Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-10

sh pArtis.t,ies; you may retain your cherished Cation.
your beloved Is ROT ghbtidgs, ae your isvo-ilc srum;
but DO ycu Think The people will like you IA well ii
ibi., as " you bad ~, them VII IN your csuldron to-
ss,hsr? You are d1iug al you c n to no ect youe pl n
iro1 he assaults o. ~ m,es vi h u 200 bu, you are
not doing Dot which n pco l. viii expect 70 IA vcu.'
(heat. hear, hes') Now, l confess. thai II INV Nobl,
Friend hsdead 90 opportunity OF saYi Z hi 1 IA III.
have ielt "a dsficCl 20 answtri'. We l, Lu. hose who
oppcs. The measure talk about some ,.iOru, aud We,
keep carefully out ct view even the outline OF a y plan
which by @eud be inciin ID to acctds TO. NV l pu,
II to 'hem whether they are not 10 this jilemns;-ih-,
admit that there is in h county a very strong { cling
IN favor II rform-ay-, OF rather an extensive sysiem
OF reform - Tor his indeed, is tho orly ground urop
which sni-rsiormers new proclaim Il em-elves vii inr
10 iisten to reform at all. Do they suppose ,ha, any
plan short OF di fra' basement will satisfy the peo.
pie !-lf not. ,hus 1, one of the horns OF the diem.
ma, upoo which thrir admission Of The strong feeling
10 law o! reform has Fixed them. Now maxi the O.
Their hoI n, the soring horn Of this dileuma, as Il appears
TO me. and | ieei for those who are threatened 6y IL.
(Laughier) They must begin the work Ct disfi an.
chisem-Dt-and how ! Would they disfranebiss al,
the boroughs on ole sde-all the borough. Of ,b.i,
foefl No, for that would be such an apparent, lob.
that |, would no, be tolerated fer a moment. Every
body would cry shame upon it.-Well, thu, they mus,
teke some from one side aud some from the othsr. emo.
Hating (ns they now call I, wh~n others do i) first, a
irierd ard then a toe-thus converting former friends
into Toes, but not making any friends among their
former foes; and they might be compelled 10 sacri6ee-
unless pity for a recent purchase withheld their hand
even Cation itself. QLaush,er) But no matter in
what way they disiranehtsed; di.f-apchiss ,hev mn.,
and then what would become OF their rrincioI--,i
the argum en,s that were founded on spoliation-,b,
Invasion OF proreriy-and the violation Of the sririt OF
the constitutions! (Hear, hear) Now, one word 81
partir z with This dilemma. Let me tell ubo,. nobi-
and honorable proptieiois ef boroughs " no now talk
ABOUT moderate reform, AMI who are sincere-for I
speak not OF those who assume The garb of mode,s,.
reformets fer the mere purpose of catching vo,s.
ssain-i thi' bill-ths' if that plodet ate re- form of which
ihey -pr. were 10 b. CARED, I should very mn, h
ma,veif thew would have Cation or Bn,ou,5briJys
Or any 'u'A Ices long 'par,d o u en- H ar, hear
IN e., ihen-ihe r. a;onabieiess OF The measure. IN.
eonsi ,eNey CT u IN principle, ami The defs nsibi,-
ress oi n ~ atgumen,-consiitu'- he main ground of
my approval OF 'he measure.-T The second pronnd nj
my approval, though lode fenaLl- in argument-,l ouch
difiiSut to reconcile in lrinciple. and though mere df-
heu. 10 main'ain In debate Is, 'hAt there are many
oorousbs Infinitely worse lhsn tie borougbs which ar.
called clo,e boroushs. IT there were any security ,ba,
the close beroushs will remain in such bands a have
hiifet held thsr, and as do sill hold them | .houId
think the longer existence far less excep ioDab,e ,ban
the existence CT such boroughs as Barn stable. AMI
but will not go into th ,m, for a late report of a rom.
mitee o. Tue Rouse OF Commons prev, n,s ne from
thinking OF any OF them ut the last to W icb q eli atten.
tion has been ca led mean The ov.rgrown. f,nI. and
corrupt borough Of Liverpool, (besr. hear wba,a
GO corruption s'a'std the stree $ by daylight, and where
ms inquiry u me place waxed so grea, that The
Lime oil II spread from one quarter Of the ,mpirs 10 m.
oher-wte ere instead OF inilati,g The practice which
sr.inhah, shaihe or a sense oil danger has given rise
10 III smaller oorouRhs, OF a private room pnj n hoe in
the wall, men W. re seen hux,eriog their vote, in No
open stree 8 at noonlide, and TALES that sold for tysnIv
pounds at hrs', fetched double ard treble af,erward,
-. 'J AhCb hCI IL III OIL v0ffr -the |
scourge oil the Lace in which he exercises bis ,j,b, ~
ranchise-who iDocula,es all W. ON lie approacb..
