Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-01-26
E'gAe Richmond Whigs
GsEEsA'TE ON APsOAawHON.

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u'SsatY 'hal ne should APOLOGIZE 10 the ,'"">",
Tor occupying portion OF their Time. lie 'sih
mat inc 81 u"t'"" IN wh'ch hc 'onha h'ms:ii
paced WAS prcnli":. RE not on'f had the mls |
i"f'nhc 10 C;'icr WIN ms concaEu'' IKE Tue Ju-
p'"f nicmeei Rom 'a"'Po"i' lMr Dahiel.J nut
t"cfc had ocen movements among the people
ne represented, a'o resolutions hso come to hm
ii"'n 'h"' county, III inc; run I. inS'ruc'ionf.-
anu .n's movement "'u oeen referred 10 IN de-
na'c ny the senior ihcn'her from Campbell Mr..
nEeS'i az VI, e''"ensr 'ha' ms county was SOW
!" lax, Va 'nc "o'"''"h Il slavery. Mr. w.
"'!" ."' Wv "P'""'" 'Ap'e"sc" ny '"r gentleman |
S"' y" ""' u T"' " was 'o' yr' pro- |
:. "'' =" ''' '''' 10 was true, "n'fr had
49,: 49,, s,"s % 'uu pe"P'e "' H'oynar'c ~
''.'' I"u', ""uSc' anu II NUS snttu' uh' VI wac
"''thde" ny large hummer "t'hH people OF the
""" ~ ,"'! "aa u"oP'co r'soln'lona.
"' "'"'" 'N 'o""u' os al examination n'
~ VI" T. 's'n' a"oo''rS IN IN
ia" ''.'i "'' '"'"''" any "'""'', opinion upon
' ''J ;" VEG! t''""s" prhcF' h'd ''r'
-, :" 'iI ",'r l''' req 10 the sN
'''''''''' ""'|" us 'esu III 'hcsc
n,, ., ri,
;r.,, INV .,' t"'t. l" Inc !.s-
n",;, '',' f,o,' '." NJ" ''e senator iio'n
wv, '''S,'N'' oe' ana are hcrrhy, Instructed to
as lar a. III 'h;'F power !'"T, IN 'evi'ng and
r ~ sc.e "u' f'',F Pian, '"r inc r""'"vni
.,; w. ''i'' "a '"o ~'''': "i ~ lrrs c'orrd
e. n.,., MI.
.I .,s"N.u' An@' 'hr same be, ard sr-
" '.'' F"'s"Sc Oh law 10 ot
~ ~ TIC 'PP'o'aI or i'J"'tion OF ti.s
's 'H E!''i''' 'or thc' sraoual
~, VI OUT .'a'c pofnin'"h.
''H"ss"' II .''"''''' from thc trr'nr nj the
. i""''"i' LAT "e people "i his county
w '"'s' 'n'' i'''H Legislature rho'''A pro-
'u '''"' 'i t''"'i"r' AZ Il, 'fn'n The Cum
t""'''...' y. NV ''rc "'I'""S "i color. " TIN.
"e was s'' * h:dso ra '"s meeting was held,
a .h; u i ''r &c eS,h o'' 'ha county. And 10
ln'S Gnu, hs han 'ao"uted most l'horio"'ly nnd
Hh:'oustJ IChG eci"tc ne came 20 this city And
nc hai lent his iiim'ie ana, as member of tie
cn,nnl'tcc 10 whom The au!j C had been refer
red, to 'ra'ne scheme Tor ihs ra:pISe, and this
ichcmc would be shortly reported tn the iI"usr
III the form Of n b II. As IN tic sd resolution,
Il was not apparent from is fac, whether thu
persons adopting IT, contemplated, d rr,noval Of
saves IL other states or countries. wEcrr they
should be sold AZ SLAVES, or 'ha: they .h, uld be-
cmanc'pac l anal depor"i as rmrm MEN. Itth-y
wsned schcme OF r'n"nc i'atior, hey rccm' d
a'raId to speak 1t atoYc thelr breath. MIR W
cd not do"h; that the DRAWER e that re,clu
ION, drsucd an emancipation and q removal o.
lncm as FREQ mrm, but whether those wls va.
tod FOR l.. SO undere; col Il, lie had reason 10
doubt.
Bat be that rs 1t my. re sid that f. m TIC
number %; persons at the meeting, lho & FIR
encc of opinion whIcI had tx s'-d among ,iIrm
rs TO the Proprio'y OF adopting this resolution
and from accounts lecrlvrd ir"m Uth'r susrla .
o. the county, nc diu not CONCEIVE hI:n-cif III
stfncicd, TO change his own views of this oi-s
ton. Tae Suggestions cunta,.i,.d in the mr. ,.r
bic and memorial had received his scrinus cor ..
sdcra,on, but he saw reasoning in them, to
induce him to change his course. He ackao,v
lodged the right o. the cons,itu nts TO use their
representative. to express their will, Whensoevcr
II seemed to them proper, to exercise the pow, r:
Ard whatsoever his constituents SHOULD think
proper to instruct hun, he would he the last man
who wGaid turn deaf to their voice
however expressed. When he placed hi.,
sflt iii Inc situation of rcprcscn utiva, hr
look upon MN that pcTY, which no one
coo!o o's'egard' without cuPabill'y. Feel
lHg 'hat no INSTRUCTIONS e"tilcd to THAT
"ANh h'u oceh icccrco' TIC was called upon to
eAefcise MS own JUG gmeht as TO the course IT,
De pursued. lie said his mind had been d: fla
,i'c'y 'huue up lot some ti!n |; and that his co..
iIusut "Iu'u NOT oe surprised I" hear HIM sn y
l"at TIC snouia 'o'e, at the PRESENT sEs-IoN
oghi'i9' me scheme he had offered, any other
60 1 "'''.' "," "t'" suggested, INC object CT
".'.', ""o ."e no"i on Vi rihVery, or which had
Fnoehcy 10 disturb me title OF the owner In
I''s P'oPc't., nc "hu i's colleague had C n
co'" upon me S"oJ'C, before they came 10 this
"'''! no" iefcdt'o 'T conversed upon 1t be-
. - W. P:e"'.u t''s house. slncc they
-, I' - IL 81 c"ehGf" w thcir L.
H'S"t''c o",'cs' iic sara this diicicncc of Op;E-
iva. " as ","'.C' " regret o"ih because he felt
to"nruS 'hat grht!emln to4ings OF friendship
a' n''p''eSS' 'u. occausc Tie vote o: A:1cmarle
"T p' ~ iosI "pon ms nomentpus Question.
',I sou, 'e 'eI' 1t 10 DC MS duty to no
~ ~ ma ~ "Seo py INC gent eTan from
pI''' W. 49, no ha' sara, oa for
Ct '"y wa! nc 'oIStc WAS indebted 10 the
o"Se ~ a"!'cei!D lot thc proposition offered by
,nyy, ."n Tic was happy to find