Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-07-30
ONE THE PEOPLE
Far The Enquirer.
c0SyENTION-FENCE LAWS.

Ncssrs Eiitors-inur ubedicnt ana very Huliio. ~. !" '
- ~ NJ tLe MANY. who nj the late convention fo'c, io ~
,h.m..tyes in the vocatiyc Ours vas lortoih noi', ~
sovereign and infalliblc people, as they arc called hast m.
mated ~ Il most potent MAJORITY, th,ir s-Se uc'i-n !" Ia :,
di III, Supreme Ew Of the lard. ! l.uinh!y concern. Ia,
.,,o ,d,,.c ]" FOR Popuii. ror Uai," Is exclusive oil Inc ihcd .
wisdom. and in this instance 'n!y appi'cao'i una 1i!'oo,i
ATE in point ii force ana power. wv 10 ''' so
and We must succulnh. .ah,.
Werr i 81 utility. | should like to prcscn, a lew thoa"nis
an the Iuiaous changes proposed 10 be effected. hu' ~
vanity ol thu sorcTciGns has ben 50 ar''uilN ahu ON" =, :,
,r,,.eI by tie candidates. that 10 atta:npi Ia ci.ech "'
| swelling tide. would be similar 10 the rIny cliort ol 4 ss'io'
boy u stop a mountain torrent. They arc fu'hlnS vi w
The inpcluosity Of lanaticism 10 pure ccinociacs' ~. ~
lutcd as t!ry are by the hollow sophisIy, y deili's "o'.
their "sapiI must be brought TO scrio.s" doubt, unless l'
".ober second thought bring a change oven me SPIN, "
,,ei- DEAN. whilst | concur in the general sentiment: I'M
ann. .nne rban"cs wn.ld be wholesome, yet fear that mere
nr,.ress will not prove To be reform, and that when we @u
into the full fruition al Tho new system, We oil the it,'' Il
l,ust in unayaiina regrets, shall confess II better IL ia''
horne the ills we had, than llr Ia those We kne" mol o.;
The radicaism OF most Of our candidates i radically OPP
uoscd +, an approved truism embraced in our Declaration
Of Indppandence: "Prudcncc will dictate that governments
lnnn est.hiSh,l should not be changed for light and iran
-icni c,us,~.r Criticism is easy and natural. Tie snlat'rrei
applies the satTical caustic 10 the performance "l lhc RIP
proficient. have known the |acK-lts carpenter sh"el IL ~
finished elegance .: n princcly mansion. What generator
has not pronouncei itself superior 10 lis predecessors: ftlu
VIVA, complaccncy 10 men advert 10 the simplicity 81 thei
ircfaticrs, We ajirir, the arts and sciences nave ilullI,ilc'
aur means and appliances Of case and comtort-bht tici
fart. Ey i'm crccling a political structure: whose IAN pro
I pnrioEs and elegant symmetry VIII Vie WIN me creates
. monuments of tn most renowned "1tS ~! VIZ IiiSi' M"
there arc influential men 10 eG:dc and di!cct, WI" ia''
drank deep of the wel! from which our fathers drank
# there are not some skiliul architects who hnp" how. ans
,rboi mart q. a house to erase Tor repairs, mich lear i enter
iainci ,h.t il viii need thorough renovation ere we sfia!
have Iualy tested lis power of protection. Bht apirchcnsloh'
vaguely cyprc-sed viii avail n"aaht, and Il l. not my pGif'
pose 10 elaborate IN argument against me pHrdy dcinociau'
tendencies Of The age. So, in IL hope hat a true refuoiil
can constitution, framed in wisdom and justice, may b'
made, ! subirit a proposition which ma! appear n'tci, YET
,or reasons winch might be :Gdnced. should bc adopted.
~ r1, convention insert IN the constitution Il cause I'M
posing the duty un the Legislature Of enaciinS Il more 'Ihc'
raI ana enlightened system Of enclosures.
Lei Them reverse The present order al thin-S y tic he"ii'
rcguirc II. While IL s>ain4 Tor Governor, JUDGES. Macs
,rates and Consiatics, We would respectfully ar Them to q
Just one thing fer the farmer. The farmer !. u piaiF' tct'f'h-
man. who docS not ask many things. The one NM ~
most Strrnuausly insists on j, that ms ncighbors catlit
shall not destroy his means of snstenance and comfort.
Notwithstanding the various intersections IN olr presen'
poliiy, us, abolish doubic voting and The present fence Ia"
and thc majority Of is will respond With a hearty alrol. l.
The proposition somewhat parlloXicai! to take isom the ac-
knowlciaci province ol the Legislature 4 subject apparently
I transient and deficient il community ot interest!
4 plan If otucarion i proposed 10 te cng:litr! IN The ncw
constitution. WHY not .nclud"a provision abolisliln@ the p'''
sent oil. should bc-an'iquated nv, AMI making rach man
line n con. litutional barrier Ia vilainons swine! Acohsiitu.
lion should b. Il compendium Of great genera! principles, -
= n;ill in government and conducive To HE general good, ana
ii might h, inprGdrnt ~ transfer from lis proper jurisdiction
tn Subject Of education, becausc 'i inc peaini'ry our'l'h
il mi .Mi rn,.il on H. people against their viii. he lencc
hw is free from this objection. Opposition 70 II MAJ y
found in the fact that the Trans. Allegheny section has much
AAfii- t'''t'A
therefore should remain in std'a. The removal u this DIM
Guilty appears p.acticatic. Impose IN" llw, end leave 1t op-
tionary with That portion whose interests ii may no; sub
serve 10 signify BY counties their rejection oi H. This could
d. dcnc with much more facility than we Of the East cwf
effect Il county Jcfornlation with the present destructive ohi
law in force. Should the convention fail 10 act on ine Sub
lect, we simply ask, what is 10 become Of Old |irsInia!--
will ii 5e said the Legislature mast act Of their own accord.
Has not the past demonstrated the vanity u such a hope!
No observer Of the present career of p~rodigality, and a0omi-
nahly n%e:lyioas log-:ollns. can expect a Legislature, in
these degenerate times, morally bold enough 10 brave tine dis
honest wishes ii such lantlass constituents, anc others, as
are willing t. live by the sweat Of hi; %neigahor's brow
On this account i mid solicited from a superior ana more III
dependent source that the Legislature vii most probably
continue IL n,alccl Il manifest duty. Jntcr tue resent syS-
fcpi land must deprcria,c IN vaue. The evils resulting IRON
il are calculated To tcgc, q Spi il # emigration, am Indi",iic
an absolute necessity H.. The radical change .! Il law O'Igl-
narins n circumstances totally different from the present.
will hot argue the p.oprieiy OF abolshin. q system whose
wis are obvious 90 al. The plan oi lraning IL / part Of the
organic law, Inr the special ra sons assigned, appears I" me
fc:sl6lc, appropriate Gni necessary; ana trust The "onyen-
lion will bestow On tie subject t;lat consideration which lis
pafnmcur; importance demands. +. M }.
fnwlatan, jug y, $50.