WIN the vices he has earned in the capital. or 10 some
other large city; and WHO, however pure the resiJan,
body may have been before they saw him. was surs
tooflng with him venom enough to make il one fe.tsr
ing mars oil corruption before he leh it. TIear
near Fu"lng a sop TO The syslem which a,is.s
parts Of the piau.-WeIi, t6eu, | saw. tba .b,,L
there are come Cher boroush' much worse thar
the close horou CHS, and know Ina, in sawin.
this lay myself open to be ,oId-"Ail but Won
support Tbs reiention of some of those borousbs'
1 ,tink' how Yer. hat | have already apswersd
mat atsuiDtnt. cannot tell exactly vh,rs to
draw the linz, but | koow ha, the puhI;. .vs
i' hSed upon such boroughs rs ihese, so that il dsIio.
4ueney continue IN them. il cannot escape DETECTION.
con, eque"iiy, prnisi meDt: while as cort Mt q emf
coneila ion 10 a Ger ain extent are nscsfs,,v :.
The sncce's o.! the measure, | am prepared 10 a,c.ds
TO III part OF the bill. But see nov, whether anv
'hlng 20 bad az come re'uits e the present system. can
be effected W auy thaog,. A. a .amnia
new what do your Lard,h rs Think of a man. wto
10 gel rio OF MS deh's, touxht a SEA, in Psrlism, n, for
mon'hs! WhAtdo you link o. a man wh, by 40
purchasing a scat got out OF prison. AM heioy on,
prison went abrosd-and. when abroad, vacated HE
set 10 that another Member might come in, will tn
sansm wac went abroad never found hi way back
sga'h! (hraF' hear, hear, and laug hter3 | ne ed no, tell
ysu hat this has happenrd.. But what do Won tbinL
'hl' ueSt Gaze witch l am about to na-rste to yon-
q man ocusn' a borough, say for 100000 or ESQ
say oonght a borough, becanss ina is n. phr..s
but your Lordships know, that what is really hopab,is
me power oil deciding upon peace or war, upon ali AZ
'"'' VI onnoerce, upon par haDentary reform, uron The
amUuo' u ''Sahoo-in a word, uprn all the great and
questions wh'revsr the PROPERTY perhaps the We.
~ existence, OF the empire depend. This, nv Lords il
y, ~ %1an.ns o. buying a borough. (Hear, and laughter J
"el' ont in The case of which am speaking. ali tLe
money was not TO be p,id down at once-psrbsns +, w.s
not convenient and so il being agreed that the vromn,
shtud be at six months, there was TO be discnnn, IF
course; & what do your Lordships suppose tn. discenn,
"asG Money, perhaps. Oh no, my Lord; the simnIs
nen out oil doors, and particularly those on The Ssa,L
would have answ cred, simpletons 40 ,be,
IRE, money; but in this cause the d scoun, Wa, no,
money, but a man. (Hear. ard leuehterA Voc ,mo.
'aid to The purchaser, "You shall have a term. vo~
man go on. for a time, and Al other sail 90 in. >, 90
ne siIalr shal go on, end The disrount he taken mil
ne ume ipr The prompt Gomez (H-ar, and Laughter
VOW tols 1 am ored'biy informed is a fact; and vouI
MINK II very ~laughsble mater. But WV
: Hso: II Is only ~laugbable on account, of its gro , ana
lfefsn' lhcongrui'y: and the incongfuiiy cons Sc in q
a having osen me representative OF 5,uer cent. nm
or $4,000 for a few months, instead Of bsina
what be orght to have been, a rep,.senia,ivs If ,h",
'eople' CLEAR, and much ~laughtsr.j "
now contend, that the character Of The LegisIa
ue eshno' De unimpaired, il such a case occuts bn,
'".e. 4 u system admits OF the possibility of such an ,
occurrence, That alone is a cuff Gent reason for tbs %. !
on IT. Bot the grand p-inciple n n vh;ch al, .
OF reform is built, i, not the lar ning IN ax I
nor the converting OF close br,ousbs INTO !
norolPhf, nor the removhl of ron. tesdant yo.a. a
'ur ue uiDlnishin. of The exUeDs. of aIec,;o,. 49, I
\ v ms poli In districts, aBd by other particnIsr. 100 q
vi" > w uot now enter. Great and imuortan, a. o
eolseqcences OF The bill are, thew are mol IA. Y
49, " "os' Vdiua1ls features OF il but the grea +,
'no 0.oad principle OF The bill-ihat in which IN. bssr I
y OF " chiefly consists, is The letting 10 Of large onan. l