The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-17
CONSTITUTION.

CONSTITUTION.
!. hereas the detekat-S Il d represent Ia
tfrs Of he good people O Virginia in Conyen-
t.-a H-s-tnbled, On the twenty -nIHth day OF
June. ia fhe year of our Lord one thousand
seven HHudreG and sew enty- -siX-reciLug and
dr iaaug, that whereas, George the Third,
hIHg q Great Britain and Ireland. and EIec-
trr u Hanover, before that time entrusted
VIA the exercise Of the kingly Office ia the
Gc1-rAmeut of Virginia, had endeaVored TO
prc, slL ine same il 10 a detestabie and iDsup-
port4 bic tyranny, by putting his negative on
laws Ike most wholesome and necessary for
tae public good by denying his Governors
peTA-siOn 10 pass laws OF immediate and
pressing importance, unless suspended in their
Operation for his assent, and when SO
suspended, neglecting ~ attend to them
ipr many years; by refusing 10 pass
e.ttIu other laws, unless the persons to
De benefited by them would relnquish
the iues timable right OF represen tion
'n lhe Legislature ny dissolviug legislative
opposing, with manly firInness, his invasion
~ lAe rights Of the people when dissolved,
~ refusing 10 call others for long space OF
Nfnf, thereby leaving the political system
Withoutany legislative head ; by endeayortng
70 prevent the population of our country,
aIu l"I mat purpos, O6Siructtng the laws Tor
tbr naturalization Of foreigners; by keeping 2
among Us, In time ofpeace standing armies and
shlps oi war hy affecting 10 render The mill :.
tdFy independent Of, aud superior to, the civil
power, by com mbinhig with others TO subject
Ht 70 foreign jurisdiction, giving his assent
10 lhelr pretended actk OF Legislation, for
4UhTtering large bodies of armed troops
among US, for cutting off our trade wi I'll al
parts Of rne world, for imposing taxes Oh us
without our consent, for depriving us OF the
benefits OF the trial By jury, for transporting
us beyond the seas 10 be tried Tor pretended
offences forsuspeHding our own Legislatures
anu declaring Themselves invested with pow
r! 70 legislate for us in all cases whatsoever ;
ny WundeTlng our seas, rayaging cur coasts,
- ing oar uoW-4s ana destEoyin. the lives
oi our people by melting insurrections OF
our fellow subjects with the allurements of
forfeiture and c0nfscatlon by prompting our
negroes 10 rise in arms among u.s. those very
negroes, whom, by an inhuman use Of his
negative he had refused as permission To ex-
cIude by law by endeayoring 10 bring on
the Inhabitants OF our frontiers the rnsrciless
indian saVages, whose known rule vi war
fare Is al distinguished destruction OF all
oges sexes ard conditions OF existence; by
uauspoTtng hitne. d large army OF for
Dign mercenaries 10 coYnp.ete the york
v death, deeoiatlon, and ty.anny, then
A!,eady besua, with circumstances OF cgg-
"ity aud pegndf unworthy the head @,
civilized nation ny answering our re-
ttoa OF Injuries and, finally, by abandoning
the helm OF Gov ernIpsnt aud deciariag as
oqt OF bis allegiance and protection by
winch several acts OF misruIe, the Govern
LAtht OF this country, Us before exercised un-
utI tAs crown OF Great Britain, was totally
dissoiysd--did, therefore, having matureiy
considered the premises, and viewing with
great concern the depiorabie condition TO
"h'en this once happy country would be re-
"ueed, unless some regular adequate mode Of
t"h Poiiey should be speedily adopted, and