Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-12
THE RICHMOND VIRGINIA CON
VENTION
From the Wheeling IateLliqencer.

contains the report of the committee appoint
ed by the Virginia State Convention TO re-
port on amendments to the constitution. the
document is long and very curious.
The committee set out with An assertion Of
the old distractions of the Virginia school,
and then proceed 10 discuss the amendments
which they deem essential 10 erect the State
into an olearchy. The people they .ay.must
be disfranchized. lanor must be depressed,
and free schools abolished. W. give -ome
extracts from the report below Let tree
men Lo-r ii D.Oeress Of ih- rebellion
REBEL VIEWS OF POLITICAL EcoSoMY.
Governments are instituted for the protec-
ton oft'- light If per-on- and property,aEd
anv system must be radically defective which
does not give ample security 20 both. The
great interests Of every community may be-
classed under the heads Of labor and capital,
and it is essential to the we'll being OF society
that the proper equilibrium should be estao-
lished bhtween these important elements
The undue predomiuance Of either must
eventually prove destructive to the social sys-
TEN. Capital belongs to the few. labor 70 the
MANY II those symptoms in which capital
has the ascendency. the government must. 70
some extent. partake Of the character OF oil
garchy. whilst in those n which labor is pre-
dominant the tendency Is 10 what Mr.. Join
Randolph graphically described IS the des-
potism OF king number II i the office Of
enlightened craftsmanship TO secure 70 each
il appropriate influence. but 10 give the ab-
soute control to neither.
NoRTHERN LABOR 100 POwERFUL.
The political condition Of the Northern
States presents a striking illustration Of the
evils incident 10 the prepOnderance OF the 81
ement Of labor. In the early periods Of their
history these evils were not 50 apparent ~
they have since become. Thei. population
was spare. and he Western TerIitOvle. al
forded convenient outlet FOR their re.rles-
citizens property Wa easily acquired. and
consequently he linz 0. demarcation be-.
tween labor and capital va not strictly
drawn because the !ahorer 0: today nigh.
readily DecOn4- the capitalist VI 'D-mgrr0w.
Bur within The lat twrn'v yetr- marked
rLanga La ras~D place ~ 'he north. Popl-
la1Ion .a- t-~Dr.. dense. aud the sst~ryvalFe
afforded ~ emigrsrlon 10 tho We,'-rH Ter
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