Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-19

Brooke.
an oigarchy-other gentlemen say they are an eris
t9cracy-,other names of equal point arc given 20
heni aud with this of mad doc fastened on the
niue BODY IT is turned lose ~ meet the great body
Sou d Sena'e' thus organized, be cheek in such
large body tor one year,. As.the Senate has been il
may DC again organized, and may answer good pur-
poses on many occasions! II may examine and
eha"ge Inc misty language Of the House of Dele
gates II may dot their IS, cr,ss their IS and cor
rect their spelling, ii he might c allowed TO ssnnosc
"'I' lhcfc were any members of the House of D,lc.
gates who could not spell but il would nevcr b nm
eH'Siuai check IN legislation. Itbcvcr was It never
couiu o. chrck; II ever property can be e;.ctuay
represented, 1t must be by the sid, of rumhcr Tho
ieSS VIII always yield TO the greater and the greater
oody mere, being annually elected returns annually
WIN n. EF"at accession oi power. iActc is another
"hhcAty--Who Is TO choose? The rcnpL, ~. tbc
same electors the same qualifm yotors--,,,',n
eject the members OF the HOUSE rs wa a. of
ur senate lou thus realize Do.,.r Frank
Inns story OF the two hir>cs-on, -dro,,.,',.r on,
W.! anu t"S ol!!er another way. Thhy vIu Yl.,,vs
c!sc a'i;e. 10 guard against this rcYjr In ,.,rIv
out tn theory. You mut have one scf - rlc.,o-, ~:
the SEM; AID one f,r the Hous, Y5u have onjy
thus carried farther tn. cDthti, ,r.,,,,,,, So -!
friend from Spotsyvana. The next ,'n".,;,r -. =.
VINO W" 10 cl rt"t under the fludan,.n,,I l,,rs
Inc people VIII look GU Tor individuals far Tho s.
at' WHO arc IN favor oi nr"ihcrs I'you separate
IN" parties h:o ~uNA like Dives ati,i ,-,r,s a., ~ ,
Dives VIZ REMAIN ;.herc aoi, b-, !,y,r' ~ 80,
II tAcrc b. on Dpke ~ O.l,uns any sf,1.i", ~,
G1h'e' hc " be pat iuto the Senate To take ,. IS
4
perry AGAINST each other. You give rrI,bnrs ,bs
IiFhi OF deciding, 'r'i sag property i, sof;, W., -
i"o"r sIii regulate Clp.ta:. aud sly ca mimi is
IL cannot We 20. How Wi YOU srYard canitp !,
Ire way our lu"csorS nave BY dfsrapartI, ,,r,,,o
Ivy ana hunters N representation by rcprrsonting
IN 1S, "i ~".:.cc..ng .an h. loi,ing AZ lc,ri,r,
eTt interests I'll in general view The car;..i ~
labor Constituting the elcmau.s Of society INNS.
oy ITEMS Ives III agriculture, So."~I r, o. ,,,,,,
i"c'U'e- 49, .''-- 80 variant interests M m
- ing .ttie' to 'rtan extent. and all I,sofIl j{n,
- wound De dlngeTnus To give power to two 10 over
come te th'Ed. But Of what do these intar,ss sino,
10 The trans Allegheny people think 10 bn.o,7,
c"I''1r9crl. ThoT r1Gy canal TIC : uni~,. ~ Ill
the 1caincn sailors, bur tl.s will not ,,,k,, ,ba,
conincrcln!. Commerce Is confined 20 OR no,io,
Ole waters not by man. but by Hun who ,a,r ~,
Ho'" Ae tide Waterloo yon expect to find 4 manu-
nc .r country wher" there IS no Ia 'l-,l,rctbcro
Is ot !" inches ia!i on The whole surface II Womb
NC rs unreasonable to expect IL rs to suppose the
W Cst "an b" comm rrcia Where power v,orlJ ~,
aud w"ere he was willing i should he in Tho cow.
