Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-12
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MR.. MERGERS SPEECu.-coxr1HvEn.
Having dispose OF the mixed ua=ls OF taxation
am white population, of sllVr ana free puNuiat lou.
regarding. he proceeded, the claim, of ih' form,
II consideration both as persons aud property;
and Expos ID the quality % county rcprcs ,tpn,
he cam nov 70 an xannat'oa Of ine only remaining
basis 'ha' &hich iDd been adopted and r.cuuinen
dH L. 'he Nnn..n "a oy Ie u ~ lativc Com a,ttec
IL nunb'ss OF ito fec WAi,' popu'a',on rxciu
s,Tc: ,&-- ;h';, With we" q -yc o equal numbers
equol Do t,0: ~ Oo-j:'l oON ~ the cons ION
ot the pNpot: a,ancli of tiIo y v-nmont
\ rf5prt.',r had Inlt'l i: . sIon .tei :, ;lc
Ccnvrn; - ~ his houorstl -. eloquent fie..I
fom Nc~'o.f, IN nc form Of au nG,l nt }, ~.
Oil d Rights whici AS rtcd mat equal numbers D.
l'-a! y0,cts throughout III Coma any attn siioIil
haze equu' political power vi hon, r,Srrd The dis
t'aoti'o VI iortln,. \ sGch proposition M .lt
h gardcd Ot,a dC I.nt char cter tiom ,.at con-
tH.r,i ~ tn r's 4tnn 81 te Leg Ia i've lmaittee
Mr.. NJ said he would the mcspieut step towards
the conclusion h. was tC'lroUs aci., unGc
70 show ia practical il the ,re,ical conformity
Whnt"yer cXtont may be given to Tho n. IT OF SUI
fra.n he only Uop0rsn distiuc'lon we II ise 1ro
positions will be Fund tocurs.sj il. the SIN r,,r IL
c ty OF executing thnt, which requires Imply peto-
deal enumeration OF the white population cf lie
Co rmnnweah To compute al the iecsl voters
of The Commonwealth, surprising he * ension of
Suffrage 10 be butt uron he present frcauui qla-
fcatiOn enlarged by the adms ion Of o. 1rr
classes % cze not recholers 70 the ,a,ac priv
lege would require the enumeration of all class -
II that boar b. regarded ion - the fcchoI.
ders alone i i not difficult - conceive lis llruitus
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resolutions Of the c gslatvs cormittee assure the
practical enjoyment Of the r@hi O suffrage II those
who may posses {.
In computation of gal voters in-tend Of &c: ,.a .
gents cImpctcn. dt little cost, % take u census of t
pope, learned n tees in Eyre be provdrLi sul
hcieIt number To traverse every couLty, ity
or election $ riot IN the CIinrnunweah IN order
enquire who have freehold estates and have been So
seized for IN" period required b. law Itp these be adj
ded' the caSs o. cons rucve freehuids, and OF unr-
III common whose may not and often do MOI AN
rf,uf lflf ',rfl.1t s.Drr - Ia n
IN reversIOn aud remainder, Of vested or COI.ucert
f'echolds be empowered to vote as some gentlemen
propose, many years "oull ELI >e in mlkInr the ne
cess1ry en- ;n"rd'on and lst- fIr the appcrt comment
Of Delegates. No would tn paiuial and costly. n
not impractcable iHbour lie ID To different r.-,i..
from that Of IN Of tae re. WIN b.. pcpult.,i
as we have good grounds 90 mfr under an; extern
sion oil sutrhg' Ihc m - nulargcI il NAV be- lie
more nearly Will n uun5crs Of those who are.
legal voters Apr a-n ne nIn5er oftual popul.;isn
But # restricted 10 land qualification or extea5.d
10 ali vino pay taxes movable property lil The
superintendent to whre population VIII very nearly
# not exactly conform 10 that which might b. .,,-
ed on clnpntfUon ot th' HIr5-r Of roles 4
A evidence Of this. Mr. -. referred to tIfoa ot
the tables 'tely supplied tie Auditor OF Public
Accounts
To tho first Of these, that which protested d, de-
dace white Populs ION OF 1929, the several eoilutc
from ~ number Of fitlabrs volun ark; returned In
Off er request, VI could not weld t,
eace Indeagane faiLi'l and intelligent kncy ina,
he, not more than use the ra,cr ,
pied MIR VI hdd that, district which I've
mart eutcl
by three Of the most e,ensye t"TnpiE@. m s
Commonwea! aud having more Of mat description Of
o'Gg' w'm. H. 9oHucsa 1y Individual en'erPre, than
~; 80 ,r ,,f,et ,, W.. n"lon"ean put Together
population Of ia2O by 1854 souls fact which H s g'le
ddeauy believed 10 be untrue Tie would undertake to say
that tls county OF Louuoun Gad IN that period sustained no
Hno,her error Of almost eoua cE, IN 'eg rs D, any
its,cn in addr1 TO- the , ,' poured ~ the same
cIr1 10 That which bad been taken from Loud6,n Absn5
us the conclusions 70 be drawn from table Inaccurate Mr.
Mercer 'hu nc Nll" =, icN 10 the census Of 1920 which
,os y.ry ne,ry IN, same ,, m , Tt o. me Blue Ridge
that mountain that the number Of persons IN be % ,
cha[set on the land Of 1925 wh on quantity of
iau not r in - cre or on lot part Of ia town
established BY law 'oe 70 lne same description Of persons
.ccoui that of 81 to Sd 6e i, ii5 10 3D. ana ihe
number or persons W est of the same mor,p, ~,
mr.. CHARGED with a suite t,y on ,n.,notI, ,,.
Tor the year 1928 10 h.. 40 ,,74 md ,to ~,
persons East Of it. charged in the sam. v,,r 9Th
Inc same tax, to be- 55.5I4.
Ih,s ratio may be exprps.ed with s,rf.;,-, ...,
rscv by 10 20 %. and co-respopJs ~, ro,ri ,:.
tnlt of3J to 81 the ratio ofthe proprieto-s ~. ,