Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-03-04

kind. mike distributed throughout tie State; bat We
find that while there is majority OF population :"
ninety thousands beyond the mountains we ma III ,e
east minority possessing two thirds OF the property
And that yery battalion which my friend was referred
oyns in nuc single article Of property an excess ~ mp
wards of one hundred millions of dollars, and this
taking the estimate Of slaves at very low pilce'
repeat that We hold one hundred ard odd millions Oh
dollars worth Of slave more on tins SIDE OF the noun
tains than you do on the other The gentleman aaini
that this property is entitled to protection na'i he adj
its that il ia entitled to the very best lr",ecti"h
And what is that; Is it to trust the Eagain'nty--
and shall be the last mar lii this COM" hll'i. WHO
will pretend to cast anr imputatcs upon me %
friends and brethren from the VESTS 1t tiiat W.
shall trust it to the lnagnaninv Of western friends
You are nagnanmo,s know: and that yor nave
shown il many occasions, especially tha oiora'e
"ae in which tina gentleman from GrecnLrer alluded
IN the war Of lG,e our Soil drenched win the
blood Of and their bones. manr OF t!,e'
lie now upon the shore. For that We tha,k :ilen
aud To our western bcnthrcn for their patriotism and
Tor their inagaaniiiy in Our hearts We have erected :,
never dvas monument. But il is ne. with questions
like tia, have to deal, but it is with the practical
question Of how this government shall bc formed
best To- the purposes Of justice. moderation IL!
g;.T M. virtue rndhuw t!i. gov rnncni be- he
made ~ 20 lrcycnt Inc danger I'll a'un!ns:"t'"n
How cal hat te done Ii b. done hay lrioi.
from (;l., ntricr ~ committing to the bands" :;.
iori.y or numbers That king numbers better rii"
tll Continuation ul Hi TIC tit'l'stS ~
commonwealth tan that IL ,rne; Ia III y.>t pro
perty which we hold 10 III, So" aside VII, ia or
western brethren wa;,t the majority III the rsi...'re
Of the 90 srancml; WHY viii they ria: IN
until they iin1 lie again, until they go t'a inal"fi.
lie admits that they h.v" never ruileFai it"i IT, ii
n,ns;ra,ion Of lc legislative department, "F ~" ,rf
ernIont lie agree, TINT Inc west has neyer suffered
from his bower Will. il in the ha:,'is "t tho
/ Mr. sMiTl OF GrselLrier. | said that w:s 49, III
.r"ler ;ssuc and had nothing /" do with TIE lii's
lion.
Mr.. CIANBIIsS II !. ~ improper i-a,rs, a,,.i la
nothing to do with the question The protection =
our property az ,-=e nt h,- nothing I" Il" Vii. t,
question Ii is the question blink il n, y"u ma c0sr'
i over n you plcnse strip the question II IT, lns.
expose it il, al the deormty which i; appears 20
and it, features stand out as proEnlac. ~ III" Gree,
.lave What asked Of lis that sial colnui this
mighty interest to their hands, and tleir keeping 1ia,
is the privilege which he asks that is the privilege
which the White basis ives. And for whel ?!a'
hey MAJ manage this great interest which "."ns- !"
us that they may ta.c npon t:.r:nse,"s IL, ia"t.c
IL executing this irus;. We admit IL western
brethren that they have lcF .o,2. npon cs.slrs
We freely oi abundance. give TO their necessities
but We ask for the power and The privilege of ap"i:
ing the trustees unto whose hands, in who's. manage
;neut End by whose distribution this fund il to h..
rid ou That is what ask, while they u-; tia cast
81 ;urn oyer IN this fund Is it becaurc You are
IN .srsu;t g. 1'e; are yoar people I: 'a;-lc
l-.-.j.-, Ion s., nit prime pie and csa;,ot .!!l.
It = Il 'an:' awfn!!y fear :iat with
tie p.incip, food alone, probably, gentlemen
might rot he -t.,''s :" >tcpt il. repeat TINT
fcar-I do no. ,;-,--,,... i principle alone
involved ihnt ifo.. Nce>- cf ~ r,riv -" to bc
placed into Your hanis Gt 81 .'goa,d ant probably De-
20 cla1norous fer majority Whet you'd give Jon tina,
control
Whence is this right of the MAJ derNye,' Where
does it come from Where does /. 40, y of i ma
ioritv Of number. sprns f.omi Doee it piGa troa 9
natural law. | though; that bin IL r',i,ts w;ic;
hus been invoked b. my friend declares a' I'll laa .rp
equal Is there any thing in mature Will gives nay
man a right lord il over his fellow = h5re az,
,Lim, lt the law If force by Which the stroi.g
come, oplHess and distress the weaker. Sure; lsfs
i, no Gentleman this floor who Is DESTROYS Of apply
my that ioi lral law of force iii present organic i
Does il a,sc from any conventional arrangement, T
-. wiatf Pray what conventional arrangement say.
