Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-12-22
From the Richmond Wing Dec, 49,
CONVENTION Bull.

Curiosity conducted u Yesterday morning TO
witness the deli5e atoms of ht Convention com
miLtee, and we found that enlightened Commit
tee MT arly ready TO report bin.
The bill agreed TO by he Committee, and
which no doubt will briefly br reported to tie
House, is substantially: that fur members OF
Convention, shall be chosen from each Cor-
ercssiona DIstrict--that the election shall take
place song with he LECTION OF members OF the
G Ass NOV, in April n~xt-t"at freeholders
o. ", shall vote for members Of The Convention
that the Convention shall meet during the
approaching summer q. the Capitol in this
City-and be entitled 10 the same compensa-
ion per diem and for mileage, as members OF
'be General Assembly.
We hope il will not re thought indecorous,
if at this time. we submit a Few remarks upon
,aIs important subject, for the information Of
our readers
If the Convention is chosen upon he plan
proposed by the bill, these extraordinary results
will be exhibited. In The Conventions body
OF men called for the express object OF amend .
ing the Constitution majority will necessa>
rilv be found opposed to all amendment
The principo object Of calling Convention,
he consideration which prevailed wi'h The
greater number 10 supper, the call, und ubted-
~ Of representation in th. House Of Delegates
We b, lieye it may be asumed, tha: without the
operation Of This consideration, the people
| would no, at this tim. al least, have gone into
the measure. But what will he the eff CT Ct
the bill providing for choosing the Conven ion.
upon the basis Of fedei al 'umbers, or the re-
presentation Of three ff hs Of the slaves? -
Why, perpetua,ing in the Con, ention, the
very inequality If representation, now COM
planned Of in the Consi'u ion Of the House Of
Delegates. The excess of slaves bring h, Id II
that division Of the state broken up into small
counties must give them in The Convention,
the same or very nearly the same, prepondrr.
| ance there, THAI county representation now
gives them in the House Of ID -legates.
What is to be hoped from Consentio so
constituted? Most certainly, not the correction
| of that grievanoe-unequai representation in
the House Of Delegates which was the in
luential cause in calling it. Fo' all other pur-
poses Of reformation. it perhaps would not be
| very mae rial upon whst plan The Con,en ion
was organized. Men from all quarters Of the
State, are equally agreed and equally interest
| I'd, in reforming the Executive and Judiciary
D par,men,s. Blu, is a Convention worth
| having, that does not extor, from the hands OF
| the minority of the Stale, ,ae power they have
| so long unjustly held, and transfer it where it
Of RICH, belongs, 10 the possession of the ma
jnrity? This question has 10 be answered by
men every way competent 10 meet it-by The
Repre- senta,ives Of the majority of The people.
themselves minority in the House Of Delegates.
But we shall not be surprised If The Convention
bill is passed by its enemies, ard rejected by
its friends
| We shall, tomorrow, ask the attention Of
the reader to some things hat passed in the
| Committee-our limits at presen; not per.
| hitting it.