tie great interest would he ayricnitu-e Ifo ,.i.o,
power to ." there. Here then Il -cat porto, ~ 10
people are TO be represented, not IN proportion to
numbers, controlling wealth. but i'm nrnnorl;on m
the great interests Of society, and Won ,ny d,o-
mine TIE location OF their interests bv gcoprapbicol
mes. Tax" aErlculture---take tho line Of Nor,b
CaroliNa Tor Us base, and tx it's nprX ura- C,no,,
cT--ths woH!d show the slave holding ma tob55cco
niiAlng part ot the county. Take the same Inc ~
North Carolina leaving the tobacco intercs, and g.,
ng the point IN Northampton Won mark tho 60.
anil
{F0"ing county. lie had not topograpbicoI k,,-r,
edge u 90 beyond he mountains SuDpos, tba
STATE was nus divided into three triangesLseel ~
eproscHt agriculture, you must rive tho ,,booo;
crest fTP'c-ena'Ion 10 contra-d distinguish il fror,
ne cotton ana gram growing Interests Tbcy 90
III diverse interess-all beonpinr IN orr;c,'l,;,r
'ut separated by local circumstances as easy to be
;lrcumvcntet by geographical lines ne INV -, No.
+ 'tner then, these three interests are iiridd -
water courses cutting off the communicative NIX
'acn ct!4er. Convenience must be consulted E,on
y inc 'oGacco country you must determine the in
c:rs'', tn=t an Individual NAV not rcprcser. ,L,,
without responsibility. You have tins ranrcson,a :
ives Tor these cmpoymohis and for that portion cc
ne people wh" have no peculiar interests S,cL ;s
low [he government OF Virginia. The State ia d.
'iCcl INTO counties, whore there is q pecul;or;
y OF laterests. Here then you colcc, tbosr ,vbo
Determine waat are the interests 10 be rr,n,o,oI /
ana now they can b" best promoted But numbers
arc h"'h'ng When you have fixed those p,In's
men you may resort to numbers for the pur-
pose OF fixing the proportions between rho
great and small counties belonging to the saro
interests. This migbt have becn dopo b., g
the law of 1916 Having referred ~ 49,; ~, wi
1t may be necessary ior one who had some intcros,
IN passing the law TO state why it was sunnor,od
how and tor what effect. 1t was known that rho
stanton Convention assembled in tho e,,r,,,,- g
l8lG. From that Convention came 49,: -
signed by James breckenridge to the Socal,or ,rbI
stated, The wish of the meeting that a Cnnvcn,;r
sHoU!u DC Called ior the purpose Of cuuaiizinr The
representaton-e qualizIng taxation and Main,
provision for future amendments That r,nr,nris5I
praying for these three objects was referred ta
lee COMMITTEE, efwhom he one and the Gentle
man:from Brooke presided This Committee -sno,,
two resolutions, stating that was exnedient t6 ,L
the sense OF the ireeholders, OH the subject ola Con-
yenion for the purpose specified. That reDorf cn,,'o
10 The House and was there amended on tie motion
Of gen lennn from Fairiax, WI proposad IN o,,,,
the objects by adding TO the enlargement oftbe riyh
Of suf5, ige, and against which motion la pr,tas.sJ
After. soma difficulty this motion srfccended =
IL was then extended TO take IN al those who have
L permanent common interest. That 1,o,,ou al.o
succeeded The report "ftbe Commit &c vas c,n
cured ID by the House, a0dthn bill was orI.-od r.
DC DFoagt III 10 PROVIDE for taking the sense Of Tie
irccAoidcrs I'll" subject ola Conyco.ion 70 - III
We Representations To equalize taxation, m extend
the right ofsuliogc, AMI 90 provide for lI'ur, ooJ
IN mt. Taxation and representation were MOI
ont Of sight moment Whom represented i,, CO.,,
talked oft tXaton was talked Of with H. The Kim
was Brought in and they who had consulted ~ bn
had done, would perceive Tor what purp sc tie TO-,
pie were dcs!rou' 10 have Convention The bill
pnssed tho lIyusc By n rug1or,-,. orC ,,- T.. -