Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-18

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Pledges against principle are worthless. Ii 'i'"ia.
mr. western friends right would ask Tor h"'''' ~
!ieyiny them to be wrong I'll accept q: none u
sti,u;e for principle. .,,.or,,ne,,i
BIZ. gentlemen say We are for minority
M, So Whrn a day OF Two ago, hc.u@ w. -,
member say :: will not tru,: IL" ln:joi! = E,,
and whel. in response To it tic :c !n''te: ',' =
wha dec!ard in emphatic terms ! ~" ~. 49,
notify of the east" | Thought, IN 'ic - ,. ,,
mariner that ".ani WAS just ahead ';'
sitio, nr,c.e,v will trust Kin. numbers - IL, y" M
nch,r i; thni of majority nor minority, until my fis'H
are secured There is alotl,cr N!.'--' L,,
;blc and hateful TO persona! ,!cs?oIS i' Ii's o''
who !. ALTOGETHER lovely in the eye % r'H"'.''' i's
men. That is the king whom / WI 80 ~ -
and 10 whom render my a!'egi:,sc ~ w.,
br cr,wned. | mean king "3"1"& I"";,,' --.'t'+
w AL - wr:.,.r, ,l.tut:on He y ~
's.V'' go ;r;ti,-., !:c Improvisation 81 ii
ertv herself In him the rsn- 't ~ ';Fe .,
pr, acted Guarded hy the s"vc''': department - <"
government he is beyond iic reg" - ,i'3 '''
lis mower and inIacncc extend rom }t'ic'''!'"h
,,,n-tS,n Tho men oI to-day die "nu are sue
.nsI' Ly otlrs brit the rights OF Glcn live AM iiTr
E,rov.r They cuanal" rom The c,"riHi throne "i
1.ron yon may crush them for time, il i tr"r, BAT
like truth,
..Tbo,pb crushed to earth, they'll rise @sail
Your constitution mas, recognize the rc:,; paramount
,rncip. ,ha, freeme, have certain inherent rights 81
which tEcv must not be deprived either b. nrI"t.cs
ar ,nnorc. That the rights Of each man >;"t'! o"t
in fair autagonsul WI hose If al "" wn:ii bc~."-.
Yes, if it were possible to nssemhi" 1i., a...e.
nnc Government this coulnrnt tie thousand "s!iiii
&c hImar be... who inhabit earth. tie r',!:s q"
III, .u:ab!est freeman among them ""i:a not "ny &c
n dear TO him as those OF ail Tie res; Ia ':g::i bat BIZ,
r;ohts 70 assert aid maintain them would hr ;,>t -
pnl n, those Of the nine hun .rc and nine: s..ie Mi.
ION nine hundred and ninety n;nc Thousand, :.,e 'u'
d.ed ard nincty-nre to assert and maintain tli":ts
This is the great principle that mus; RI; t;r";; yor
constitution and sanctiiy /: 70 the conecc ana i!ec-
Ions Of the people This IS what the rcc5u philosopher
meant when: in reply 10 the c1cs:iDn W.. the De-.
n:m OF government lie said: That which ,a-: seecrc-
and projects the rights o! The !llhcst citizen free
mcii vill never consent 70 commit their c,aanrcl:
rights TO til. u,b-ej wi! cf ;c.Ia;ii ;;o.;ty ~
the f.ci;ocs opposition o! i d:,con;ci minority.
Government, un: - be founded n fraud or violence
ia compact which Is designed 70 sccGrc the rights %
all The parties 10 il are oil it. All Others, i,~aAia-
womcn and children. are il H. And w!,rl d. ..,i.:>
of all are secured in the compact. ad guarded l., he
checks and balances which power May afford % p Yc.
then comes the great cXpcdcn; ofccuag "l r!!@s
all rcemcn. by the rig CHI OF suffrage, uron the .luv
platform, and secures TO the majority al:der The :a,a
lions and restrictions OF the constitutions. aGe,y ~
,.!:ich the government Is 30 b" conducted.
But Gentlemen say they are in pHr.U Of par
preventative democracy. What 80 !,,"1 mean ~ i:
sc have heard of the wild aud iiccn;ios democracy cf
'3 il: Frauco-oi the o! is inception alid Of IL
results. We know it protested 10 b.. ,lrnarr,ry I:
numbers. AND what did i do |! first attacked r.
pcrtv then the lives OF its foes then tie lives If
friends, II assailed the throne Of Cod ad erected AZ:
altar Of inGdelity, with the inscription .,n"aii,n
Death is an eternal Sleep-inan IS immortal UuT n n"
pantheon of hstory?' 1t ended in o 4e. 2c:is;l.
knew tina. gentleman don't mca@ his. .%o~ Lr ,,cy
mean the recent revolutionary spirit which ,re..G
throughout that rac;iiatins counri; with lon,i hi cnpty
professions Of .epa5lican!sai. Hear it, YESTERDAY lie
Shout of yirc Ia RspgJliq.s. !o,: and ioa;..,
the drum beat Of her armies is ca: IL the ea;na, c,
and the bayoaes OF republicans plunge, IL, ihc
bcsomS Of republican brothers They s"Cl yt Til Kind
Il democracy.
