Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-14


sp""ch--H NEWTON rose and spoke 10 the
io""wln% chcc.:
mir. SrEANEn--l had not HiCHG'" TO rarG
ciPotc ~ ihls ocbc'", nor 40 design mos Ia c'-
ter ot large into Che discussion ui the Qu, 81 iau
lr!o;" tie House N"Cn my eloquent friend
hom Peter bu'g, ,Nt. Brown took his seat :he
other day, l congratulated HIN in the sincerity
{! my heart upon the success of his CilGtt--tud
h!w lhI; / con'l"c'e" The work accomplished:
and Ia rrP'at the lan%aogc that then us,d,
would mol ATTEMPT to add capita, 10 the PILLAR
ola pellet ar;,>'. ! would !.or now sir. ahln
don tina, determination, bU. that cNp,rs. i,us
personally 'u.usiye IN their nature, have JUS,
fallen from tho gentleman r,on Alucml RE,
Mhch, notwithstanding the G;savowa OF feel
l'SS 9: personal unkluducss towards any nlCiu-
! "l ms House, win Whlca that gentleman
c"i'Hacu MS speech, may be considered by o.
Tiers as intended to apply tc me, aud 10 The re-
marks, which | had the honor d, few DAYS AFRO.
Of submitting T." the House, in relation so The
proposition Of the gentleman from AljcmarI,
| rise now s;r, 10 enquire of tha, rrnll,;u,, !.
IN the remarks 10 which | b,y, .lv.r,nl !;
a!,usiUn was 10 IN,
Mr. R,>u,, M, 6;,,,...,,.,, 4, -.,,, .,,; .. 49,,
cnr,l.,,,r r-,,, Ir,~'.,'Il? t, I
fhonrht ~, ,,,,,.,- ~ .t.,i,a, o''I ~ ; "N
g.. ~ - ~ 49, -""''''''' - 'I'"'
,,,.!S.i - 80" ~ "'' p'VP0'''""' were
"''''S~I's"'"! MARSH, Out he hau not Regarded
~" "S cause @! personal Chcnc". The
"'"'ieh between mo gentleman from West
H'"rt'"hd ana himself, was entirely pohtlva! not
personal tGnd he mus be pcrmilt-d To say, that
he Offered widely from that gentlemen IN
h!s notions Of democracy mir. NEwrun pre-
CccdCd PEI sonally, the explanation OF tic zen
t,cman from Slbcmarlr is sa,isc,c.n,v HI, -.
Il politician, ! hone | may no n,rdo"eh t,r rc
cupvlur the attention of Tho jlors, lar E,,,.
moments in cudrnyo,,u,y T., vim ,co,o Tho ,,r.or,
ness ot ,hn ori,,;o,,. ,r.,,o.i 49, ~, l w.
in relation IN Tho nIoprs;,i,,; IF ,i,, ,,,..i;,.'
NJ, ro,,n-L ,i W '""1 "I"''c'iI'!'
hr.,ai r,i Wv o,l> cay "fPitu 10 t"a'
l"'C VI ','c Ec",'''"u" resolution, winch pro-
I"sG2 '" sunni 'iG question OF %Goit'on II tho
"'U's'"i VI ''ie qu"iIICu voters throughout the
to".ihGhWeatth. sand OF that prUpo, itioG,
Inat II was SuOvCrslvC OF the fundamental priiI-
clpcs OF the government. Ihat IL was ruvulv-
iIoaary IN its MISUNDERSTANDING ut a blow.
the beautiful fabric of representative rovrrn.
mcnt, and substituting IN IFS r,loco M. ,,,I
unmiyed dem0crncv / so;I ~, ;, ,,... -,
in its tendency Womb If ,dnr,oJ L ,,,,,,;-
in lis effects INV, sir ,La, :, r 49, W
In the remarks thus submitted ,yhc, ,hn rn,a.;
ton was first nrosont,d eli. ., ~ ~ r. l
have bean led M tLn nxc;,o.yJo,. ',O"' .i''.o
dcnourcc IL i'm terms Of ton r,,,,,,,s,Ir,I ;.
and 10 have used cy,,rcssio,s ,,;,h ,,,,. ;T,;,'
in my cooler moments. u,i,rL NOT hyo J,7r,,.nS'
But Sir thor, ,r,. nm, ,I,?,, -. 49, it y, ~
ness i'm the Ion,,n,r, i;i y, i~tso''''
casien, there is no man in Mi, H., w
heart that would Tnvc rcsn",tJ 49,, W., w., " ,io
to proper call for explanation. M -; a 10y
now in ihc nrns,o r ,i; h"t' II'' even
view the nronosiIi"T ~ .,, rs i cannot
tfsIAL tl,..,
in which havc oIroody ,rs.,,,tJ =, '',,- .'' ~
retire from this Hall and sooI, r,,,l ~ " -.
low, it still presents it sclft 10 my mind as =,
its tendencv and monsfrors i, ;tsol. '''''''S '''
The name of Mr.. Jefferson has Jcc,, oil 90
giving sanction to this uronosition 81; :, -
omanaod from the mind Of that ,lI,,str;ons ,,.,,,
1t is the discovery of moro ncdorn ,;,,n 49,
thor, the revival of q discovcry Of r.: ~ 80"
1t sprang from another mind ,rI;ni ;T
out diSparuucmo il r,o,, ho s,;d :; $500 W.
tho mind oil Mr. Jefferson. TIC ,,nn,Ioun,, yr ,'.
hlJolnarle, comes from Tho town ~ C,L.rl.'.,
which may bc called the Athens of -; ny
Is the seat OF letters and of sciencc-of tLo Tn;
versity-distin alishod for tho vnr;o, orIor 'i
beautiful architecture that adorps il ,Ibn ,ro,,l
man from AIbemarlc surrounded as he has Locn
By these monuments of ancient art has doubtloes
imagined himself in ancient Athens dcIibc,ofinm
lii her assemblies and making laws for her peoplc
SIR, II the gentleman from AIJenar!e had thc
voice OF Dcmosihcnes and the Aihcnian niIditor,
10 address, to which that !usrious orator is SAID
/" DC indebted for the splendid eioquoncc for
winch above all others he is dist;npuishcd there
might &c some proprctv in adopting his prouosi,ior
Bat Is there any similarity in the condition of lin. |
h'hcnIan Republic with limited territory and a
HoAa@ ana homogeneous population, and OF this
vast Commonwealth almost bound!css in extent
with widely scattered and HETEROGENEOUS PEG
PIE! None, sir. In every point of view in which,
tha SUBJECT can he presented, that which mirh!
nave been cNpcdienl in Athens, must be wild and
CHimorical in Virginia.
Sir had been taught TO regard Representatives
government as one of the greatest discoveries OFF
modern times. History informs us that it ORIGIN
"iod with our Saxon ancestors, of whose laws ard /
Institutions the illustr!Ous ancestor Of tho ,,co,j
man from Aibomar'e, was nm ardent at,nireT Ho
never could, consistently with his known opiuion .
upon me science OF government, have sanctioned !
t"c proposition now under considerations The .
representative principle has been adopted as the
naSis OF ever well regulated government on the |
face OF the Globe 1t ils been tested by the rr
Perlcnco OF mankind and shall we now deny orr /