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thel9sh Of April a. nosidp q WIN. D. MASSEY,
Esd q Alexanisia. AleksNDkn R.vks. Esq q
Albemsrle. vas called d he Chair aud oLfvkR P.
BaLDwIS, Esq ef Richmond appointed Secrssary,
On mosionhi S Patrick. Esq. 81 Kanawha, /.
vas resolved shas COMMITTEES y appointed By he
chsirman 70 prepare and repot, resolutions and an
address q the people &C Virginia. Tbs chairman
appointed the following gentiemen Messss. John
p Imboden, Nicholson Johnson. Vincent Wi,cher.
Hugh w. skeffsy. Joseph Segar. and Thomas
Grfigh.
On motion 9f Alr Patrick. shcchairnan was add
Cd 10 The committee.
Ehe following address and resolutions wsre 81
ported BY The commune
Al ATvssi % tls Pssple IF YiEgiria.
Constrained By assense Of responsibility 10 their
immediate constituents and nv people Of The Stair
ihs Wing members Of The General Assembly ear
neky iaFile public attention 10 certain Of that
body, manileslng ia en- alarming degree, The mis-
chfsyous policy 81 ths Democratic party. They
would make Ibis appeal 10 NO mere partizan spirit.
The acts If viii h lhey COMPLAIN deserve in their
oHinion, the condemnation Of all candid and iade-
pendent treemen, who maintain and exercise theF
rights ofprWase judgment, against The dcialion on
party organs and leaders. II can be truly asserted
that no palry desle 70 secure party advantage has
suggested this appeal il has sprung from higher
u{Dtivei il has been coerced BY a sense of dntyld
The whese people of the STATE without distinctions
Of parties under a perfect knowledge of the Ell
drsthat Wll doubtless 81 made 10 close the publ
mind against ilz lair Consideration BY The usual
war-cry that Is Employed 10 arouse the passions
afd preidice4 Of the party. APprrhensions Of ihis
sdrt cannot deter them from this challenge Of he
pk6ffc ud smfnt and scrutiny 10 The course or The
nemocfaiic PARTY in The Assembly; and II no 9TH
Ell voice Sshall BE raised in its reproba,ion, they
will not be lhe less satisfied that they have diss
charged sheirduty 10 The public, ngr less prepared
ID ascrbe such result 70 The unfortunate tendency
on high party ekcilemeat 10 smother The voice d
rAason ahd justice. II is not 10 be understood; hnw
Eeker, that they intend hereby to relax the bonds 0
their patty Organization. to court the suIrAgek
Tef the people on conditions Inconsistent viii their
FPFineipes On the contrary, there Is every Thing
rib the course of the Ssase and Federal admin stra
iions 10 admonish them of the duty sad necessity Ff
abnging The moro closely 10 INSTRUMENTATION asia
great national. conservative party, and Of cherish
Ing the more earnestly ihatsound genuine Repuh-
lEcanism. which lies al Us foundation, and which
opposes 10 the licenssyof Democracy, the who'll
some restraints OF alSober habuai regard for tie
peace, the honorandlhe stability of their free gpk
| stnment Smuggling in the minority, they hafe
hated not one iot OF little OF courage or OF hope hn
their reliance on the eventual triumph Of truth aid
/ correct principles but they have not always On
/ jByeu the privilege Of remonstrance against NE
course Of the dominant party ;-on questions OF Inc
Heepesi and most general interest they have been
| Ehexoraby denied a hearing, or else their vote
kIihrd III debate BY the legislative gag, II il loIhe
presumed that the measures complained OF, hssc
RireadY engaged much Of public attention 20 tHai
a brief enumeration of the most prominent OF lheIl
may suffi Eel to arouse the vigilance and prok,br
lhe Investigation d the people in all sectsa5ol
/ kile STATE. aA#
! Cursed aha afflicted as the people Of this 81 te
| have been and s.lllsare, by the circulation uFhn
Illegal small note currency Of the worst imaginable
aits RI.
cratic majority. has failed 70 provide remedy hr
i this great evil, and as If really al any time aha
upon any pFeext sacrifice the public inlerestlto
some abstraction Of their creed, as sterniv denkd
the only relief thai could be given, in reiusingltu
i authorize the Banks 10 suppYa safe convertible
currency inithe emission OF noles under The denoh-
ination pf Ave dollars The inevitable con sequence
1 ensues thatza new brood Of swindling shops will
| spiDg up without and within the borders OF tie
/ State, managed by unknown and irresponsible
| Inen tax the trading community and cheat tlie
/ IlRboring classes with the most unsafe currently
/ that the vii of man candevse Perhaps, a yet mdre
Iperyadng mischief attends it, in The depraving hf-
iect upon the morals OF the people. OF an open add
continual violation of law, which finds no SINH Il
| Justification from the cnlpahe federation OF this
state otthings BY The democratic lawmakers Of lhe
! State.
