Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-12-05

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this Convention shall think it best that The Hous
i ct Delegates should be organized one WV and TIL
Senate another, be should not withhold his assent t.
Give me, said Mr. NJ. Constitution that should b,
received 0y the people Constitution in which tha
different interests shall be duly represented and he
%ouid take 1t, though IL might be that Coua.l IA
tion OF which he would most approve.
| Whlc lie agreed III the Innin 10 tie proposition
offered ~ the gentleman from Chesterfield ar
Leighl there some slight objections to it, :, is
not perfectly equal il you take the census of l8on rs
me has's or conpntalon. Il, had prepared no Man
|" iiy before The c"nmitter, but he made some cal
cuations to guide his own Judgment, goinc to chew,
what the aprortonlncnt ought 10 bc on The bas;s he
assumed. HIS ground was that the ratio ought 20 be
M exact compromise of the principle of while pop;-
!ation, and that Of the federal numbers He lad
cndeavoured to cacuiatc tile result of such ratio
lhe whole white population being cog OBI, and the
House OF Delegates consisting of 20 members each
member VIII represent 4T3i white persons. The
country west of the Allegheny, having l2.IoO Will
be entitled TO e7 members and large fractio, He
iiad therefore given them the fraction and allowed
them % members. The Valley CONTAINING 1871 ee6
white persons, would be entitled to % members.
The district lying between the Blue Ridge and tide
water having 1856 free whites will be entitled to
so members, and large fraction lie therefore III
lowed to that district - delegates. Tic tide water
district containing 1884 will be entitled to IS de-
esa'e ths will &c the ratio taking the free white
! population as the basis, lie would now take the
basis OF the federal numbers. The whole stale con-
talns 1885, COS federal persons Each member there
tern district containing 1917 federal persons will
be entitled. 10 90 delegates. The Valley con,aininr
t4!'oSo federal persons, viii also be entitled to %
Delegates. The middle district containior $50 025
federal persons, Will be entitled to ID dc!eaates and
| 4 large traction, he would therefore give de- The
TIDE wafer district containing geo 0l9 fedora persons
VIII be emitted TO 80 delegates. Aiding these re-
suits of the white basis and of federal nuInbere md
dividing the amount by two, the following average Of
the two ratios the sofor the trans.A Hernia
ny district "a delegates; for the Valley %; Ter tie
middle district -, aud for the tide water district "a
! Adopting an exnct compound Of these two ratios
ne SAID, we ought to carry the principle through and
| take The above nuuibers--usess he had committed
some anthuatIcai error; this possible but lie
th9Ight ne had not The principle, therefore, which
ne proposed as compromise Is, that the 6ppuTon-
iTent OF representation shall be made according to
an exact compound OF the principles of the White
basis, and of the federal numbers, according TO the
census OF 1920. There could be but one objection
to this calculation. 1t is that the census of 1890 is
not the census Of 1879. This he admitted bui every
thing OF tins census of 1929 considered as Il basis
rests SO much ON conjecture that would be d!iicu&
so 10 reconcile conlectureS to av 81 stc-
tory result. He had therefore taken tbs cneus of
1920 as preferable to concctura basis for this plain
reason:-the proposition Of the gentleman from
Chesterfield which had his entire appreciation with
this modification admits large increase OF numbers
in that part which will probably suffer by The census
of 1929. Should there be any Injustice therefore it
cannot be permanent, if it be even monlenary IN
JUSTICE; and II temporary Injustice should be done
it would soou tie rerledcd by ac operation ,. new
ccncus or By the rest of tac scheme itS.s:i. He
wlshed to uvnid gcpg into the arbatc &c The appor-
tionrnent in each county. That might Dc left to the
first Legislature which shall assemble under the
amended Constitution. Let the first House of Del
egates be constituted of five Representatives from
each Senatorial District; shall then have House
OF 40 Delegates who will be more competent than
we are, to apporon the like representation among
! the counties, and who more appropriately per
form that Office. He should regret to SEQ the time
of the Conven ion wasted in balancing the contra-
VERSES OF the counties, because has rather more
than its neighbour lie had barely thrown that out
however, for consideration. Tie only wished that
The calculations may be understood by the Convention
together with the principles which they had been
| made. He would not offer any distinct proposition
to the committee. But, if the principles OF his cal
cula'ion were understood ard had any weight, il
would be necessary to carry them in our minds, in
order that we may compare them with those of the
several propositions already offered. lie concluded
with reading the following as summary view OF the
results to which he had arrived
DIR Lrlou's Pirn IS a House Of I26 .Nsmteyy
White population amounts By the Census of 1920 oa
~ House OF rs each member will represent persons 4T9
| West of the Allegheny. I33,loo 27-3,743 20
Bew the Allegheny and ~, ooc 90 o., -.
! Between the Blue Ridge andf ION or y, ,rr ~
| Tide Water, lo''''o 0'-~'oo' 81
On Tide Water, 1887 33-l41i 80
C03o69 l2i I26
Federal numbers amounts to G95n)s
Each member will represent persons 1881
West Of the Allegheny, II2147 2o-1527 90
Between the Allegheny and I 1toooo On ! A., on
! Blue Ridge, i4S'0' zV-i'4D' ~
Between the Bloc Ridge audi ON a. &c r r,o -
Tide Water ''o"' 800 -
On Tide Water 28J,6l9 39-G,I1o 80
s9I,87i 125 12G
To divide the apPoronncnt between white population anc