Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-12-19
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THURSDAY MoRNING, DEG. 1s, lsas.
CONVENTION BILL.


In report bin.
The bill agrccH tohy the Committee, and which
''n doubt will briefly be reported the House. is sub
stantaly that four members of Convention, shall be
chosenfrom each Congressional Disrict--hat the C.
lection shall take place along With the election Of mem
bers of the G. Assembly, in April next that freehold
ers only, shall vote for members of the Convention
lint the Convention shall during the approach
ing at the Capitol in this Cty--and be emit
Tied to the same compensation per diem and for mi
f-Irc, members of Tie General Assembly.
We hope it will not be thought INDIGENOUS, If ct
this time, we submit few remarks upon this n,por-
tant subject. for the information of our readers.
1.-THE Convention is chosen upou the plan proposed
BY the bill, these extraordinary results will be exhibit
ed In the Convention-a body of men called for
the express object Of amending the CONSTITUTIONAL
aaaorty will necessarily DO fund opposed to oil
amendment.
The principal object OF calling C9nvcntion-the
consideration which prevailed with the greater num-
bur to support the call, undoubtedly the wish of
'prrecting the vast inequality of representation in
The House ofDelegates. We believe it may be assn
yned that without the operation OF this considerations
the people would this time least, have rome
Into the But what will be the effect of the
Bill providing for choosing tile Convention, upon the
basis of federal numbers, the representation of
three fiths ofthe slavesa Why, perpeuating in the
Convention, the very Inequality of representation now
Complained ofin the Constitution OF the House Of Del
egates The of slaves being held in that divis-
OF the state broken up into small counties must
give them in the Convention, the or very nearly
the same, preponderance there, that county represent
tntion now gives them in the House Of Delegates.
What Is to be hoped from Convention Sd cousti-
tlrfed? Most certainly, not the correction of that
gTievance-nneluel representation in the HOUSE of
Delegates-which the Influential cause in calling
At For all other purposes Of reformation, it perhaps
Would not be very material upon what plan the Cen
vrntion organized. Men from MI quarters of the
State, equally agreed and equally Interested, in
reforming the Executive and judiciary Departments
But rs Convention worth having. that does
from the hands ofthe minority of tho State the pow
CT they have SO long unjusty held, and transfer it
where it ofright belongs, the possession of the ma
jony? This question has to be answered by men et-
cry way competent to meet it--by the Representa-
flves ofthe majority ofte people, themselves aoor
5ty in the House of Delegates But VIC shall not be
surprised If the Convention bin is passed by its enc
mics, and rejected by its friends
We shall tomorrow ask the attention Of tc rend-
or TO some things that passed in the Comuittee-oyr
limits at prgsgut not permitting it.
.Mr. Canntng.-Thc following piqrant sketch OF
Fir. Cannng's parliamentary manner, is from the
pen Of John Neal--a gentleman who enjoyed every
opportunity of studying it, and it will be SEEM
NIT devoid of the ability of orciby representing it.
CANNING IN PARLIAMENT
Ny dye WIS on him when he russ- had nge. seen him be-
faI did not even imagine it to be Mr. Canning till he
Tary hnshed but wa immediately struck with what should
ri 4 c.pd Eno.
Ire had uttered five sentences, felt shcad Ike say to
courteous by lrlf-too snooth--too plausible Not that his
paoo all of that kind of professional suavity
BAR was kind of pefsua sive smooth
Tipped scifpossesion which would nc YOU the
conclusion that the speaker either the direct straight
forward honest alive the player
He open, decided manly, aud Appeared carried away
than by downright cn,husiasIn was yv
regulated oent enthusiasm Such as the stage
discover in the speeches of Greek satisfied,
rcmenber aud yet could not tell why Ills manner
dgnihed, his about fifty or fifty five to appearance might
e more, and probably was, for though made thought
lac allowance the time for his bald head
W have been much older than then supposed him 90 be- He
SPOKE smoothly and very distinctly, hestatig but three
for word, and always extTcay himself with felicity
and promptule never knew surpassed Nothing Otherwise
ramarhable did observe in MS manner bearing sTench.
which enabled him to insult others not ely with safety but
without being suspected of ucivjiy Here lay his ruana-
s that cTcer 54e 4as ea4 4 w% p at i r. bad
an fairly fanslaei u'o the English Of our fathers in tire days
OF Elizabeth would have amounted Dong nor
rains rnc5hr If ,,aarr1t cio rs borior +, b; I -,
whom he bown5 the time. The plain English Of the
xiiole exactly this My dear you been made
iro of you have PIT question which you had business
put, you, you bad tbnbe full brains ought know
aud which would nave bcsn highly improper airy minister
10 far be it on however suuposc
raoie gentleman knew what he yg the motive which
actaed the party who have made paw Of him. Such
the substance what MIR Canning said 10 member
81 the opposition who bad troubled him with repeated inquiries
about something he had business with yet such
OF saying all this tt the party, Jumping NJ tie
srker's throat made low bow the table looked up
with smile Of triumph playing about his mouth and rubbed
IFS hands together for minute more as If ftarau, oil had
been poured out tLtru.
C055cN.--We do believe this tue man of the great
est mental force that the living age containsbe thus
accounts for his having had time to write Tie immense