Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-06-23
RICHMOND DAILY WIG.
A CONVENTION.
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MONDAY MORNING. JUNE "a isSs

Ffsa sks Pstasssrg Tafsiisssesr.
This b thoaSat By many, and among Others by the
brsshrsa. Nov, believe hs People Of the wsss
honest their nsighbor bst.we yet learn.
that they are exempt from the frailties u human nature
and wc cannot far shut the history Of
kind from the fall Of man. believe that when
invested with power they will period other,
oss os Their own peculiar ,dv.n'.ss And an exr.v.
assn spirit Of charity could have induced exonerss
the West from the operation Of such motives - have
cd the conduct Of In a. countries and all ages hsrowa
on repeated declarations would have undeccived The
language OF wss hss constantly been we wan, strong
representation In the Legsiture In order that
tain appropriations to improve section Of the State aud
every refusal Of the Legislature appropriate money for
Western purposes has been followed BY threat TO call
Convention.
TIE language Of the whig too sucien, to confirm
from Of syneope-it constant over
our 'dwaed" conditon-its neal in behalf Of Internal In
drovemsne-s prove that its great object is to change
tho Legislature obtain from the Trca
sury to purposes Of Internal improvements"
CoNxksr.-Let tell trend Of the Petersburg In
telgcnce that we want change but such a. 10 author
sed by and in with, the lava OF
Representative Republican Government. We desirc equal
and exact justice every Grand Division and every
" Of the Commonwealth Can be possible that the Pc
tersburg ntegencer would withhold equal representation
equal privileges from any portion of the People Of his
tive State, from the speculative and hope and believes
tho visionary apprehension that the admission Of that just
claim would lead TO abusef Suppose tho Of things
rcverscd-hst the East growing and the West deeln
ng-and that the apse Of Is years had shifted the sls
i've population Of the grand divsions Of tho State that
the East had become entitled such accession Of
presentation - would lar prepondersnce in the
government, having il before And when the mex
pngnabls claim urged upon the justice OF tho county
wssme' by the derogsnng, not the insulting reply from
the West cit cannot Be granted, because IL IL it, you will
throw unequal bur,hens upon aocks aud herds .
Would Mr. Syme relish that reply deem Of force suf
hcen to abrogste the rights Of Equality, and the laws Of
Republicanism
But the lniegencer appears to complain rather
that we aver Virginia to be in state OF Syncope" and
lament her dwared" condition Aud is avermenl
true. and is not our lamen,aon well founded Are
behind every State in relative Improvement and in edu-
cation Are the productions OF the sol stationary
Is not Eastern Virginia annually falling of in white popu-
laon in the ratio OF 200 year, Do prcsen, the
greatest Of unleered ignorance of any State te
Union well tho greatest ratio, only State
Are not become he jest Of Tories and the scorn Of
Wings" Tor wreehed Of our usnscendant
natural advantages. well for boasng aud vain
glory
How then we, doing duty where we arc placed
but affirm that Virginia is in a Of prostitution but Ia
mehf her "dwarfed" condition, but endeavor awaken
generous spirit OF patriotism repair the calamity and
away the disgrace
The editor Of the In,egencer is conscious as We OF
the truths which relate But he represents quarter OF
the country which has had its wants supplied by nature
for which the Government has already done what
eessary But ought this render him n.ensibe to the
necessities which keep the wealth Of other portions Of the
State buried in the Earth. and their inhabitants
poverty, which ese drive them unwilling emisran,s
their native county, There beautiful and luxuriant
country fifty miles above Lynchbug, from which
much get bushe Of wheat that market (32 een)
it does to transport fron Detroit Liverpool! Is
this right Is II just I
Let remind the Petersburg Inielgenc that when
strand threatened with hostile INVASION Noun
'aneers did present the selfish calculations now but
too prevalent in the East. They did say 1--WE
safe the enemy reach in Mountain fast
nesses" They poured down into plains. and freely
hszarded their lives in Eastern defence their lives endsn-
gered not much by the chances II war; by acmate
deadly TO their constitutions. These things ough, be
remembered by the East In the day Of their difficulty