Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-08-19
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The right OF appointing agents for me enact
mcut ollUws tor the government OF a commu-
nifty exists 10y nature in each man of Ibis
community, or our republican institutions
are, from their inception to their matumtion
a mockcry oudalic. Inentering society men
yield. alike portion of their natural righ,s.
tr the more perfect protection OF their NOR,
important and vital ones. On thi, ground
alone can the contcn lcrs for restricted suffrage
b1ss their claim fright anlius.ice: but with
what justice they 30 so we may Judge, when
we r'ncc, that. BY yielding their control over
the laws which govern Them. and reuulatc
their conduct IN society, they yield their own
personal liberty and surrender their position
m thc community. This right uf %suilrare l..
the one great right that secures al others and
protects their liberty from cnCruachmcnts.-
who, then can demand thltit shall be welded.
or ON what ground OF cNpediency can IL be
denl"t by Ue maj .riiy To- the miuorityl Its
dculol Is a muniics, infringement upon natural
rights, as II Is pllaJbly unnecessary for the
security oil any privilege or right we possess.
or could possess, IA leruny other Circumstan-
ceS, therefore not necessary for the security of
The community or amy individual in IT,.
IT YOU require the citizen to yiell. the right
oil suffrage. you pas, out of the field othscjom
and cntcr the domains OF tyrJuly-thc tyranny
oi the many il may b.; but not the less tyrn-
NY. You leave him no tree agency. YOU Weld
him no protection, yet a. possesses The sam,
natural rights which any member OF the com-
mumty possesses, this being taken from him
while his fellows are allowed to retain theirs.
denies him Justice rcpcals the virtual
contract ON which he became a member of
society and releases him from his obligations
to II. IL matters not that You say to him your
government Il good. wise and bcniiCcnt. lie
has no guaranty ot It's virtue, wisdom and
bcucicence-he has no protection from it's
cngroaChments. 4 Nero can be placed upon
a throne ora tribunal above his head. and with
a not may Claavc him to Tie Garth. and he has
mo- power to protect himSclf-he can raise no
hand in his own defence. Society may be
sood and pure as the lount In which the spirit
OF republican liberty first laycdi,s wings: but
II maybe dyed black with sin and expressions.
ana he has no power 80 stay It's fall, ~accele-
rate lis ruin, on ward from his own head the
lettering fabric. Ha is powcrlcss.
The brother of Til, outcaSt hasa rich Inherit
ancc. and he CONES before tn court of Justice.
IL, comes in confidence of its wisdom and
Justice, for 1t Is in part his handiwork. But
lac To whom suffrage i, denied is deemed
am enable TO the SANE laws, and he may well
ASA. who reared your temple? lUil no stone
in TO-. Who filled your statute books2 had
no voice in il. Nho constituted your court,
VINO clothed your judge with the ermine!
dlI not b.stow it. No. lcliow-Citizans. lie
but p1li the tax from the sweat of his brow
that bought II; yet, he has no voice i'm deter
mining Tie powers that the wearcr shall nos
s'ss, or who shall year it. 1t would appear
that injustice enough had been done when a
man was made amanabIe to any laws that he
had no voice in framing. Yctit seems that
Y HHHHrT4 NHarRT.NI.a Lt d .. Z . q nv
not SATISFIED b. taking from a man his
most important natural right: for which they
give linn no equivalent, but they mus. take
ms money 100. lie has no voice in creating
the legislature, Yet that LEGISLATION has povsr
TO tax HIM TO any ~cNtcntit please, and does.
ITS county courts, TAX him to am cy-
tent rarely known where he would have the
usht OF suffrage preserved TO him inviolatc. 4
hat are our taxes iorl To provide a gov
eminent. Is itright, Isl Just. is ii charac-
t'IlstIc, or consistent with freedom that any
should be called upon for a tax That he
has no voice IN regulating or lowing Tor the
support OF a government in whose laws he can
nave no vote and none OF whose officers
are amenablc To him as a Constituent The
only reply that we have ever heard 10 the
question by the opponents Of free suffrage is.
may not be just. but il is eXpcdicnt for
me protection OF property. We deny it,
mere never was a saying more completely
verified BY experience ,han that properly pro-
'tcts lts.Il. IL Is not only 50, but even under
suffrage there is more danger of the
ancroachmCnts Of wealth than of cncroach-
mentS upon 1t, or insecurity to it,. The man
81 wealth has not only his vote, but hisinnu-
'nce, not AN undue one, perhaps. but the strong
probabilities nrc, that his influence iAin pro-
TO bis wealth sufficient to protectit
4 powerful argument again occurs anon the
OF government i'm furnishing securi-
~. Were II Tor property alone, there would
D. some color oil justice IN requiring a property
l"'liicdlloh but 20 Is the province OF gdr-
'li'nent TO furnish security Tor the life of the
ilIlrn and hIs personal safety. Does the man
without property bleed less freely when he i
stabbed than his wealthy neighb0r2 Doesthe
.ope upon hI7 neck stranglc him less quickly Z
WA IN bludgeOn of the assassin stun him
easily Is his liberty less dear? Is Li,
'laraCicr more impervious to the shafts of
malice Is he entitled to- less freedom i'm the
pursuit OF happiness You readily answer. no.
lh'n on what ground or show olright CANYON
'aIdse security save to property alone2 Inall
h's' lnlngs we lave named the poor are more
Interested th1n the rich for they are their all, {
.el You refuse these protection while YOU ac-
,prii 10 60 wealth.
But you require an evidence of interest in
PEE tate. Can % be Jh9t be whose mother 3
i'Hla Dh"utn virginia tuJt.-whosa sisters q
ave played meath iua shade Of our oaks. {
fuos' vile first smiled upon him beneath orr
i1gfn skies, who has un-lcl i'm our streams
Iuhiad ON cur hills, though De has uayerown- .
't one loot Of the soil. os paid a tax upon a ,
ipfse' nos Tess interest than he who has bv ac- !
ltrut or DESIGN bc.oIn, possessed of iyy.pty-
i've dollars worth of land. The latter may {
ave hp interest. may care not a iarthing for
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