Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-17

lona 9th him in the very inception Of this debate upon
tha hasa question, before entered upon IL even
Tora tbese in connection with other recoiieetions
which our people can never part VIII, uuu ny W
Iva transmitted from sire to son through lne med- VI
your printed records. Does that G
lin nccordauce with others uttered here upon this floor
lin the Convention of $3.50, when our people were
talked Of as the western PeasahtFf' ano When Inc
lowing herds Of the mountains were also spoken o.
rn Phi, Hor by proniDent man OF the enst the YER
asc h.orer the Santissma rindada. the threedecker
th.+ engagement Tainted then, tauntod now, taunt
d - our inf.riorit7 Of property then and now 30
told to take :: Eli quietly ard meekl; Sir, the wc,l
when tread apoc WI turn
II western men have INDUCED in epr cssiUn of feeling
here have they 20. IA. to do sol Would they
not have been more than less than men to- have
been enabled to repress the manly feeling of the pm
,ros bosom and have spoken in the courty phrase
whi,h gentlemen here "ould seem to prescribe to the
The gentleman from Fauquier remarked a.noug other
,hincs IN substance that had sought here array
.a.se, againse each other that our arguments had
an unfair arguments in other words, that they were
in,ed with poiso. do not quote his expression, bu,
,bn. il their meaning We have maintained in this de-
ate eud here reitsrate that the very proposition which
hat pan: !.uan propounded TO the Convention, and
rnch has been discussed from its very and char
.ter presented these Questions. lie presented propo
run here by which representation was to r. aseiguet
af upon taxation OF property and halt upon persons
blank proposition to be sure, but accompanied with
declaration upon his part Of intention " fill the bapk
With half and half 1t proposition which in it's re
ul,s gave to eastern Virginia fourteen more members
nau western Virginia. notwithstanding the prerouder
,uce OF white population west OF the mountains. II
yas proposition avowedly by him aud its advocates
,nIersd here upon the ground Of the Necessity of pa
I.g the powers Of this gorcrnmsnt III tho laGds OF
hose who held the property, and who paid me larger
portion Of the taxes
say that very proposition does this-and it IS one OF
nv greatest obieclions to the mixed basis schemshat
does necessarily and inevitably, array classes against
zach other 1t necessarily presents the very question
your people If it docs not present 1t t. them ind
'idusly it does to them in sections and in the srnsa
We begxed him to withdraw it. We asked him to tan
It away, but he held up the picture and called Us to
cok upon it, and to look upon in sslence He brought
up gaze upon the picture, aud the very u,onept
we denounce its features the very moment We enter
apsn an examination Of the portrait, they shrink back
rom their work aud say, our arguments tend u
,rray classes against ench other Their own proposition
loes it 1t is the fault of their position
TIE gentleman from Essex Mr.. Al. R r. GARSETT)
when he delivered his argument here, remarked that
money was power" That is an old maxim, " money
Is power" but was it sought to en5rast it into
fundamental law before Was it ever before attempted
20 be Inscribed upon The altar Of freedomi You have
attempted here to erect an utar to MaInmop and You
asve naked US to bow down and worship at it Money
power" and YOU endeavor to Incorporate it Us fun
laneutal maxim in IL. Constitution and to let 1t stand
here forever You wish to inscribe there your riches
md our poverty, your superiority and our lnierority
md to send it down the stream of time forever iorr
:ery proposition does it. Your very picture coItals
hese inaaments and these features. But whom We IL
Ii Kindness when brethren protest against ii,
ou say that our speech is that of duuuaciaion aud
bat the tendency of the argument Is to array caSses
There il no man II this house. there is man in this
community that has unEitiga:ed horror and OPP
oston " any and every attempt to array cassea oil
81 nth frnpI have UNI SO vel
nv rgh hand from ny body, before would EnoS!ng.
