Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-03-31

cordant; they being Interested In re-
taining the undue power they had, We
in. seeking 10 make good our deficit. by
taking portion Of Il from them. That
we (of the Valley weat into the con
vention to obtain what is called the
"white bssis,r and thus to take from
the trsns-AIlegiany people . portion
OF their undue power, provided il should
appear that, according 10 tie present
population Of the several districts, they
were still, ss in 1890, ortr represent
ed.
The "treachery," then. consists in
my having, in common with all the
friends Of reform in the valley, invited
our trans. Allegheny brethren to Join
~ IN an attempt to enforce, by means
oI convention. the true principle Of
representation, we knowing land they,
! snPpose, not knowingly thar the en-
iorcement OF the true principle might
have the effect Of taking q portion Of
their power from them.v And mn
conduct IN thus inviting them, il pro-
nounced to be as ubiquitous. asfreacher-
Gus. rs that of Napoleon in invei-linp
the feeble and pusillsnimous Charles
into his power by professions Of friend
ship, and then depriving him Of his
crown and his liberty. To pronounce
this accusation false aud libellous, W on Id
be to admit. by implication, that com.
mon sense had something TO do in its
conception. IL is the very dwelling
OF fatuity-the mongrel and deformesl
offspring Of mental imbecility and i'm
potent malice.
But the writer Of the circular alleges,
in the passage last quoted. that I :. de-
serted TO the standard Of my opponenfs;'
and towards the close Of it studiousl,
endeavors to convey the idea that aftru
! had voted, on the 18th December, 70,
Gen. Gordon's scheme Of representa-
ton, | became absolutely identified
with the eastern party-with the enc
mics OF reform and popular rights and
strove, by every means in nv power
TO nr the yoke Of slavery on the west
NY reasons for supporting Gen. Cor
don's plan, on and after the 10Th o
December. have been fully developed
IN my second and third letters. The,
show, or ! am greatly mistaken, that If
IN regard TO that measure, I voted a
ga'nst the western party, I voted in IA
vor OF the western people. The write,
oil the circular has wisely abstaine t
from treating of the relatire merits O.
the two plans. in their bearing on west
ern rights and western interests. No,
have l, To this day, heard from an,
quarter, IN the convention, or out Of il
IN public or in private, in newspapers
or In circulars, any attempt 10 prop,
that the "western plan" so called. W a.
better or even as weli) adapted 10 tn.
protection Of western interests thar
that which Is contained in the amende,
constitution. The writer of the circu
lar has "attentively peruseG," as h,
says: my second letter. Z perceive
that ne has. For he has craftily append
ed TO his circular all that part of i,
which, with the assistance of his inyi
tdious g.osses, is calculated TO producs
on my fellow citizens west of the Al.
leghany.the false impression that che
r,sh afeeling Of hostility against them.
but he has shrunk from the argument
contained IN that letter, in favor of tbs
amended constitution, and assumed
throughout his circular, that the .west.
eIn plan" was decisiveIy preferable.
lie has, moreover, shrunk from meet.
ing the argument against the accuracy
OF the auditors estimate, and has as.
stunned that estimate as the basis Of hi,
commentary on the new constitution,
with as much confidence ns IL its accu.
racy had never been questioned. And
this, too, though he knows that its &C
euracy was repeatedly denied, and for
good reasons assigned, on the floor Of
the convention. aud that not a single
attempt was made TO sustain il, except
an Imbeeile one made by himself on
the 18th December. Whether I am
warranted in calling that argument
'm6ecile, YOU can Judge, when I tell
yon, that il assumed that the aud.
tor = data were correct, although that
officer expressly stated in his re-.
port that they were incorrect and not
to be relied on. and having thus estab.
lIshed the premises, he drew the infer.
enee that the conclusions or results
were true.
lro pE coSTISUED.l