Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-11

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millions OF acres brought into the market In a.,
disPosai or which, the same pursued and ii.
same consequences follow. In the event OF thu Dcc
oenE reouced large companies of land spectators
wiii be formed TO purchase up the second rate q-l
on the calculation that they will appr eciate daily from
.heir conguity to those that settled IN this WA,
immense fortunes have been, and will be made at the
pubic exPence. This policy has had the effect 81
draining the old States OF their population and do
pressing the price of their lands It has proved boun
W emsrantsto seduce them from the i'm Improvement
OF our own State, aargc proportion of which INV
remains wilderness, and be bought for less than
tue government prices For the truth of tlfeSt posi-
uons, appeal TO the last census, aud TO soma, of The
members OF your body. To these ccnsec,,en mo-.
fear We may add that of deprec;,ting tLa ,r;s,I
anu virtue Oh our public councils. Anoog tIse emf.
5.ts 10 our western and southern forests are ~,
DOUBT many good cit .Is as any they haze Ia,, 49,
hlho them, but they often accomnanied Inv ,hoea
differen description; idle, needy and ,,-por.n, oil
pioneers TO the settlers, who prefer the pun
10 the plough: men in desperate circumstances inent
on repairing their fortunes, by speoulation without
over NICE scrupies as to the of eectinp linen
removing from refined and well cultivated society
20 one IN which they strangers, whcrr their fo-
mer habits and characters unknown aud no Ion.
ger uhoer the check of public opinion, are apt
particularly when in minoriv 10 kinL I'm ,ba Iave1 f
those, with whom they associate ~
However pure, therefore the~tharacter of a par; of
community may be, if united to those of different
description the will partakc of the a,c and re-
duce the standard Of intelligence and morals in pra
portion to its quantity, by which may fairly Judge
what will be the qualification of their renresentaives
the policy complained Of 10 pursued should mt
be surprised to see men of very ordinary grade in
point OF qualifications, promoted to high stations i'm
our federal councils. The Senatc-of the u States
has been among the select, wise, and dgniifed
bodies IN the world: by increasing its number we
produce the evil aPprehended; desr " The ropur.
ton that body ought TO bear to the lower TFOuse and
dsqualify it for the exercise of ailthose ISL cons,,u
tionai functions for which it ordained s5y spread
ing our population over 5oundess and Sncultivaed
territory, we shall add to sectional ea+a Es. we mn
It out of the power of Congress TO keeg the peace
along our extensive Fontiers nc-eased-as that diff
Guilty VIII be, by the propensity Of pioneers to pro-
woke hosttes with our helpless neig hbours not ONLY
to crafty feelings which have been eugendered bv
long wars, but tor the purpose of expelng them from
the land ut their fathers 1t IS this species of cupid
NY winch now endangers Union, and calls for the
exerlion OF wisdom and energy in Executive CouT,
ciis We have Territory enough, it is wantonress 20
extend IT. The Treasury does not require it. We
anticipate shortly large surplus revenue which some
politicians gravey and sagey tell as, after being 4;
the expence OF collecting from, ought to be ai the
expence Oh returning to the people. Rut the ques-
ton may be asked what to become of the extensive
Territory betwiXt the present States and the Petite
ocean! Nay answer is, perm it the lawful owners the
aoorig'nes to retain it, they the best bcrs
we can nave, and to atone Tor The injustice We have
done them we ought to guarantee to them their nos
session OF toreveri and never NEEDLE in their affairs
except to keep the peace among them we ourht
never to forget. that the execrations of mankind
been heaped on the Spanish name, for the enorne,
ettaat people towards the aborgnes of Sbut
ica nor cease TO profit che example, 70 lecisatc
wisely, the subjects oft ought to be t..
and complcaed neither ought they 70 be TOO distant
from the seat OF government In the former Case the
sessions OF the Legislature must become permanent
and the members to be identified with the r,eo
pie: In the latter the of correct 4nformat;on
must be fet and often expose them to error Sor-a
years SINCE, when the price of cotton was br r,,,h
tic lands were sold in Alabama, at from twenty to bi
~ dollars per acre, and the purchasers in many iDsn
ces, were as wealthy aud indie pendent men as am, IN
our country: after the fall OF that article and Win i
the price OF lands on suggestion to Congress- that
the purchasers were unable TO pay for them thev
were permitted to give them up. which, on a rcsaI:
were IN many instances purchased by their rprD,e-
proprietoFs, at low Prices-To be sure, CONGRESS-
could not have obtained payment from nsolvens b,,f
that was no reason why the wealthy also should have
been exonerated from their contracts It is fair tn
presume these subjects not well understood at
washington and equally so, that those interested in
the measure, were not very communicative on the
subJect.} Again, in extended empire the adj,
mlnIs.Tation OF justice will become incCnveniert and
give countenance TO the late prucct before COrrcss
Tor increasing the number of Judges OF the Supreme
Federal Court, by which that body would become u
moo and Its wisdom and responsibility forever lost
The reputation that Court has sustained throurho,
the world, is Ut the highest grade; it an ornament
to our country and one OF the great safeguards of orr
Union: Touch its independence add to its numbers &,
You exPeil from that body its best qualified members
sink it into a diplomatic CORPS in which lis irdi
cia qualifications will be substituted by State DTr,
dces, local JeaIouses, corruption and intrigue Gen
tlemen, you have claimed, and often exercised the
right of instructing Senators, ON subjects which
you deemed OF Importance to the country. Thumbiy
CONCEIVE the right has been exercised i'm bet
ter cause than now 10 instruct them consent 70 no
more Indian Treaties for the purchase of their lands
The foregoing observations have not proceeded
from party spirit they contain the unprecedented opin.
ions of Il CITIZEN OF VJRCINIh
u The author requests the Editors Of the Ma
tional Intelligence to publish the above.
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