Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-04-03


may when raparation is dnanded, plry the bully for
while, bu, press him closely, and it rarely happens,
that he refuses to make atoueine,:.
4 CuiS"n Of TiG Caroline District.
FH THE WH;c.
TO tie F3tcho'de7,s Of FIen,-iro
In the Wing bearing date on the 18th Of March,
addressed to you few ramarks the improperly
and ncxpcdicncy well the lcgality, of select
ing your representatives in the State Legislature
from TIE body of the town.
should not have asked your attention 70 thhs sub
ie1t again, (no Effort having been made TO rehut the
views there prescntcdl hut for the understanding;
from of the city candidates tina. he would in uC
time address, the people personally the subject
Having PIT collection for public speaking, and there
fore not mcTlrirr to place mysclfin situation that
would at once be embarrassing and unpleasant. ina
9lnc to any individual III private aud retired lie,
have Thought it might not be arniss TO present hin,
with few other yi:MS ofthat subject that when III,
does commence the task, t may 90 through with it.
and answer all the objections that urged once,
OF To use his own words Stake the bull SY the horns -
have said in former address that it was inexpad-
ent III the first place, and secondly that it was auast
the Strict letter and spirit of the constitution that
resident of the city of Richmond s'n, reprcsci: the
county OF l!caTic1--tbat instrurl mt requiring ii,
many words that representative sall he Gil actual
resident of the place which he represents: and as 7
understah. the question, it turns entirely upon this
point to "t: whether the city Of Richmond is or is
not III the county Of i!en.ico? i SLY it is uot and
have attempted already TO prove it in former ad-
dress, and know many have hced satisfied OF The
subject who entertained doubts before because
they have, since their attentions have ccn called 10
the Subject investigated it for tIcisev.s: this I'm,
Guthnrizcd by many to say. III addition TO tic Vows
heretofore presented this subject let lc ask YOU
what means the corporation line between the CITY and
the county? IS it not line Of dE,narcatiou winch
CUTS OFF nnd detaches the town fruYr the ceuut7 Is
1t not line OF division muci-so any other linn
which divides one county from anofsc,} Ffas this
ctynot its own courts and jurisdictions its ow, Gill
GERS, IT'S own taxation and It's own represent 81 nn1
Suppose this same limo now called corporation line
bad betn drawn by authority OF the Legislature, ana
the same spot OF land called the city of Rich
mund had been called ;:lu county Of Jackson and
invested with the privileges THAT were conferred
on the town. "f separate taXatiuu representation,
&c. would any man living In the county Of Jackson
then have claimed to have tecn resident of TIeng-
co? Assuredly not; and can ts having been caled
town after it is thus cut M and inv sted with these
privileges alter t!Ie maiter IN The least,
It has been urged reason why tire Town should
b, considered in the cotty, that the Courthouse is
situated III the TOWN. TO answer this. will recrr 10
view taken above, and suppose aga!n this same
piece ofand county Of !ac;soII, to have been cut
off from tie county OF Iicnrico. and is limits
should embrace it did, the Courthouse of
iicnr!co. and for the convenience OF both ptrtics
as IS the case hare. by general consent 1t was allowed
to remain; then yon would have argued that the
county OF jackson, III The county of fGn-;co be-
cause the U1nrico courthouse had not been removed,
The reasoning to my 1;ni, IS precisely the same.
1t has also been said, that the sheriff OF Ienrieo
collected the f'e taxes County taxes t.ler don't paw
for let that inc asked, and they'll tell you tlcv are res
ients of Richmond, ard not Of Hcnrico) from the
people oftre town Admit it, and might not the I,,-
gsaturc have authorised the sheriff of Hanover if il
had been convenient, the sheriff Of Chest crcId
with the same propiety to have collected them, oil
might they not have authorized the SCI cant 10 have
done It? And ii they to authorize the sereeant
at their next session, to collect the State tax ant
tie people of The county, 1!ose 10 remove their
court house half I.iie out Of town, these tive
simple acts, world remove every inch of rrounc
which these gentlemen think 20 tcnabe from und II
them, and their whole argument would tumble e
pieces; Tor then, these reasons would fail, why the
town sh&!d be considered i'll the county, except in
decd, auoer Of their arguments which had almost
forgotten, rhcil IS that the county has Jurisdiction
over tie towD? iric ht has the Town Jurisdiction,
over Tie county, 40! Then 1T provos auy thiur
il Is the reverse Of their propositions it you'll uroye
ha. sj!e coVrty could represent the to,c hut the town
could not represent the comfy. inasuuoh as tina. ifan
officer ottlc comfy may act officially IN the town so
may Citizrn Of the coia:y act for the town; but
as an officer The town cannot act in the county,
therefore, a citizen of the town, cannot art in .e
county. So much for Jurisdictions which by tire byc
proves nothing at al either way.
Or to H. Re given brief answer % al their
reasons, might have said, that ftlcre is 4 const1u
lona objection, rs there is 10 any mans representing
place o! which he IS not dttvti TeSiieig that no
legislative enactment can remove that objection:
and fit Intended, that no man shonId have the
privilege ofreprcsAning two n'.rests or two places
without change Of rcsidenccyfthen SAY that the
sohection IS rs lasting the constitution Itself and
Cannlot be removed.
70 Illustrate this fact, LET us suppose TINT Mir. A.
u. thousand acres of land, on the dividing Inc
between Goochland and EIcurco, and that the line
rims through tEe land. to cut of nine hundred
acres III IcnriCo, and orc hundred in Goor;land his
reFidtncG being tine hundred acres, or in the
county OF G0cchlaud he may represent tic county Of
Gooetland, but cannot ~;prcscnt the county of Hen
rico, although his interest III t!ut county is nine
times great in the other which take TO be n
stronger Gaze, thHra man owning hundred ACES
in III, county Of Hrurico and a house and 10, in
Richmond, aud allowing him the prgilepc to rypre-
sent the town to-day, and tie coUntv tomorrow
h h1s been cxu.Ungly askedjf ia gentleman owning
twenty five acres OF land in the corporation glitch
noad, could not upon 1t, in The county Of Henri
!. cnrtal-.lu be clnnr ilLnl M cn,,ll