we have constituents has III" gentleman irt'h
(rcerricr has any body i'll the Conl"l!W III VIZ.
yina ever been party to i:iye-t snaior, al
Ser Will! the right rule the whole eie-i- 81 the
Commonwealth II is rot derived from TIL. I'LL 81
r,b,s from 10 law oi nature aud there is conve;
tnnl arrangement either federal STATE which gives
Them that authority. Tel u.e, should Il exist. A.
not the treat elements 81 society person; and prnpcr
Are rot all our lava made for the protection oi persons
and property Ara not courts estah.i,', aT the
very parpos Of tryiDg the rights oi prisons And proper
i;v Il not cur executive invested with the pow
enforce the execution of the law. in respect persons
md property: Vet when in all the machinery nf COY
cr:ll.i in ii. ill., department.. lr perry Is re,:rset:
standing side ly side with Ia, .ighs of man. aud. ai
toll thai it il t. have influence in the government
self MA gruscy told that property = L. stand alone
, can take care Of itself How. which, where, did
properly ever take car. OF itself. When. where and
how did property protect itself except through
the agency Of those who own II They are the active
representatives OF this fn They The Trustees 70
whose keeping II is t" l gwen ai'" II Is only far";.
them that property can Inc tc in the government and
receive adequate aud Efficient protection. did ,r
tend to del, ain the committee and could not j" 80 ph, >i
cav ii desired hut beg leave 10 eay to my friend
from (racnhrier that though he may civ, this warning.
that This question: of The white basis viii Lo run- II
ear. Ill: tie >talwirt I'll III. west shall have what
they term equal yn'e III this government tint never
81 lon, Til. battalion, corporal guard 81
that battalion is i'll this hail. will We SURRENDER i" men
who do not it tho control of TINT Lave property
came here to protect that property ra;c her" t" pro
tcct the slaves of lny i-tr;rt we'll - ic person.
came here to haze IN eye singh, all iii, departments
Of go;oTnrni IL that controlling interest when prevail
in the district which represent. WiIlic w d. jus
tice to nj! n far capable, yet my bond Is vc;i
NV pledge il given a: viii -tnu Up here At all l!az
or- ard 10 the last extremity I" defend TINT interest
ilnt paramount mi of to constituents whom III
pnrt rcprc-cnt-.- 900 of whom in part stand upon this
floor in ms person Yea represent upon THE floor one
fourth as many Shareholders there ar lir'n,, beyond
fh Blue ilse mountains and could II b. expect ~
that shorli be -iiert wien 'enomia.:t"d
acr. battalion aud when THE ntcres; which III par
represent to upwards "f ten millions al dollars
shall lie Tncorc Ut mere corporal guard What
great object is 10 IL effected by transferring this power
which we are askod trsi-.r from o' hands t" "-c
o; 81. western laeil,rcnI VIII have Tendency /"
ALA. any sectional strife, any sectional ,rlin%i Wal
il lave the effect of cvcliins the mountains and max ny
DOR terc-t- honegrnu- Will the western people Ia"
come commercial community What eject say viii
il have in soothing thi. hyCrahca!ed sectional feeling
which has been stalking. from tho Tsry foundation n The
government to the present lay. over Virginia. Willie
YOU nay o"tle the dissatisfaction of western res
,ou will place upon eastern friends 'istrz and
Is il useful for to stop to inquire which The
l.l"teriou- feeling to ox- in The community, 81 dis
.,u-, al one Of simple Dissatisfaction about prnr:pie1
10 what greater evils will not the one lead than the other
Our western brethren may lie dissatisfied but certainly
they will have suffered lao injury Bit W. would have
H.. fears al the whole of eastern Virginia nro,sel, that
tirir property would suffer not from cupdty. mol '
cause Tho people disposed to grind IL bv
oppressiou hut they would dsirn-t it. Whether that
feeling would he We'll Ill founded i: s boo;os- here 10
inquire So that you would transfer the feeling, ut dis
trust he against the feeling of isrus' on the
other side Of the mountains. fou do not al'av H. you
effect IA practical good while you woiic. place IN the
hands If those who are not entitled IL hold them The
purse strings Of the State. ] trust thst The time