle io think of ssd VII
all There those ss ao w ., nsss
y Tes s hs nsy the ma,'ss
the course which they take this question Tlprv , ,h
they are esn,smcd and nse by their hasten 5re.sen ai n
10 DC the degraded things which would make ,ln, ;f,h
Policy when title one of the ~,, roix OK
oane'a principles OF republican govcument-ae a, sake;
Whom we have yet had Opportunity of ~" WI" r
,hs we me are quite in q"anoIy We we would
wr,.ss vorn Il is certainly the old one in
ccd about ,hd-the rgh, suffrage is ee led
rahy.te Advisory Council of the has heep reduess
possible TO the peope.an yearly saving of about oo
aars IN governmental expenses would effected under IL
we confess that it fear If the new con,,n
ton should be rejected would for many wears r,
obtain na]ay of tine people favour ca of another
jus, closed >-' % '"e Gnu
We beg leave to address few worlsto orr friends
IN the West, and we will preface them by observing
eaat they have no right to dstrust The sincerity with
whch we profess TO speak the OCCASION for as We
were among the earliest advocates of Reform so ,v,
were among the last to abandon the peculiar pxanx
o' is'iorm assumed by the Wes--not because. Iikc
men, we mad any immediate interest to answer bc
'ueir success, bnt because believed them etcr
nary true. We were equally attached as thew to
inc oasis OF white population, and though. sup-
posed to initiate against the interests of the ;mur,
aiate section OF the State inl,abit, we believe
that no ono man in the West the East, felt more
mor'ihcation than we did, at it's loss A C,onstI,r
ton has been adopted without the RECOGNITION of h,,
oasF and the question presented is between that md
the old Constitution. We beg the people of n.
west to reflect that by accepting the new Cons,,.
tuition they by no means renounce their prnc;nles
| We beg to remind them that if white ponfotion 10
not recognized and consecraed by the new Comet;
tntion as the only true and legitimate basis of
senatlon, neither is any hostile principle Nv voting
ior 1t, they do not dishonour the white basis nor
Sanction or approve, the mixed or the block No
principle IS involved in the issue Joined. That Is
mace up with exclusive reference TO the one ules-
t'oh-which is the BEST tue old Constitution or the
new! by adopting the new. no more ia de-
cided out that In tho opinion of the voter,
that is best-by rejecting it, oil that is affirmed 10
e-'NS eAiN arn n
ware that the foes of the new Constitution arc at
tempting to change the issue janed-to persuade our
brethren OF the West that by ratfyinr it. rhoy ar..
recognizing the legitimacy of the mixed buss and III.
truth OF the new lights exhibited in the Convention
by Mr. Leigh and others, Blu, this is t.in oenuo,s
NO such consequence follows. The surle. nnm;xed
naked question, is, which of the two Constitutions.
the Old or the new, is best adapted to the conditisn
and Government of Virginia.
| And 10 itpossible that any man in his senses.
ABOVE a' that any friend of Reform should hesitate
now he will decide this question:? In what fea.nre
will any friend of Reform, prouounca RI. ,.u g..
s'iutAoh to be worse than the olda Who is it. re-.
'o'hef' or antIreformer. that does not admit that
many OF the changes introduced are great aud bene
lclai improvements. Is it no benefit fo oa, rid os on
superueus Legislators and five worse than superfn
GUS Councillors at saving of money which in 90
years time, will McAdamze baifthe (,o,,,n,,..,.,,
Is 1t no advantage to bring the General cor, ;otn
te cruclble and purge of the dross which
sloiilfy has accumulated? Will it be no hensf, .,
put Hercules to work in the Chancerv e.orr,s, T.
nothing to have established something like ecuaI;tv
between the people of Virginia by DESTROYING eopat
county represent alton, Will the psope exoer5encs
no advantage from the introduction for the first tn
oil Judicial responsibility? That man cannot be found
SO ignorant as not to perceive go upcandd 40 no, n
acknowledge, that these are changes most peeda,,
ana sanitary We say nothing of the extension of
sunrage' but surely no Western man will object ia
what the pnlted West has so long and so
demanded Upon what conceivable principle then.
will the people of the West reject what ia Offered =,
their acceptance How is their ati,le TO mnnbooJp
as the Staunton Spectator expresses it. asserted b
r9ectng what Is Gaore, and clingng to what is less
Advantageous How they made "d.c,adea
things, by acting in this conuncturc with the dis.
eretion which becomes whose political fortunes
are at stakc And if it be true, that they have bee,
condemned and insnlted by their Eastern brethren
IN tue oher OF such Constitution how do they rcpol
the lndisnty, or in any wise benefit themselves q,
return the chalice to the lips of the East bv nr.fsr