Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-10-30

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Public ai,eson has been csilcd TO tina, inequality tce
the year 1926.
= III, whole proceedings which took place in 1916
rn,si be familiar to gentlemen. They had been pub
lishcd IN oil the newspapers, and every who
knew the history ofthe times knew tina. the charac-
Ter OF the Senate had boon changed, aud that by
The adoption of the principle Tor which con-
tend Ia the House of DcleCatcs the power had pass
ed uto other hands. He mentioned this TO rcpel
ttsidea that there precedent for the adoption
OF this principle. The principle has been settled.
The Senate then became the representative of The
white population alone. When called TO convene u
gain thought that the public mind was not obi
ding on t,a principle and that would not he carried
into the House OF Drlegatcs--n order to make it
harmunizc with the Senate. To correct this error,
there public meeting NJ Staunton 1916.
There was at the time discussion in one of The
newspapers which tended increase the publcdscon-
tcni, it Illustrated the evils which resulted from the
unequal representation in the House of Delegates.
Ca the other side it contendcd that from the inc
quality III the House of Delegates, practical evil
resulted. This was the argument which the oligar-
ciy of the land offered in the newspapers, affirming
then they affirm ROW, that practical evil had IF
suited from tc rule Of the minority. Attempts
then made to alarm the people the subject of the
stability OF the Judicial tenure. aud the dunger of Lc
gislaiion, between muster AMI savc-between in
dividill and his property. A meeting ut Staunton
took place, at which the views of those who Sought
the correction OF the evil were embodied in poiti-
cal creed, IN which representation claimed on
the basis of white population. This laid down
the proposition be enforced, ind it paying but
poor compliment 10 the people of the State of
Frgniu, that they knew not that such prop
ositiun would be presented. The doctrine then was
not new one. So far brunch of the I.cuis-
Iaturc ls concerned IT may be considered as the
tablishnd doctrine of the State.
The lsl Struggle came OH las; winter. He would
reor briefly 10 tin. circumstances Early isst session
the Bill on the subject of this Convention
brought m II WIS then caimcdslia, a representa-
: ton of 5tts OF the slaves should be had In the
present Convention, anu for this purpose the Con
grcssioual Dist lets made OF being more
convenient for their appor,ioumcnt than by creating
new districts, according 10 the present plan. Men
who in the practice of reading the newspapers
who live here aud among the Legislators Of the
State could not forget The fact, which he would now
stac they assumed not represent more than 5ths
of the slaves. Towards tie close of the Session
every strained TO press the influence OF
this property representation the grounds JUS
tice and right It was vcryperccp.ibie that the az
guments used on that occasion, tended To enune-
ration of all the blacks. 1t said that if one slave
was TO nc represented, all should be represented.
conviction nc believed, fol; at the last session
towards the Close, oi the truth Uf tins argument, Is
the minority came round uIic maintained the bill
which contained that principle. 1t contendcd
on this floor, tut the biil written for that pur
the ia cts. The ground of slave representation be-
unpopular within these walls and odiols
throughout the State Gentlemen couldnot shut their
eyes to these facts. The same ground was taken up
here, at the commencement of the Convention on
which gentlemen ended there. 1t tho same
principle IN disguise. but afler the candid con
fesson OF the gentleman from Northampton, and
the gentleman from Cureprsr, it would not
be necessary tn go into the proof They have
admitted that The rrity of tho property lies
at the root oil this proposition for q combined bnss
m ~ n IT. ion vl,, 10
It Is precselj the same question, hidden beneath
few flowers. garlands and fiIrbeows, which could
not be mlintalned last session.
a few remarks he would ask permission TO make
on the posiulates Ia d down by the gentlemen. Az |
20 he impo slbilty of dcducmg any lights to guide |
us from the darkness Of antiquity lac agreed with
them lie would say nothing to the supposiious
case of The two millions OF American Indians wishing
dictate those of the Asaic Ises that they should
not subsist upon fish. Whether when man eli cred
INTO society he and his property became a portion
of that s1ciely, question on which he would
offer a few remarks, that the principle con-
tended for. The hkcncd 10 a partncr-
Ship between individuals. There was no simari-
~ between the cases. One man We are told
enters into society with two bows and two mr.
rows, while another brings with him only age aud
poverty and infrmity. One enters with some pro-
perry to protect and the other with none, and on, of
these elements gentlemen drow the conclusion that
he VINO has the most property to project is entitled
% the greatest share in the government 1t was left
Tor The men oil Virginia of this day TO make this dis
covery. He challenged theu To produce any author
iy TO sustain the proposition In order get along
with this argument, gentlemen found IT cxpedient 10
deny the principles laid down in tho Bill Of Rights
which INSTRUMENT had by solemn ard unanimous
vote been approved by this Convent N Their nrru.
nv,nt Is. not tlat men alone form society, but that
property enters into and forms portion Of that soci
city. lie who has tobacco field is represented by
tnlt fold as well as in lIS person This is the
poaulaie or rather axiom, which to get along with
their argument IT. Is necessary for them TO maintain
u Is necessary for them 10 srw that while property
exercises It's full share constituent il is 10 BIZ made
nm especial Object of pro ection-tbnt property in
TACT Is most entitled and pc least because simple
laws are sufficient TO protect the latter while the laws
required for the protection of the former arc complex
mud voumnous. II requires, it would scolD an i'm.
memo code to establish the property Of an individual
w ms koii; and fork; aud 70 become acquainted with
~ The student would be- compelled 10 burn out his amn
--wiiile The laws Which redress personal wronDs are
50 simple, they may be understood in n week By