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The bin for Di.,rie,lhg shs s,zie : I'm ps1iias
ID ih- selare. We understand. Toe C1nnlIier y
whom The bill from he House was rcIsEred. kasre-
por.sd Ii % The Senate with ons p two modise.-
ticus One taking Oh lilies City iron the Norfolk
nhd adding Tito the Accpmae Disrisi-ana aaother.
putting Campbell 70 he AlbernErle, and adding
Rockingham and Flutanna y the charIofs Dir
-irist 81 n
Tk-se ehanees ID b, materially varJ ne iai-
guilty OF he measure Il IS still shameless Ger
rymzndsr--A moAslfous prescriptions IT nearly one-
halfot the people Of the STATE fur their poiilical
opnipns-hct because Lhey are not friends Of fee
dom and stanneh adyoka,es or Republican instiinr
tions but because they do no, believe that shs va
RED and conflicting doctrines q lhe Loeofoeo party
are conducive % the bst interests 81 their epuaiy
This Is sher SIN. For this, they are plaeedty The
nsjsrity wihoatihe pale Of eitzenshpL defIed ID.
right Of single Representative in he Congress or
the Conlederacy land, we supposed At ore time
hey were rct 81 y tote striped q their rights.
but vrrs y 81 denied Le ?oof privilege Of pro-.
Ing against he tyranaf.f ToanY surhasumpiiOnp
We were prepared 70 oppose the same resistance
thar We should DO. and With equal alacrily and :
good conscience, 70 he Invading forces Of For
eign enemy. The people OF France are nov ri
proach and by.word 10 the nations for heir tame
and silent Submission 10 The deprivation Of AL heir
libefiies. We should Adesergeshe same seorn. five
submitted IN like SILENCE 70 The same seryiiude-
The brightest aspect N which MS Calhoun's POI
iilieal career can Be viewed Is In The eternal ter
mony which bears agansi the renaorssless iyfanr
W Of mere majoriies Il vas the fond hope oflhe
t1unders or our nstsa atoms that equal privileges
were secured TO every citizen az the Republic.
That no portion Of cur people should be prescribed
Or oppressed for entertaining any political or reit
! gious opinion. That naorilies has rights as well
as msjorilles, saerediy guaranteed BY the eharier
Of cur Liberties ainsl the eHeroaehaent Of despo-
! ism whether ia the gFiise Of one or of many.
This proceeding on fhs part Of the maiorilyoi The
Virginia Legislature, = abhouen,io the fandamen-
tai principles Of Republication repugrant to
every sentiment Of Justice, aud is moreover IN di-
rec. violation ofthe SS4te Constitution. which every
member Of this majority has taken an oath to sup
port,
4 Ia thus sblemnly protesting against this scheme
Of oppression aud mighty. il occurs % Us aPprop
ate and aceords with our Of justice, TO repair
a wrong. which, in some structures on ihe subject
last week, We did TO Ms Barbour or Cnlpeppef.-
We represented that gentleman as having opposed
ia the House a bill which, as Chairman ofesthe
commitieei he had reported. This was all true
but by the omission Of fact at the time unknown
to usio Wit ha, he hid stated his opposition 70 liz
bill and declared thar he merely acted as the organ
ofthe Committee ia reporting it, we did him inias
tiee. A simple statement Of the facts repairs ihC
wrong and acquits him OF all censure, saycliha
watch he must share with all The members Of hi,
party, who co-opefnieIin perpetrating iniastic,
.upon HE Wing portion Of the people Of the Com
| mohweah - iehmond Wig.