Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-04-02
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THE AMENDED CONSTITUTION.
Beto'e this paper can be placed in the hands of OH,
distant Subscribers, the polls will be opened for re-
ter'ng the votes OF the People. For or ayain., The
consultation, Is the great question which they will
have TO decde.-Many Of those who have b.en m.
uniform friends Of Convention, have determined 10
give II their vote; no because Il 1. the yerv b.. Can
s'uon ,hat can be made but It 10 far better than tn
present Constitution, and |. the best which eoul be
obtained.-hlesrs Doddridge, Campbell, and others,
are anxious for It's rejection They tbnk in tba, event
anew Convention will be called, and a better Consti.
tuition will be devised We cannot permit ourselves to
entertain such an opinion The experiment of the la.,
Convention has satisfied the Eastern P.ouI and m.
WI, no! 90 into new Convention 10. year. to co me-
What, uen wouli our fellow. citizen. b. yond the Al.
ieghany do' IL they rejec, hi, proposed
they appeaito the Legislature in vain far ano,her
Conven'ion-will they call for them selves, and
submit another Scheme TO the Citizens of IN, Low.
| iand-!-We have no idea il would be accepted-Tbev
reject tor, what Is th- thing the decline 10
act upon a'together-What course then, will these
gentlemen take! Will they insist upon Division OF
the State! This proposition has been adv aie bv
ons or two OF the Western Prin,s-And we are .w.r.
mat lew OF the Members Of the Conventions declared
.ner preference Tor such atern ivs in tho event
that they could no, obtain thu Of Repre- ,en,aton
which they preetred-And our fellow citz en-. .i
goia, One and lndivisible!'
IL 10 the hrm conviction Of many enlightened Poll
"c'ans mat the only alternatives presen to the
good People oil the Commonwealth, 10 continue the
present Constitution, amid all the ses and tucnoil.
oil two agated local parties, West of the ALLEGHENY
or The Ridge the other East Of il, with all tn. danger,
which 'h's d'seord may sngender, of division the
o".e' Or 10 rauty the proposed Consu ion.-By &c.
lJecft"g IT, we encounter all the mschie of
all the d,nters OF divisionBy ratynx it, we bette
our cond'lon-more nearly equAlizs repre- ,ens,ioa,
extend the Right OF Suffrage, aud improve all the de-
pirtmens OF the Governm .ut.-Which tn IN shall we
a'opH TO be- or not to be, that IL the quo ,tion"
10 the East the proposed Constitution come. recon-
p he nal 4
may avert; the general reforms which il %. oiuces
10 The West, 1t recommends itself by the meliora.
ions which II introduces Into tbs institution
and the dscords aud dangers, which avsrts from the
State at large.
There are some considerations in the follow
ing article from the last "Cupeper .zste," which are
so opposite to the present coniiioi o. tn State that
we hasten TO lay il before our readers NOT sub,crb
ing however, 10 the discrimination imports between
the Vfetos Of the East AMI the West:
rIE NEW We have heretofore tho
OF tho new Constitution of perfect
p tas WAS ia s to call the
o wss G % s Of the with which will
se 81 r. t Ss Hermit S%.s 'is%. and
Meetings held ovory drectonTIe1s now is@ao n' no o
dSIS 'sa. the aql IVES, win
The laou of tho Convention will in vain and the An
the asembe body Upon VIVA. %e ah viii ni, snS
%s so :" %Sas voe against tho
$; FOR the purpose of securing the
The White pepua ios Ss,y @
' an, Se are ss very las. men the
Of p GS.
Convon!on that the white population wa, of his esIcu
will IT, s'' vsSs Of
have clear majority What thoy want al
The utterly idle TO- enquire nU's noas
arc not one Of those who haTs
Ts s Ts pss' + %'T .
PSy stood upon the Of
yenton-thoy devised the carried il ,sou
party what we regard a, jus, ,ba to T.. mN
new yo.sa' will course vote for til, or ac
questions Of .e
should sanction the Constellation preferable to tho oil Th.
san % the coaod
we appeal al the newly every so1a. s s
the peace and harmony Of The o
have heart Sns 70 o. the new
e we ar" @ we beg them pause and reflect
alterations upon the srea. altar of the public good con-
ue of twenty-five dollars in revsrsion or sno
% so who have vo years lease Of which
Wa.ey' Of The reyenao will have right upon tho
fine Of double record s ,a, s law .n,s.
VINO have examined the law tina, the polls can bo Kept omen
at Afni Court and three May" "''"ou'o'
We shall wait the result with much ANXIETY
ask the favor Of friends ia different mari; If H.
State TO inform Of the state of the Pill, both il
priI and in My. or the final result We csnno f,r,
positive opinion. The exertion, which are making
iuouhdn-B 10 ueIea tho T. mstitufion hav
exec eded all our caleulstons-and the .re;nd;css
"hch prevail in certain portions of the vt ar. much
greater ihan we could have anticipated MANY s.nI.
men with whom we have conversed are very sa9 gn;,
In msir hopes OF its success-Ohers again ypre.s ,.v
era tear' and begin to entertain very .erou, Doubt,
mere viii, unqucstionaby bs a strong vot. in III
West-and IL the East and The Middle Countrv ar. in
diHerent and inactive, then the Conve ntion NAV b.v
met IN vain--ihc labours Of our Statesmen tbrow,
a"dy-ahd scene may come over the State Al which
TIE stoutes hearts msy shudder.
The last Stsunton Spectator saw: ain Auvu.., .,
uihcuIt to say on which lido the majority will bs =
Our own opinion IL that the vote will be cjo,e R,cL
bridge and Boetout said to be in favor of accent,
ing the new Constitution, though there will dob,I,ss
De Respectable minorities in each East of L, R;Jo.
we hear OF opposition where, except in L,mdonn IL
buckngham, Amherst, and some neig bboriny eounte
rom which we have heard, we understand thai /,
would be hard to fad individual oppo.ed to r,i
hcation. The editor Of the Charottesyil, A,yoca,.
hof' long since, stated that the people of AIb.marI.
would ADOPT the new constitution by aecIa,o .,;oo
from all we can learn, therefore, we have siIl M
uouot OF It's Adoption, but not by the over lining vo,
mat WAS at fifst anticipated"
We have not overlooked the numerous favor, AZ an,
political Adversaries--But we have neither f;n.
space, nor inclination to answer them ,II-'rbs
thunder and lightning" Editor Of the Mao.scbu,ett.
Journal, calls upon us "of jutce and of COOL
taste to unite with him in condemning" Mr. Woodbnrv
and II we prove hereiics, why then he dares ne ~
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