Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-12-22

nent OF rcprcs cn,aiidn shah De made IN the fllow,n
manner. and thC f'oving basis viz: the nuu.bc-
of free who irh&"l'urts IN ia" House OF Delegates
and he federal hes.- lna senate
w. T-ov"soN moved 10 strike out the wo,ja
1880" aud Insect $780,
Mr.. DorpmnGE hcpcd the anaTdneu, would not
be adopted. rs csirct would I've TO accumulate ~,
evils complained OF by the west for ten additional
yrbrs.
/ Mr. u. agreed with Mr. Ieipb, that il tho pr,ro
Sition "i sir G"rdcu succeeded there would be TN
unless here be- a scheme for future anpur-
tonmen'; that the proposition of Mr. Cooke would N,
worse Th" objection to Mr. Cookies proposition Is,
tha, it leaves o. much discretionary tie Lceea-
turr. u surfcudcrs the west bound spd and foc:
the would immediately c--,,nence; a struggle
for power would y" c"g:'-,ialv carried on.
Mr.. lr,CH So: this proposition securing 4,
r,~nr'v Tor ton years. and then the rrverson
to 10 wet. Mr.. Thompson gave the revcrson af-
: ter twenty wears.
Mr. Tuo,,Pso~ said he had proposed 1880 - ,nnlc,
! "a" scheme moro pa'uable 20 gentlemen of The cas-.
lie understood thTt 1t admitted that there would
he at that time mn equality. IL now withdrew his
amcnd,npui nj the SUGGESTION Of Mr.. Johnson
Mr.. IoaNSoN offered amendment, making the
apportionmcut IN '84i. and the re-apporion once
thereafter "vcrv twenty years and spoke OF the ex-
pcrsrs Of TIE of lands being an objection
TO frequent npportiornen The iust assessment had
cos $50 900.
Mr.. PowErr said he had r.,-, --x;ouslv so,,,b, ,
reason which CO... ...s"o him TO vote for the uro-o
s!,, r.T. Gordon. lie was ,iesiroue 10 do so h.,
ne could not without clause for future apnortion
mcrt
Mr.. Scorr congratulated the Convention thu, Mr
ID had chnugcd his opinions Of governments wbr,bc-
irm tho arg 'nrnts the other side mr. his own re-
& ctons lie knew not. He contended ut FRS, 10, a.
pure de'nocracy-sad that any other primo pls wc-,
arstocracv and oigarchv; that on the conrprr -.
east commended thai government was ALWAYS . mo-
ore oi eXpedency. He glad TO hear fba, ~ =.
g"ntoma" had been converted to the true loc.r;rc
INIT the interests OF the community should be co..
suited. lie thought the grntlcman's argument 2 -
uroprlatcv addressed the west but could NOT H.,
!uerce Oh" east. For himself said he ha would me-
the whit" basis in both Houses TO the white in ~
House OF Delegates and the federal numbers IL a.
SerniN because tn" Senate would nlwnys be ,,d,,,e
Il the vest AID WINS no protection 10 the east Tho
op'r" ION would he tina if the Srua e. this nepro Sc
nate 20 will be call d. dare reject any measure Of
he House Of Delegates the ciamor would he inccs
SAINT, and the next 'hing would BE- to cali a neg Con.
vention and change this feature of The Constutior
witch would be in vitahv carried. and he therefi,
Preferred nj once 10 fix the Senate differently nov,
Mr. Mccoy said he was always of opinion Tint mr.
p"rv would Protcc' it~'lf-indYidually il Rad too
much interest and II was MT necessary 20 incrcpea
th" evil bv bnsing representation on il. But he r.
zen W ling to base the Senate thus as a cornpron.
hoping n would settle this odous controversy re
wished tn" peculiar property of the protected ,
ne could not vote for Constitution unless i, nrc,d
Tor future npp"rionmcnt. lie should prefer The
present Constitution. -
Mr. LEt"H said he rose 20 state fac, \ r,,,,
man Of uTdoubted veraclty had told him this piorr
that som" gentl"mrG from the Valley had d. Lrmj,.j
y 10 acc'p' Ar Gnrdor's amendment without a,,v ny
ing better. MIR. L. said hc stated IL for tho mr., 80
OF pnt'ng the Cow ntion in possession of the Ia,
That the present was the last effort obtain the r.
version OF The property Of the after ten years
possession.
MIR. POWELL stated that hc knew of no such de-
formulation and he could not believe in tho accuracy
OF the information.
Mr. MAsoN, of Frederick said he had no intention
to enter into the debate but having come moro -
Gently from the people than his colca. ues he thour &
he might express more fully the wishes of his cons, .
n sfr
power but he did not think ii was in it's essence =
Srug2l" between the people Of tn" east and west
lie considered that most struggles OF this kind ,cor
struggles between the peope and the Covernmcn,-
When the people demanded aud The oovernmrp, TO-
FUSED redress. til" awful question then arose WIN,
was the people to do' He feared TINT this v,os ,
lprlty o the people had ca led this Convention lyr,
they had been calling for il for many years Tlcv
were slcn'ed for time by douccr-ie reont ~
new organization of the Senate, but was but for n
time. The Convention called and for what2 T. ?
'e great purpose ~ 'quliZng repre- scntation There
were douht other reasons hut in roron, rgn,, 81
weighed but a. a feather the scale. The pron, ~
BE- I'cuon was that the power was in the hands or y
sha minority That he b"d read with attention "a
ugeh'ons a g"inehis OF gentlemen upon the subject
OF maJoItlesi thdt mo only majority he knew an,
thing OF, was minority OF the free white people ~
' the Commonwealth. Hc had read with great atter
oh te arguments OF gentlemen which went 10 show
that the principles of government of tho ps;o-;, d,
was an obstraction and could not see how this coI
ne without overtunIng the very principles Of NJ
government Al lie asked that the mn kcd ru,b
Sh"ud appear. DO not put in your bill of rpht, a
principle, ana oVcrturn II ~ your ConsiiruIcn. Do
we ask that gcnlleueu should surrender their
ty to our discretlonl Far from it, He was aware
J lnat although the people would generally do rlrht
yet they may sometimes do cruel wrong. lie could
sec no reeeon to tenr excessive TAXATION whore prr
bertv "n9 homogeneous. "" had heard of HE recu
> mar property OF the eas claiming peculiar prot.c
ii2n and he felt he full effect of the argument Fr1
IT. pro ection the Senate to be placed on II
cd basis Those who voted for il from ;ie VS., as
s'meh great responsibility ~ voting for it. IIe ns
p Tcad' to- take That responsibility hut hc believed the
wines OF ms constituents woud not permit him 20
III iher' and nc could no IL that could be- en-.
rcd he preferred remaining The ., Cscnt
results OF he ~ v"rnmatt cau I'd by fcriUtuug
cv'' x ! r " u ch fs-pUnFibc. The saroN
d could not be said OF me Il rmcd by ourselves n.
thcn snid he could not voic f't Mr.. G's prorci.i,
-n--. no. nLnlnml.L hN L-Ln ACKNOWLEDGMENT nL NJ -