Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-10-28

RICHMOND, Oct. Is.
The Committees. The Committees de-
tailed by the Convention, now sit from 10
10 . O'Clock, and are beseiged by numerous
crowds, attracted by the importance of
their deliberations, and the celebrity Of ma
ny who Join in the discussions. The Con-
vention itself, merely meets to adjourn,
presenting the unheard Of spectacle, Of a
deiberatiye body whose entire numbers
were absorbed by It's committees, and
which until those committees shall report,
has no one thing to do.
Interesting decisions were yesterday
made In several of the committees. In
that on the Legislature mir. Madison
chairman) the two following propositions
submitted by Mr.. JOynes, we're agreed to
by large majouties. / Requiring a mem
Der of the Senate to be 80 years of age
p. A member OF the House of Delegates
to be . years of age. Mr.. Joynes' adyo-
cacy ofthese two propositions was exceed
ingly clear and satisfactory.
Tho Committee next took up a resolu
ton offered by Mr.. Doddridge, declaring
Do white population only, ought to be the
basis of representation in the House Of
Delegates. (The resolution originally en-
braced the Senate also, but was divided
on suggeston.) This, the reader IS ap-
Drised, is the great question, and its discus
sion before the Committee was expected
with intense interest, by a crowded lobby
and gallery. The Debate was commenc-
ed by Mr.. Leigh OF Chesterfield, IN OPP
position, and closed for the day by brief
reply from Mr. Doddridge. twill proSa
bly, be resumed to day.
The Executive Committee, (Mr. Giles
chairman went to work yesterday, con
am0rs, and radically They have adopt
ed the following resolutions:
Res0lred, That the chief Executive Of
fee of this Commonwealth, ought to be
vested in a Governor.
Resolred, That there ought to be appoin-
ted a Lieutenant Governor Of this Com
monwealth.
Res0lred, That the Executive Council,
as at present organized, ought TO be abol-
ished, and that It's inexpedient to provide
any other Executive Council.
Res0lred, That in case of the removal
ofthe Governor from office, or Of his death,
resignation, or inability to discharge the
duties and powers OF his Office, the said
powers and duties shall devolve on the
Lieutenant Governor; and the Legislature
may provide for the case ofremoyal, death
or similar inability Of the Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
Considerable opposition, and in part
from an unexpected quarter was made to
the abolition of the Executive Council.
The proposition TO elect the Governor by
the people, wasthrown ont some DAYS ago,
by ue. We understand It viii be brought
forward again.
Our limits viii not permit us to notice
TO day. what bas been done by the Judici-
airy Committee, (Of which Judge Marshall
is chairman or ofthat ofthe Biz of Rights
sc. (of which Mr.. Taylor, of Chester
field is chairman We shall do so in our
next We regret much tse impossibility
of presenting to the reader, the interesting
debates which are every day occurring be-
fore the Committees. But the thing is
impossible. The great paper in London,
six feet by FIVE, would not contain them.
What dimiuishes the regret however, is
.het the same ground viii be gone over