Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-07

uuugeon, say OF the union Just named that here had
IT,, sP,hrsng, eo'mg' billing and couting." and
tnat too between rare BIRDS" Mr. Sneaker what
alliance could DC more unnatural than that of po,t
syivanio with any western county, Their. was nut
sucn cohcidence OF sentiment the other day. when
tie appropriation ofn sum If money was asked for
the construction OF the Winchester and korsburg
turnpike Roads nor when n like favor was asked for
an extension of the Kcnawla Road-and I nm in,l,,-
ecu TO the That 1t will not remain longer than the
time when The latter subject shall be again brought
before The House ION Tomorrow on tho final pos-
sage OF the blll:-and though the measure of sur
prise was not yet full, we have to rccocct that we
have got this county ally in Il struggle for wcs-
tern power against the cast.
Dnt when tins matter is sufficiently scanned, we
lnd There Is no acquisition OF western STRENGTH bv
THIS district mode of Representations over that of
county latter il as 40 to 60: the
iorn,er Is as 10 to 70, which gives about the same re-
atvo strength: In either case there is not the diff
ference OF one deegatcso that the fact does no,
exist, the conclusions drawn from il cannot / shall
therefore, leave them To perish tomrther and ms -,
To notice the classification proposed by the gentleman
from B. (NIr. Doddridgc.l
Before proceed to notice it. however ber Leave
10 say one word To those who have been so uncbnr
table rs to say, that The small counties of the wes,
nave become 'thorns in the sides of those who crco
tea them! | would ask gentlemen of the ives,
VINO hoid tins language, IL they once possessed tho
power TO create, in opposition to the cast how has
tnat power departed from them so as TO ey-
hIoil thein ut tins time, vainy attempting to
curry on Their works of internal improvements
/
snali counticS' The east has ALWAYS Ind tho pr,
Pondcrancc-itn now has it in this Iegislaturc-and
by the Senatorial district plan it will Still have it in
convention, asfully'as it now has it here
In relation to the plan proposed BY the gentleman
from BROOKE, / Will begin by telling its protector
and indeed all its advocates that If the objections
winch entertain md shall proceed TO name be ideal
the moment they will convince me of my error vii;
embrace the proposition, but with the views now
entertain Oft, hope its friends will not think spoot
o' II too rudely when say 1t is Trail, that can
! not withstand single arithinctical touch
! Wi! commence with the county Of Warwick the |
smallest OF the first class, having free white pnp,l.
laton of6}0 for winch, it entitled to enc delegate
scout with population of 3e9s, is also entitled to
one delegate. Now, the same principle that uld
give to Warwick a representative for go would
give To Scott delegate for every 620 il could fur
n!sh which would cntiile the latter to 6-and takIng
out 62o (which is all that is required give it DEL
nStc there Is left an unreprCsencd number OF S}72
which Is 5-6ths Of the county. q should not name
TINS example only that the scheme proposes to br
eq"ati@ng one. Let pass from Scott the maxi
mum "l the LIST Glass; to Lewis the minimum of tho
|nN--ih1 latter having free white population of
4i22 10 more than the former, gives it an addition
al deiegatcJ $50 being the price of the addit onal
one IN Lewis because it possesses that many more
than Scott, ought to give Scott delegate for ey-
cry ~ that 1t possesses, which would entitle il to
pWards OF thirty delegates and even Warwick TO
f'" and these small countios, of the first clnss:
ana tbc same number ought to be highly appre-
clatch tIah IN The larger county of l.cWs:-Rut fcy-
is has not this advantage only over Scott of the Is,
class but much greater advantage over Aben.urle
OF It's own class
Albcmarc, with population of a7l5, (more than &
double that OF Lewis, for which ought TO have |
twice as many delegates, which would be A. is cnti-
lied by this classification, to only two dcoe,atns
mo more than Lewis has) the same princinle thai
gives to Lewis delegate for $50 (morc than Scott
must give to Albcmarle delegate for every no thn
1t POSSESSES. which would enttie it TO more than ,e
centy; and lis unT"prcsented number of 45gs (moro
than iews) would be entitled 10 Hirty-fec tlcegaes
Nor IS the comparison between Lewis county and il
Automatic an extreme ono, existing only in tha: in
stance' taSe Lewis rs n minimum county ofthc 2nd
class and Will put with 1t Giles Northumberland I
gloucester, Sussex. and othcrs-and with Abenarls
ms maximum ofthc same class, will pat Wythc n
Norfolk county Jefferson Halifax CamDbell Fr,nL ,
lin and otheIs--and With Scott | will nut U,,b
Madison, Lee, Patrick, Goochand and Matthew'S
Then take Rockbridge of the 3D. class as a mini
mum OF ITS order, witt. population of o93G (ony ,
% inoE than Alhcn1rlc) and for this excess il rains
an additional delegate. Without s,oprinp TO ask
whit makes hc link of connection so much lonror no.
twccn inc 2nd and Sd class than between the list and
I'd viii remark, that if in the k5'ge county of Rock
bridge 323 be the price ola Delegate more ought not
TO be asked in the smaller county OF Albcm9rIn or
still smaller county OF Scott: then ifthc rnrpc he
good ani that 1t is the advocates of this scheme can
rot deny, becaisC uf The Justice of il fbnt
las elected their 0r5t0 that free white men should
have the same political strength without regard 10 To-
caly, the Int er small county of Scott would be emit
tea TO - delegates and the county of Albtmare and
'""' u" - put WIN IL, iceHtU-Sy cdclI--l
ana that too, when YOU extend tic same measure of
justice to the smaller counties TINT YOU do 20 the nr
ger ones. | think, Mr.. speaker WHOM Won atte,nn,
TO eqnati=e representation in this manner Won ,srob
Peter to pay Paul" but az the large counties have
not had an equality Of representation heretofore nor
laps the advocates Of this measure want TO turn tho
tables and bring all things c7zni in the end BIZ otor
nate inequality, 50 az TO give the large counties an
unequal representation the email ones for tc
same length Of time that the atrrhavc il over the
toFmer land the best way otsccuring the object will
he to carry such inequality into Conycntjo1, |,bms
by recrmlnation' make The smaller counties atone for
their unius, reign.
shall pursue this c1cu'aljon no further in detail.
pm, Instead OF dong So" vi" say, that o. progress
by the system of colcuutIon the prosnort 6rd;
parity and inequality wilens before rs; and if Mi.
fchcnc be mndc to harinonizc, 20 as - cure the evil
for which It PurPor,s to DO remedy it cnso in
which
"Al discard is f1rrnony no, undcrs,oos,