Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-12-05

with any Just Interpretation of The term cornoromiso
II h-Teycr, the East had carried without our conces
SION the principle of federal airjers i'm the Senate
we would have then been equal ground, and botb
parties might have fairly talked of, and entered into
compromise. We of the West would still no ulnced
"a awkward cu,ustances, becaus, we would be call
cd upon 20 compromise principle, which as repbli-
cans We can never, without al0stary irurn our faith
ana remuneration of our principles, Weld Our bre,h-
rc OF The last have they think 10 compromise no
repnhlicaa principle: ,hoy adm, that The principle for
winch we ennfe'd IS ju.t principle and a republican,
prncip- we've there 10 pecuilur property or pecu-
iiaf 'nefeSL Ill the way. Bat contemplating tie To-
ca! III cross of the East ind the West; and the diff
itrei; states IS the East and the West, ,i,ev argun
tat Tie principle for which contend ,,tlei DC I'm
Jus; ai onprcSi. - or tcni to Injustice and opnres
SION n!in them in his future application OF it. This
*, we tAinil, Hlir statement ofthe case
Now with the utmost Difference 10 these a rumeuts
ana reaSo"!ngS with the most CONSCIENTIOUS regard TO
orr own principles, n in Thc true spirit of concation
and comprolniee, temfistr the following scheme
!. tns whole STATE shall II disiHsd illa dele
md GER cs -: ', sy,'aa'sa! "is'f'Iis, alter each
ie fie OF delegates and the SCnao shall neve exceed to
geihe more ''"sn htlsd and twenty members
~ r'"e. and Oh fixed r'o aet"ee real pa ao..l
hs appropriations of the any other purpose
'7n The payment of the of Government, f any I'M
ptorare's es: or west Of the Glue RIDE shall he always in
cSac; proportion ue Of paid hy the c,?zrns
casi ar 'vosl OF that ridge of mountains
The which
hereafter lie made i'll tho The west shall belong to a
section nj the State in which said Improvements made
D Any roads which may he made the Blue Ridge noun,
tain, shall he made the expense Of the whole state in e
proportion TO the taxes paid by the western
divisions oftc State and the toll thence accrun shall in the
same pynparon bc distributed between the east and The west
These propositions are made in the spirit and we
huHby Thru upon The fair and i,.s PRINCIPLES of con-
Citation ard compromise. We would appeal 20 the
goof of the citizens Of every scco. Of the State
10 the ci'lZcns Of the Whole United sSaies-nay to
the universe itself, for !hc justice and npartiay OF
the scheme proposed Il there is in i. any latent prin
cIple ofnlustice. VIC see it not know il not-but
upon the detection and exposition az such principle
we W"'id most cordially rcncuGcc it. We ask for
nothlnT--We propose nothing, which we know of dis
honorable 10 our brethren.
We need not be told that such n scheme would ne
a2.fcionf, helng only inscribed up parchment for
Il that were true, there is for, no security in
any instrument called Constitution, bond or coyen-
ant, which human hands can sign and seal
We tender this scheme of comp1nlnee now at the
eleventh. hour having waited for full disclosure Of
the sentiments and views OF more mature minds but
nothing having vet been rendered, which ut once
saves principles and secures, the interests Of ali
we have felt 1t duty submit the above and sub
ant 1t WITH al he!rnnce to the revision and rodifica-
ton Of every gcIt!clan who can improve il. without
changiug the principles whuh it recommends
MIR MARSHALL said that there was no person in
the House more truly gratited than he vas at SEEING
the splrt manifested here to-day and 1t was his ear
nest wish that this spirit of conc NAV be acted
TIC situation OF tsc It:e:: pass OF inc Common
wealth Which 30 be affected As1ot The proposi-
tons which have been Offered there is no essential
ainerence uetwe"r them. That the federal numbers
and the plan OF the white basis shall be blended oee-
ther so as to allow such equal portion of power
se"nlS 10 30 very generally agreed to. The differ
ence is, that one party applies these two principles
separa cly-;hc 10 The Senate, the other to the
House OF Delegates: while the other party propose
To unite the two principles and to carry them in their
blended form through the whole Legislature. One
gentleman dffprs the whole outline of his plan He
seem u Imagine that aim nothing of Republican
principles, when claim representation for prop
ery Permit me said Mr.. NJ, to set that gentle
poan right. He did say that he hoped TO satisfy
him OF others, wo say that Republican Government
depends CT adopting the naked principle Of numbers
that we right, but ne thought we could satisfy
them that VIC 10 entertain different opinion He
thought the sUu1de principles o Repuhlicgnjsm do
scnatlon. CeTtainl opinion has received the
sanction OF wiser stat and patriots. He thought
the two ought To be connected. lie thought this
was ile principle Of the revolution the ground on
wh;ca The Colonies torn from the mother coun
Try and made independent states He should not no
into that discussion then, the House had already
heard much said about ii. lie would observe that
TINS basis @! representa- al ION matter iupor
ant to Virginia. that the SUBJECT was reviewed by
every thinking individual before this Convention as
sembled Several different plans were contemplated
the basis OF white population alonethc basis of free
popuiaon di''"---t is%i5 OF population alone-a ba-
sis of taxation and white pop"aiioi--or which is the
same thing, basis OF federal numbers Two other
basis we're also proposed referring TO the total
population OF the state, the other TO taxation alone.
Otthcse various propositions the basis of white pop
uiaton and the basis Of taxation alone are The two
trcmcs. between tie free population and the white
population there Is Utmost 10 difference. Between
the basis of total population and the basis of
taxation, there is but little difference. The people
Of the East thought that they offered fair compro-
Mise, Wien they proposed the compound basis of tax
alton and population the basis cf Federal numbers
We Thought we had republican precedent for this-a
precedent given us Blythe ise5l and truest priots
that eyer asscmbIed-but that Is now past We are
Row willing to Uaei new Uhdl. ground beyond
what We thought was middle ground, and the ey-
tIc1a OF the other side We considered the fedora
NUMBERS as middle ground, and we may now perhaps
carry that proposition The gentleman assumed ton
much, when he said that the question was decided.
L. be cousidc-ed decided, until it has como
before the House The majority is too small TO cal
cul1ic upon i; as certain in the final decision. We
are ali uncertain 10 The issue But all know this
that If either cStrenr is carried, it must leave y