Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-11-18

oAsr contends Tor !, 4s tdaH risti. It's
+ not for na 20 struggle for power it is tor
dght, far principles, for justice / do not
ank ihll in order TO secure my colaters,
! happiness, or prosperity, &C is accessory to
invade The peace, comfort or prosperity Ct
any nla. That { 80 co. principles aRd
. not for power pcT So, / vii uow shew. And
.7 showing Gsis, { viii shew how unrsasoa-
able It Is. fer the opponents Of reform to.
Iask us f1r guCrTn'ee against oppression.
I The power vail be vested ia the very hands
|of those who ought 10 hold il as unpires
T between the rival interests Of the East and
|th- West We shall take the present nu r.
/ tcrof REPRESENTATIVES for the data. That
umber js 2i-Ofdese, the ID counties
land towns on ..de-Wl.er, have o. present.
|g3 reDresentat.ves- % the white popula-
ton basis they work only have y and
2.I0th observation-disclosures accord
mrto ths Census Of lS2)-whch will as
correctly demonstrate the prncrle, as any
f document we could cbain. Tn country
West Of the Allegheny, containing 30
counties, has at present Sc representatives
On the white population basis, hat dis
rlct ofcounlrv would have only 81 llOtas
We should then lose Z and 6-iOtb Repre-
ss7tauves Thus the 9 Senator Dis
+ uicJs on tide wstec would lose - Repre-
ssaiat.res, and vie nearly five in al.
these two districts would lose seariy -
. Representatives. Now, the question Is,
. wbat sections Of the State would gain TINS
power. We lose. bat who gains. an
swer. the 20 counties making The 6 Sem
a.o-ial Districts East Of. and along he base
of the Blue Ridge, would gam nearly II
Representatives, and ~ iaIs district there
are no less lhaa l260l9 slaves. The re-
naming fifteen Representatives would be
gained by the 2 coaGies OF three Senate
rial Districts iu th, wiley beyond the
Ridge, having $3.50 slaves Thus, the
power lostia the COUNTIES on tide water and
West ofthe Allegheny would be deposited
in lhal part Of tho State. which, from It's
central position and from It's dense slave
population. would be the safest deposit
which the fears of he Shareholders could
devise. and which would afford 70 them the
strongest and best guarantee against those
encroachments Of the 10g-shve ho ders
which the evil bod 2 imaginatous 3fsome
gentlemen have cOlured up. We are not
then, Mr.. Chairman, co1teuding for pow
er for ourselves, out for principles, which
Dot Them. operataas they may, we believe,
cannot failto benefit the whole Safe, by
distributing power where it ought to be,
and by dIvestng our government Of those
od.ous arlstocrauc features, which have
caused and ere dailv causing the sceDue
TO depart from Virginia. So renuguant
are many features no our government to |
the republican feelings which prevail in
other States iu TINS Union, that haiority
of our freeholders cannot approve them;
and If they cannot approve then, how
lean we suppose that citizens from other
/ states can be induced 10 locate themselves
Iamongst US?
( The statistical documents submitted, & +
+ The argument deduced therefrom, 0r.her /
prove the ailacy of the hypothesi upon
which the gentleman from Hauoyorbased I
the greater part of his remarks. ltshews /
these to have Seen as groundless as thai
other assumption of his-that we wUe 90.
ng 20 lose. or IN danger of losing -Ilth.
part of our power IN the Federal Govern
eminent, If the doctrine of making three
utit4 men out OF Pee asCr95s, or ofputtng (
Tee sous into three bodies, should cease to /
be lho popular practice 10 Virginia. He.
did nottell us, indeed, why Virginia gave
up 2-5,hs Of her slave population to the
Jnion--in this she erred, unless she M
tended to give up the other 35.hs to her
own white population.
But that I may no. too far impose upon
the time or patience Of the committee, /
shall only call your attention, sir, TO one
on two other items.
/ have been sorry, vcIy sorry, SIR 10 OBJ /
serve in sundrY gentlemen on this floor,
disposition TO treatus as aliens, or as perl
sons who have no common interest with the
people Of the East We have given them
no reason 90 suspect our want Of fellow
feeling, or OF common interest Let gen
tIemen butreAect upon me circumstances
Of this state IN the year 1914 When all
The militia East of the Blue Ridge we're
employed, or chiefly employed IN patroll-
ing the counties on the Sea-board, aud gen
orally East of the Blue Ridge. in order to
preserve that property Cor which a guaran-
tee is now demanded; l say, when your
militia, Mr.. Chairman. were all needed to
prevent nrurrectioos amongst your own
DISCONNECTED population, who was It ,--t