Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-12

other thing. being equal. could keep such resoiu.
tion 40 easily, without joining Without Il - to
and exert s which
rom society, and tho more efectually to accomplsh
~ measure.
house in the United States without having ardent
spirits offered you, necessary expression Of hoe
PuaIity' now you may GO into every house m the
country, wherc the inauence Of Temperance Socie-
t'es felt, and will never be offered you except in
cases Of sickness THIS 10 Q great enlargement Of
the causes and means of ntempcrance but 10 it any
sbridgement OF the natural rights Of msn9 No civil
imw--no coercion 10 used:--but il 10 result Of moral
Innuence inducing voluntary action: and il no more
an Infringement on mans natural rights than Il would
De to persuade him to eat wheat, instead Of black
pepper, for his bread, tho ground that wheat II
more nutritious and sautary for his system than the
PePpeI-And II from the force Of depra we'd appetite
ne stil chooses to eat the pepper, though il % EVIL
IDENTITY destroying his life, and my neighbours may
agree. out OF sheer benevolence to him, not to put
any more pepper into bis hands, nor bring any into
inc neighbourhood nor even Import it. and still not
IN the least degree be guilty OF abrdgnR any Of his
natural rights. Whatever Of sin or crime there NAV
be in the act Of intcmperance, the Societies leave
that to the chuncery Of heaven, and treat intempe
rance more 4 calamity than as crime;-as 3 spc.
cies OF insanity which is more q subject of com
msseration than Of contempt And it is their
desire, as far a. practicable by moral means,
to remove the causes Of thus insanity from the sane
and the means of sclf.destruction from the insane
And while readily admit, that many may have Join.
ed these societies, who have no very enlarged views
or purposes, yet. am confident beyond doubt thst
Temperance Societies were originated g. are carried
on, by spirit Of the pure philanthropy and nat
riotism, and emioenty calculated to promote The
best interests Of beloved country, and of man.
Thus much have said in haste-but will talk
with you again if you WISH when am more a. lei
Richmond, March nth, 1880.
nv. W. ;,,,;.o ..,,.;.. a. .p. 40.
and established pen. Rolla has been unayoidably
deferred for some months.
~ The proceedings Of Congress on Tuesday, DOS.
sessed no marked interest. Mr.. Livingston spoke
for two hours in the Senate. on Foots resolution.
AT large, and highly respectable meeting held.
at the Flats of Crave Creek on Saturday the o7th
UT for the purpose OF taking into consideration,
the adoption or rejection Of the amended Consttu.
ton; DR. THOMAS, McCoRMIcK was called to the
chair, and JOSEPH MCLEAN appointed Secretary.
The meeting was then addressed at some length
6y MIR: A MCLEAN, shelving the great injustice,
the west under the new constitution il adopted
would sustain, by the arbitrary allotment Of repre-
sentation and the utter mpossibilty of their eve,
arriving at an equality with the East.
After some further discussion, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were offered, by Mr. A.
MCLEAN, aud adopted, with entire unanimity, and
much apparent cordiality
That all men IRE by nature equally free and in.
dependent:
That in entering into state of civil society. thew
cannot be rghtfully required to surrender more of
their natural liberty, than is necessary for the secu-
rity OF the residue and the common benefit of the
community
That the present generation cannot, bv anv com.
pact among themselves, lawfully deprive posterity
their inherent and unalenabe right REFORM alter
or abolish their government in such manner as shall
be Judged most conducive to the public weah:
n nxva 10 cfaA in, orI
rived from, the people, who therefore have an ind-
bable right to retain delegate il in such manner
and portions as they think fit to be used solely for
the benefit Of the commonwealth, and the agents
entrusted with 1t amcnable their
for the honest and faithful discharge Of the trust
committed to them:
And that the only legitimate object of government
Is tne saiety ana happiness OF the governed, sef
evident ositions-truths the solemn recognition
OF which, by the American people, is coeva with the
foundations Of our republic doctrines, consecrated
6y the blood OF our revolutionary patriots. There
fore,
Resolred, That any form of government which il
repugnan to these great fundamental principles is
spurious, and anti-repubcan and unworthy Of free.
men.
Resoired, That the amended Constitution of tb;s
State. submitted by tho late Convention, to the
sideration of the People of Virginia. for their rati
cation or rejection is at variance with these esser
tial principles Of representative democracy in as
much as 1t denies to the people lust and equal re-
presentation in the Legislature founded on any fixed
rule or ratio of the free white inhabitants the only
constituents OF the government; but, by forming the
State into districts, and divisions, and assigning 10
each an arbitrary number Of representatives in both
branches ofthe General Assembly, regarding in the
distribution local interests, rather than political rec
ttude condemns to perpetual inferiority. one sec.
ton OF the State let it's numerical superiority be what
1t may; thus subecting the majority to the dominion
and control Of the minority.
1t excludes from the rights of suffrage and conse-
quenty from oil participation in the political power OF
the state, large portion Of the citizens, who are
nevertheless subjected TO burdensome taxation, TO
military duty and personal labor the public high
ways.
1t sanctions and retains The existing esta adjustment
OF county courts with all its odious features,-an in
stution, which, in the mode of its formation and per-
pouaton, the nature and extent its powers and r-
responsible exercise of them certainly find no pa-
racil IN the annals of free state. II is a solecism
/ IN the science of republican governments libel ON