Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-07-01


qualification Of their desires ! That they will say talk
to Mount Psgah and point out to the valley be
meath with all its 1ocks and herds and will make
effort to enjoy them. Away with your guarantees they
will say. 1t ID question of degree of interest. 1t il
a question whether we will permit your slaves t.
control I'D in the indulgence and enjoyment of that pow
or, which you have madly and toolishly conceded tt
u.s. whether we will remove them or make them the
very means and instruments of full enjoyment
mean to cast no llnputaon upon my friends from the
west Isay if there be ground work and foundation fol
tue imputation ut all, in any wise that they NAV b.
mad or unjust enough thus to march to the enjoyment
of power il is because some of their own representa-
tives have been indiscree enough to intimate that
ther will thus make the acquisition of this power. This
is not question OF property merely There is more i'll
vored in it than that. Tax u mans land tax man
horse take away his property bat leave him, in the
language of ancient and admirable song " wife
children friends all that lie loves and that love
him. and he may vet be happy. Aye, rs has been pro-
pcry said before poverty crime. honest poverty
no dshonor and if there be misery around him, the
poor man, long as he has enough to supply from hi:
daily labor the little brood that nestle at his feet
indulge in hope and have something to live for. But
it is not 50 when YOU touch this other question 1t is
the vital mir and atmosphere which Hc breathe and
that touches every it reaches everywhere; it per
vades the home and the fresdc Of the humbcs cottage
rs we'll rs the proudest mansion Pass but the law
though have not the power TO execute it, it will have
power 10 execute itself; pass but the law by which
you shall dissolve the tie that binds us by breaking down
the barrier that nterposes between you and this pro-
perry and instantly you poison the atmosphere Of
tern Virginia and put the life Of every being there to
hazard. Shall wo trtle with such question as that
in IN unholy scramble for power, and yet 20 back
and tell our people that We have honestly aud fairly
and faithfully represented them?
II NAV cumpvrt with the understanding and the
views it may comport with the determination of other
gentlemen to surrender this interest into the hands OF
those who eat without it, who sleep without it and may
live without IT, or feel without it, while VIC live cut
sleep and drink in the midst of but for me,
in the language of 3fr. Randolph, say it proxy,
say it individual say il the representative OF
nj honored and contding constituents will defend ii
foreathers defended, the great princ pie upon
which revolution hung
But gentlemen say our friends this bas. is no pro-
tcctou for experience has demonstrated it: you spend
your money foosly. madly and excessively. We'll.
lur what have = expended it: To make internal i'm
provemcnts TINT 10 so to different parts of the
Who hns done it Ourselves, the east, and Richmond
especially. Now suppose were to go 10 my friend
from Berkeley and Snv to him that is magnificent
estate Of yours know 1.-The admirable arrangement and
capacity of your lospitable mansion | know but |
tank you donu exactly make the sort Of use YOU ought
Of it, and therefore, YOU must band It all over to me-
Whit answer would he give mel Would he assent
Suppose he We're uot lie is, thrifty. pansaking and
careful while ut the time he is generous and lib
erul suppose he little more improvilent, aud
10 To him, you manage your estate badly YOU
speud your money too freely and njudciousv, and YOU
must be protected against yourself ia would ask how
is this to be done aud should reply, give it to me-
will take oft, will manage it, and expend your
income for you rs deem proper and jud.2ious Would
be yield would he say do not approve this plan
may not manage il exactly as 1t should lie, but il is
my property and havea right to contrcl and like
to manage my own property, and III my own way, and
do not understand this thing of even my friend man
aging ,nv property for ME. But would cay, upon his
principle wrong. because, first have natural
right TO control your property and secondly, your pos
session OF your property Is no protection you as your
own practice and experience has demonstrated Vow.
wish TO protect it for you. and the only way of doing
it, is put ii into bands Would he not Lyons
is fool certain rs fate and would he not be
right So the argument is pressed upon here that
manage our property badly. and spend Our money
iuolishlv for the benefit End entertainment of friends
therefore plain that it ought TO be put into their
luIGs Ny friends may think that nm exactly OF
the PERSONS probably to whom that kind of adyice hi ht
apply But do not think would be better Off though
my friends might be if my property were taken away
and given to them they might be enabled to entertain
themselves better with it. But, if retained it. have
only the protection of possession but the Of
pending in my way, andat least Of enjoying my
SELF at the time that divide apart oft with them
hat answer il it TO us-st not most ungracious
swer-to say Tint it intended in kindness us he
caus. we use money inudicously in making inter
nal improvements which are TO cnurc go much &c the
benefit of the west or in mourning public debt for that
PURPOSE and therefore, We are not protected III our
property We plst give up all for little protection
We are to trust to the charity and forbearanco OF
the very people for whose use, and for whose benefit,
we have incurred this hrftlcss expenditure and ex-
travagance
That may be NIL good logic, but confess, for one
do not, in the least degree conprehendit it. I an per
ectly satisfied nv people will never adopt it They
IRE too sensible sasacous and practical to do it. The
men who labor for their means; the who toll for
their property; the men who have acquired By the
sweat Of their brow. that upon which the comfort
and happaess of their wives and children depend, DO
not mean to put into the hands Of other people to
age for them simply because they can manage it quite
as we'll as Others for them might manage it. That is
the principle they will apply upon this subject and act
upon.
But again, suppose were to say to my friend from
Berkeley have spent your money rather freely, ell
tertancd rather literally, but you have not done it
fast enough you have spent it fast YOU ought
to have done Give your property to Inc, and will !
take of it by.spcudng it more literally Would
he not think that it was the oldest sort of protection
in the world Now this il precisely the argument that
is urged. They say you your mixed basis has az
fordcd YOU protection to your property. We have
expended our money too lberaly in internal improve
neuts in the west looking to the west; have got
$40 00OO00 debt at the least, and yet they cay they
want nearly oU000O00 more; and in order to give us
protection they ask 10 put the control OF pro-
perty into their hands in order that it may be applied
in tits way. Oh no. my friend from Berkeley says 10
the name of natural rights, by the divine law forbid
that This young giant of the west my friend from
Acconlac called it, must not be dwarfed, but brought
out in all his full proportions and power, but the
ment you get out aud take good look at him say,
he is much stouter fellow than thought he was it s
not safe to trust him. We must DO guaranteed we must
put handc upon bis right wrist, and carry it down
to his left ankle, he cannot be able to stride far
as he might ii he were not confined BY chain He
must be controlled in WHAT In the exercise Of the
only available purpose Of the natural right by force Of
which he has acquired the power to assert the natural
right" Strange Inconsistency. Now, what is it ]
beg to know, that gentlemen fight for phantom az
shadow. natural right to govern. provided those
who have it, shall not exercise that natural right lu
the name OF God will our friends harrass us, deDounce
u.s. imperri US for phantom | AIN sure, when they
come think of it, friends from the west will not
ven brighten us; they will not put to any hazard
for the purpose of securing to themselves, this phau
tom for the sake of acquiring natural right to gov.
ern meaning at the time to deprive themselves
Of the practical exercise and enjoyment Of the right by
denying themselves the power Of legslatng upon the
very subject upon which they cay they want the power
/ may 10 out Of that door may I! 0. yes have a
right to 90 If any man savs have not the right 60
my friend from Accomac, know, will stand by in
that he would in any other conflict it is my misor
tune to be engaged.
WISE would not stand BIZ YOU in nil conflicts