Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-21
AN AMENDED CONSTITUTION.
FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR VIRGINIA
.ILOnLed Inu,lnrn I'm 1000

l'i""ptou january IAN, IS3'.
whereas Tie Delegates and Representatives
OF ihe you'd people OF Virginia IN Convention
assembled, on the twenty ninth day OF June.
IN the y 'at Of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred d. d seventy siy. reciring aud decar
l'g' mat whereas, George the third, king of
uteai bpihm and Ireland and EIecor Of Han
oVei be1ois thai time entrusted with he exer
clse o. Inc kinglv oiti ct the Government OF
'"s'n'a, had endeaVr'rd 10 pervrrl the same
,"'o deieSiable and inSnpportabie iyrfnn),
by putting his negative on laws the mos, whole
some and necessary for the pub Ic good by
| ncSyiog his governors permission 10 pass laws
oil inlheiiate AID pressing impor' ance, unless
| Sn pended III their operation fol his assent, aud
| when so suspended neglectire 10 attend To
them e." '''"'', yaar,. nv -"',sine rass Ger
,ain olher laws, unless the persons TO be bene
hi'Po ny them would reIInquish the Inesimable
r'gh' oil Representations in the Legislature by
"'sso'''hg legislative assemblies repeatedly aud
continual, Tor opposing with manly frmnrss
ms lnvasIons Of the right ofthr peope: when
dissolved, by refusing to call others Tor A long
- ace OF tine, thereby leaving the political
system without any legislative he ad by endca
'o''hg 10 prevent the population of our coun-
nv ID ipr 'hai purpos' obstructing the laws
OF 'hr na'afailz zion of foreigners by keeping
among us. IN time Of peace, standing armies
military independent OF and superior 10 the
c'vIi power, 10y combining With others 10 sub.
Jec' US TO foreign jurisdiction, giving his
| assem- 10 iheir pretended acts OF legislation
| 'of q1aiteIing laig bodies o! armed troops
among MS, Tor cutting of our trade with all paris
| 81 'ae nd tor 'mpo- ing taxes on MS without
our consent, for Il pr wing Us Of the beue6fs of
e thai by jury. for Transporting us bryond
seas 10 be tired Tor pretended Offences for sns
pending our own Legislatures aud declaring
themselves invested with power to legislat lie for
us III All cases whatsoever, by plundering our
seas, ravaging our coasts, burning our towns
ana destroying the lives of our people byIuci
ing Insurrecti9ns of our fellow subjects win
the aliurements of forfeiture and CoufscatIon
Nv Fronting our negroes TO rise in arms among
us, those very negroes, whom by an inhuman
use oi his negative he had refused u permission
TO exclude by law, by endeavoring TO bring on
me hhahl'anfs oi our frontiers, the merciless
indIan savages, u hose known rule of wa, fare
Ia an uOdiStIDguished destruction of all apes
sexes and cond ions Of stencc, by trans, or
ing hith'r large army ot foreign mtrcenaries
to complete the work Of death desolstiop and
tyranny, then already begun with circnmstan-
ces OF cruelty and pcriidy unworthy the head
OF civilized nation, BY answering our repeated
pelillohsior redress with repetition of ioin
res AMI hnaily, by abandoning the helm of
government and declaring us out Of bis allppi
a"ce anu protection, by which several acts uf
| niiSrn'e The government Of this country as be
lore exercised under the Crown Of Great Bri
tam was totally dissolved did, therefore hay,
l"g nIaiuiely considered the premises andvew.
ing with great concern the deplorabe condition
TO winch this once happy country would here
dnced, unless some regular adequate mode of
c'vn policy should be speedily adopted, and in
compliance with the recommendation of the &C.
neral Congress. ordain and declare a foru, nf
government of Virginia.
! And whereas the General Assembly OF Vir.
g'nia, by m act passed on the 10Th day of Feb
| ruary, IN the year OF our Lord one thousand
eight humid ed and twenty nine, entitled an ao,
10 organize Convention, did authorize and
provide for the election, by the people. of Dele
gates and Representatives 70 meet and assemble
IN Gs neral Convention, At the CapituI in The
CITY of Richmond, on the first Monday OF DC
tober IN The year last aforesaid, 10 consider.
dscnss und propose new Constitution or
alterations and amendments Of the eYi,tinp
Constitution OF this Commonwealth, TO be sub
mh'ed To the people aud TO be by them ratified
or rejected.
We, therefore the Delegates and Representa-
lives OF the good people ofVirginia, elected All
IN Convention assembled in pursuance n, Tho
sa'u ACT OF Assembly, do submit and nrono.s 10
me people, the following ament,ed Const,,,;on
ana orm OF Government for Ibis Common.
wealth, that is TO sa,:
ARTICLE
The Declaration of Rights made on the lotb
June, 1915, by the Representatives of the good
people ofVrginia assembled in full and FREE
onst nfion ahitt uprtatnod to ,hap, at -.