Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-03-26

safety n men. In passing tom state Of naturo into 50
esiy sauend.r-d Only t.r pesssEsi nStural rights the
sole Ob.c, OF government shield aud protect the
persons Of it, ci'izensn property formed no element IN
s3eh government, and to be wholly excluded from
i oonl power. then II might be proper that numbers
snd number, alone, should constitute it, basis ms well as
Oh. BAH, 81 representation. II number OF m,en were Ill
without property, MI equally p'-.essed ct u, having
nothing bat personal rights To secure, mo difficulty would
exist IN accepting bs-s Of government nnd representa-
ton eon.ncd for by the advocates o the substitute bn'
such the condition OF thing- with us-~e have per
son- End popery- the latter most uncqnsy dNidcd-d
yiJsJ not - much among ea~>cs but divided, ns Is our
population majority Of the peop. being
West Of the Bluo Ridge, aud large majority Vi tn prop
eriy In the East.
,ntlcp.p in their view OF this question, regards
tho personal nights &c the members of the body polite
seem confonnj eipl personal rights with political per
ronal Rhts. Tho distinction Is manifest All men, III
vel gals,ed free gOycrnmsn may be said to have equal
e-i rights. No what the condition OF the indiyi
duals the psuper To- tie wcalthort they are equally
fecsro entitled and should have secured to mcin pre-
ci.y the sam. protection Of person. as safeguards
against injustice oppression, aud be subject IN inc same
degree, to like duties and seTNiccs-Bui when ponue"i
power about distributed, when the great tounde-
lions or society are about be ndwhon You ate bud.
Ing day but for long and distant future, whilst
you place. you should each and every man. upon an OK
net cqusy s civil personal rights, ali ages and
every pcopl. the erection u government free or "ihcr
WISE have some and TO less extent looked IN
the foundation OF the system and the basis OF representa-
ton 10 combination OF and property They are.
ms a. been said tho right and ciI hand pillars ON which
the fabric Of society with any safety rest Show ne,
said Mr.. S. government, called by any name you please
which discards property and its political supesinc
turo on the other pillar aouc, and in the ncss OF time,
IN its operation he would show you despotisma despn-
Of class anothcr-a dcsp"iisn with no sym
pahes for those II would opptcrS-bCarng no burdens
inflicted and restrained ia cNacuons OF property de
iandod-bpt by its will On the other hand, Shew
government. by any name ~hich excludes persons
mud based alone property, and 1t would require bn'
lto intellect iucsoe the most dotcsabc aristncricy
ono OF the odicus and grinding forms of hunian 60
government whose power would he cNefcised
Ii. tl..
would be- the condition OF vL'sais, unless, as probably
would be result Of their wrongs and opprcss-
ions reused them, with arms to assert oir Just ana IN
herent rights seek, amidst the storms oil revelation,
recovery ot their liberty. becomes u.s. then. IN looking
into this question: building FOR ourselves and posicry
each Of these Experience, the history
the p1rt fate Of Other republics recommend n u 10
mneo each Of those elements into the body politc--to
disc neithcro nfusc both into your systemic have
proper checks and balances TO secure each from the op
preston oi the other Do this, and you viii nave secued
the plan best adapted TO good governmen 10 pro
individual and political rights and advance the hap
pness OF those whom 1t j. established
Now, MIR. s. said tho substitute submitted by the gen
tleman from Wy'he comes boldly up. Iides these
views and principles, and submits without disguise, IHe
naked and unqualified proposition 20 base your govern
upon the majority OF numbers irrespective o! proper
~ And willis, he, Mr. s. was examining the question
under DISCUSSION upon principle, without, iOF moment,
looking 10 10, he hoped, with sectional !ochnSs-yti hc
could discard from his mnd the fact; that, whilst
small majority OF numbers was in the West very large
narny OF the property o the Stale in the East; nor
fact that the West pays rbuIt hTcc tCntls, and The
East about enhs nj the Aud with the
nj that has been frankly made during the progress OF tbs
debate that the West money and 10 get H. they
have power, asked remodel the government.
