Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-06-25

from each county, from sirinnss and q. her t,u<os ~
absence, county would oii-n have no vote poss
Oily this would not oiiener occur, Than thar tho rw,
al present are divided. But, plan sill prr,r, all.
to this, and ono which promises IA more equal ,eur.
senat,on, would he, to adopt the mode M nre sen,
used IN choosing representatives to Congress a.
ereeaby to population or, il you please, Eonin, j.,
still to the landed interest, aud saw IA pr,,uorn ~,
the number OF freeholdcrs ror Under the u,rscm,
system, We certainly are, very une,,uay represrn,.
ed. Some small counties have, vrrhaps fro., ,n =,
81 votes, and they send members, others ,,,.,.
'roa 500 10 1000, and they send only @ How 40,
that the votes Of 40 or so freeho,Ifs should bny. rs
much weight in the passing law az 1000 l. ,.
equal Some change might be made IN our ;u,ie;n-
~ system als0. Our courts of Justice so c,UsJ ,.
SO multiplied, ss TO defeat the objec, for which ,hv
were ,".ended instead OF promoting they raths.
impede the progress Of just &c for instance. q SIN,
commences IN the county court, from thence iu,o,,c
circuit court, amtl after wad,ng through these :,
s WINDS u: weary way to the cha"ceiior; aud ,he,o
tossing and 'umbiing IN the whirlpool oi I,i,pn,on far
nall century, u meets with finishing sttok. in Ill.,,
court Of appeals, aud = finishing stroke il genrraiiv
proves 10 he, Tor ny this time both parties becomc
plaintiffs the properly in dispute, is sold 10 n,v
COSTS; and ion the poor privilege Of making deaf r.
conveyance. Cut of the chancery courts Pc.
the same jurisd,coa in the hands OF circ,ii, ;,o.
and we should find shorter road To ,sh,, f,r &C.,
all, It must he decided on 10y men and tnob.bj. w
much justice might have been found in the con,,
where the SUIT commenced, (a parties ACQUAINTED
with circumstances) as in the court where !, y.".
rally ends. In the above stated instances So
changes 10 he sure might lie made, possibly for the
better. But Qnere. Can il he done without dina, "'
Could weiop off some exuberances without injury to
the parent stock or say, as un'o the proud wa.r
mus Lar shalt you 60 and no farther. We mieht'
indeed, venture on the trial. have always looked
upon these as imper fections in our cons,;,u,s
Bn', what beauty is there, without a blcnsh a";
who would rink the spelling pretty face by c.u,e.
rising p'n'ple have ever been under tho ;n,
preston, that Ills better bear with partial e";i
than run the hazard Of perpetual ruin Should o..
once make M inioad INTO our constitution, who ~.
tell whore j, might end From what has been .,s
from what Isl we are somewhat enabled TO form, An
opinion OF what may he. Night il not possibly nsa
with the mans'ed fate If many acts of our assemble
loaded loaded with res's'o"s and amendments, until We
should have TO grope for the meaning ; became ",
length piece Of patchwork, for every demaeoo. -,
exercise his ingenuity on, adding TO or taking I,om
and like the good old DEAN silk stockings. aa,a,;
Ivy his industrious maid with black wo,s,ed unit, no
particle Of the original silk remained. II becano'
dispute with the icained, wherher or NOT tbev co.,,
be the self same old silk stockings ""
This, fear, would prove the fate OF our co,s,;,
iion-shoud we once rcsk into ir--aud Time "o
patching and darang, until we should make w." W"
silk stockings of il, indeed very