What then do they mean; There i: b;i. one wa. 10
reach q pure representative democracy. and thai j.
through the general ticket SYSTEM. Ee.y .oYv!sinc:-
ia officer, every Representative il yo"r is.t rns.
DC elected by all the people in Ill .r count, A. t.
Does tic white basis apyo.toa.nan,
provide for this! Does il carry i professions:
No The city of Norfolk is {, send lc! one member n
tie fiosc Of Delegates, b. tic voice "i On. thousand
voters to whom alone he is responsible: and Pc 10
,asl his vote and influence upun Tie Interests ard Gc
aies of ninc hundred and n!ncI-!i:nc ;lD,n& yorrs
II other parts OF the commonwealth. wt:hclu .. ..
to them. II IS t. pc called pare rcI.c-
sentative democracy, where not single delegate IL thai
department OF your government claims i" tie s,grt-
sentative Of the hundred hau>a!Il, i..."; of The
people upon whose interests he is lccsiaii.r The
yhi;e basis report sucreners the question >cIi. Il.
his very phase of county representation, recognize,
representation of interests wc!' persons. Local
re presentation necessarily implies representation, ri IL,
ieress. The numerical majority OF the Whole State.
is never ascertained b. county elections.
And how will gentlemen dispose OF TIC Senaic in !.
pure representative democracy: Il cant be roioiaali:
their principle is legitimate. The Senate = designed i.
check upon the popular branch. Il c!caIcG % i'm
pose restraints, when necessary upon ii" vii! Of NAM
bers. II this be- not its object, why have Senate II
all: One branch can reflect the popular will - ella.
,"o. And have ecu not seen the workings of hi, sy>-
House OF Delegates with wing majority. whcri Tie
majority in the State knoTi! 10 b. demo
cratic: Have you not seen biz which passed the
House OF Delegates by oriy Of more than thirty
lcctcd Senate, NC members Of : former
House taunting Senators with open violation Of ti
popular will Yes, and you have heard tic response
We sent here to restrain and restrict. il NECESSARY
tie pofuar will. l, this the way you propose 10 reach
mare .rcrr sentative dcrlocrcv This :liny MOI do
1t must Tot go forth that you IN favor Of pare re-
preventative democracv-tic dcrnrcrac; vi numerical
M ores when the plan of organizing IL" .oycrrcu,
on the white basis principle. on lis face denies it.
Let me in thu, connection ask. wha! complaints our
western friends bring with them Has tlcir pop
la:ion IA r2ased, Are not their lock and herd, mere
Have not their lands appreciated in yalue
And is not their whole country Smin, vii: prosperity
Do they not boastingiy contrast their pTo,ptr;l. WIT
that of TIE east Where's t"c expressions WHY. IL"
gentleman who now sits before ~: T.. Of Green
bricrl told us the other lay, tina; even upon the src
Of Internal improvement, there but i!c gro,,, or
coni plant in the west, except in his immediate re-
gon of country agree with hin in t!a. Tho gen;
t'eman from Rockbridge (Mr. MooR&) had made lie
same concession bcf:re. In what then, repeat con
sists this oppression upon the west: Why, The junior
member from Rockbridge (AIr LsrcmGwj co,npi;ined
that this much degraded country E:ad not participated
fair proportion Of the honors Of Ihc coinc!weait
and the gentleman pressed lard f." subject, Of
plant, that he gravely announced 10 that She had
not enjoyed her fair proportion Of convict, IL -" icni-
Tertiary. Laughter. Wen, ;,a: is literally i!a, But
entertain lively hope lin badinasc) that il our friend.
on the other side succeed in securing the white basis
that then the west will have full arportuii, O, cnoy-
:ng all the benefits Of that most valuable 3si;fuo1
Laughter lie also Informed u, thai he patronage .,
the State had not been fairly proportional = ;c ,
And in the very next breath tie gentleman confessed
that the single county Of Augusta, il his or district
seven thousand dollars had long before iiia rat.l
the conclusion that old Augusta was 200. indeed E,.
;pon the information furnished b. tlc ciicnan Inn
'elf forced 10 correct the mistake. ara admit
lat far from being poor she millionaire u,
ynpathics had often been with her when stood nv rr
de in the House of Delegates. where indeed ,:,c =,
'itcn been beggar Call upon THAI faithful oil sentinel
n the House of Delegates, from the coun;y OF NoDa,,n
on, who has stood year by year al the door Of yo,y
reasury. with all the implements . dsiyrc, and ak
lin for Ilis,or. Of his guard duty. lie xiii tell Won
hat ever and anon he has heard the iaos, iuy..r:;o
AL, l,.In .i I'll.