Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-10-19

pp 20, of his own resolution, Tor adjus
~. The ,eoreseatation,on the compound basi
afsoouIa,ioo and taxation. Mr. Doddridse
s..,.d a, sons length 20 Mr. Leigh. Aud
.sp., ., motion OF Mr.. Joynes OF Aoeomack.
..bo EXPRESSED some disposition 10 address the
Committee, the con''"''' ."'" '"'
morniog. 10 o'clock.
Tss eEr,eu,irs Cdmn,iiiee were engaged on
-. QUESTION of abolishing the Executive Coun-
IL nd On the character of the powers 10 be
',.d IN the Governor. They decided 10 re-
...oa-l That the Executive Council
ssnnId he abolished 2, That there should be
.I,eu,ensnt Governor, tn take the place OF the
noveroor ia certain circumstances; 8, NAT
,hs nover Of appo,nlment should not be trans
cd IN the Senate on the nomination OF the
Ga,ernor,-The que, ion as TO tue manner Of
sic,ing the Chief Magistrate, was not decided,
when The COMMITTEE rose
Tho -J,,dietarv Committee re-consldered the
.',;on a, 10 tue County Courts. and decide
!, ,e.;asiating Them among the Constitutional
co,.tx They were actively engaged in debate
an ,be mode of appointing The Jadic.ary-(that
!. whether according to the present plan OF
;a,n, ballot IN both Houses Of the Legislature,
accordiog TO the plan of electing in the Sc
n.,. a, the nomination OF the EIecuti,e). They
,,.e without taking the question.
Tn. Miscellaneous Commiiiae did not take
.nv impoftant questionable projects which
,hsv mad directed to be printed, being aid be-
FIRE them, in the printed shape, only At the
meeting ofthe Committee, and not sufficient
time being allowed for their consideration.
Richmond Compiler, 10Th inst.
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Three of the committees appointed TO cons i'd
a, and report Oh the several departments Of
the Government, organized themselves yester-
day a, the Capitol, and proceeded TO business
MIR. Marshall OF this city, submitted a plan for
oroaosing the Judiciary Department to the
Judiciary Committee. which was ordered IN he
nr,n,ed for the use ofthe committee .-alessrs
Doddridge of Brooke, Leigh of Chesterfield,
Chairman ofGiles, aud Joynes of Accamac,
admitted a series OF Resolutions 20 the L.gi,-
latiye Committeeman propositions were sub
mitted TO the Executive Committee, by Mes.
.r. Nicholas of Richmond, Powell of Win.
chester, Cha, tor of Campbell, and Mr. Fltzhngh
ofFanfax. We presume, that these various
propositions will be duly considered L. discuss.
ed in the Committees, before they are reported
10 the Convention. The most important oil
these committees the one on the subject OF the
Legislative branch) will probably occupy ma.
>, days, before they report 10 the Convention
the result OF their labours. Compiler,
Mr.. Augustine Neale, of Richmond county
sppeared Yesterday in the Convention, as a
Delegate returned from the 23d District 10 sup
DIV the vacancy occasoned By the death of l..
Currie, esq.-And last evening the delegation
from the same District, appointed Alexander
i. Rose esq. of Stafford, as Delegate to sup
ply the place vacated by the resignation of
Judge Dade. ID.
The Convention On Saturday, thu four Sc.
1act 70 u,uh, d.. hnla Cnn
stitution is distributed for cons d ration and thr
suggestion Of amendment, were announced by
the Chair, and have been seen in our repor, OF
sse.proceedings.
We consider the composition of these Com
miitees--parlicularly the first-in whose duies
will be embraced, that OF reporting bass Of
representation for the Legislature. a subject So
exciting SO exclusively important, and the de-
cislon upon which is SO critically uncertain
we consider the composition ofthat Committee
truly unfortunate The friends OF Reform, and
oil the particular Reform. sought TO bs ntrodu
ced by stripping sections of country of their
unequal power, and placing il in the hands of
the majority OF free people--these friends
generally believed 10 have preponderance
both IN the State and the Convention. But
1 whether they have or no, they occupy that pc.
sihon IN the Convention, 10 which Parliameu-
Sary usage hath ever extended the indulgence
4 anu me right OF shaping propositions which are
10 come before the body, ms to them shall seem
best and fttest. They are the seekers of Re
iorm-from them and not from the foes of Re-
form, must propositions 10 amen the Consti.
'nlion proceed and to them ought to be conce-
ded the privilege of presenting these PROPOSE
lions IN the most perfect shape 10 which they
can put them. So true is il, that Parliamentary
custom extends this privilege TO the movers #
DT0nOSitIOnS thai inta mi. Ali
10 Congress and the Legisla-ur Of Virginia (of
sne iast we speak from OBJ. ervalion) The exam
PIE OF members, whose delicncy enforces them
10 decline service on Committees raised TO ad.
Sance some particular measure TO winch they
were opposed, that the number of t'is Commit
zee might be made up of The exclusive friends of
'ne proposition and MIR. Tazewel, on Friday,
recognized the custom, by desiring that the Re
po'' OF the Committee of "a appointed 10 de-
sgna'e 'he course of proceeding, should be
h'aoe as perfect as its friends could render il,
peiore he offered his substitute. II is needless
'osay more on point which, we presume, none
will sontest
This being the case, il seems to us that the
1ohVentonists have not been dealt the accus.
'omeu measure of Parliamentary liberaIity, on
'ne composition OF that COMMITTEE whose du-
'es' comprehending that Of proposing basis of
'ep'esen'ahon, are more important from this
.eason, man those OF the remaining Commit.
ices How stands the relative strength of par.
IeS on that Committee For white popua-
'0n-Messrs Anderson, Johnson Beirne, Mer-
GER Cooke, Pendleton, George, Chapman,
summers. Doddridee, Peasants and Ioynes,
nI-asa'nst it--Nlessrs. Leigh Of Ches,e rfeld,
ooroadnaT, Tyler Mason. Randolph, Madison
iosne, 1reen, Iazewell, Campbell OF Bedford
and Iownes, l2-(We class MIR. Joynes among
the friends OF white popuIs,;oo froo, rann,a
s'on, and Mr.. Campbell of Bedford, among its
,oes' IRON The same informant. We NAV be
tw'aken IN either case, or we may be right in
eaud wrong in the other)
opoa tue most favorable supposion TO the
"ass OF white population, its friends on the
committee, are only equal in number to its
."es. struggle will no doubt ensue in the
,L, which side shall make its opinion,
'ne foundation of the expected Report. and