Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-04-06
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gffsohai district! composed ~ The counties 81 thes
tetteld aid Porhatan on the South side Of James
Rrer. the counties q Ii@aorer, Hcnrico. and City q
Richmond ctthe tide ,roter district and HE counties
q Goochld,d aud Louisa Of The Piedmont district.
embracing ateeerai population ot 1882 being The
f'h number contained in tc eotiget Goocha,d ore,
and ADORE the raiio prescribed by ia,r
I'm obedience TO the geuctal expectation that seems 10
prevail among generous aud lnulgent friends who have
lvf SOME Tune past hono,ed ue with ihcf confidence
and appreciation" and whose will in such casts. sc-
kna"l,d.e 10 be my law. present myself heire yon
candidate Tor election the tonptess OF the United
Staies-and IN meeting ihe odds that have Ia cncoun.
ter. which am sensible neither small nor easily
,eIcame) by reason of the formation al district de-
signed rurposch and avowedy by the enltllen and
na. unanimous legislature nov III session. oyerpo"er
the Wing majority III Richmond aud llenrco aud 10
crush ne Ike eeeous reptile Ia hep path. and lcdrc
no trace o my erSieace dehad.' IN the charitable and
christian like language o tbs Enquirer. am artualrd
b, feeling lar higher and more exalted lhsn could arse
tom an, personal desire 10 arIulr. distinction that
heretofore been Conferred upon mc, unsolicited and un
sought.
Resistance to tyranny and oppression in any and
Whatsoever i1rm II may pttsrGt Itself. principle
III my nature that could mol i'll would control OF re-
strain.
!, Is enough for me- 10 know tim, have been single
out of a MASS OF ono million two hundred and thirty
niue thousand ninc hundred aud s,v,ni, souls 10 be
made the peculiar subject ol cruel aud sndictso e gsla
ton
It ls enough lor To know that an attempt has been
made by The passage al law. dsiaslrGul 10 n majority
Of both branches III m Legislature HAT passed H.
uscso me- aud that the high Recommendations that nlt,
mat'ly secured lis triumph, was the promise that 1t
would crush and auulhllas olevcr.
II Is enough iof me In know that liosc who would
wlnh al aud cluah the basrl political tulplude a men
IN place and powell have sought my destruction, ior u
faithful, fearless and hunrs discharge of representative,
al mo pI,r fill At
needs be, IN resls aucc we'll 10 the end, H. tho
means thai have been ad pied Cor It's accomplishment,
rather than triumph Ultimately by acgulescencc and
submission now.
dlsdan 10 RAISE the humiliating and whining cry of
persecution, nor will indulge IN appeal 10 the sym.
pathes Of my fellow hui do inean address my.
sell To then generosity, thor magnanntty, tnct Justice
aud their OF right do ma test the question
whether here IN old Virginia. the btih place OF freedom
aud ot equal rights, the Of those who were the
Inst 10 resist oppression and injustice all its tuflns
are prepared Ia cooperate with Inscriptions aud ~
rannl2tng set OF rtii 'ia dtanafos syeiom Of egsa
ton, OF which this trms an etsring wedge. by which
the rights and privileges Of thecomnunIes and nlisd-
ual cz' MS selected from The mass. obe sacrificed
aud odden under loot, without reference 10 the gene
raj coed.
I l. there any WISE upright or vriuous man NJ any
party, thai Mi dpl dtprocac and dlscnuHtpnan, \ sSs
ten oi ltgslaton thai lpoks with snp lie eve To tie
effect 10 be produced 81 an individual citizen, who
have had the misfortune 10 incur their dspItasurn. rah
er than the camnon go'd Of the whole community
Legislatures established aud laws were designed
i1 the protection ui md yldual ciizns, from the hum
he,l 10 the exalted; but what is the character Of
that aW. and OF those langIsrfs. who seek a single
v1etlm to prIsrrptun whom they cannot reach but by
means the most unialr unworthy aud UNJUST leave 10
all good men 10 determine.
! II Is nn nall com lnneni, confess. to BIZ thought
worthy 81 sneh especial distinction at their hands. and
should appreciate 1t. as sucl, bat Tor the un!,nrrous
unnlanly. aud foul that adopted 10 b,sow
lfhs hagant act of injustice had been designed as
mere bio" AT the patty OF which am humble mem
her; II II were intended oeleyatc the naIurS and
depress the minority. should have bad no ponnd for
complaint IN particular: yet the purpose would have
nctn as Unfair, as the means were uusllablr and the
example would have been AS dcmoraz!ng "a IT per
nici,usior II must be rcnemberud that the lucla
ting State oi the public mind, the majority Of day Is
the minority OF the next; and whenever the time shall
arrive, when the party accidentally po,ref shall be
come emlons IN struggle To opprcss their fellow men
ont u pO,ner Il needs not The spirit Of prophecy fore
tel thai all courtesy, friendly intercourse, aud social
harmony Al eud, aud that the passions Of our
ufo, ubutp the throne oi reason and oil Judgment. from
which nothing bu disaster aud distress ensue and If
such be the consequences resulting from attempt 10
pafayze apoIty equal 10 themselves IN every desirable
parlicnlar-In power, talents, respseablly and nun
bors, would not every feel himself unsafe, If de
prvrd Of that shl'ld which has been thrown around
him by the Constitution for The protection Of his lnsi
r1h when he becapr satisfied, thai he liable 10
be selected from the common mass, and be nadc tie
pecla object Il unequal and UNJUST Len lsallni Who
would be- free from danger. aud who would 1.-Two under
such government Aud who is exempt from rqlsIa-
tive prescription oslTacsn and disiranchiscnent, II this
example, tur tie fret time the history Of our
government should be sustained I'd defended by the
people. 10 whom the question is snbmted} Why
might they not with equal pruprlcy pass act espe
claliv and particularly 10 deprive Inc oiuy power To
votcas 10 pass another lth the object acknow led
ged, or nj least no, denied To deprive the pow or to
Tepesent}
Is any man so bold dare deny that it .bject
ot paramount consideration, and oi oy.rp1weing nfln-
cnce which ultimately secured The passage Of that law,
that l. humble As ain in all my pretensons, would be-
deprived oi all chance 10 return To Congress- when
far as know. am proud TO believe. had given entire
and universal satisfaction that large majority of my
former Constituents by whom elected II there be
County Of Gouchland added to the District as re-
ported by Gf their men, when with, that
County the District had number greater than the
Ito prescribed by law.
Why II that member of the District and lea
ding member OF the party. (fany thug Is to be inferred
from his activity on the tlur) who had proposed, for
purposes as well understood by others they were
known to his breast To limit the Richmond District
to oJOUO because as he urged, the rapidly increasing
population OF the City would in a short time, it up
TO the general ratiowhy IT Il ask, that when this
District was proposed in bill introduced as the result of
caucus meeting, witiom GoDchtnd and with its full
compliment OF men Of may the ertn) thai he, and
ultimately all his party. with few honorable exceptions.
insisted on adding that County to it, aud thereby
king 1t not The smallest he had proposed but the lar