Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-11-10

oay, aoms WIN several other amendments o. III,
seconded by Mr. Pmkney c. TO add after the ,n,
number of inhabitants of every age sex and com,;o W
ciudng those bound to scvidc for term of wears and
of all other comprehenied IN the f,
description except Indians, moi paying taxes in each
I will weary attention of the Conmee n, r.,,,;..
a 'ne reference, have made to this volume Journal 81
course, in relation these resolutions Oh '
and hes ana rsIass tTo various Select Commuters
proposition having assumed the shape which now stands
,, eaea Constitution was apparently onhe iI,h
,s 'dc h wn Of the slave population Had This
counted as Delaware at first and South rona and Georgia
to the last eseverng.y insisted by motion on, the of
when Maryland virginia and North cnolna , v",sd ,en
mere aSe,.st South Carolina and Georgia for computing the
what now becomes of much of the authority relied upn
" .ne ge'einan from Chesterfield, from the
spposiion that the principle computing three fbs of hs
slave population made part of the confcceraton
ni, e save holding states were united in its supper, lin
every mmd that was nerpoa,ed in new Cons,i,,ion
of the Conyenionl from to the i6is, man;ce., ,h
contrary The love of power did no them tempt Virginia IN
consider her slaves parties her conpac,-as
and not property And is shc prepareS TO 20 to Wash
hs'0m or to Boston, learn The sy political
regarded, in her councils properly or as pea,an~
Sir said MIR Nj, the slave under on, laws n much o.
instrument in the hands of his master wagon and team,
and his person from cruelty So the common law Of
England which is protect The the OK from, wan
re pO--
ery and as such may be shipped by his master 10
Cuba or to Brazil He may Struggled into The United States
nom Africa III violation of law, and exported aeain AZ am
Gle OF mercandze having known value mark cts and
heng the subject of legal aud profitable speculation sreas
not OF The reason of the law but of legal fact f
DO not those who appehend mos, danger this species N
not pars is SR ss,y s ,I
New jersey to the confederation in the the evotiop
ihat slaves should be brought into the account, in the ,e
1uson for lsd oTcesto be supplied by the States to tie
aeence OF the Union She sustained this demand by reasons
a as specious as those which have just heard 10,
making TINS particular property the basis REPRESENTATIVE
. @ Gu ne pfopeI, oI special local reasons, then,
ner memorial that the proportion of forces he embodied
n the State, from whatever class they may be RAISED II
whole number of mhabtcn,s State whose ncL,ar,s ar
VINO remain 10 Till the ground and labor meclsncal nys
u G @ @ IN striking the proportion forces lie furnish
-be left out in another? AS of iutispen abe W
every par, of the inhabitants be 10
fuses of hsbandry otherwise at home wbey o,hs r III.
called into the field, there he the same pronretv ,
in one State while whites employed for The s
I'm another, he eckoned in the account of the nhaIrn,
This memorial received in 1873 The sanction of three
while one was divided, and voted agans, it, ''S'
slaves in on NEW Jersey in favor of computation of
ba. " me personal huhens Of a,non wa
k ing resemblance to that which rembei :
s,aned h mas so sGy urged on the present occaon and
OF the west with 'hat o5 the slaves of the East
te answer TO eoth arguments is tie That
however regarded efesohee, Slaves in Viroipin or.
considered las property, and property ony-and if ~.
property they are exempted, at the expense of the
community from Obligations which would be one
fous' not upon themselves but their masters: so AZ
l property merely, should they add TO the ,veiobt
political power, of which they can not and shoul5
NOT directly partake; and which is clained for MS
oeneht alone, to the public injury.
! If the Constitution of the United Sta.os b.s
seemed to supply different rule 1t should le -
rnemeeIed that it was founded in a compromise Of
| PfihcipieS' .or the sake of UNITING States n,bor
WISE sovereign and independent, by national GOV,
eminent Of limited power. It's introduction eren
mere as principle of representation was evidenS
~ rounded onits prior assumptions by a majority 80
the congress OF the Confederation as q nrioc;nic &c
pecunlary contribution among the states. allied g.,
TAXATION 1t was a price paid, by the small State
Ion tas eguay OF power IN the Senate and has
lons ceased as vas early anticipated, to be anv se
curity 10 the property it is supposed To have hoan
originally designated TO protect from that burthen.
In the last House of Representative The ]
ton of the members from the slave boId;nor ~
from the non slave holding States was OF tn 100
10" tiidt ratio VIII De augmented, by the approach
my CENSUS need not intimate to the Committee
At lhls point OF my argument, it is propey n NJ
lay the apprehension which has so offen been ~
pressed IN THIS debate, that to adopt the basis IS
representation recommended by the Legislative COM
Ln.tee Tor our State government, would put 10 bal.
ard that portion OF representation in the fndarf
Legislature derived from Computation of tbre q,
hf, ,I;S OF the slaves of the Commonwealth
Inns attempt upon fears would soon, +o ;,,
that representation, under our present S,at Spy'
fnent' IS founded in part a computation of la,a
Iist OF the Senate we know to have been annoy,;or,
ed I'D 1917, as nearly practicable 10 the free Viii,
population of the State concession
the existing Constitution, because made undc, i III
PAD tor by doubling the land-tax of one nnr,;o ~
the h state and proportonobly reducing that of sno
The origin of the representation in the LTo.,.o &C
Delegates was ably developed in an earlv staae rft,3
9eba'o by my learned friend from Brooke. (Sir bod
dTidge) In the work of a venerable memEey of tbi.
conventions Marshall on the Colonies it will BIZ,
seen that the first representation Of the people off
Commonwealth of settlements" then revrn r.,
number Tie assembly Which their Delegates FORM
ed was called the "fouse Of BURG sscs" from the
Mares OF those settlements, Elizabeth CITY, James
CITY, Charles City, which names by sinr,iar aJbc
renee to usage, they retained, they now DO after
those settlements were, for judicial purposes erected
Representation in the House Of Dnregsscs. there.
fore, preceded the existence of counties as fbe c
ties dld the existence IF slavery; for that cnar,;,