Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-03-16

Jority could not be obtained for if be, v,o,,,,
nun the convention should rise without snhmHfsSr
Eohst"uton, agree to the white basis in The n,SS
House, having some guarantee in ths San .e o"eF
inonest thcse was the venerable Chief Justice. Rr+
use at lhe CRISIS when this supposed state of bnos
bo 81; ~ M upon another question, upon The white
UJs.s IN the lower House and federal Senate saw
When nae cond'tion of things actually arrived which
required IRON them this concession 10 tho Co, $3.50
nil. iuss az the moment when the House stood
equaiiy divided by vote of 43 AGAINST an :hon :.
was divuigeo by Mr.. Leigh the oracle of The o,;
con' shaI ne could from unquestonable authoritv in
toi the MOUSE that Gen Gordon's compromise would
Valley had given assurapces or he had In o1 tne
some quarter that the compromise wonld be ocoa,
oe 70 that portion of the Commonwealth This do.
claratlon from DIR. leigh astonshed tho rofa;t
who to that supposed thar in nooj ci.t .f
whoe Valley was with them in heart and bnnS pyhe
!, was tnat had informed bur opponents who il WINS
tiat had gwen them such ussurnpca,- rvr-, -,
tenance side oftis House indicated NJ, anx;c
to Know One gentleman arose and exhnnerate1
himself from the suspicion. This excited still
greater interest to know who could have authorized
Mr. Leigh to report that he had good AUTHORITY tr
mise. 49, 'to
mr.. Cook then arose, eulogized the compromise,
assured us that he had been the umcon,paoaisinsr
lr'end Of REFORM gave assurance of his patriot
lsin, ueVcopement of his fears terrors and antic.
pations' and tnfo,med Us of the extreme west how
nuch justice tins compromise administered 10 us &c
&C; Inns embarrassment appeascd our curiosity,
ana pointed to the source whence Mr. Ie'gli had de-
rived nus information He was followed BY Mr. Hen.
derson IRON loudoun, who unfortunately secmed tc
nave made Mr. Cook his ss.o~nus 9ooIio', and o,ra
us such recital of his patriotism, independence.
uouots ieas hopes, &c. &c and confirmed it all bv
me warmth and peculiar pa,hos of his ejocu,ion
With this explosion our hopes were dssinaicd o,r
hopes OF any accession to cause from the rentI
men VINO were expected to rise the moment the vote
stood recorded as against 49, When orr nrof,sso1
friends deserted us we could ne expect those W.
mad hitherto voted against us 20 come over IN CIV
aa. IL appeared to them unnecessary to yield any
lung 10 OBTAIN majority for Constitution, for that
they were now ssyired they had majority and IL
MIR. COOK spoke the language of the Valley tbe,,
were authorized to expect still greater accession
me valley. however. did not honor Mr.. Cook with a
single vo c; nor did the Loudoun district rive INV,
countenance to Mr.. Henderson But still Tho F,c,
had now force enough, had such accezsons and such
pledges as assured them of by this secession
from ranks.
Then it was 1 thought of Peter. Peter er,.
forward to profess his zeal and devotion was tho
,s 10 aver that though all men should renounce his
ne would never: nay he would die first Yet
,iiis same Peter was the first to declare that hn
kne" nothing OF the man---And so our friend from
winchester who published himself the unco,apro,ni
s''tS Jr'end q REFORM In a and impassioncd
Panipbet scarcely year before. was the first 10 nc
cede to the arbitrary and unprinciped scheme Of
ss5in%a''ng the west forever Yes, IN my next No
VIII II snew that 1t puts us under The yoke forever
From the moment of this apostacy from our ronI,s
say from, this moment our affairs hec9ne worse nj
worse For not only on the question of the basis Of
rep esentatlon did these gentlemen vote with our
ponens, but also on other questions deeply affectn
the interest of the whole West. impugn not Their
notaces' No matter how good their intentions werc
their votes defeated our views, wishes and ey,ecfo
tons. am sorry that found it necessary thus far
TO go INTO the painful narrative. have touched i
very lightly only far as to afford some data to
shew hoc and mig we failed so much in nbfainnc,
that redress of grievances under which we have
grooned so long; and under which we must continue
TO g oan If the New or Amended Constitution he nnt
upon us by our own vote In my next / will pro-
ceed TO examine the Amended Constitution.
:. a. CAMPBELL.