Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-10

IN the VIRGINIA CONVENTION, on Saturday,
Mr.. UpsHuRs plan, to base representation in
borh bran, hos Of the Legislature on Federal
numbers white populaJi ion and laSstion com,
biued, has been carried. riis result is rah, T
un xpected-ana We know not whether, in The
end Il will succeed.
The Convention have refused TO si,,this week,
in the Presbyterian Church.
We observe that Mr. JOHNSON and Mr.. RAN.
poLpH have hal another spar'ing, which is thu.
reported 5y the correspondent Of the Frede &.
ricksburg Arena:
IN,. Ran&oiph begged pardon of the clear
and strong mind 4 gentleman from FsuQuier,
tMr. ScoTT) for suggesting TO him that h. had
unders ated- yes, u d rrsia ed-the jus! claims,
the concessions, Of East Virginia. The Chief
Justice had yes'e' day shewr as clearly as pos
SHY coul6 be shewn, tina. The halfway house,
the middle ground The basis OF federal
numbers for both Houses. In gran ,ng that we
should WELD up half Of wha' we might Justly
claim THni WAS so per cent and not IS per
cent as the gen man from ,uquisr seemed
10 suppose. And in conseD ing g. beyond
Ibis, We yielded IS per cen, OF our rishuul de-
mards. AS 10 the reasoning OF the gentleman
FROM Augusta, which he from Brook had said
was unauswcrable-n had not 5een, or perhaps
would no, BE- answered, for ,ery < cd rea,
sou because there was no need 20 answer it,
II nd been anticipated, oy the gentl man E om
r edmond The argument Of he Chief Jus
thee vas unshaken, and unansw er able; II was as
strong as the fortress Of Gibraltar. Sir th'
for,rr>s Of Gibraltar would be as much inlu I'd
by y rtering !, with pocket pistol. as tha' ar
guneur was Iieeted bN 'hr abortve and puny
as>1ul, IF The gen,l eman from Angus a. The
gen rman from Brooke hac slked Of The dis
a. .isfaction Of his Constituents with snv but
the wh,,e basis. And is not the dissatisfaction
Of m, cons,i usnts 10 BE- .bonght Of 100? They
would be- equally dissa listed wi II any but The
mixed basis.
The gentle man from B coke, in distributing
power, wanted To seizr uoon the LIONS share
lca,ing to us, as 50 many JAckalis, only the
pal'ry Carcass This, he could Tell the western
geuIlt man, was MT To be
Mr. Johnson ro,e 10 reply briefly 10 some Of
ihr arguments agains Mr.. d 5 amendment;
aud IN oo1eiusIon sand, that as to the Chief
Ju. itr's argument, he should say nothing in
dcprc cistion OF 81 or would he pretend 10
place himself in comparison with that gentle
man; nor would be Sindicae his own argument,
from he charge of fee Sleness made against il
BY the gentleman from & arloue: there need,
ed no shosi (nodding significantly at MIR. R
to tell tina, he tNlr j. was no, equal TO The
chief justice laugh in the gallery, and
some psrts Of The Hall
Mfr Randolph said he did not distinctly hear
the last remarks Of Mr., j. excep, The word
ghost: bul il j, was some ghosly admonition,
he doub.ed whether he lost much by uot he sr.
ing it. He would inform the gentleman from
A. tina, he cherished no personal iIi feeling
whatsoever towards him: MS hostility was
wholly political
NJ, Johnson rrjoined, tina, neither had his
feeling, previously to this deba'e, been person
all, unktrd towards the gentleman from Char
lo.,r Hunendo,eL dis hostility VS. now personal