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

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wa which has eesa wo 'h. esnrssn merely
co"h NOT dvs the enemy from his caru, 49,, o,sso,e
say hey aitbe advantages which now Con.,;,n
commence operation, sssh IL Is idle S ,a ; o.sd sv
lug ihe whole sd again cnemy nsrrlr es sosnnon
. S ~ gu ,.N nss are ,ho,e Also who viii scarcely
v They consider that ihes own CHI rncer will he
they condemned nsa,.d by sheis Es.r,n ss n:.
!he oef OF such Constitution they would d"a ~
ssoope Ia accept Thi, time they thIrt 8, s"ey
rolier when our title manhoodhen one of m. OF
Such be the present sentiments Of ,hs @ ;,
who, we have yet had an opportunity of eonversipr Fo,
rather ,he new Cons,u,,oa should adoreds w. ~
wLsftss yorS certainly preferable to tho old one in
eeu ABOUT one ihird.hs RICH, Of suffrage extended eo.e
aoy.the Advisory COUNCIL Of the Goveor has been rsdca
Pomols to the people, yearly saving of about So on
dollars IN governmental expenses would be Effected uo:S
on should Pc rejected would for many yesrs to
majority q The people in favour can Of another
just closed. s 'e' " NV ono
we beg leave to address few words to our friends
IN the West and we will prefacc them by OBSERVING
'nat they have no right to dsrust the sincerity with
WHICH we profess TO speak the OCCASION for M u,o
were among the enriost advocates of Reform -. as.
amog the last to abandon the peculiar grounds
OF REFORM assumed by the West-not because. III
'hem' we had any immediate interest to answer bv
'neir success but because we believed them eter
ha'iy true. We were equally attached as thew to
inc oasis or white population, and though sun.
posed to initiate against the interests of the mme
date section of the State we inhabit, we believe
thot no one man in the West or the East felt moro
modification than we die, at it's loss A Copst;,n.
ton has been adopted without the recognition Of IN,
oasis and the question presented is between TINT md
the old Constitution. We beg the peoplo of the
West to reflect, that by accepting the new Cons,.
tuition they by no means rcnounce their princ;nlee
We beg to remind them that if white pon,,i,,;cr, =;
not recognized and consccruted bv tho neu (.ocs,;-
tuition, as the only true and Legitimate basis of renre
sen'ation, neither is any hostile principle Bv voting
Tor II, they do not dishonour the white basis, nor
sanction approve. the mixed or the BI,cL No
principle is involved in the issue joined That is
made up with exclusive reference 70 tho ono ,,os-
tlon-which is the best the old Constitution or the
new BY adopting the new, no more /, do.
cldcd but that in the opinion of the voter.
81.
that the old Constitution is the best. We arc n.
ware that the foes of the new Constitution ,,c NJ,
tempting to change the issue persuade our
brethren of the West that by ratifyinp il. thcv
recognizing ahc legitimacy Of the mixed basis and tho
truth of the new lights exhibited in the Conv.,,on
by Mr. Leigh and others. But this is dsipoenrop.. =
No such consequence follows. The single, unmixed.
naked question: is, which of the two Constitutions.
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and Government of Virginia. 81 --i-H1S
And is it possible that any man in his senses
above ALL that any friend OF Reform should he.;,a,o
now he VIII decide this question, In what feature
VIII any friend of Reform, pronounce the new Con,
s''ution to be worse than the old, Who is IL. 70.
ormer' or anti-reformer that does not admit. tba,
many OF the changes introduced are great and beoe
ncia improvements Is it benefit to get rid Of 40
superfiuous Legislators and five worse than super.
Gus Councillors, at saving of money which in On
years time, will Mchdamze half the Commonwealth,
Is IL no advantage to bring the General Court into
tho crocblc and purge il of the lross which irresno
sibity has accumulated, Will il be no bene6, %
put Hercules to work in the Chancery Courts, Ia
u nothing to have established something like eoua,;,v
between the people Of Virginia, by destroyine canal
county representations Will the people experience
no advantage from the introduction for the first time
ofJudicial responsibility That man cannot be found.
so ignorant as not to perceive so uncandd as no, 10
acknowledge that these changes most needful
and salutary. We say nothing of the extension OF
suffrage, but surely no Western man will object TO
what the united West has long and so strenuously
demanded. Upon what conceivable principle then,
Will The people of the West reject what is offered TO
their acceptance How is their "titlo to manhood
as the Saunton Spectator expresses it, asserted by
recctug what more, and clinging to what is less
advantageous How arc they made "degraded
thngs' by acting in this conjuncture with the dis
erection winch becomes men whose political fortunes
are at stake And IT It be true, that they have been
"contenncd and nsutcd by their Eastern brethren
IN the offer Of such Constellation, how do they rcpe
the indignity, 10 any wise benefit themselves or
return the chacc TO the lips of the Bast by prefer
IL n Constitution i'm ollr