Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-04

fnr,her said that properly half the compound n
Ia the social compact, and persons the other Again,
that il is property. but the rights which grow
out Off which is TO be represented The conciu- Z
sion orcbly drawn from these propositions, is that
certain proportion of the suffrage ought to be Civ
On to property, which would be much taken fioun
persons, Tor jus IN proportion you give weight To
property IN the government, you lesson that OF per-
Now wealth is defined to be the power which be
who possesses has to command the labour Of othcre
But tho gentleman from Northampton would add TO
this power, by giving legislative power that would
be adding powot to power. and according TO the state
Of the case. it would be increasing of the COM
ponent parts ofthe social compact, much to
destroy the whole equilibrium and proportion. Yes
sir, wealth is power, and wherever wealth is there
power will exist independent OF Legisls,iou.-l
Wealth is the object which keeps the world i'm mo-
tlon-it Is he supreme object OF desire amongst men
they are dispersed every where TO seek It with
av'dty, and to bow cbsequ,ously before 1.-THE pur-
suit OF Was ardent enough. and the desire strong
cnough-u was not necessary to increase it--but It
would seem by the gentleman's argument. TO be ex-
allied to higher station than il possessed be-
fore-t Is now tn be brought even into the Legsla-
tive Hal, and set up an idolto be wotshpped -
Ihl> would indeed b. i0olatry which would cor
T. 6Oo and pray usassa, and sss as we ought
Blu, can show now, that IL the end good
one, waeh tbs gent ernen To be all aiming at.
sAe meaiss proposed never will accomplish it, So
tar fro'" It, It Will operate directly the ra,crse.-
Instead OF protecting the rich from the poor-if
there u danger OF That kind to BE- apprehrnded,
the rich, which can shew thus. IL is Proposed
unders' and by this scheme of representation accor-
ding TO ~he population ana taxation, tn divide the
representation throughout the State, in such a man
ner thRt an equal number Of white ople shall send
rcpreSrn NATIVE, suppose nearly all. And then The
taxes are To be divided INTO cqua portions ding
the number chosen IN the mode above mentioned
aud an additional representative t. be sent by ev-
cry district OF county paying sixtieh part Of the
taxes. Now suppose the state TO be divided by
line running, say from North TO South near the
l hat la VIII .,fas,op oh
DIVISION was exactly equal, and that there were
50 districts or counties in each. each of (which would
send member OH account of its population. But
when we come down TO distribute that part of tie
representation resulting from wealth taxation it
IS found that there Is much more wealth in Tn.
Eastern division as to entitle il on the whole To
double or one half the nSmber Of representatives
more than the w estern division But SUPPOSE an
that Eastern division of the counties or districts
contain ali the wealth hich has given the whole
number of districts counties in il this increase
OF representation, and suppos. tho other tv enty
counties or districts In the Eastern section are
poor, possessing wealth on an averape tina n
the counties or DISTRICTS the West; then TO pro-
tect Tie wealth OF these ten counties IN the
Legislature, you give each of them one additional
representative, but In DONG that you give one atdl
tonal representative To each Of the poor Counties
Thos whe you advance them or strengthen tbe
rich by tens, you weaken them by twenties. But
suppose We take one of the rich counties whose
wealth entities 1t to double Representations and snp-
pose IN the rich counties there one thousand yo-
teTs but all the wealth in this rich countv which al,
Titles 1t to this double representation is possessed
oy one hundred of those voters, and the other 900
are poor men, of that class whose circumstances arc
below what might be considered mediocrty all
the men OF this rich county may then in comparison
with other poorer counties be consdered a having
two votes at the polls to The voters in The o,hey
counties one. So then to defend these rich men Won
give them on the whole one hundred votes but in
ooiR so you give 9Oo 10 the poor voters. which
cord,og to the gentheIDan's hypothesis must be
directly against the rich. And thus although tho
system contended for may not come out in number I
exactly IN this way, yet 1t will operate in n csrtain
degree IN that way increase the evil exac ly
IN the same proportion that the poor dy always out
number the rich in ali sections districts There !
= then CT obfsIning the end proposed 90 as
- give the man who pays the = voice IN Law
ing them exactly IN proportion 10 the amount winch
ne must pay bUt by cOiiating iIlm with the tax
books al the polls. or By bringing MIN here with q
cert'bcsts, o. - marked Sno STAMPED that may De
ED""Ht0T What efn0uft e could be The Dss
W - iBsTs n there asCertsined how many eacb
os5ght 20 according 20 s soaI,i ga. ,,,.. 49,
three q 3"uf But this the gentlemen will lot a..
teuDd- u cso fuOk - much Ike AfistDcfscf "a h.
OodUrsd q free country. TIM as "a, a. O., h,
lesfn from ths pVOiie JO0fnsls Wac an reduced ,ua
tie French Government The deputies u the =.
gslstiye Assembly, elected 10 n = way n 80
Introduced by uis ultra Toyaists M thsi country
WIN tO res1sfIbls those politicians al Eu,.,s
Win esDed TOre~. II ~ eslleg the d.,uble 80
and seems 70 have created great diso1ii, isc, ioD
sn1OBg the peOple there. TilOse who az, 49,
Liberals. With La Fsystle o. their head are -
IeDtly oV1osea. But 4 r. vain " oisgu.se n oae
way or the other. ] do not say hat the f,,ena,
1T Inc measure have rnsds use II oBy djsguiss byt
he project disgUises ItselE and when sfr,pC.d al h.
disguI-o, ts effects will only D., 10 aIsjlsi one Ds,t
orsectlon ofthe State against smother 49,
tonal and hostile feelings continually n viii hs a.,
dnctve Of nothing bot heart bufDpGs and esll.,Se,
u would be producing state Of things IN s,n,o
distant degree, between thcmseyes like that v,b,cb
subsisted between this Slate aud Great p,ts,n
while Virginia was a Colony Gfcat U,tsin
sought to rule the Colony f1r her own advantage.
the Colony submitted with greof forbearance, until
provoked beyond endurance; Virginia then, win
other States broke tho connection Uh tho mother
country forever. do not say thut the S,aio would
Do severed but The section which thought itself on
pressed, would have such alien frnl,ngs ,o",.ygg.
the other, that we can hardly anticipate what tLs
consequences would be. We, in the unreprcsons cd
part OF the state have been seeking redress Of this
our grievance, for more than twenty yeare ond %
when we have with great difficulty, obtained an an.
diencc, the condition upon which ~ offered IL
worse then the penalty, tho remedy is wore than
the disease. Our ~ like r.