participate in attempt { that kind an, for pro-
.c.ing all and all alike; and cay IS said before that
lie only mode i'll which you can prevent this arraylns
/ claa.es tie only mode by which YOU can preserve
he Election and confidence Of your entire people H. to
resr., TO form Of government which distinguishes OF
separates aes portion uf your people from The
lther whether that be separation upon specific pro-
psrty, such rs slave property, or upon general wealth
md general property It'll. the very thing have most
cared in this Commonwealth OF ours II Is tho run;
motive OF thu action which have taken here. 1t il
preserve this people from the very calmi!ies to wir
h1 gentlemen have pointed us thut 60 and shall 60
without laltug ard without shrinking 10 the last for
uustr Of gov s.nuent aud for equal distribution Vi
lie rctcal power Of this Ststs l. 10 tho only way III
shicn you preserve property 1t is the OILY way IL
Shich you preserve tho afectons Of Jour people
And what in Justice Gro you doing to westcrn as
dare holders and property holders in tha CoInAon-
sesrhi ask you TO pause and ook ut II Tor mo-
meat. We hs:e population much more largely rcn-
,!aveholding than yourself You not only poat to The
tona divisions but you point our people t. he fact
that distinction is made in favor of the Shareholder
md the propsrty-holder. YOU bring my neighbor anu
the whole region OF country IL which We dwell tc con
,!es this very question told you before, tel you
cow. the only danger under tho sun to this Common
wealth Of Virginia is from the efforts you are makiI.
o pitt her people ssander to divide tbs propertyhol-
II and hc ION propety-holder the slave-hoder md the
Hn-slaTa-lroldcr. You asking them 10 c?a>d"r
these distinctions You forcing tLvm to conslsr
:hcse distinctions. are urging them madly tn 20
The consideration of questions Tia: would have
even entered into their MINDS You doing it, and
when we come here brethren. aud tell you that you
Ire doing it, when you here in tie language of
kindness and fraterna affection, thst you are perpctra-
ing this mischief you turn round and FAY that
Dharning own people,
1t is to prevent this thing it is to prevent people
rom getting into flame it ID to suppress and repreSs
n the bosoms of people every where any feeling Of
his kind BY withholding I'll cause for it, that we have
INSISTED ard shall insist to the end that the Yer? bel
protection you afford property, Is to MAKE 40 die
motions in representative power founded upon property
A rery considerable portion of the remarks Of the
:cutlcnan from Eauqusr addressed to ne yesterday.
with the kindly intention upon his part. OF persua
Ing me that neither myseh nor my people were, o.
ught to feel degraded in the slightest degree By this
orm Of representation. He went back to the old Srgu
nent that he had given US before AID which has beeh
diverted to By almost every gentleman who has spoken
ZION this ouesticn-tho Constitution of tho United
Suites. | do not know whether not it was the !c
ign of the gentleman from Fauquer, to draw ne int"
my difficulty of expression in reference to the formation
If the federal government. cannot imagine ;nGt he
ould have any purpose of that sort. presume thai
here is no great difference between that gentleman and
nysel II reference The formation Of the general gov
.rnment, ito character and its poSers do not kn'"
precisely how far we may differ Or how far We may
,gree spoke of it as blended system Ok seperate
State sovereignty and national union. How he may
characterize it do not know. But said this, that it
was confederated government and not consolidated
government.
III SCOTT, Of Fauquier. If the gentleman will al
low me will cay that the feature in his remarks to
which adverted was whore he had characterized the
federal government treaty of alliance-a mere
treaty Of alliance between sovereignties.
Mr.. SUMMERS. 1t is very we'll known that under
the old articles Of confederation the separate and indie
pendent States Of this Union eagued together BY
that instrument When they Come together BY their
representatives in 1887 the instrument they about
to form might be regarded somewhat il the nature
of treaty Of alliance They were still separate and
Independent and sovereign States and far as their in
srnal and domestic CO. they separate and
sovereign States But in reference to all matters
exterior and foreign it IS :onal government There
is difficulty about that But he maintains now as be