Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-09-09
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We had designed II give rrh ions calmly and de
lbcatly on TIE rsnlt Of The e'eelOu Of lies III
lppHart bdy, which vii as mbe in tbs city the
IN OF Octber for The rylsun Of our : ale Cnnsttn
ton, when arica he9del conven ion vote ;" il
the Lynchhnrg Nlf- man. attracted our tee With
the sPrI aud chtfaeter of ths nmenafes Of this eff
sinn we can have n sympathy IL To 10 be
Uni ST to The s Of those elected by the PEG l. for the
performances f his hah trust it is dislfdsfu of the
intelligence and improvement Of the people for se-gov
eminent. We sly improvement. III educated as the
people Of Virginia have heen for neatly three fourihs
Of a century, Tor the dife;ion Of all their Political
GER aud the seec bon Of III r agents 10 difec inu those
concerns we cannot daubln tmety that they prepar
ed AID fitted for the discharge Of this du but thai they
are Infinitely more S. han those 10 whom is assigned
by the existing cons it1on, this duty.
The age in which we live. is one Of 81 lnal advance
and improvement IN mnfals physics aid pol teal gan-
eaton aud government. We deny not, that Innovations
may be made, whic prudence ID care for The fu ure
should forbid. IN each OF these great elements Of well
directed society. Blu we are yet to see in what any
one has prop d + do, any Thing to excite the fars
pressed in the article Of the IynchburI Vuginian. Gu
people have decided by maj riy of more than % 000
that orr at Cnsilati should be revised and amend
ed w hat shall lie lhese amenimens and reylsions,
still TO be determined If The Convention sh1l not
pr pose such my seem wise and prudent. the people
may REJECT them. WY then should the Iynchb TO VIZ
gnlan. in advance, and appears to most urjqs
", anticipate lhat they BE- evrlng, dis rganz ng
aud unb coming thu d Commonwealth! Let Ms i'st sre
the work, btilre Ne condemn i and cast it aside un
worthy our adupan we know many, very many,
f the men selected for / duty and We de lare our pr
ct confidence In lhei fobcHance priencc dbig. IN.
teiectudIIy and morally, to responsibility with
which they clahed
/ True WE have moi Mars5al, Madison, Monroe G les
lazawell, Barbour, D1ldrlage or Leigh do the work
We shall never have III IN. They glu',1nd we can
never SEE hemin again Bu does his prove
anythngi Hit dues, iii the wnrk of heir nds is To
last forever, iofege tlat snah laws an Institutions
Ihey lett u, are Ia Remain fr all time, unchanged and
unmpr"vrd. The gr SHIFTS Of these emieent men
VIII s4 up 10 febuke such a laees these. If this br
true, then proves than It's ad yocates are prepared
10 aVow i1r estbshes ihal these good and pa'ro le
men were themselves dsaganH +, in setting al lie the
c'n'll lon OF l7lO, and offering the friltf hfr la
b"s,'h't OF 81 and 1881 Tiny made tn pioneer
RADICALS and eyelafs
II is also trle hll the Rrfrmor, have in the
late election, saccesded by most signal maj ty over
III" Opponents II many changes demanded by he p-ple
OuI good old ale has aaiaed deserved and wild spread
tnWu, under TIE old and present Con-, itut onyet VIII
en- cil how much more she might have advanced under
! a more liberal system Of government For years aud
years, n1ne III VOC, save the owners If land and
conn'i $, with seventy eighty tars had equal
preseu atDn with these tas14 eight or ne hundr
votes; and yet Virginia great and admired Com
monwcalih. She held aaong her Jewels Washington
Jcirf'nn, Madison, Mafsall, Giles, Randolph Masou,
I Iaz"well Ask now The favored c,uties and the
and the It'll mare favored few, was all this right and
Inrr vtmens taught this, aud the time honored ely
OF Williamsburg. AMI he gr'd Old county Of Warwick
each we're shorn II their power by tie Convent H. In
which Madison, Marsha Giles, Randolph a Iaz.
we'll were hcios Ia those days, this called
uS'@aulHn g and eveling. We had learned from expe-
Hence and HE examples OF other Repuhl can States, hal
even me wfk OF lie slges OF our revolution clmug from
huha' minds, "ts lmPef'fe aud could be- improved So
now Wnlie we III not dlsparage the Eesigh and Wis
uoh oil me trainers o our present Cunst tutun time has
demonstrated lis mapl nde for hs advance of the age
ana The necessity for lis thorough reformation. We
n"t "ng those who thnk that The main why the
state has not kept pace in her physical advance with hel
SISTER States, spnags ff,m defects in her Constitution
NO doubt this has operated IN some degree, but not as
much rs has been gnol 70 H. In moral and intellect
ual' improvement, we believe Virginia can compare ad
tageou,y with any ether STATE She can only be cast in
the shade when asked point II her gea physical works
We want sometime here 10 re animate and rsyiya tI
people We have sent an until W.. reouire IN h sa
Inc young sstefho are advancing rrIdIy on us, and
s'' - WIN VIC SUM " ou mp van WIN
Rn, 10, ne M, ron;. t,ovoo.s ..,...
mower Tbonult b,e.s ,bnh, Mla ,an 49,, VI a e
interest IN their government hy imp,soo ON them The
duty of sci cling more of the agents Of that gvernmeni
and we doubt not thai TIN Sc uncon'ries viii be more
competent Tor The faithful discharge Of their duties, than
"'St II, lfp"oie se,eelfa we snail become lrtsher
''" ''''' a'''""''' P'oi"e'
r. we ' II proper mere TO peat let not this work
"oro "' , ',9 eNgtss 'aEe no Tears no.
by the na,ne far This Canysn,ar vilI "Du r'i"