Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-01-28

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the extreme pnacp,e. Of M. natural and
equality Of men in POLITICAL rgh,, ana m. go, AZ 49,
otiy Of the people to reform ,h.,r i,.,,,u,,c. h.,.
dueed during their progress. anarchy and al,
wi war. and have sisnslly failed .t is.,t
Such the reasonins, bv which The frspd. NJ an.
istng things in eli countries. per.u.d. the..x..
and endeavour persuade the people that an .ep,, 10
better the condition mankind by infu.ips greater a.
Of liberty into their institutions. n a~sys peu, and
generally hopeless And the soundne.s TO some extent of
these vews, when applied to countries wh.t, the .ss of
the people have been reduced by bad institutions. and the
extreme pressure OF taxation state Of ablcct
aud almost brutal ignorance, 10 not denied.
The political aehamy which seeks by the fusion Of such
base materials and By single projseioA to produce tho
pure gold OF perfect commonwealth Is not whit lea.
mad hsn the pseudocienc alchemy which proies.ed to
extract the real metallic gold from the fusion Of the bassr
metals Such, and hopeless the experiment made
IN our own times, BY political fanatics in France and slse
where.
The peanuy oil France had BEEN for ages before the
attempt was made. systematically robbed by the King
the mobiles OF three ourths az sad of the earnings Of
their Aoonr Enough only had been left them to sustain.
snu mat very poorly their animal existence And they
had not bsen thus reduced beasts Of tsthea IN day
ora year, or century, u was dwelling folly, political
10 expect tnat they could De ieconvered into men
IN an nour oy declaration Ut the rights oil man and
Wuen constitution On the contrary. they were convert
co. by the sudden prusaton Of vrsnnie power and the
removal OF all eteient restraint from beasts Of
oufhen 70 beasts OF prey by robbery, murder and confs
gaoo, they sought TO the accumulated wrongs Of
ases IL was, in short. senile because the eoud
non 81 ,ne people had long been serSile
Inc 'eehumae commencement OF reform, In such q
county ne Improvement OF the moral, physical and IN
eueeioai eonduon o. me lower orden-Such beeinninss
nave oeen mace arev' u 70 true, by Psu1ot kings;-more
e9uenuy, oy amoiuous kings, seeking to be monach,.
corpora" privileges TO the deoased eommonai-
w snu tncfeoy raised mem 10 Importance IN order To
nooe' oy 'ne ad an arsioeraey too powerful Tor the
Sro"n-s"euhes' oy lof'u"us re-parnuon. rs IN mo-
ue,H rtAnee " he"y me whoe sou ot the country
NS"eu "au oeen 'non'PV"1eu oy he noo'es ana inc
among 'he people al large dutlng the eonvui
sons =" 'Soo! ana aooIu'e a'empt 10 esaonsn itee
'u"s' pu' III no instance, u Is iaiy eoheeaeu' mas
ah a'enp' 10 convert hanon OF slaves into nation o
oy suoueh 'no't ana oy me heip OF deelara-
uon " "snt anu written CONSTITUTIONS been aneneea win
M, sue" a"e"p'S nave uniformly ptooueed more
'' n uS" so0u s.
ON 'he o'ne' naho Al he condnon OF people,
uuSeI .ne providence OF 1od' and oy the 'aior ana
uneo spih' oi net ancestors nave ever enloved sub
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r' e'' "' "sS'u lu"eSs' "eAe",
VI ue peace anu soou ofuef OF society," Is 10 oei
s e ~ SPINS III our io'nei iihS' "h" poured our 'hei
:I 800 ~ e e1use " o'o'n on ne seaho'u' ano In 'he
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1870, ~ s@' 80 80 ~ e"o'' W sur up
w pop'e VI vac ev''es Assins' 'ne government oi ,he
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$500 a., a. - 70 hoel IN snort 'he men OF 90 Who'
80 u III 'ne suempt 70 improve our insu'unons
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