Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-09-01
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! lS45. This meeting VI NV aoI,,;onc wer
=, discussed before The people, besides
ursi;m;nary examination, by some oil inc ac'l'
and influential men OF both parties, VINO 20.
"nrred in The belief that the principles lheisl
contained embodied every measure oi reloi'i' ''e
The Eas, would give, or that the wes' ousn', -
der the circumstances, 10 ASK. III 'nis PPM
our present delegate entirely coinciaeu anu W
| heir adoption. This was caim a ceI'pe .' o. :
exnression of public sentiment y sessioh " ' ~
aaa;sl,,nre has since passed the relative pos
ion nj The Eastern and Western portions OF III
Sta,e remains unchanged-lne same hd'",a
causes which operate on the minos Oh nien '.'
conlinue-lhe East pays lis seven co'lais VI -
venue 10 our three, and will not 10 inc ha'u's
things surrender al once the entire approPfia
lions of the revenues TO a revenue minority.
And now. when a bold and open Attack is MAG
on The COMPROMISES of The Constitution OIL IN
United States. and when the Stale OF Massachu
sers nv the formal vote OF lis Legislature
has demanded that the apporlIonment OF mem
bers of Congress from the Southern ola!e
should be lessened-ihat The Democratic III
tluence of the South should be crushea 0.
The des,rurtion Of this feature OF the grea
comnromise. now. when our Eastern bfelhrei
shal make il 4 question OF national Importance
whether The Constitution Of the Union snail o.
preseryed-now. when it is great parry ques
lion, whether The excitement oil abolitlonsh
shall be invited against Southern institutions o.
the abandonment, BY Virginia, OF The principe
OF the national appoI'ionment, oy lhe auSp
lion OF a different one emoodyinS lis views ~ Nc
State Conslution-now, alter inc s'IuSSes
Virginia with Massachusetts, New iorh ane
Ohio upon causes intimately connected WIN, ',,'
excitemenl-now, when II IS eViueu. 'l,a' aoo'
ionism is opposed to the poiilical 'nnueu1 !, y
the South in the councils Of The nation, ana ina
The Whie parry, with all lis alliances, afilnlles
PASSIONS and interests, are opposed 10 The Demo
cro,;c influence Of the South and would see !
s,rnc, down and crushed 10 the dust BY The SUD
den adoption OF the Massachusetts resolution, ol
by the silent and effective corroson OIL thai pup
Ii. opinion, and The decay Of that State priut
npon which The Union rests-now, Is the cobai
lion of things changed tor the better, Tor lhose
,rio demand The ertreme3
we have no desire TO be placed, more man
once in our lifetime, in The position OF paptg
rhour-phoriy We have no wish 10 make an IN
considerate demand which we cannot exact VT
have no notion OF the good sense, decency or Pc
icy OF demanding that which we cannon gel
There is no lolerable apology tor placing our
selves on an extreme which we must ABANDON oi
cannot hold. Is il probable, is il possible that VIZ
can get the extreme demands made by as VIZ
sincerely believe, The policy oil men VINO wish lo
s,rangle Reform, and by rash, impetuons young
men. who know SO lille oil Virginia characie'
as 10 know that il will never yield to threat OF III
science. Rise in rebellion, then, these Holspnis
would exclaim! But the organized government !, ~
the State can require The military power OF inc
General Government 10 "suppless instruction.
Divide the Stale then; dismember old virginia
Will Virginia herself agree TO the dlsmemoef'
ment2 Will the Congress OF The United States
agree when such an act will invite the discon'
tents of every section? Will the Democratic
party in Congress agree, when the effect OF II
would. in all probability, make one wing Stale,
nj subject The balance Of il 10 inconvenience
and misrule. and increased taxation! what
svnpalhics and what benefit could we expect IRON
division? Arc we in closer proximity? have We
greater interests, in common with the Sonth
West or The Middle, than we have with The North
East with Winchester, Harpers Ferry and
Alexandria Divide the State, and place the
CAPITOL at Parkershnrg or kanawha, tthe retiec.
ton is pleasant y and then tax the extremes Of our
Western Stale, 10 make roads and canals paral-
lei with the Ohio through mountain ranges, OF
over boiling rivers-or, what is still more plea
SAINT, from the Ncw Capitol 10 - Cumber-
land, or 10 Lynchburg. Our young gentlemen
q LII Jul OiQ IoiiiNiohS go AA'NaS's0
livery.
