Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-04-04

DC t"e-the interest q the majority. 10 wlut
those who constitute tint majority would he nor
attached than they would bo 10 the whole and tina
| OF the minority, 10 which they in like mamie
, would also be more attached than 10 the interest
OF the whole Fartiou would thus tai tie plaet
OF PATRIOTISM AID, with loss OF patriotism, eprrup
ton must necessarily follow, and in ITS tram anur
: chy, anh finally desposm. the establishment o
absolute power ia single individual. asa means
of asrestius The conflict OF hostile interests rh'
prneiple that /, Is better 10 submit To the will Of
single individual vino by aens made lord ana
master OF the whole community would have
an equal interest ia tie protection Of all the
parts
Ictus next suppose that, N order to avert the
calainlous nam 81 consequences, tins hte COM
muplty should adepia written constitution, with
limitations restricting the viii Of the majority IN
order 10 protect the minority against the opPrca
sion winch be had shown would ncccssiuIlV result
without such restrictions. II is obvinas thai the
case would mol he IN the slightest degree varied,
# the majority be ieit IN possession of the right OF
Judging exclusively ot tho extent OF lis powers.
without any night On the part Of the minority, tn
enforce the restrictions imposed 10y the tonsutn.
Ion ON the Will ui the majority Tho point IS al.
most clear Tor illustration. Nothing ean be
more cc,tatn than that when CONSTITUTE Grants
power, amt imposes limitations on the exercise oil
that power, whatever interests my obtain posses
sion OF the Government viii be III favor ol oytcn.
ding the power AT the eXponse OF the Limitation :
and that unless those in whose behalf the hmita-
tons wero imposed, have. in some form mode
the right of enforcing them the power VIII ult-
mately supersode the limitation, and the Govern
meut must operate precisely IN the same manner
as if the will OF the majority governed without con
stltuton or limitation Of power.
lie had thus presented all possible modes, in
which Government bound upon the Ill of an alb
solutc minority would he modified aud had de
monstrated that Ia all It's form whether in ma
lority Of the people as IA mere democracy OF IN
majority of thcir representatives withouta Con
s,i,ution. o, with Constitution to be interpreted
Il, the will of majority, the result would he tn
same two hostile interests would inestjes be
created by the action ofthe Government to be fol.
lowed b. hostile legislation, and that by faction,
corruption, anarchy and desrotism.
The great AID solemn question here presented IT
self =-,'= nv n ) for these evils, on tho
decision of wh.h depends the question, whether
the people Gun govern themselves, which has been
so often asked with SO much sceptlclsm and doubt 7
There IS a remedy, and bnt one. the effects OF
which, whatever may tc the form Is 10 organic
society IN reference TO this conflict Of interests
which springs out Of the urtIou of t,ovcrnmcnt aud
which can only be done by giving % each pant the
right Of ,ctpfotcction which. III a word. instead
Of considering the community OF ,wcnty-lour as a
single community having Il common interest, and
to be governed ~ The SINGLE viii Of an entire mo
lority, shall upon allqncstons tending 10 hrns the
parts into conflict the turteen against the eleVcn
take the viii not oftbc twenty four AS UNI, but
tina, Of The tntoeu and TINT Of tha cefen Separate
ly, the majority of each Governing he pa'ts aud
where they eencot governing the whole, e"d
where they disagree arras III lie action Of the co
vernment This h. would call The coHeurne# -