Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-04


system ncrcnt constitution Cheers land he WAS
not invited To do this after calm aud dispnssi"no;e
'nq,,ry but To take this step by m appeal to motives
which, IL he ucted upon, he should mt be ing
hrs frnrs 10 his Judgment, but his Judgment his
fears (feor. hcar Before he proceeded further, he
would ass why tho Kings namo was introduced in
this discussion Why had !, been stated in another
place, that this plan had received the particular
tion ofthe King AS to the reference that had been
made to the discussion Tho Catholic question, the
cases had no similarity. On that occasion 1t had
bean publicly stated that the measure had not the
sanction Of The King, and the Ministers had then
nttern ave but to decrre that the measure was bro,
forward wih tn. sane:icn Of the King. But when
measure like this VAS brought forward by tho ad-
minstraton. was II necessary, day after day. in b.,h
Houses Of Parliament, and in the public press, to
state that this measure, which must haze received
the appreciation Of his Majesty, brought forward
with the express sanction Of tho King, lie (Sir r
Feel) held 1t to be no imputati"n upon his respect
ard loyalty to The crUwn, II he dsrrCardcd the inti-
nation that the king had sanctioned this measure,
and If, as member of Parliament, he exercised his
Judgment on tho merits Of this question as unrescr
vedy as no such intimotiop had been given [Hea1.
But no regretted on other grounds, that the Of
the King should he thus obtrudod day after day
tIearJ He could not dismiss from his mind doubts
As to the ostce and eXpcdcncy of this extreme
sore Of dist, anchisemen but, granting that they did
exist, still it was Il harsh measure towards the loyal
bodies who were called upon to sacrifice privileges
which they had long exercised; and even If vas Justly
introduced, why shoo'd the King be held out the
special author OF the plan. 10 lSir R. PEEL had
thcLght the King had been the founlain of grace and
favor but it seemed il this plan Of extreme disran-
chfemcnt was 10 be received by the House. AMI not
to be disscntcd from, under the terror OF it's being
introduced with the Kings express sanction, if moi
at the Kings suggestion. Then the House was
menaccd with dissolution Cbeers.j. The chances
| of dissolution strong if the measure were
carried If failed. He Sir X. Peel cared not IL
the House were dissolved not; nor should he be
fit for the performance Of single legislative duty f
he permitted any such measure to influence him. ,s
cared not Whether no was returned again not: but
if he felt any anxiety this head. he would 60 to
his constituents with the bill in his hand [T1carI-
and he would place his special ground to their re-
newed confidence upon his determined opposition 10
1t lcheers. He would 90 20 q community whose
numbers, by the returns OF OIL Tot more than
four thousand inhabitants, and he would tell them
tina: this bill had been brousb: in without any ncea-
ton OF necessity. or without any case beng made
against them, and that he had opposed it, He knew
they had never abused their rights that the humbcs,
man amongst them never received asked n bride
for the vote they gave tHcar.] They had received
him when he had been subjected TO the indsn,ty Of
expulsion for what he conceived TO BE- special act
Of duty, even to that church of which he was an
humble member They had then returned him rs
their representatives end till the necessity of the
measure was established by cogent arguments
than he had yet heard, he would not cunsent TO de-
prive hem Of their right But he was told that he
must adopt this measure, the all ena,ive Vas civil
commoton; he TO be scared from the exercise of
his dolbcretive Judgment on peculiarly complex
and Important question. BIZ the apprehension of q
massacre for such was the picture given By the hon
member for Calne. But why should he [Sir Robert
PEEL not have the privilege Of exercising the same
Judgment on this bill The honourabl gentlemen on
the othe side had done when they voted against the
bill OF the noble Dord last year, They did not think
that when they rejected that BILL 1t implied IN aver
SION 10 all measures of reform Upon the same prin-
cpic, those gentlemen rejected the by bsos;
and why was be not at besty to discuss this bi he
would say to ministsrs- Don't shift from your ow
shoulders the weight Of responsibility which att aches
to the proposal OF such a measure: don't say will
prove our capacity 10 govern. but boast rather OF
your ability to dcstroy." TChcersl He Mt least had
not been one Who industriously excited the stormy
wave Of the muitude-who employed all his facul-
ties to create dissatisfaction and discomfort. rfear
hear, hear. He at least bad uttered the Ian.
guage Of noble Lord in I827, who found the pso-
that he could not their Indignation against tho
constitution Of the House Of Commemorative
gr,svcd that they were so apaihe,ic as to prove
" deaf TO the voice Of the charmer charm he nova,
wisely (Hear.) lie q, lenst never called for list
Of tho names Of T. pri,y councillors in order to
direct them the full torrent Of popular displeasur,
and resentment, on account Of the remuneration AZ
forded 10 their services (Hoar Neither had he eve
instituted any invidious comparisons between tho
grea' naval commanders and the civilans Who pre
sided over he Admiralty Neither had he ios,iraiet
and encouraged any body Of men 20 display nnde
the very windows Of the seat Of government fo,egr
person to excite the people 10 pitch Of phrcnzy tr
spnr their lazy indifference 10 emulation in rcyo-
luiionay Glamour IT, therefore. this measure which
common prudence would have f,rborne INTRODUCING
n, such crisis IN foreign and domestic relations
when fresh ca,ses ofexcitsment ought to b. cnu,,-
onsly avoldedif he soid, This extraordinary easurs
r should be dcfraed-ho would never allow that tho
responsibility Of the disappointment loul attach "a
him or any other individual member OF TINT House
(Chcers.) Reference had been mndo in the course
debate to supposed intentional dispara goment Of ,h,
middle classes on the part Of IN hon. gentleman noa
him: but If one word dsrespcc;ul 10 that BODY hat
4 escaped from any one wh,msnovcr, he would TAX,
leave TO say that he did not participate in tho seni
meat. On the contrary, he should ever rrpudiao
from his heart, for he derived his strength from thai
order Of sociey no was Of them selves and shou.
always 30 proud Of his connection with hem (Cheers
Of the Judgment and sound understanding of The
middle casscs he entertained yeryhigh OPINION nnl
well would 1t be # they evinccd moro good sense ant
moderation than their rulcrs( Choersl-if not then
indeed did he despair Of the desncs or the Country
There were however. daily indications that his con
Gdo-Co their cledF siU oas nm noI,,