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

notE-'c 10 you--A man bought burougi, s,y ,,r
'-ioouo or E5OO0O-l say bought a borough he
cause that Is the phrasc-but your LorJsbi ps tnnu
mat What Is really bought is the power of d.c;dn,
upon peace or war, upon all affairs OF commerce
upon parliamentary reform, upon the amount OF 80
"u"n-1n @"'a upon all the great anil vital question,
wne'eever The prosperity, perhaps tue very existence
oi the empire depends This, my Lords il The mcan
ing OF buying n borough. Uicar and laughter Well
but IN the case of which am speaking all the mo-
ney was not to be paid donn at once--rcthaps |,
was not convenient; and i being arrc cd that Nh.
prompt should be AT six months, there was To be dis
count al course aud what do yonr iorisps SUPPOSE
The discount was' Money perhaps. Oh no. my Lords,
the simple men out of DOORS and culurly ,bosr
on the Stock Exchange would have answ cred simple
TONS rs they are, money but in this the discount
was. not money, bat man CLEAR, and laughter,
Yes 1t was SAID to the purchaser you shall have
term: you shall go for time and another sh.Ii -,
~, ana so tn" affair shall go on, and the discount be
.aNen un the time ior the prompt (IIea auph,e,
Now tins AN eEcdhly informed fact and your Lotd,h,ns
hmk very a"ghahe matter Bu, why Il is onlv
shaoc on account OF liz and Gaerar and
we mconGruy having been the
I'VE OF per cent on loooot OF 5ooOo for few nonths
instead oil being what ~, ought been ,
" we people ('irar aud much laughter y Now conieud
ua inc character OF the Legislature CANNOT be unmpacd If
s"ch case occurs hut once II the system admins nj do
possibility of such occurrence that alone is suaicico,
for the reformation OF il, Bu, he ,,,nd , ea
which this built - not The lopn,n. e..
eNcrccences nor the converting Of borophs no
boroughs nor the non csen, vosrs S , pe
Shs q" the expense al elections by taking la d,rc
and by other particulars which not now enter .,
aud important rs these consequence oi ,bs hn A., n'eae
not the man, the valuable feature. of H. but the real All
nnah principle ni the biihat which the beauty of -
chiefly consists, letting in of iarre owan;es ~ 81,
Majr>ys subjects who have hhcr RIO
senien iirI" towns deney peoplcdmar,s conmeIce-
ehpoa oi minuiactuIss-houes aud Se and indu.,i
Gus ncn, who III time Of peace contribute to advance ,,,
prosperity oil Their country by the their brow and
who, war; country by the ,uews oC ,h.; @
and 10y the blood IA their VEINS; who because thew haze
not ncen consFcsacd into small dsc,s of
the kingdom nave hitherto thought worthy of b.nn
represented IN the legislative council of the nation (Cbeers
mus too coPyhndar let inhus leasehoi.rs are le, in!
aud though has said that as eaeholsers only Of o.
much difference yet be allowed to dissent
nom That position think IT will make vast difference A,
the same time let me observebu saving this he. !, % M
understood thai speak merely ndvidual-I sho,a NC
care the 'aehodc OF the smallest were Len in. for
WINE et IN i"e towns, was my desire tina, ,he
election for counties should he independent NV nob .
mas alluded 10 my canvass In the county York but hes q,
remind my noble friend that thought Of
sfnmes though took great canvass the towns In
'ed the squTcs were AT fret violently opposed to meas
indeed most OF my hes, friend, always have an,o
the sqn'rrs Of Yorkshire have the hon, of boastnr MAN.
ii'nS ne squares actually held meeting for the purpose
OF preventing my andns-but am To add tina, wbcn
they found they could not do that, meeting ended in an
invitation 10 me To oier myself as candidate However
dd not place dependence upon ssures all INV r,nc
MAS upon me towns Tor they were sure carry
rms my hoole iIieno knows aEwe or better than do: and
p" To your Lodshps and my friend wheber Ibis -
state o county renresen,aion which ought satisfaeorv
10 "e county NOW ms hill restores the A.
ton 10 what 1t ought to be- although my noble friend ;n.
lha IS not so good measure he could have
Poinsen' h"t when my noble friend has proposed Las.
OF all. then, such is the which This country as
and the world AT large has arrived stale that il s M
S"Se JnS u" longer eNpcden', longer even sar
that the great Of the honest and ,.oi
great hmSunm should continue longer unrepesented The
spread oil knowledge among hem the ence the pdus
try the weight which attaches them render II pche, h
nor safe your LoIshrs, cxprdien, for the country e
you value the welfare aud security OF the state that the oo,
point on which you should continue TO oyetlook ,be cnI
should be the right OF the people represented in PaIn
mcot we are not slow IN calling upon the people for mani
lestaIons of their oyaywc not now SLOW in calm, @
tie people TO contribute mons Of taxes-we never fot,o ~,
cn inc people In Our ranks when drained the ueoSe nj
ue'r blood III warfare, drain Of their money II;
PEACE oHt me only point upon which never appealed 10
people, me only point in which tho people had been pross
~ ~ treated by US was thai representation had been ,iven
10 me people to the extent which their worth.
Inu e" chaTacteI gave them right have II the king
the large towns and he believed Crown must an
o,conm"en 'ne Isfue OF wuts 10 the boroughs An
therefore, which called upon now 10 do ia o do h,
regay and legally which, but for the Union must have bean
" eSniaIS ah ha but for the Union. would have been
done by the Crown which now called uro, o ~ ,
hct oil ta'ilamen' Having thus shortly laid before vouy
ordshps the grounds which the sure has ,y
renee shall hesitate saw that as have No d"h, W vi
Nproiency and justice OF the measure have as little of
IT'S ultimate success Cheers " ''' VI