Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-12-05

,yrl5 " +. are baW IN flret of the decision o.
TIM gteat nlepsure and II bfbeses you IN consider
when lnen tel YIN thu yen ahoald not heed eamoss
that there Is 10 worse foly=-taat there Is 10
neaner baaer, more despleahle kind Of fear, ihap
for mtn ct lfame Of nlnl TINT allows the weight
ufrcteon aud the power of REASON, 10 be nifdid ot
belng accused of far. My Lords, am nov speas,
M III the same hall where your Lordsbps sat IN
the year ls.2s md nthnt hill though not quito III
80 REGULAR manner aa this, heard the same argn-
ment urged for the purpose of preventing your
1ordshps from lberatng ihe Catholics. That ar
eunenl did prevent thnt liberation. II was said
that II WINS n troubous tme=-lhnt here waa much
clamor abroad-nnd for fear of being thought To
yield 10 intimidation, you shut your ears To this
voice of reason Tue summer passed over. Al
tumn came on with her fruits and her ABUNDANCE
but she brought not the precious gitt oi domestic
peace. The rage OF popular feeling went on anu
the election of Catholic member 10 slt IN Pro
testnnt House of Commons took place. Winter
bound the earth IN ls chains, but II bound not the
sra of Irish agitation for It's surge dashed ia
riously Than ever ngan.t the Constitution. Ihfn
| sprne opens It's season, but unaeeoRlpantd by IL
wonled harmony tdr II had no ethereal mdness--
there beng at that monent III itelnnd mnelr hefeef
| agitation than before, andi liooa md tunes more
reason Tor fear Tim IN the Pleeedln 'al' And
what did your Lordshiis do When the on -lt1pge
TINT had taken pare III those seten or eisht nipHihs
WIS increase Of tmuu augmentation If DANGER,
and great embarrassment 81 all contingent eirrli.
stances What did yo,l i.ordshipa do Wise
~ periodically firmly, you sayed your country
you refused any longer to listen totbe senselesa
cuckoo note OF those who sud Do not emanfipnte
them, for you do will he through intimidation
But, nj the hame ume, am bound 10 Bny that Il
YOU had not listened 10 thofe rtasons year atier
yem or about the twenty preceding years tiai
nuann, would hive been attended with n teniold
more beneficial effect iban Then, when blessed b.
Cod II did pass through the fundamentally Of tlr
noble Duke ofwlom Will say thai however hel
" hold hls military achievements still more high
" do ! think of his achievements IN favor ofilte
Gathoes Aud now, my LmdS to apply this
branch of hslnryior history II has beeomc--io
The present time My Lords, YOU are now placed
IN tins dilemma Hyou refuse Reform now, under
the foolish notion Of benz otlnid You nny live 10
ace something Of winch wise ma will really be a.
iiuld You may have 10 live among the hearts OF
an alionated people--yon may have 10 live among
tons ii thout uuda who hate yol-- you mny hnve 10
i've when MI men slull be leogued against you
lof You alone that .land betwecn them and their
wishes But aome one has sad that none but tho
ArGtdcIatY are opposed To the Bll--Good God,
deny II : and TINT none but the rabble the House
al Commons aud the people, arc for IT Then
the people are ior II The people for whom tue
hrstorfney has been construction whom the
Crown lms been constituted for whom the laws
have been enacted for whom the Govern
ment hive been eonlrlved-by whom the Coy
einmeal II supported whom II Il bound 10 serve
without whom il cannot exist an instant Blu,
lheni says some one, no one but the Aristoeraey
opposed lott beg 10 deny thu proposition
with the utmost indignation Gracious Cod who
dares Ia say that the Anslocrnry are so enlIstodk
Men hnge eone ON talking about this beng men-
sure only brought forward by the democrats a
thing nnhenrd Of among the Aflsocraey-and that
no INN OF properly Gun bonr the idea oft LIT ME
by the way remark, that the present Ministers have
twice as much property was possessed by the
Gabmelthatr fused Reform do not apply this IN
myself, for God knows thai | have nothing but,
nj all events, what linle have depends the sta
blhty ol The Constitution My Sovereign has been
pleased Ia take me from situation Of very Rreat
wealth and perfectly independent besides beng unr
accompanied with any expense My Lords have
CHANGED situation otroal powel for one TINT has mo-
thing but h0ooblcsome office with patronage at
iacled 10 II Rnd # any IL plcnged 10 doubt thut
the member for Yorkshire, with leading position
miho House oi Commons IL not equal 10 a scat III
thls House, with the insecure tenure of n Govern
ment Office, am moi the nun. BY my change Of
position hive lost LARGE income; and | Will
Therefore trouble your Loplahp not TO take away
the Idtlf that have left look upon myself as
IN greator jeopardy ihon my noble colleagues md
friends for do rol lei any one suppose TINT
the Arislonracy will b. at cnd, even if the
House Lords should be injured But shall be at
end--worse off then any Of my colleagues
We'll then, | am just friendly any one ean be
10 the constitution aud am ilist as much bound mp
any Gnc ean be IN The stability ri the national
institutions But, my Lords, are the Ministers lhe
only persons thn are IN favor of the Bill? Is net
the Earl Marshal IN favor Of the Bill--and have
not alistoeracy III hun Is not the Duke OF
Bedford for the Bill 7 the Dukdoi Deyonshire
Wei, know 1t ~ dlsolderly; but 1T does not
seem SO for others, ON that side, TO name their
friends by the Christian nnme We have heard of
John Russell and William Cavcndish. But what
say you to all these My Lords are they not Ar
istoerats 7 Have they noproperty IN the country?
no distinctions no titles no Norman blood
or whatever 1t Is Of which you are all so proud
After THIS think may say that the idea of stating
that this Bill Is only supported by the Democracy,
and opposodb by the Arlstoeracy, IS one of the wit
lest decisions that could be found in any of the cells
of the Belhlem Hospital But ! shall not only
stand upon the point of wealth and rank shall al
50 ask your Lordslips to look ut that of numbers,
and for that purpose will mention a calculation that
has been made relative In the Peers created before
the Accession ofGeorge III. My noble and learn
ed friend. Lord Wynford, has blamed us for crea-
ting Peers lately. But what would he have? Per
Sons on his side the House forced us into coro-
nation whether We would orno; aud then when we
create Pecrs and observe, too just to unit the
same number as those created at the Coronation OF
George III, there Is cutlery raised against us.
But ii was SAID, Nhy not make our enemies Peers?
Why not Why my Lords, twenty Peers were