Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-03-17

oosaf,sssf Haasrsr HeHrioo. and City Of Richmond 81
ths fds district aud hs counties Of CooeAiaSs
and Losisa Of ths Piedmont district embracing fe
dersi population Of 7s.5s2, Ls,s a., full number
tanned "a the county Of GoocLlsHd Oper aud sbore "a,
ratio prsseribsdb b. Lalos
La obedience % the general expectation that seems TO
prevail among aud indugcnt friends who have
for time past honorcd me with their confidence aud
APPRECIATION aud whose will In such cases. acknowledge
70 be my law. present myself before YOU as candidate
for reelection 20 the Congress Of the United Satcsand in
meeting the odds that have TO encounter, (Which am
sensible neither small nor easily o'ereomc) by rca
Of the formation OF district designed purposely
andavowcdly, by the enlightened and magnanimous To-
gislsturo nowin session, 10 oyerpower the Wing ma.
,orty IN Richmond and Hunnco, and "to crush like
reoBtoas Tsyfie their path, and ieape trace Of
sIsteHce behind" In the charitable and chrisisnkc Ian
usgc Of the Enquirer. Sctuated by feeling far high
and exalted than could arise from any personal
desire acquire distinction that has heretofore been con
TERED upon the, unsolicited and unsought
Resistance tyranny and oppression, in amy aud what
-cver form may present itself principle IN my nature
that could not n l would control ar restrain
Its enough for know that have been singled out
Of a OF million hundred and thirty nine thou
-,nd hundred and seventy souls TO be made the peeu
liar subject OF cruel aud vindictiyo legislation
Il enough for to know that an attempt has been
mad by the passage OF law, dsasioiul to majority ct
both branches OF the Legislature that passed IT, 10 "stncse
me- and that the high recommendation, that ultimately Sc
cured triumph the promise that II would crush and
nnnihilae me forever.
1t Is enough for know that those who would wink
al and cloak the basest political tupitudc of IN place
and power. have sought desucuon for FAITHFUL fear
honest
ing this prefer fall martyr needs be- in resistance
a. well the end the that have been adopted
accomplishment, rather than TO triumph ultimately 10y
ncquicsccnce and submission now
dsdan raise the Illuminating and whining cry OF per-
sccuou will indulge IN appeal to the sympathics
ct my icllownon, but do mean TO address myself To their
generosity their magnnnny their Justice and their sense
OF right do mean TO test the question: wh'th'r mere III
old Nrrinn birth freedom md of equal TisktS
the sons who the first To resist opprcs
SION and injustice all its forms, prepared TO coope
rate with an unscrupuos and vtannizing set e" official
gn,ries IN a OF legislation, OF which tins forms
nn entering wedge, 10y which the rights and privileges OF
and individual citizens selected from the mass,
be sacrificed and rodden under foot, without refer
the general good.
Is there any wise, upright, yrtuous man, OF any par
~ that will deproca,e and dscounenance system OF
legislation that looks with single the effect 10 be
produced individual citizen who may have had the
msuriunc their dp.ensurc rather than the COM
mon good of the whole community Legislatures were
established and laws designed for the protection OF
individual citizens from humbest the exalted;
bat what character OF that law, and at those law
gycrs who seek single victim for prescription, whom
reach but by means the most unfair unworthy
and unjust. leave to all good men To determine.
1t small compliment, confess 10 be thought woF;
thy such especial distinction their hands, and shoud
appreciate such, butto the ungenerous unmany ana
foul means that adopted 10 besiow H.
