Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-11-19
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
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TIA, rhine Bssis-Money and the Rights Of Nam
We copy the following from the Petersburg In
,,lIip-ncer of yesterday, entire, and we shall ex
pee, our friends Of that paper to do Likewise by
7. our brief commentary, if they make any response
at all
1.-THE CONVENTION.
They who pay the piper have some righ' 10 ea io' inc
tame. - R.ehnond Whig.
Dur l,i.uds Of the Richmond Wing may rest assured
that We have thorough knowledge OF "the difference
b.t~,eeu Turkey and Turkey Basfdfd' aud some sp
prre,stion Of the difference between argument and
mere get off, We, therefore, cannot consent that the
Wing shall escspe from the conclusion IN reiesaee TO
Convention To which his proper argument IN relief
sace 90 the Central Improvement" must bring him
The prcp.e laid down by the Wing that those who pay
moe, internal improvement scheme should nave me
lsrrv, voice in its management, strictly applicable TO
soyernmcut Ii 10 Of tho very Of "Human Rights.
maj shall be protected from the oppressive
and tyr.nnicsl OF his negheot and We can see
~, ,s.,,ncs bet~ cen the passage Of law conscating
property and the bestowa OF the power such unequal
tsss,en as will render property vslueless
We do not claim for the East 'alI the power OF inc
nor do we advocate the besiowal o exciu
si,e privileges" wealL but we support the propose,
asserted by the pures Republicans that nave ever hu
men who would have suffered marty rdou tor human
that .representation should be in proportion TO
aIston or ia expressive Language OF the Whig that
"Ihey who pay the piper have some rgh' 10 eal I .p
tune" and we may add have in making the
bargain Of the lee 10 he paid the pper-
Destroy this principle and whsever may be lis name your
Government will be iutolersdle tyranny. which Will
sooner or later find end in revolution and civil war
The pxncpe which regulates the private affairs OF ind'd-
uss should regulate nations for whats nation but soc''
CITY Of men united for their welfare and advantage we
can see no difference between permitting our next door
nsiehbor invade premises and take our properly oil
his own mere will and for his own individual purposes
and allowing band Of men, located beyond the mounias
no tske The sad property through the forms OF legsao
and should resist strongly in the latter Us IN the Tor
mer case. Our friends OF the Wing may discover some
thing this but assure them that we
are in sober earnest and fortified by the principle laid
aSh " principle tina, not the less correct
because they ndposed TO apply 1t save wheu IL suits
thsir purposes"
COMMENTARY.
. I. There is no analogy between the cases. Hu-
man Rights which precede Government ITSELF are
not to be weighed in the market house scales
which that Government is forced to erect for the
solution and settlement Of contracts among men.
Because A pays a larger tax than b it does not
follow that A is a better patriot, or that he has
deeper stake in the country, or that he has
larger share of wisdom 10 conduct its affairs pros
perously and happily. A may be an alien or |
traitor or he may have children, nor social link
ofaay sort, to attach him TO the country: On the
contrary, b who pays little tax because he pos
sesses little property, little money, few negroes,
may be an enthusiastic patriot, ready to die II
need were, for his cOuntry's Rights and Liberty:
He NAV have in his children. depth OF stake In
the destinies of the country which the fortunes
of John Jacob Astor could not counterbalance.
Yet by the rule of the Petersburg lntelli-
pencer, r. and his influence in the Govern
,aent must be set aside ia favor OF \. or if not
set aside .eaIed in the proportion o The lshtness
-
his intelligence, his devotion his services in the
field, his children, are to weigh nothing against
Rs Gold! Faugh Try il who will, and where
he will, even in Halifax, Amelia, Brunswick or
Neutrality-suspicious. slaves are most numerous,
or where they are fewest-and this argument will
be secuted by generous People, and put dorm
him who uses it. Poor Speaker we are, and
unaccusiomed to the Hastings, we can beat any
man upon il. in any county of Virginia.
@ II is claiming for the East all the power, to
claim for it the mdjoriy when numbers are against
III Power in this country resides with majorities
and ought to reside with them. minority has
rights indeed, but no pohoer.
g. To depart from the rule Of numberS-from
the rule that the majority shall govern-is giving
up a REPUBLIC: IL is embracing avowedly, an
OLIGARCHY: Who is prepared for W Who
dare TO propose TO the American People serious
", or to any portion of them, TO submit to the
Government of loeaLh-to the predominaiing con.
froI of a few not selected either for their virtue
or talents, or wisdom, but for the number Of their
slaves, or the weight Of their purse! Men may
be found hardy enough 10 propose such a thing
but from that instant that man is politically de-
funct: The rock has fallen upon him, or he has
fallen upon the rock
When we leave the simple, the plain, the old
fashioned, the recognized in all ages, Republican
maxim, that The majority, and The majority only,
have right to rule, then we, from that me-
ment no longer a Republic, but an Aristocracy,
or Oligarchy, in some OF their mutiarious forms.
Obaa Principiisf if we pretend to be Repub-
Tic, let us be Republic If we tired Of it,
and sigh for British or Ventan forms, Jet US cour-
ageously say so and make the ,hange.
DEATH OF LEWIS HARyIR.
The cad accident which deprived his family and society
OF this fine lad IL Of 40 frequent repetition as to induce