Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-12-22

Mr. ScoTr said he was informed that he was s,,;c
y S Scng according to parliamentary usage, and all
! ne question was then put.
AYEs.-Messrs. Jones, b. w. LEIGH SsomJ tn,
!Or, Hiies, Brodnax Dromgoole Alexander Good
maIshan, Tyler NICHOLAS, Copton. J.Y. Mason, Ire
Logan, Venable, Madison p p Barbour StanaI
Holiday, Roene, WIN. P. Taylor Morris. Garnet
j.; barbour, Scott, DIncrac, Green TazewelI. Io,
qi rreniis GrIgSby, Branch, TONNES, MartiI
[ iHeasants Gordon, Massie, Rose. Bates Ncale Goa
ter, Ioynes Bayly, Perrin, Upshur--5Q
! NoEs--Messrs- Anderson, Coifinan Harrison, Wi
hanson, baldwin. Johnson, III Coy, Moore, Beirnc
Sn,tl, Miller, Banier, Mercer, Fzhpgh, Henderson
osborne, Cooke, Powell, Griggs J. N. Mason. Nav
!or' Donaldson Boyd, Pcndleton, George, M.Milar
IL Campbell, Byars, Cloyd Chapman, Mathews q
gIes0y Duncan, Laidlcy, Summers, See. Doddridge
Morgan, alexander Campbell, Wilson, YIN. cssr9,;
bell, Clayton, Saunders, Cabcll, Stuart, ThonpsoT
10.
So the amendment was laid on the table.
MT. SCOTT moved TO take up the proposition of Nj
Cooke IN Committee of the Whole. now on tile table
end, on the question: the ayes and noes were Gale
for.
Mr.. COOKE said if it was taken up it would not b
Nh SUMMERS wished to know how i, happene,
that this banlng of the west anne now to be undo
the special protection of its enemies?
-hr I.SiGH said his motive for taking charge of
was to kill it.
| MIR. Scorr said he could see no unfairness in hi
conFse lie only wished TO act upon one suhiec
| first, and he gentleman another.
The question was then put.
AYES-Aessrs. Jones, b. w. Leigh s Taylor Giles Bread
man, DonSooe Alexander, Goode, Marshall Tyler Niche
W Leigh, Logan, P P Barbour. staard HoIaday' oapo
W Taylor, Morris, Gamet J. S. Barbour Scott, Macrat
Neale Coalter, Joynes Perrin-i6.
NoEs-hessrs Copton Anderson, Coflinan, Harrison Wi
Hanson, Baldwin, Johnson MCoy Moore Bei.e, Sm;,I
Miller Baxter Venable, Madison, Mercer Fzhugh, Hene
Donaldson, Boyd, Pendeon Georse NAli!an, r GampbeI
Byars Cloyd Chapman, Mathews, ogleby Duncan adley
Summers See Doddridge, Morgan, A.: Campbell Wilson,
shur-50. ' -"'"' 8
So the motion was not carried.
The Convention then took Nd the resolution OF Nj
Cpshnr as offered in Committee of the Whole
Mr.. POWELL offered, amendment, to stTiIs
out all itcr the word ''Resovcd, and insert the Is
resolution Of the Legislative Committee.
The ayes and noes called for.
The question was then put.
Ayfs-hIes Anderson, Ccfnan Harrison, Williamson
Baxter Mercer Fzhugh Henderson, osbolns, cooa, Powell
Griggs Mason. Nayior, Donaldson, Boyd Pendleton
bridge Morgan Campbell wilson, W Ca@pbe cla woo
SorskIesss jon HS'" Esg s. Taylor Giles, Broad
max, D5fomS00s NeSaes toote Marshall TyeI Niche
bo"r, s'ana,d, Holiday, Rosne Taylo Sas Gar tsa
prent Grssby Branch Townes Martin, Peasants Gordon
Hasse Rose Bates, Neae COalIer, Joyas, Bayl, Perrin
So the amendment was lost
Mr. GoRDoH moved to strike out the first branc
of Alr Upshur s proposition, which carried
Mr. froHDoN moved to insert the following:
'HeSotUed, Thut the representation in the Senate
and House of Delegates Of Virginia shall be appor
toned as follows:
There shall be thirteen Senotors west of the Blue
Ridge of mountains, and nineteen east Of those noun
tans.
There shall be in the House Of Delegates one I,n-
dred and twenty-sevcn members of whom twenty
ChnH h. az
leghany mountains; twenty-four from he Valley be-
tween the Allegheny and Blue Ridge; forty from the
Blue Ridge to the head Of tidewaer, and thirty four
thence below"
AYEsAessrs Jones, BAy. Leigh s. Taylor Giles Broad
NIX Dromsooe Alexander Goode Marshall, Tyler Nicholas
Gop W. Le LoEan Venabs M Esgo Mo-. Barbour
Grgsby Branch Townes, Martin, Peasants, Gordon Mase
Rose Bates, Neale, Coalief, Joyne Bayy, Perrin, Uphur
Noas-Messrs Andersen, Cofman, Harrison, Williamson
BALDWIN Johnson MC0gi m2oe BeiIne, Smith Miller Bax
Grigcs, J. NJ Mason Nayior Donaldson, Boyd, Pendeton
!hcws ogesby DUNCAN, Laidey, Summers, see Doddridge
Morgan, A. Campbell, Wilson, w Campbell, Clayto SaGn
ders, Cabell, Stuart, Thompsos-46.
So the amendment was carried in the affirmative
Mr.. GoRDoN then moved to take up the amendmcn
proposed by Mr.. Upshur in Committee of the Whole
s'Resoired, That the Legislature shall re-arrangC
the representation in both Houses of the General AS
semby once in every years, upon fair aver
age Of the following ratios, to wit:
First, of white population;
Second of federal numbers.
Provided that the number Of the House of Dele
gates shall never exceed nor the number
Of the Senate
Mr.. LEIGH offered the fJIlo wing substitute, aut
1 went into some details explanatory.
That the House of Delegates shall consist of 1876
members, and the representation therein shall be ap
portioned, as follows:
The 26 counties lying west Of the Allegheny shdl
have 80 delegates.
The 4 counties lying between the Allegheny ant
Blue Ridge shall have % delegates
The % counties lying east of the Blue RIDGE anc
| above tide-watcr, shall have 15 delegates
And the &c counties and four towns lying on tide
vyatcr shall have 80 delegates
No more new counties shall ever be formed Of the
country lyin0 east of the Blue Ridge, but the Legis
ature may in It's discretion, from time to time mu
iortv oFthc whole number Of both Houses c0Tcurring
engocyer the increase Of the population Of the
try vest of the Blue Ridge, and the more convenient
of Justice and police shall REQUIRE form