Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-15
Ex,rac, from one Of MI Rando'ph's recent
spe~c hes in the Virginia Convention.

Ex,rae, from one of MI Randolph's recent
spe~c hes in the Virginia Convention.
81 see no wisdom in making this provision
for future eosnges. You must give gov.
ernmen,s time TO operate on the reopie, ana
give the people time 10 become gradually as
simulated TO their Insu uions. Almost any
thing is better than this state Of perpetual un
certainty. A people may have The best form
Of government, tna' the vii OF man ever devised;
and We, from its uncertainty alone. may, IN e.
fer I. live under the worst government IN the
world. Sir, how ofen, must i repeat 'hat
change is not reform. ! am willing thai TINS
ne " Constitution shall stand as long as il is
possible for it to stand, and that, believe me-
Is very shor, time Sir, i, is vain 10 deny H.
Tb.y NAV say what they please abouI the old
Cons,i,u,ion-ihe defec, is not there, II is
NO, in the form OF the old edi6ce, neither in The
DESIGN nor the elevation 1t is in he material
ii, is in the people Of Virginia. To my know
LEDGE Ina, people are chang. d from wba' they
have been. The 400 men who went out to
David were in debi The partizans Of Caesar
were in debt The fellow laoorers OF Ca aline
were in debt And deiy you to shew me des
pera,elv indebted people any where, who Can
bear regular sober government. hrow'he
challenge 10 all vino hear me.
/ saw that the character OF 'he good old Vir
pinia PIanrer-lhe man who owned from n 2
10 twenty slaves or less, who lived by hard
work, and who paid his debts. is passed away
A new order OF Kings is come The period
has arrived of living by ones wis--of living
by contracting dents hat one cannot pay-and
above all, Of living by Office hunting. Sir, wha'
DO we see? Baakruats-b:anded bankrupt
giving great Understanding their children
% the most expensive schools-giying grand
psr,ies-and just as we'll received az any body
in society. say, that in such state o! things
the old Constitution was too good for them
,hey could no, bear it. No, Sir-they could
no, bear freehold saffrage and property rep
resentation. I have always endeaSored to do
the people Jus ice-but will not fa'rer them
II will MOI pander 70 their appetite for change
| will do nothing to provide for change.
viii no, agree TO any rule Of future apporton-
men,, or to any provision for future changes
called amendments to The Constitution. They
who love ehange-wh dehgh, in public con-
fu,ion-who wish 10 feed the cauIdron and
make il bubble -may vote il they please FOR
future changes
b., by what spell, by what formula are you
pving 10 bind the p-ople TO all future timr!-
Outs custodief custodesP The days Of Lycurges
are gon. by, when hs could swear The people
no, to alter the Constitution until he should re-
turn-an,mo non reverend. You may make
what entries upon parchment you please Give
me Constitution that will last for half cen
tury-,hal i. all / wish for. No Constitution
tina, YOU can make will last The one half OF half
a century. Sir, will stake any thing short OF
nv salvation, that those who are malconten,
now will be more malconient three years hence
than they are at this day. have no favor for
this Cons,itution-I shall vote against Its adop-
lion, and shall advise all the people OF my dis
tric, 10 set their faces-aye, and their shoulders
agains, it. But If we are TO have II, LEI Us not
nave it with its death warrant IN It's very face
with The faeies hypoeraiiea, the sardonic grin OF
death upon us cosnisnance
The Georgian publishes long list OF the re-
cen, acts Of the Legislature OF tina, sia'ri one
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