uprooi il from its foundations, and so 10 rebasa "
that upon amaIority o numbcrs-as 70 place tic minor
NY in te Eas', along with scyonenihs ui the property e"
the STATE the and disposition OF our trdEsmon
friends. request unreasonable, nconsatent
with the piiines dictates of prudence and justice,
Mr. =. said, strike every impartial novel and un
pfcccdontod in modern times. What sound lac said
private hie the private alirs OF men. ought be
equally ia the compact OF s"ciciy. And he would sub
init the gentleman from Wythe and the other advo
Ol his doctrine, whether they prepared test
the principle Tor which they contend by Introducing
u intOhe private associations OF men Are they,
IL any one al them ready 10 firm a copartnerhip,
requiring capital, tho terms Of which shall provide,
that the entire capital, Ienihs OF it, shall be sui
sct6Cd by of them aud that the other members of the
firm, appropriation and IN oil the business of the
though paving morning. but three ienths OF the
whole shall have each greater equal voice with him
VINO beGts all seVen-tenIs Oi the harden Does the
gentleman from Wythe base his private transactions upon
such pnneplel No. lie would augh the pcy the
man who would approach hun with such suggestion The
ifis oil his toll the earnings oi ms labor would Yer,
with his consent, be embarked ~ unequal concern.
The partnership ol government like the partnership vi ndl
Viduas, needs capital Money OF its most important
snews. When wanted, IL is drawn from the pockets Of the
people And when justice would require equality Of voice
with equality oi connbuon equal power with equal
taxation can be right that the part OF the State paying but
three tenths oi the Contributions towards support should
not only have an equal voice with that winch pays
enlS but the Important conferred upon de-
clare how the shall be LEVIED upon what subjects they shl
he raised and in what manner and what objects they
shall bc appropriated Docs the gentleman from Wyte
find tc ineanchts such government Swallowed forth in
the first Gle OF our Bill vi Risht5 Are Outlines
he IN any pat Of That Instrument IL IL TO be
searched Tor III tue hearts OF traced upon the
cords Of civilized cJmmunitesl
Mr. Soulha ssd lac would like, for tho experiments
sake, 10 bundled of the white basis gentle bien by
casually thrown apart from ether communities and
indeed, in self defence. Organize themselves into lit
tic Republic SupIosng ~ ii hcn 10 have each the
OF 5iUU and TIE unfortunately pennylcss # the gem
tcnnn from WytlIe there and Of the rs aud the
government they prOposd creating needed al govern
menS do ned money, rad money mainly toe npP pra-
Ted i"r the benefit Vi the IS he (Nr. 81 felt curious to
Know, when the proposition should be submitted by the
majority Z" numbers To base the government upon them
put the $4,000 nj thcr disposal Tor good ,C whole
how the gentleman aud his 81 comDeCrs would entertain
that "D''tuisc, watch would be W cscIy what the gen
tendn aid down his great pOstuatc" that alt free gov
ofnInens should bo based upon tho mulory OF numbers
Would the gentleman Aink such government equal and
Ju'N "oulu he think the money ut tho IS ought &. be
placed not me'ciy at e arbitrary viii and ptasGIc the
10 bui fact the absolute control 81 of them! Tor
the result Of tic basis claimed would be put the entire
p'oPs ty OF ts small society the supreme and unlimited
control OF a bare majority Of the hundred; aud tho
the rIaclOns might be unjust and oppressive in the
nEiGome. and though ~ Of the non-piopcry holder
seeing tieif cnoruuty, and willing II, might
unite with tho % iOr their protection, yet, un-
Ielohug majority 81, acting out, rather acting upon
the principle cOn'onjed for 10y the su,-t tute for the Bill
-! the oppressed. Aud whom the syowa IS frankly made
IN advance, ~ 1t IS made hcfe it change sought in
your existing government order take said the
sccprc from Judah aud the law gycT from between her
feet, 10 pass them 20 the Westtat the object Of the
power Tor which this Struggle made manly 20 obtln
money, and s mOaoy ii the East be expended ~ the
West, eau gentlemen suppose st Eastern Delegates on
this hoOr Tar forget the relations they hold their
constituency tue duties, delegates, which they owe 10
the existing constitution Of government, to yield an a.
sent t. measure which, 1t not though Mr. s. was
inclined to think beyond their legislative authority woud
be- lac ienfod, disastrous the Eastern portion Vt the
Common oah.
But, Mr.. SOuIhall sand, he not yet dono with the
Bl u Rights. IIo was willing iu this discussion a. stand
by IT, The gentleman from Wythe Ind introduced IT, nn.
upon II had relied 10 sustain the principle VI tao white basis
So MI - said he had, and would ngaiu, call 10 aid
rciuc that principle. The House would Judge between
ITEM.
The sixth article, already rosd aud which the gen.
uoman referred, provides M substance among Olhor things
tha mo tho community can be taxed or deprived
Of ht property for public uses, without his own consent
or that Of hs representatives.. IT, then, this be- as n IS
frtlf INfft d tuffhsrt u.rI