Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-06-13
For The Vuginian.
RICH / OF SUFFRAGE.

1t is not to BIZ denied that spirit of innoyariona n
Tor change is abroad The opinion that Constitution
Is detective and needs amendment is almost universal
b. cause the eserncutes have supper ed the Con
venon strongly he Eastern is M evidence that this
sentiment does not pervade the minds of the people Of
that part If the State is he principle upon which
the Convention will be organized that the West objects
Let us. in great eagerness for change bear in mind
That alteration Is not always amendment but often the
reverse In such times is highly necessary take pru-
zee and moderation FIR our gu des We told that
extremes meet. and that too much of any thing good
fr nothing 1t is true that Mr. Jefferson advanced the
idea, that when government failed to answer the ends
Ter which It was Instituted the remedy was recurrence
70 the consent OF The governed" but he, at The same
time Incucaed that this t, first principles
should It be for "sight and transient causes" Moth.
ing IS too Oh mecal visionary for minds and we
may expect that the widest utpplan schemes if ad
vanced, will find advocates But whatever favor such
schemes mag at first meet WITH there is very little doubt
thaf, 1t The efnts of plio'ic and conservative men
should save us from their clns quences, will, when
the excite nent of the time shall have subsidized, and ra-
son and reflection shall have resumed their empire look
back to this period with astnishment that such propo
sltlnns should ever have en- entertained much less ad
vocated The public mind of all communities is
s. plastic and can by degrees, be prepared for the most
s'artng nnovanns. II was by series Of atrocities
increasing in enormty tia, the Emperor Carul, pre-
pared the Romans to receive his hnrs consul What
ever we see becomes Am and PERHAPS the cpnsulship
oil Cagna's horse might not ha asst ,nished The
teInporares OF that tyrin much apt think.
Let us beware, le-t p'sterty NAV have e. rspr,ach
US with tho C mmson of fllics ds"reditahIe US
under the circumstances the seville suhm>i of the
degenerate and oppr ssed Romans in the instance referred
TO- II Is fortunate. indeed. hat have free press.
The liberty # speech and the freedom Of the press
Justly styled the bnlwarks of liberty We trust, that,
,hrongh The medium of the latter the public mind may
De enlightened 10 the end that the dangers, with which
the ide of innovation threatens us, may be averpd De
,ects our Constitution tainy has hut. in administer
ing 'he antd"e for the acknou lodged ills of the body
polite is much to be feared that the remedies with
'hel' accomplishments will ultimately prove than
me maades themselves The most feasible way Of pro-
sidng against this is to enghen the uners andings Of
me peoole-o make them sensible of the great
involved of the importance Of sending to the Con-
se"ton men Of talents Of prudence, Of weight Of charac
er' OF moderate and conservative viewsto inculcate
upon their mi IDS the idea that he election ui delegates
mo Convention will be the most important that has
CURED In our State for number # years. far transcend
ng,in point of importance, as It does the Presidential
elections, which never fail ~ ssitat. the whole Union
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