Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-23

be misunderstood deem proper to declare and they
DO hereby explicitly declare, that they regard the
whitc population MS the only proper basis OF repre-
sentaton in the General Assembly of this State and
every departure thereffom violation OF republic
can principles aud the principles asserted in the bill
OF righs, unanimously adopted by our ancestors in
June, 1916. And do Furthermore expressly de
clare, that we do not now intend TO sanction any
other principle OF representation by the vote which
we are about TO give on the contrary it is deli
bcrate opinion, that whatsoever another convention
shall be called, new npportionment of reprcsen-
tation made. other principle than that which is
here asserted can be acknowledged, or acted upon
10y Us or our representatives,. And we do moreover
peremptorily affirm, that whensocvSr shall be plain
y nsccr aimed, thnt t-rc Is n majority of the white
nhah.E%ts CT this Commonwealth OH the west side
oil the Blue Ridge of mountains, a new npportion-
ment of representation ought take place, so TO
give 10 tho western people majority of representa-
tivcs III both branches of the General Assembly
And we do hereby pledge ourselves 10 unto with
the rest of our western fellow citizens, in support of
the principle here asserted, whensoever it shall be
necessary TO enforce it. We further declare, that
not induced to vote for the new constitution
by conviction that il is the best that could have
been devised, as good rs we had n rioEt 10 ex-
pect from the hands of the late convention by whom
| It was frnmcd-or from belief that its provisions
are IN exact conformity to republican principles; but
we shall vote for 1t, because believe it to be bet
ter than the existing constitution in many respects,
and the best which can now be obtained and be-
cause we feel well assured that by adopting il we
shall greatly facilitate the procurement of such a
mCnsfncntS anu alterations IN our form OF
ment, upon just principles, may hereafter be de-
sired. And we do further declare that far as we
know believe, the determination never TO surren-
der the principle of equal representation according
to white population, is common to all the citizens of
this country well those who will vote for, as those
who will vote against the adoption of the new con-
stituton.
Being socilious that the vote which we arc now
about TO give in favor Of adopting the constu-
ton, shall not be construed into abandonment Of
the republican principle which we have always pro-
fessed, and are still uoerned to maintain at every
hazard, we respectfully request the publication OF
this candid avowal of our sentuGc@:s IN the l.cSing-
ton lnteiliSencer, the Richmond Wing, ,ic Nlch-
mord Enquirer, and the National In,ollgencLr.
RockbTidgc County, April 5th 1880.
u correspondent says
''You ought to ask Tho. IT Benton whether or
not, he has been engaged very largely in buying up
the public lands, for the purpose of specuatinn:-
w neither or not there arc large companies formed in
81. Louis for tie purpose of purchasing public lands
on speculation, What has he done with the public
money which he took out of the Bank at ST. Louis
and other large which lie obtained by unfair
means?
II you can get him 10 answer these questions you
may be able 10 see his private and ndiUidni obiec-
ton TO the passage of Foots resolution. Perhaps
if lie will not answer these questions, Bates or Bar
ton may be willing to answer them for him, if you
VIII take the trouble to PROFOUND them through your
paper"
rogatories to the Senator from Missouri, we could
not do less than comply, When our correspondent
wrote. he perhaps had not seen Benton's efficiency
in immortalizng Tho. jefferson, or being himself
an old Republican, he would not have wished to
plague with hard questions, who doing SO
much for the Republican Party, for Virginia, and her
iustriOus sonl How much does not Virginia owe
him, for hct who conceived the idea of rccsung
the memory Of Jefferson from oblivion. by eating an
annual dinner in his honor (See Enquirer of Goth,
in which correspondent assures the editor that it
YVES not Virginia project of immortaty--Bcnton
is believed TO be cu titled to tho glory He too, was
Chairman Of the Toast Committee
We have sort Of respect for Benton, for his un-
conn,on qualifications lie must be no Ordinary man,
whom pubic opinion cannot move, and who has con-
quered the last vcstigc of that human weakness
shame. Undsturbcd by public scorn, unmovcd ty
the recorded evidence of his turpIude, he is n moral
salamander for whom the fires of conscience, of re-
proach and exposure, have tcrrors. He lives
through all, and seems resolved 10 live down, ALL
Like Antcus, he rises refreshed by every fall and a
ter every conviction, claims and attempts fresh
aurcls. Who but he could have morally survived
the East Room Letter. or the catastrophe of the
Bank of Missouri the appropriation of the wi
dows ntc' Benton not only survives, but scars TO
the first honors.
We say ifnot "Oltogcthcr lovely he is cone in
ten thousaud,' and let others say they WILL ad
mire his salamander vitality, the brazen texture of
his nerves, and sincerely do admire, his uncon-
qucrabe, his nlleXblc, his almost superhuman, firm
Of purpose, and satanic energy and perseverance
Of character. 'Do or die is his device, and most
mpcrturbajly and inynciby does he pursue its ind-
cation.
The Albany Advertiser of the l7ih instant con-
l1ins the following under the postscript head:
Nomination Cf Gen. Root (1r GoUerngr.--A meet
ing of the Farmers, Mechanics and Working Men,
was held last night In the hall Of the capitol IL was
as large meeting ever held in Albany, being
at least equal in number to that held on the removal
/ of DC WIT Clinton from tie place Of canal commits
sioucr, in 1894.
! Elisha Dorr chairman and II. McCuock as
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