Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-04-09

Of the State paying but three-ten,hs 81 f,es,s
8tFihpiiosss towards Iss support, should not M.
have an equal voice with thar which nav ~.
eB-fenlhs, but the important powers cont
upon il 10 declare how they shall Believed nrSr
what subjects they shall he raised. ana iny,l.
manner. and 70 what objects lhey shaH l. s1
lpropuated Does iae gentleman from Wt75.
haa the iineanents af sach government ANA.
owed forth in ihe FIRST article Of our BIZ 81
Rights Are lis outlines 10 be discover8 4,
any part Of .hatinsigameniR Is ito be scarab,
ed for ID the hsagis ofmen, oT traced Upoa as
records q ei8ssae3 egmmunif3es
/ Mr., Southall said he would Ike, for tie az.
perlmenl's sake, 20 see huHdgea al tbs vh..a
bssls gentlemen 81 some casually. taguwa a.
#partirom other communities. and induced "a self
defence, 10 organize, themselves intoa hule Ra
public. Supposng - of them to have each a.
sun If Slt0 and lhe rest unfortunately penn
les. ifiae gentleman from Wyjhe was ,h5rt.an]
one ofthe rs, and the government they proposed
creating .aeeded sail governments DO nee1 mo
neJ, and money plainly to b appropfiale5
for the benefit Of the III he (NiE S. iell egf.
Gus % know, when The proposition should 4
submitted by the maiorig OF numbers to base
the government upon them. 70 pat the S25M
al their disposal for the good Of the whole. bow
the gentleman and his "a eolnpeers wouIa On
terrain that S'posiuiaic which would b ma
clssly what hcgentleman laid down as his 5reas
''pcslulate, Install free governments sbon)dl,
based upon the majority 81 numbers. Wopa
the gentleman thiHh such government eous
and lustl Would be think The money al tbf
Is ought TO he placed not merely al the arlritra
nv will and pleasure Of The IS. but. IN fact 81
the absolute control OF 81 Of them for The no.
suit Of the basis claimed would De 10 ppf tbs
entire property of this small society az The 81.
prefne and unlimited control Of a bare manor.
" ofthe hundred and tho the exactions might
be unjust and oppressive III The extreme. and
though ri Of the non-propcrty holders seeing
their enofmiiy, and willing 10 avert i, nigh,
unite with the p for their protection, vet. an
unrelentng majority q 81. acting cut. or raih
er aciing upon, the principle coniended for by
the substitute for the Bill, could bear down all
resistance, and smile at the complaints of de
oppressed. And when the ayowal is frankly
made in advance. rs it is made here. that
change is sought in your existing goyernmen,
in order 70 take, as is said, the "cepne from
judah and the law giver from between her
feet" 10 pass them 10 the Wesi--that the Oh
iect fthe power for which this struggle is
made is manly To obtainmoney and the mon
ey Of he East to be expended in the West, can
gentlemen suppose that Eastern delegates on
this floor can so far forget the relations the,
hold to their constituency. the duties, as dele
gates, which they owe to the existing constitu
ton Of government, as to yield an assent to
measure which, lift was not. though Mr. $
was inclined to think i beyond their legislatyl
authority. would be-, he feared. so disastrous 10
the Eastern portion Of the Commonwealth.
The gentleman from Wythe had said le
no Republican government had ever beea
med en- the basis q aqmhs and paEH
combined surely the gentleman taaa. la.
examined the ehafactef6l or ettss.i Cons
luton. nor TIE constitutions u .Ie eaz
Hies " here properly aid nuab
equally dHused, where ,aSaeon w
alike throughout the population prapesf e
formed uto a political society, il Il. @
come a matter Of importance 10 'oos ee--
" in baslng the gegenneHt ht E
AT the formation .ho luao, dia rtenstte
case-whege the Southas Sta he'd a re
portion @ their property in slaves. end wAea
there were but few in the North. we see tha.
IA i4AtAe ttt Atse-2 VI kltitt
Of the slaves were enumerated with ELI ifee
persons. Is the gentleman from Nyibe ard
those who think with him, prepared to Tero#-
q the Federal basis, 10 infuse his principle d
government injo thar. and 10 surrender 70
much Of our representation in the Housed
Representatives., ms ihree-G.ths OF our slaves
now entitle us2 Ifhis theory ofgaglamtt
be right here, ii is equally so NrTa-ani ID
him succeed here, let him proclaim 90 ,Ie
world that irg.nia deems die only proprH
SIS ofgoyernment 70 be population without
gard TO property. OF to us character or locar
and how long, Mr., S. asked, viii il be ba.oa
the Northern states, urged on By The dcmG-
cal spirit Of Abolition, demand an abandon.
ment Of your slave representation in the l'ct.
eral councils} Mr. s. said he would lkco
know how the advocates OF the white basis on
this foor would meet aud dispose Of The
question. Ii would be met BIZ the Response,
that the white basis gentlemen here, wanted
faith in, and could not irustour northern bIen-
ren, who might levy oppressive taxes on our
slave property.