Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-01-26

the Consenffon IN Which the East ALMOST unanimous
y voted for, and the West almost unaniuousy. vot-
ed against the Consttution--has ujslcd inal, Ind
will be industriousy WELDED miscad nj deceive
many moro. II ought therefore to be known, that
the votc Of the West, by means, indicative of
the simation in which the Western members held
the new Constitution. Ii lie not true, that the Yves
tern members voted agninsf the Dow Cpss l,ution
because they Thought nothing was gained by it, or
because they did not greatly prefer Il, to the Old
That vote was governed by other considerations. If
That Constitution was rejected, they argued
at ieastss good and probably which secured the
white basis in the House of Delegates, could be forth
with obtained. If on the other hand. it was adopted
by the vote Of the East, nothing was hazarded by
their vote against it, and almost unanimously con.
curing in its superiority over the old they would
GO home and recommend il to their, Constituents at
the Polls This wasthe reasoning of the iority Of
the Western Delegation-and fair reasoning and act
ing, in opinont But it snot to be inferred
from the itself, etho. that the Vest ahhorred
or that the East had any overwccnnc affection fer
tn, new G institution IL. fact is opposed tothc
theory. Th. E ts.-.ve do not mean the middle dis
trict--swalowed the G institution with nfni'e re-
pugnance:-:hc West--.he IN ,jority of il we mean
rejected it reluctantly. an was dispIcased at its
adoption by the East Attempts therefore, to influ
ence the vote of The people by the argument, that
their Rap asentativ,s w.re on the ground, and
saw every hing, had vutel against the new c.. is,i-
tuition, would be extremely unfair and ds,ngenuous.
The Western Delegation, if left to choose between
that and no new cons tuition, with hardly dissent
ing voice would have adopted it. Sd, .-,rl.-
When sensible men do an important act, they must
propose some benefit to themselves Others from
it. What benefit does the West propose to ITSELF BY
rejecting the new Constitution? We will not sup
pose this benefit be. the TO live under the
yoke Of the old Constitution We say again. that it ia
impossible for any in his sober senses, who wished
for change at all, nearly the entire West dd-not
to prefer the new to the old Constitution. What then
is this proposed benefit? 1t result if Il ever
result, from the call of another Convention: and is
any man SO sanguine as to believe that this event
Will occur in the time Of the present generatiuna Is
there one who reflects upon the difficulties that had
to be surmounted before the last was obtained and
the disgust which it universally inspired before the
public was rid OF it, who can for u moment, fltter
himself with the expectation of living to another
Convention asscmbei He must be dreaming WIS.,
onary indeed, who entertains any such idea. Let it
be tried by the West when it may, it will be found
that the oct of their rejecting the Constitution
now offered them, will have aenuted every auxiliary
which their cause possessed, Of the Blue Ridge.
But there is another view upon which we desire them
to reflect. BY accepting the Constitution they are
not merely making good exchange it relates to
the intrinsic merits Of the Instruments but they
are strengthening themselves for Interior objects.
But there is, We feel assured necessity for further
incubation Of the the propriety Of the course we re-
commend. The West ca,not refuse what is offered
because n be not at all they had right to demand
or expect.
az The Leesburg Washngtonian congratuiates
itself the reported and expected shortness of the
present session of the General Assembly. We
advise that paper, and tho people of Virginia, who
have at large, INDUCED similar expectation to
abandon it. During six years nearly, that we
have been spectators here, we have more
encouraging indications of long session. True it
is, there is no subject of general interest which
demands immediate legisation-we except not the
application of the Banks for renewal of their char
ters-but then there certain Revolutionary SOL
diers who wish to have pension, few free negroes
who desire remain in the State few applications
for turnpikes and election Districts and nothing is
more reasonable than that these should be attended
to ut Oily cos, of $4,000 7