II tins fragrant act Of injustice hsd been designed
mere blow the party OF which humble member;
If il were intended to elevate the majority, and deprcss
tho minority should have had ground for complaint in
s-uar vet the purpose would have been a. unfair, as
the means uulustabc, and the example would have
remembered that in the nucuang state of the public
mind the majority OF day the minority Of tie
and whenever the shall arrive when the party acct
Lcutay shall become emulOus IN struggle u OPP
press their fellow pocer, needs the spirit
prophecy Orete that all courtesy friendly intercourse
and social harmony are at an end and that the worst pas
nature usuTp the throne OF and OF Judg
mcn from which nothing but disaster and distress can
ensue; and such be the consequences resulting from
attempt to parayzc party equal 10 themselves IN every
desirable pacuarin power talents responsibility, and
numbers, would every feel himself unsafe &c
pTvcd OF that shield which has been thrown around hin by
the Constitution tor the protection OF mis- Just rights when
be satisfied, that he liable 10 be selected from
the and be made the especial object OF UNI
equal aud unjust legislation Who would be free from
danger, and who would live under such government
Aud who Is exempt from legislative prescriptions ostra-
and Acknowledgement, ii tins example now for the first
time in the history OF government, should be sus
tanned defended by the people 10 whom the question Is
submitted Why mghtthey with equal propnety pase
especially and particularly TO deprive me OF my
power voel-as pass another, with the object acknow
lodged least Denied deprive OF the power 10
represent
Is any man so bold as dare deny that object Of
paramount consideration, and of empowering influence
which ultimately secured the passage OF that law that J.
humble IN all my preensons, would be deprived
all chance Congress, when as TAR rs know,
proud believe had given entire and universal salts
faction to that large majority my former Constituents
~ whom elected: ii there be any such let him
forth and why the County OF GoocEand adj
ded the District, reported BY caucus of their
own men, when without that County the District had
number greater than the ratio prescribed by law
member OF the party, II any thing Is TO be inferred from
his activity the floor who had proposed for purposes
well understood by others, they known to his
breast To limit the Richmond District to $1,000 because
he urged, the rapidly increasing population OF tie Civ
would, i short time, up the general rauo-Shy
was IT, ask, that when this District proposed in bill
introduced the result OF caucus meeting. nifh0Hf
GoochtHRd and with Us full compliment OF men Of may
the tem) that he, and ultimately oil ms party, with
few honorable exceptions insisted adding that County
H. and thereby making not the smallest he had propos
ed, but the largest in the whole Sntc, East West J.
there OF the whole who viii the
ton that he would have voted for this addition to the Dis
trci, # Goochland had been Wing County, Not one
and II he did, me would not be believed.
Call YOU, them this fair and honorable legislation
myself for many years, member Of that body, and
my memory IS not trcacter0us. before took my seat
was required 10 take oath, by which kissed the Holy
Book and discharge my duty with fidelity, and
without fear, favor affection
Was there fear favor IN this No fear that /
might be elected II Goochand lett OF the distic
No favor 10 my competitor that his election might be-
they supposed, secured Agnin-why Chesterfield
aud Powhntan detached from their natural alliance with
the range Ol counties running mp between the james and
Roanoke rivers from the seaboerd the mountains aud
thrown into conncNion win the people Of Hanover and
LpuIsa-countes which resident Of the one does not
look upon the couneuance OF a Of the other in a
twol'emonth unless 10y accident Was there object
tnIs-no iuyOr-HO paTiIaiIiyl
According the OF $50, the district srrarged
without G1ochand, very equally divided, nowItl-
si hld been taken away Why they willing ~
give and take for chancc' They had opposed me
gentleman OF great personal worth aud popuartyanubic
dcogtar-yne who enjoyed, ns he deserved doubt tine
undivided confidence of hs political ends-and anu
ply qualified 90 every particular 10 do justice Ms party
aud their cause Was because, in the present condition
ui toe country for which they alone responsible they
could that bindiOded idOatry party which
has hercoi,r. led them many successful contests
and hat they must, therefore, heap up county upon county
make tlcr victory sure Even the Cupspcr represent
ut't, who mas stood by the Democracy their
bo, uud did desert them iu the TENTH sacrificed and
tlc ersrv inch a WING" representative Of AIbemarc pr,
vdcd tor us best they could. The Essex member thrown
overheard, the Buckingham district gwen upa.l for the
convenience of arranging this district for NY benefit
cll' can only say They put much higher estimate on
my services ga Congress than have done myself
But, my cliow.ciuzcns lis time spcntin vain on
quilc what have done mcnt this ostracisn. What
course have pursued, what have gwen. that la-
rendered obnoxious give such novelty iu
legislation
A. well as rccocct, during the five sessions IN which
served Congress there has been but one vote DID