Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-03

sensible TO the syis of - times and To all the
other examples Inch 1t has furnished before H. |,
would III my ormi"n, hc rcrcC, madness OH lis
part IN resist the unanimous appeal al a suffering
people. Cloud chcers.) | give you not counsel.
UI Lords, 10 weld Ia mcuancr or bend TO fear. |
only give YOU tina, COUNSEL which have bcfnrc adj
dressed Ia the other louise OF Paglomcu,- but
give You that counsel which has bcca often uivcn To
70" By those noble persons who have been mos,
onward III promoting tho success of this great and
healing measure ofTctorm They honestly and man.
uy performed their duty in those times ut the risk
of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. wh,ch IL miui,, d-aw down
upon them. They laughed at tho ridiculous charge
OF y'oding 10 fear and 1t ,h"y did far d,scnnen.
ted people, toll you plainly. my Lords jha, share
IN that iear With thcm own that fear the d,scon.
tent ct an unanimous people. and should rreluble
at the though, Of going further without cndea-
rorrg 10 appeosn 1t, feeling | do that ,hoy ask
Tor their right, and that right, if withheld, and that
wrong undrssSrd, might rouse their slunbcruc
strength To day. Thit appears to me reason which
fairly calls upon 10 yield To the Just demands of
The people But tins measure has been called re-
vnu'lnnaTy measure, and n grcut and uECa'lid for
change My Noble Friend tl.prd Wharnchh.) has
said that is MI unprecedented thing to DO that which
he argued tins measure goes 10 do--naInrlv, TO alter
the frame OF the constitution ofthe country. Now
VIII willingly meet and engage him on this ground.
Without gong into the details of the measure | Will
maintain that the pr'Gcplc of the bill tho princiYl.
of the cons;!, u'On-that il has been uniformly ec,ed
upon, and THAT 1t has b'en actrd upin in 4 worse
way than 1t IL acted upon III this Instance I vii!
meet my NOBLE Friend upon the threshold of
the bill. the acknowledgements OF sixty bornughs and
the. iG part. dstTanchlsemeut Of foTty.scycn more
This Is the part upon which thr great attack has
been made If il were tho weakest and M ST WI.
nera5e part oithc bill. As ~ the cbIcc ion about
giving an increase To the weight the landed inter
est. though some Of the opponents Of the bill my
not object In II on those grounds thsv hate the bill
on account of the disftanchiscmrnt Of the bnrourhs
AMI thar dS'ranchi. cmcnt represented "a an un-
prcced"Gtcd Change IN the constitution Of the ccun
GlNullv a i ~ nj anil
sa'csma nike ard successful, because consistent,
enemy of al reform. He cbi,c;cd TO all kinds of
chang, aud, when | would draw his attention TO
:Ie un5cprpscn' cd stat, of Birm ngham Manchester
Leeds, and such places, he would admit the fcr
hat then be wIwil say that hivcrpnol, York and
Poni"irlct were r'pr's cn'ci and thut eprrser,cd
hianche tcr was sac ~ tho representation of Liver
poo. Thcn when he was asked whl. he could say
to Scotland, where there not even TINT yirtu1I
representation which he could point out In Errl,nd
Where rnrcpf'Scn'cd Glasgow could not De said
to be safe III "nrrpre*cntcd Edln5urgh-xhere from
the banks oil the Tweed 10 John OGroat's house.
there not even the resemblance ola poplar cleo
lion and whcrr things had come 10 such n oass ,ba,
AZ had been said by sr Fox the Is represent niives
# Scotland might DC Cho-pn by mon livinr in Lom
ard street, Londom-Mr Canning admitted the ar
gumcnt but then he commended that any chanre in
such state OF things, would b. only portion of
Parliamentary reform; that 1t would be an alteration
IN tha' parliamentary constitution which had been
given to data for political mem that tina, con
sll'HIou lHey hau 10 Tlght - B1tCT rCsun
and that they might as well tlnl; of touc!irr tho
constitution Of Par!iam-a' Is the c-own On tie head
OF the monarch. Now that, a. least ives consstcn,
argument. In soIac years after, when Mr. Gamma
supper ed Tho t>franc hiSeinrut Of borough which
had proved Delinquent asked him on what ,rrnuud =.
he then justified such a measure when ho recTlcctod
the arguments which IL had formerly urpRd ag,tns,
any thing Of the kind. Mir Canning justified tho
measure on the necessity Of the case as he arrued
that those people had cnmm,trd ofl,nco for winch
he pup SI,oI
swcr that Mr. Canning could cive to that Question
But 'hcV ~crc told thai the hIsifanchsemcnt of tho
borouGhs mentioned in the bill was a revolutionary
measure, as If there had been eternay fixed or
dor aih custom Under tho constitution Of this roup
try for tho maintenance of ccrsin lrmba, of So
'ohghs-as If The number of those borouphs .houId
remain pcrpeiually the same and as it. as their nd
vocates assert, they formed portion Of tho ancen,
Imnn,hbie constitution of this country Now
there meyer wa4 chang brought against anv n,n
sure which va: more completely founded unon an
utter ignorance nj Tho history Of The constitution of
this country Well md truly did my learned and
eloquent friend the Chancellor for rreandj say that
Snch pc sons had read history little or no pIIrn,so
that they rorcd with the deligh, of an on,inn5rion
over the rest 1T the braZnn toys which they collac,
cd III tSHir search. bot that thcy i not din into tho
mines ot solid ore, nor seoi for the precious rcms
OF truth ID such pcrsc rs mean tn asso-t tb,,
Cation and Old S;aru,n. and all the o,lcr ho1pabs
have been, time OFT Of mind part and parcel of
the constitution Of the country, and that rnanv of
thcn have not becr even il recent times altered and
nhrogatcd? Do not know whether am obou, 10
give information 1" your hordships of that Which Won
do not know but Judging from what has taken Mace
elsewhere Mn certain that communicate inf,rmo-
ton 10 some members Of the House Of Commons
wh"n state that TO the crown of this country, 10
I" The period OF The union will Scotland meyer was
denied the u:qncsloEcd and undisputcd rrht of
sending wits to any borough it pleas d and If ceas
iHg To send them To any borough it lninh, choose
not :" soma them to lfyou look into your history
you viii find that such was the case. II anprars
ron statement made by Mr. Pitt, that about ihc
period of The revolution seventy borourhs were dis
iranchiscd, and thirty were nnfraacaised w.
only now propose 10 d. that which the crown has
Gi'en don" previous to the union with Scotland
Cdn that bill, therefore, which Gsfranch,se. eri ain
number OF bOroughs be justly described NJ n bill
winch goes TO put down the constitution when van
Ind that up TO the beginning Of the seventeenth cen
Jury exactly tho same power has been exercised hv
tho crown: The Noble Earl who spoke on that sid1
ct the House has tainted Of my noble friends
opposite, because they, tie disciples Of the late Mr.
canning. support this bill and he has described all
Tie Speakers nt present in Parliament as mere num-;
orators compared with Mr. CANNING 'pbc NoLt.