Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-12-14


that II was great objection 1, h,s scheme, thai
II made no pruyision Tor future apportlonment ;
aud ihal a consen, teggle would ensue for
thee all of n new Convention 10 remedy the
inequality which would arise rom that circum-
stance. He examined also the proposition
Of the gentleman from Northampton (Mr. Up.
shur.) which was founded IN the NUMBER of
l2O Tor The House OF Deegaits. instead OF l26,
which he said would producenn inconven ient
arrangement OF the small C,nnties. (Mr. u.
rose To explain. that his ohec had been to a..
void all details in his plan, AMI thar he had n.
dopied 100, because II srrmot 10 be The layorite
number in the House, aud TIM he had no OBJ
LECTION 10 change that numbu for the sake OF
n more cony enlent arrangement Ar l.. stated
that IN The general princplei of the plan. he
might agree with The gentleman from North
ampiou.
Mr.. l.. proceeded To exam ne the details of
his own proposition. He stated particularly
the grounds on which he tn, made his appor.
tlonmeni Of the representa- ion OF the different
sections. in the House al Delegates lie sta
ted. tina, he had obieelon to adopt the
principle oil tue gentleman ffem Northampton
"a To the expansion ofihe representative sys.
,r,u, ana ,h. nalnissIun Of more new counties
! lie said that his great hject was 10 compound
these differences. Iii, imag nation aud his
heart would depict IN the darkest colours, the
consequences of ibis state ofthings. The dl
vision of the State. wass great evil and but
| Tor the influence 81 the federal government, IL
must terminate in a civil war. lie told The
gentlemen OF the West, thal they ought TO con.
sldcr The consequences well. They said they
will not snhmit--ard do they think tia, we viii
submit But he assured tbe gentlemen of the
Wesi. that they were likely 10 lose more than
the Last would. He particularly asked the
grnilenan OF thu Valley, what would be their
| situation III relation TO the Trans Allegheny
country onld moi the Valley, on account oil
the accumulang property IN that section, br-
come Liable 10 heavier taxation And would
not the Valley be compelled TO adopia similar
system TO what we now insist on--and would
| they not require representation founded on
tie amount OF taxation mir. l.. concluded
III saying, that his feelings were strongly in
favor oil Cancellation.
| Mr.. Tyler made some remarks upon Mr..
| Leigh's hpportonmenl IN relation 10 his dis
tr,et. lie SAID, he had come here this morning
determined to support the principle Of tue grn.
lcmen from Northampton aud Chesterfield,
only with "A larger foundation. lie had been
ANXIOUS TO adopt system, which would retain
| every county and eVentn entile the little
county of Warwick to delegate on this floor
| He came here prepared 10 make great saCr
| fees for conClialiou--and ii he was will
| lng 10 unite has district ~ this scheme, which
would suiler more dHirauchisement ihan any o.
thcr part ofthe STATE would no he Western gen
ilemen be disposed 10 meet them 7 Mr.. / made
several remarks in favor OF retaining the cuun
" representation, As 10 Warwick, she had
furnished lie theme OF oratory for many
! stump orator and II was pity 10 deprive
them OF such fruitful subject OF defamation.
lie pronounced very handsome euogium on
the Wnrwtckers. lie compared her IN point
of territory, with Nichoa4 TO the West; and
IN respect of the taxes which she pnd with the
counties 20 the Wesi--not that he meant to
disparago his brethren ofihe West, for he fen
like itginiau, Interested in every part of III.
5taie--whether he was oil the old or the new
stock was of veI5 iIuie consequence. lie
concluded with stating that he should support
the propositions ol the gentleman from Chester.
field and II he could d. So, he remarked that
the cir 1ens tom the Wet certainly could ac-
qniesce IN them.
Mr. C0oke stated the numerical results O the
various propositions which had been made
aud examined the prIpc pies Of these plans.
The plan, proposed by Mr. Flea auls is found.
ed on the white population IN the House Of
Delegates, and on The foderal basis IN the Sc.
nate, enlargIng the number oi Senators 10 30.
That of the gentleman from Northampton
POUNDS his system ON the three ratios he eva.
mined that plan, and commended, hat il was
not as favorable To the West as the plan of
The gentleman from Chesterfield, giving between
Two aud three Delegates less, uul Ol a House of
l2G-and IS il not just exception 10 bis plan.
thai he leaves II entirely 10 the discretion of The
Legislature TO appori1n future repreprssenia.
ton OUGHT not the system 10 be carried i'm.
peratyely inIo effect When the West grows
some 10 OF ID years hence, and the Legislature
IN the exercise OF then discretion re fuse the
apporionmen,, will II not perpefuate the pre-
sent iniHs ice. aud The dIscolds between the
East and the West lie submitted il to the
pentIeman frum Northampton, whether he
would not amend has system IN this respect on
principle Of conciatl0u Ard III this res.
poet he preferred the system oil The gentleman
from Chesterfield as more favorable to the
West. lie asked the gentleman from Chester
Grd Why he DID not carry out his principle Of
com promise INTO ia ure times ~ by bis pIsn
did not contain within itself The primo pie Of
perpetniiy no the West several Yeas
hence CONTEND tnai their population had ad.
vanced with more f"pldhy than thai OF the
Easl--and that a new C0nyen ion ought then
TO . called 10 redress the inequalities created
in 1879 suppose that 10 years hence tbc It,
cslaG ne should refuse 4 create those elgbf
counties vi ich this scheme contemplAies, ~lli
NOT the same effort he made TO call anolher
Convention, aud renew those scenes of dispute
aud discord. " hlch We have witnessed for seve.
raj wears past lie asked ii the seeds Of dis.
order werr not thicky sown in Ills ptan of
campromse-and II it could be called a system
OF comprOmise--whch allows 31ths OF tic
representation 10 The Eastern people, with a
temptation even TO enlarge their own number
Could it DC expected that such a Constitution
would be adopted by the people He suggest
ed these remarks with hope that genll, uIen
would so modify their plans, as TO make hem
more paiaIable 10 the people Of the West
Mr. t1psdlJ said, he bad listened 10 the con.
cilistory remarks OF the gentleman from Fred.
ericI y ilh pleasure. II he had stated all the
objections which he had found IN his system,
they could be easily remove d by modifying his
plan.-lle asked what sort OF compromise
were gentlemen offering. is the
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