Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-01-27

'nioiin government: and. therefore.
ma, no government separate from. or
independent al. the government Of gTr.
%i''a. ought 10 le erected or establish.
ed within TIE limits thereof.
i. That no free government. or tho
pressing oi liberty, can be preserved To-
any people, be- bv firm adherence ia
in>hce. moderation, temperance, Gu
-aiiiv. and virtue, and by frequent re-.
currencc to fundamental principles.
10. That religion. or the duty which
NC ""c I" cur Creator anil the manner
nl disChas.in., ~. can be directed only
oN reason and conviction. not bv Curr,.
or violence and therefore all mon are
equally entitled Co The Tree exercise oC
religion. according io the dictates of
conscience; and that It j. the mutua,
dntv ct all 20 practise Christian for.
pearance, love, and charity towards
each other.
An ANEEDED CONSTITUTION
fo'm Of Gorrmmcqi fer Jirrinu.
Adopted January lith. 1851
/ Whereas the Delegates anil Rcprc-
scntatves # the good people Of N.r.
gina, ln Convention assembled. on ,b,.
twenty ninth day of June. in the ,ea,
nt our Lord one Thousand seven hmm.
hrcu and seventy SIX: reci:iur and dc
caring, that whereas. George the third.
King ct Grr.t Britain and ireland. and
tlector OF Hanover, before that tim,.
entrusted viii 'hc exercise or the kinn.
j. Office IN the Government of Virgin
n. had cnacayourcd To pcrycrt the
same INTO dctcsiablc and insupporta
Die tyranny, by putting his negative ON
ii"s the most Wholesome. and nece..,.
~ Tor tac public good; by DENYING bi,
Hnrefnors permission 10 pass Law IS of
immediate and pressing importance.
unless 81 pended N their operation fol
hlS assent. and vixen so suspen,lcd ne
s'eoting Ia attend to them for manv
years; by fefu-in. to pass certain other
laws, unless the persons 10 be benefit
ed by them. would relinquish tho ines
i'mnbic night of rcprcse ntation in the
legislature; by dlssol,ing legislative
assemblies repeatedly and cont,nualiv.
i"r opposing. With mani iirmnc>s his
inva-lons OF tie rights of thc pcoule ;
when dissolved. Is refusing To call O
Tiers for a long space of time. thereby
leaving tie political system without
any legislative head; by endeayourinn
to prevent the population Of our coun
Try, and for that purpose Obstructive
The laws Tor tie naturalization of Cn.
rcigner>: by Keeping among u, in
time OF peace. standing aruies and
shipS of var by aiectin. to render the
military independent OF. and superior
60. iuc o''.l power ~ cnmbinin. with
offers T." SUBJECT u, 10 Il foreign juris
dlcuoh' gifiuG h> assent 10 thcr pre-
tended acts Of legislation, Tor quarter
lDS large bodies Of armed tronps amou.r
u, Tor cutting or our trade with all
parts OF the world, Tor imposing take.
on ~ without oar consent. for dcpri> :
in- - a the benefits of the trial hv ia
~ los transporting ~ beyond .c,s 90
be tried ior pretended offences. FOR su,-
pending our own leg stature, and de
cldrng themselves invested with mower
70 iegisiIte for u 10 al cases wha;so.
ever; by pluEderlng our seas. ravarin,.
cur coasts. burning oar towns, and de
-troyin- the lives of our people hv in +.
citing insure Ctirns of our fellow sub.
ject- with the allurcmcnts OF lnrf,iture
and cnuh-cailon: ~ prompting our
negroes 10 rise ~ arms anon. ~. those
very negroes. whom by an iuhuman
use az hi- negative he had refused ~
permission 20 exclude bv Jaw: by en-.
ieavoufing 20 bring on tie nhabilant.
1l oar frontiers. the mercilrss iDdi,u
-avages. whose rUvn rule Of warfare
40 undist'n~p,>hrd destruction Of All
'1r-. sexes and conditions uf existence;
5Y Transporting htthcr \ large army If
foreign mcrccnlrirs, to complete tic
work ri death, dcssla'io1 aud tvrarnv.
tlcn alrcady begun with Circumstance
TT cruelty and pcrlidv unworthy Mc
head oi civilized nation; by answer.
lr- repeated petitions Tor rc3rr,.
WITH repetition 90 injuries. and final.
i'. bs lJtudpuIHz -Ir helm uf cote-r.
ncnf. AMI dcelaurS out 1t h,, allie
-rncc aGd protection by which setr
fh acts 81 misrulc thc government ol
tiu- country, 20 before exercised u..,r.
Us Grown ~ Great Britain. was total.
y dissolved: did. therefore. hstir,
j mni1'ciy considered thc prcnu.c.. ar.
'irNin- "Gu great concern t.c drglt
rb.c condition. go which 'li. once htp
py country would be- reduced, unlc..
come regular adequate mode 81 ,,,l
p"itF sruuld be- speedily Adopted. su,
u c1uil lance ~ith thcrecommcud4tsr
- Csc General Congress. orjlin au,
declare, form VI s0,,fnneni 81 Va
,snl1:
SOL whereas lhe General Nssem5i,
20 Virginia, d. al act passed on tIt,
tenih day 1T February. in the ycar g.
Dor lIfd our tfou.aud eIeiit bnnd,r,