Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-10-17
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Il General Syu1pds Of tie ConsaafLys otthe States (.
nDre ednciSc aud Ineligible If .luk more co,Jecf
HUIn te cumbersome tables If Mr. Carn.tt MAJ mt
! be t0datereablS perhaps useful, at The t,vsu, c,l-
. SIS
The great outlines of the Const IONS relate 70 TIC
Sovereignty, The suffrage ofthe People; tire Lessla
cUe; the Erecu,ee; the Juiiciry the su5oraliIte Of
eeTS, civil and military; the c0qItnSu1ps of officers
and provisions for amendments. !
Sovereignty, or suffrage OF the people, in It's con-
stitutional exercise, relates to the qualifications OF vo
ters the modes Of voting, and by hon elections are
Conducted.
| Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-
sets, Connecticut,N. York, Maryland s. Carolina !
! Georgia, Ohio Kentucky, Tennessec,t Iouisi,ua
Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri lndiaua, und ILL.,
nois, require residence of three sir md freLps
months nine Of these states only ieunire the addition
al qualification Of personal TOR. IS. Jersey requires
one year residence, ana property Of fifty pounds VAL
ue. Pennsylvania and Delaware require t,oo gen,s
residence and fnI. North CaruliiEl Iruutss IL
months residence and for electors of keurr,srn
,atNeS' ana freehold o. acres ior electors of
the Senate. Virginia req,lircs f.cerold on
aUies.
| Maine, New Hampshire rc.mant, Massach.,-
sets, Connecticut, New York, PENNSYLVANIA, DeIa-
ware, Maryland, N. Carolina, S. Carolina Ohio
iennessHe, Mississippi, Aabama, Ond Indiana, vote
by 6dtot. Georgia, Illinois, & Virginia vote riya
I0ce r. jersey, Kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri
leave the mode Of voting 20 the provisions of Tire INV
In n. Carolina, Alabama, and Virginia only n r,
tire elections conducted by SheriGS-u hu thereby
tpractca administration OF Justice c-bfls Nc 1,
all the other States certain number of NcLet sunn
Special Judges, 'nastfrdtes, superintendent, uanag
CrS, &c, as they arc vnrousy denominatcl are o..
pecjaIy designated to take charge Of the roAs and
make the returns under olifh.
Tire Legislature divided into upper and lowe,
House. or Ssaate, and Representatives, except in
: Vermont where there is Senate.
. The Senator'S elected, in all the States bv
the peope residing therein, and pay ing It's aboyc
y stated except in Virginia and N. Carolina, where
they are elected by freeholders. The J1cOresenfo
tires ere elected in all the States by the people hav
ing the aforementioned qualifications, except in Viz
i ginla alone, where they elected by fiochoders
who daily have diminishing proportion to the who'd
body of the people.
p Tie SenOrs T. Representatives. in most of4lo Soto.
are limited in number and distributed generally &c
n cordlng TO the ratio OF pOpuioa or of unnioa-Iu
most states the senators serve from two to five years
10 some only one year. in most States the Eeprcsen-
taiVes serve but year, but i'm SOME thew ser,,
two years IN States the senators orc reoI;rcl
TO % from n 10 50 years of age some the arc /,
It not speced in q few st ties the Nepresentaivcs n -
. TequiredtO be more than 81 years Of age
~ 10 wit-hlaine, ". Hampshire Massachusetts
Lohnecticut, ~ OK, Pennsy lvania, MARYLAND s.
"a Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana
If Mississippi, Alabama and virginia limit tho;y Son
9tors yariousy from ~ 10 80; Indiann and Illino,
limit theirs each to 90 and all these States
lhe senators to Counties, districts ACCORDING In non
II u'Stioh or taxation, except Louisiana and virginia
+, which Distribute them To arbitrary districts viIhou
exact regard To either ratio. The Senators OF cnr
J. era ana ~. Jersey limited TO the number n
- COUNTIES, giving one Senator ~ each county Til,
Hnlts OF Delaware are based on tie ratio of non.
!. ulatIon, ont without limit The Constitution o
have omitted kiode lslaud because she has mol, had IL
e slo 'ame Constitution for herself been contents
10 I'VE mdcr The Royal Charter conferred on hcr ,ye
"a le CONSTITUTION ni Virginia, alone, makes tie freehold i
s.ttvsre quahcaon for he right Of suffrage: b both l
tsoas attach additional privileges eehoers over o
~ heehoders The Constitution of Carolina entities freehold
Rspny 20 Voe of Senator's that Of s. Carolina entities free
holders oyoie IN every county where he feehod esen
y OF ''0s'''i
Fhs me nos'ec0noncs State IN the Union less liable
political conmoton aud double the best povered sbc bs
hot Senators and40 once In v
years he Governor has no Pfiyy Council, and her salare
liked by the Constitution alta low rate in all the states h,
= i"o bfnpalyonly.