Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-10


lcct may he viewed, TO which, il have already *
hanstcd your patience, would respectfully ask your
attenton L viii premise that am fully aware that
It IS an unpopular view, and that il will tell YOU
truths, if they truths which you will be Ccner
ally prcdisposed to reject, with some indignation,
perchancc. agans, him who is bold enough To tell
them But how will you ever learn the truth on
subjects Of this nature If the public ser, ants TO VIII m
you have specially committed the duty of searching
1t OUT after la5orousv performing that duty, have
not courage TO tell you what they believe to be the
truth, because they know that il is opposed TO all your
preconceivcd notionss Popular unpopular, here
IL Isl
We have been accustomed 10 consider our trans
hhcghony fellow citizens rs our natural allies in
con'rad'si'ncion from our fellow citzens Of the mid
oe country, IN that unhappy of sectional inter
ests which the unequal distribution of power made
oy the ola constitution compelled us to wage | ask
you gravey To consider, whether this was not an cr
ror III point OF fact. admit that our trans Alenha
ny brethren aided Us IN bringing about convention
and that, IN that respect, they were our polt,csl
friends But as 10 the reality OF any supposed lden.
ty OF interests, IN regard TO the results of the con-
vcntion, have looked in vain for the proofs of
have on the Contrary, supposed IL to be undenably
true, that however friendly their temper and feclnI.
may nave been, they went into the convention with
interests hostile TO ours on the principal .csticn
winch was there to be settled. They went into the
convention, having SO representatives in a house O..
delegates o! Ga, and being entitled even on the
white Sass," 70 but 81, according to the census Of
go. We went MIC We cen . 90 repre-
cdHslc to L. SAND ue55sSsus stoy2e then wSre go
ou>ly unTerreprcsested; they were oyer-represen
ted We went into The Convention, to obi ain from
thon,. and from the tide wa Ter psorlc such part of
their Of representation as would place us on
fair and equal grounds They wen, into tho conycn
tion interested IN retaining what they had. on the
score OF representation, and obtaining what they
could, IN respect 10 other matters.
And, however true and faithful they NAV b,ve
been, IN feeling and in fact, to the white bass and
10 our interests at The commencement of the ses-
SION II cannot be denied that, when the white bs,s
mad received ITS dea;hblow, they pretty clearly ind
Gated that they neither ignorant nor regardless
OF the advantages which they enjoyed, under the
Old constitution, on tho score of Representations
90 not know that We have any right to them
Tor dong what men have, in all ages, been prone TO
do mean, for taking of themselves and lea
wing Us TO take az ourseives But il canno, be
denied that they did, in fact pursue this old and
beaten road viii not say that they deserted vs.
But, after fighting By our sides during the greater
part OF the session, they certainly made propcsi-
ton, towards the close of IL, which had 4, moved
successful, would have kept W., and perhaps our
children after U.s. IN state Of political vassaiagc
allude TO a proposition made by Judge Summers
prominent trans-A Allegheny delegate on the s,h of
January, TO leave the distribution of pewer among
the people OF Virginia as it stands with the cxcpp
ton OF some trivial notifications which the rcsoi-
ton itself Will Show This resolution on the very
facc OF 1t, was proposition made by the extreme
west, having So members to the extreme east, hav-
ing 10, to unite, in,ihc future government of tho
commonwealth, against the midland and valley dis
trIcts, containing one haJ cf the white population
o! the state, and having, both together, but SO
members IL was proposition TO perpe,uate this
iinequaliy:-a propositirn, tempting TO the eastern
people but odious md hateful 20 us of the valley
and equally so to oar nPighbors at The eastern foot
o! the Ridge.--Bu; the people of The cast were
either too Just 10 accede To proposition so fatal to
Just pte;enslons, or 100 pise 10 adnut cou-sa nj
policy, which wOnld have conyulsed the state from,
the falls Of the rivers to the base of the Aephsny
Inc proposition though sustained by plausible and
ingenious argument WIS therefore reIccied-You
cannot ial to perceive In This memorable fact alone
abundant evidence. that on the great and prnciool
question of distribution of political no wer The
people OF the middle country our natural allies
But the "or of political interests is happily al an
end, and ], for one am heartily disposed 10 force,
this little political fIMr pas of our trans hllaghany
ieIlow-ctizens, and to gree; them as r lends and
brethren. They will not, however. -haye anv ri rht
10 complain II we OF the valley, draw Inference
OF practical wisdom ffom the transaction alluded to-
And II is this; that in making our solicitations in
future ms 10 the probability of obi aiming assistance
IN the prosecution OF our views, from this or hat
quarter OF the state, should never forget TO IN.
quIre toich section as likely II have The greatest infer,
est IN pro'n9fr'S HEM. proper application of this
maxim mny throw light on the inquiry at which
have .lreedy glanced, who are likely to be our
iluuhches, iriehds ana supporters IN the Legislative
bodies on those particular questions of internal i'm
proVemept IN which we shsll be most immediately
and deeply interested
We are separated from our trans Allegheny
~ WiAc ShLcnt OF sterile dCd mountainous
country: we do trade with them we do not pas,
through their country to marker, and, rice Versa
they DO not pass through our country to theirs
There is therefore, and it is much to be lamontcd
little identity of interest between ~. The contrary
Is tbe TACT IN all these particulars in regard 10 our
eastern neiehbors. nhaLitng he region between the
falls of the rivers and the Blue Ridge of mountains,
They ore connected with us by proximity by family
alliances, by Constant trade and intercourse, by a
great common want the want Of good roads 10 mar
ket-heD road 10 the scnbonrd beng ours Tho
rivers which eush from our mountains wind their
way through the bills Of that region, which have
venturcd, on the authority of one of its talented
sons, TO call Piedmont ar the country al the foot oil
the mountain" They point out the course of trade
ana are the ligorncns that connect with the east
~ 1t be true, then, that the middle region IS moro
intimately connected with us, IN interest than that
beyond the Aliogbsny why should we. in oslnn.
hug The power which we acquire under the new
constitution, count our delegation with Tint Of the
Aeghany region, and say that "thc west" has
this or that number of votes in the house OF dele
gates or the senate' Why not count our votes