| T The democratic raFty commits many abSnrhi1
HES, IT, not crimes soaner Than allow The InfalIhia
by of is political faith tube drawn in qaestionR-
Thus, Having once declared. under vastly differdnt
circumstances its opposition 10 disributionEbf
The proceeds df The puhlic lands, il will not ndw
lsnrrender that tenet Of its creed though il now DID,
Islructs the very policy twas designed promote
IN will be recolltcted thai The State was iDdueedfn
ffr ego Or discam her share Of this fund with G
view ofIsecuring ms proceeds to The Federal Treas
Fy and thus leSsehing the necessity Oh increasing
III the tariff on foreign goods. But now, lie who ut
III contemplate The lavish giant OF these landsior Hi
II sorts ofpnFposes; millions Of acres that have ba n
Il granted To- the States ia which they lie for The
establishment III schools, colleges and the encor-
H ageme1t OF pablie works; the unblushinc claim
that is how stfennously uged for the total surrtn-
der OF these lahds'h the new States and ahnve all
the startling fact that This immense lund 81 ticiknt
10 enrich all the States in the Union has condHth
be regarded as topic 10 be welded for eleriiAn-
eerng pufpasfs BY all aspranis 10 The Presidency
and their friends, and aersuch survey ii lhe H..
fnaf state Of things. will dream. Of any tarthy
ehanceoi realizing his notion Of dedicaiiug ihere-
Geipts from This source TO the Federal Treasury 81
as in this sense 20 ensure 10 the common benefit d
1 All the States such one IS indeed a visionh ~
ouly io be found m the regionso f the most idle hne
4 prohlless abstfaclons. L. is no longer question
! Petween h4 individual States on The one side Ant
| lhe Feteral Treasury on the other. The latierha.
| Tong heen ousted of its just share; and now1lhe
| only practical Question for the people IS whehei
this fund is obe eqnally and fairly SHARED by all
Or TO be clutehed BY favored few whose votesl In
the electoral folleges mag tutn the scales agatnst
/ all the demands Of comm Justice and eauityI--
Why should not Virginia claim her rightfui share
4 II cannot be because she does not need H. Hel
| public DEBT Incurred for the development of her
| vast resources is annually angmentins the takes
upon her citizens; and now Is fiat her recata-
| tion OF her fighnnl dues from This quarter wohId
| htly come ia aid Of her systems Of edncfion and
| public works and ing4eiefof her tax payers II
can never be forgotten that she herself conferred
1 immense domain upon The General Government.
+ for III common itss and 6eneEt Of al he Sgots he
Sording % tAer usual fespeetre proportions the ea-
sral charge and Expenditure Is she not specially
Interested seeing 20 the fair bona eide execution
| pr this trnst! Ought she quietly 10 submit TIL ia
| plain abuseFand violation Nevertheless yearIaf.
Ter year. these andz are alenaied By Congress-
ganst the terms at their cession and her offended
5overegniy raises no voice OF Indignant profess -
HeT right to participate in the lands acquired Nv
The common treasure and blood of AL the States IS
equally eleah ard indispusabIe But her democIar-
ic representatives, for the mere sake Of party con
sistenHy and 70 her manifest injury and importer
ishmeHt persist IN declining 10 assert and demend
her just claims in this trust fund IN vain were
they conjursd 10 consider and discqss the Bro-
prieiy of this distribution; the resolutions intro-
ducei for; that purpose. and which proposed to
take the decision Of question ont of the handb Of
interested politicians and Submit II 10 direct Wpte
bffhe people. thai tribunal which the democrxfic
party profess 10 reverence but tear 10 trust on Ibis
Important subject were leff to slumber uponAthe
table. and scarcely voice was permitted % escape
frem the ehamh efssof the ASSEMBLY 10 arouse and
fnlghten The pHbIic mind npon this vital question
The tTranay Df the majority suppressed discusSsDu
and there is no hope for the State 10 obtain her
rights in his respect save BY the mandates OF The
people al the polls. The Assembly increases axss;
the Treasury mus, have augmented means. andlyet
strange iosay. the Democratic waich-word Is Il A.
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