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ihat an power delegated Is laks IL.
wrong done 10 them A-t--A. :
~. IhatH you take away OF delegate This nasrse
Hsnoald pe Ter Is sheFt periods as possible. rhar
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as u property, PERSONAL dis,ise.sd a isien Of men
landed estate or monied potter, are the results q
) 6epartnre from these principles
iii The FIRST enquiry is, Who are the PeoRle
hit answer, epery fsriag Intelligent Lisg I. TIE earF
zaEaay What right have We % 81 mat re s0nHs
Faaa fors I5 ID u Shall not valg sF ~ Office WI
zen sdier watks = e roads and nsvs !. ~
WHY should he nor t'e zad Ill olce ii Won mus
have officers gsas ne no sens no moral feeling
nesxiII uli-ss Is n years of age Isay he is III
nj FL n 1lied than before-heis les al IS 81 ,r-
b esu - BY The world What right have YOU Is s..
" aide aroMes from all power in the State Are
"a ey les firuons less pure less able ID jude Of The
4 isessaad worth 81 candidates | deny the propo-
! shan-they are apt 10 lie more So IF You 81 FIJI
asiaw Of the strongest, YOU go for trn,e force II
N Eand upon usage. yol are unfit Tor reform-iS
usag4
- W ht right have we 70 exclude chiiaFen? Thev
err numbers Of the body politic and I'LL ain i'm pof
tans pace They are subject % an your laws A
cHfia, month old often owns lands and slaves and
II Your laws regulate them. Yoa say they can't Judge
lpr themselves What is the parental relation foE
eut 70 putect their rights and why should moi tbe
father represent as well the y5sttcal rights Of lbe
son until he is (say I4) his property ana personal
H .lshE. he ancient republicans awarded hanors
70 tnose who brought most citizens into The world
We force the parent 10 support them to be RESPONSE
pie for their Conduit and lastly, we count s--
anaer ne yts :. ~ s'sr mi
\ ttaa s your 1eiite eit1zeHs Let me lA'ef li't
4 guardian vote for the child, j,
6aEEsaAis pgiacipIe further II its true, taat alls
man + MOI ran Doa tel me is &c 81 Il a 49,! a9
I Or degraded freedman: Who made him sol i
/ am mol denying that these are ests am Going 10
remedy them Don't tel me lhatthe slave wiIfayoeg
as his master tells him. / DENY it, Give him tie
right and protect rs exercise and see how be win
Vets. BESIDES, understand fellow4eizens L wish Ia,
repeat II and impress il on yon. principle is one
thing and exPedeneY another. II ron 60 for prinl
eiPifs carry them out for what is expediencv but
another name for the system which has made kfars
hy alyfne right HFedttGry legislators, born to 81.
10 House of Peers ssGa4iag armies 10 keep down
The PsoP'e-laws giving all the land to the eldest
son--Jadses who are 10 rule OYER US even 10 theft
dotage-sdiaries sinecures bishops and aristoerats
Don't tell me Of expedieney. r. for principle
But; hear You says come 10 details We hear
enough about abstract rights and fundamental |
plhtlples Who doyou 90 for aud what will YOU
urge il we send you 10 the Convention This. YOU
have right to know, bullet me premise that Rome
was not bniit in day. can't expect 10 carry ont
all my views at once ] cannot reform the, very
foundation. at the Rrst pull Eibr ii is nothing bit
peathg d9'ra, all being wrongly and must therefore
begin BY doing what Gam upon my true plan
which tell you IS TO pHli a3asR. When he work
Is ONCE begun il will work on because the FIRST blow
strikes at the foundation of false superstfucture
You may be surprised a my moderation after what
have said. Elect me knew what am about
/ go Tor the Haas Bass-not because ii is any
nearer my views than the Mixed Basis for even by II
the While Basis and general suffiage, not more
than one seventh of the human beings in Virginia
of htat can have political power bul between voa |
and me il puts power into the hands Of them who 1
VIII one day soon try their hands at getting rid df
TINS PeehEiaf institaitoR. Doyou understand me /
The west may do this some day. The Shareholders i
never viii, If they can, preventit Do you take
Now this is my only reason. wish Is BE- candid
with you. .a
?, 80 for general Safrdge Of course. and beyont
it bpt shula content myself for the present with
insisting that every male between i6 and 81 should |,
vote ioo-l mean free white male. am afraid | /
can have universal suffrage and get in the women
ana blacks yet, nor the children.
