Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-02-27

without held be the cardin al
doctrines OF those days. aud in the maintenance OF the
the struggle OF the revolution WAS sustained. Taxation
and representation said hand in hands
was the corelanve OF the ohe they could not exist apart
Sueh were the opinions Of the OF the revolution such
were the principles for which their battles fought
But Mr. - Sad since the days OF the revolution, than
halt century had elapsed and the world had been
nonary; ours said to be of discovery, the doc
uines OF fathers have be exploded the princi-
pies which they defended with pen and sword rcpudated
aud the luekess Ting who has the ermery to
them hnds himself sudden, overwhelmed by the n-
Nncble force OF modern discovery. What of the
true faith in 76 is hcresy now and the followers OF that
faith are hereues h ony for the fsggot and stake IL is
now discovered that the statesmen 20, quito mis-
taken when they supposed conneIon to exist between
taxation and representation They found 10 be altos
se'her unlike IN their natures, and nowss dependent
upon each other. IL is upon the principle OF the
dern discovery, that the proposition Of the gentleman
from Wythc proceeds. IL sifrms that in the APP
Poruonment OF representation tsxstiou should be al
together disrcgarded and reference had solely the
| white population. This is claimed to be fundamen-
tai principle OF government applicable under all circum
stances IN which men Tor the OF govern
meni No exception Is tolerated. is equally OF the
degraded victim OF the knOut and bowstng, and the free
bora egluvator OF eur own so-of civilized and savage
hfe Nature has asserted, Is said. OF all men, of oil
Chimes OF all conditions OF society, sprncpe. by force OF
which apporionment OF power
be made precisely according the number OF the white
inhabitants who compose the community. Mr. s. said the
idea OF the natural right Of msortes sbsurdy-
In state OF nature, there such thing MAORI
y-each individual free and independent uf control
Mnorities known only society. When society be-
aha the rgns OF the one were e1chang
ed for those OF the other When this done, the
language OF Roger Sherman, the question is, what
10y o. ' W man Vu' nov 'ney may oe most
,h,n aha, - -, =, -; ~, "a s ss Up ''oIe
for complaint To do otherwise To qure an equal
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in be only tfectuay guarded. when power
entrusted TO those whose interest is abuse
The fsce - ,bs e,,,h 90 80, ,h ', 60 =.
| interest alone which can be trusted"
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c,n,rei Of government Wb.n ,ba, ,;rs .h,I 80
ee,n,u,v Of pubc e.pendi,ure canned h. ,o.c,sd 80,
viii no, y,.,sh ,,,n ,bo.e nb, lev r., - ,.hs,
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masses
4, a., dsr,o.-,.;s. Of ,bs ,,.;.,, ,...r, 49, -
hay,. IN the populated Iii ,h,,. =,
s,ti ,-.x,rcd The vast ,n.,di,,-., So - 49, -
the poor the costly edfces for public use, m. lavish
"a M, ,sI,. IL, npb. s,versi,, 49,, -. - - -
| had been said
Mr. : s,dbs did not wish IN he ,,d.,.,oo5 =. .,,..
ing our own with the ancient communte, of which h.
had spoken. He did not suppose then NJ th. d,y tho
greater number Of our peope belong 10 IN. e,.. po,
which the burthen of AVIATION does mai f Nm, ~
I, levisl.e for po.,srity we mus, tb,rsf,. Iool hvS
the present and Contemplate the eonditon ~ onr ,nr,
when II shall have exchanged the FRESHNESS. of you,b for
mature age when the population of the new shall ,n,,,
10 he condition Of Of he old world NJ
said he agreed with the learned author of IN. E,, a.
LoiI that peculiarly of rsce climate and nbv.icI c
stances effect much in moulding the o soci.,y
but ne agreed also with his opponents thai in,p,oos ~
their turn act upon the character of the Governed
H. thsrefore assimae our situations 10 the ancient
democracies he thought We r,ust n.ct 20 ,ss, h. -
sequences which devolved from them # we eopv th.i, de
fleets. suffer vices which flow from them
Mr.. ). said, ne would withdraw his view from the dis.
the nearer objee-om the future he would turn
TO the present conduon of things. majority M on, on
supposed urgent exist for large expend-
lures of public money. But whilst popuston is thus di
yded from the uneaua distribution OF wealth another
section Of the state in which those necessities do NOT
contributes TO the public treasury more than seyentenths
revenue. Establish them system of equal sufTroge
and would We not fall under the very condition of which
he had spoken7 Not in equal extent il was tr. with The
examples gwen, bu, differing only IN degree-one &c, of
would levy the and another pay them Itwoud
require no prophet To tell US that the axe. would he
pended for the benefit OF those who levy in Cost
~ edces galas public diversions but for eyeing
the mountains filling I'D the valleys and smoothing the
ged passes upon which the prosperity of that region -
| posed depend Would we not suffer at once that
exuavagance in the public expenditure which the men
OF other ages proves result from system of
suffrage when applied TO a condition ike ours7 Mr. :
SAID II against suffrage that be directed
his argument against eqa suffrage as applied IN
condition. and the only prevention of It's evils was in the
spportonment of the legislative power.
The system equal suffrage laid the foundation Of IN.
ancient demscracies BY confeunp unon the
lower classes overwhelming superiority in The
/ ments. by the Seryius Tuius he
for time, saved from this evil lie distributed the
people into divisions and classes and included the
whole lower people into one class. but Of the ,ev,r. [
es ne composed thirty five Tribes who gave each ,bei,
and the lower people were m,ss.d t,ee,b., in e.,
This circumstance says historian was regarded as The
salvation Of the State ~
| Appius Claudius wards dss,,ovsd ,bi, ....-
but Fabus restored IL and thence ,co,sd ,b
'Ma1imus' being considered as ba thereby .chJ -
great good for his country as BY battling Hannih, IT,
| the battle OF Gamma.
Mr. s. said if we woDld tr,ce N IL. .,-,. ,t; H. r
the absolute power Of majority II would be found IN
long to Institutions purely democratic and 10 he deriJ
from the democracies of the ancient world Government,
in which the domination ~ nnr,bs,. Co.,. I, t
the masses assembled in the market Mace, TuIed b a.
TIMES Of state where the vicious triumDbed Tho virn
persisted IL was not I, be found IN The y.n,.,sn,o,j
form Of goyernment-tbst was sI,,gs,bs, S 40 ~
idea. ANY one who would read IN. d.b,., - ,h. fIi
convention would be satisfied of Thai f,c Til. ,sn
tauye system was founded upon pron.,tv !, y.. 5.J
for the protection OF properly; 10 d,.r.5 bsc,o 80
| important element in the acknowledgements ~ ,ha