When the people unanimously and deliberate
" approved The principles OF the Triadelphia pro-
ceedings, we fell that popular sentiment cores
pended with our private convictions, and we
placed ourselt upon what we deemed the only
pr aclcable ground and there we stand and, be-
fore the year i, out, they will find that they mus
accept Of the propositions.
PUBLIC MEETING IN TRlADELPliIA.
Pursuant 10 adjournment, large meeting o.
the citizens of Triadelphia precinct was held al
the house OF Richard Porter, Esq, on Saturday
October 4, 1919.
The meeting was organized by the appoint
ment Of Mr.. A. Maxwell as President and Jos
Yates as Secretary.
Addresses were delivered BY Daniel NJ. Edg
insron, Esq, and Col. George w. Thompson
and the repeated shouts Of applause spoke loudly
the enthusiasm oil the people, and the manner IL
which The arguments Of The speakers were receiv
ed. During Col Thompson's speech, he read the
following paragraphs indicating the sentiments
of the people Of Western Virginia on the subject
of Convention for the reform OF our State Con-
si,ution, which we're adopted without dissenting
voice:
The progress OF reform is accomplished by
revolution, or By concession, yielding 10 arga-
ment and Justice. The moral elements oil Anne
rican society, the welfare and dignity Of ouI
great sislerhood OF Republics, The principles OF
the Virginia Bill Of Rights, and the character oil
Virginians, alike require from those who demand
and those who are called upon 10 concede reform
dispassionate judgment, ma2nanimous review
OF conflicting rights, clear sense OF The obliga-
tons of political justice, and from each senti-
ment of generous concession:
That the movement for Convention and the
action OF tina, body, if convened, should begin as
it must end, if productive Of any good 10 the Com
monweath, IN spfd o. eom,promi~;
That the present Constitution Of Virginia is
vague and indefinite in many particulars, and as
the organic law does no, represent The public sen
limeni, and is mol adjusted 10 The advanced condi-
ton, 10 the expanded wants and 10 the means Of
relative improvement, which are necessary 10
preserve 10 Virginia her equal position among
the States and 10 justify those principles she has
ever affirmed and which are embodied in the re-
solution OF May Is, l176, insruclins their repre-
senaives in Congress 80 declare the United Co.
lonies free and independent" in the Bill OF Rights
adopted June II, l776; and in the act of Deem
Der 10, 1855, ema>culalne the spiritual lie spotsm
which persisted as a political engine, with US al
the close OF the lSh century; in The savelling OF
en,ailed estates; in resisting the consolidation OF
the General Government, tina, the Commonwealth
and its citizens might have wider scope and
freer range Tor the exercise OF every means of de-
tensive protection 10 their rights, Of every pursuit
OF lawful enterprise and Tor The exerlion OF every
quality Of mind, in devotion 10 the great task q
devisng system Of Public Education, thereby
giving meaning and energy to every republican
fact in our history, and pointing out The future
policy oil successful career
That a cheap, speedy and Impartial admins
tration of justice requires Reconstruction oil on
County Court system, so as 10 ensure efficiency
and responsibility;
That iudicious extension of responsibility t
public officers by election BY the people will in
fuse popular vigor into every department oil tn
civil administration of the State;
That the aPportionment Misrepresentation shoul
be adjusted upon some fixed and definite princi
pie OF adaptation 10 the conceded political right
of every portion Of our people, and to the growl
Of population and its sectional fluctuations;
That equality OF taxation, in which every Gill
zen beats proportionale expenses in the supper
OF government is political justice;
That safeguards 10 prevent the preponderanc
of sectional influence is wise forecast, 50 that mi
noriies may mol be roddeu down, or the revenue
oil the Commonwealth be not seized upon by ar
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