y go for securing every mans hoaafs,eaaa from,
eAecuhon, trust deeds, liens and liabilities OFT
course DO because every man has right to insist
ne mast have shelter from the weather II is his
natural right But here's the pinch If we 90
simply 70 preserve to every man his present homes
stead dont see that il is the most aristocratc
Fl II le lsPaI, .sa,.
poor though the ady9cates Of the plan may not 50
intend it, MOI fellow citizens this is like the other
groupings after reform under the twilight produced ia
our minds, by q long course Of, uadispated abuses
only 70 be changed into steady, onward march BY
a broader light The truth is, you must 6rst give
crey nan a homestead How is this to be,done r.
Nothing eAsier All admit ihatto lax man bg
poll-ax is wrong. True, II has been urged that
every man should pay this for the protection of the
laws his liberty, personal Ind relative. Hsri9htt1
The redress olhe Courts of Justice and the thousand
securities and advantages iof making and keeping
his earnings. N3n&nss! the true plan is to tax
property alone, visible. property. Take of then,
all taXation from the man who has 10 real estate
and slaves and put il Oh the STAKEHOLDER and land
holder The lax too should be increased eeometri-
calig in the ratio of bis acres and negroeshat is,
in proportion as he has more than he wants. APP
prbprate the excess oyer the economical wants Of
he governments furnishing m nth houses
yol increase the numher ofpropery holders equal
ze the condition Of the people suppress 0yia0erdcg H
aad provide constant cheda on inofdnatc wealth;
Thev cali this socialism. Never mind what they
sall il. STICK to your principles and TO me, their
exponent.
l. TIE yadiciary-He again my countrymen.
outstfip all compettors--here again they keep
he promise 10 the ear and break il ID the hope"
ask; You 10 consider how much more important are
he btIces aud duties Of grand jHries jsrisS and lar
gerS than these Of judges, So lar life liberty and
property are involved. If the judges s0Eaalmes, By
hes4deeision OF pointsof law decide case, how
mach eener does the jury dispose ct eases BY their
are the men at last who give the
Judgment. The grand Juror is the instrument Of
he primitive justice Gas they call IT. ct the country
How much suffering OF mind body and estate do
hey create. BY their senseless preseptmens. 1t We
must have these inquisitors into mems conduct why
not eieet them In that case the people can choose
men who will not harrass them. Why should the
adge have his $4,000 year for sitting and deciding II
away mems properly and liberty upon the mnsiy
dogTnas Of one thousand years date
when the hard working juror has no salary? The
answer they give is, that every man may in HIS
turn need the services Of hfxefshhor 10 sit on his
case. Nonsenset again, What's the fuse of pes
ieriag whole community with jury service ~
Have fixed company Of trieTs OF fact-pay them
will become wise in their duties, and
it disseminates Offices.
Then as to lawyers. am afraid th ere will be too
man. Of this tribe in the Convention for effect
any reform against their interests but would SIM
Ply ask what is the use OF the vast number Of these
gsatry in every county Would not toir be enough Z
10 10 all the business of each county Whyshouid
they have lsiSEre 10 plumber in such gaugsl Sup
pose the people Of each county should eeel four ROT
ssafRiFg tsey choice % tie profession but ranging
over the whole community, fix their fees 10 one
dollar. for each case they trypay them out Of the
public ireasnry--tax each man who brings sait
and don't win it. two dollars, and each defendant
who l@ses, the same sum--and Thus we would hare
no lawyers fees to pay any more for the business
would be large that the four selected advocates
would live well on their pay. While on this head
let me remind you that in the Oldest and pnrest
democratic goyernment-Athens they had infofmers
instead of grand jurors and paid them for enforcing
IL Laws. and they elected their alrocctcs Idoast
iespise antiquity when iisrght; that IS on my side
4 Txe Gorctsssr is now a cypher. What's the use
Of taking the trouble to elect him. if he IS 70 do
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