Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-01-26

Gloss Of counties, nctug more nor less than this
whatever may DO said Of it, that the counties hav-
tpg sree white cpulation Of less thnn 70O0arc epr
titled enc mernocs in conven<ion, and tbc countic
unvn population a. whites unlef d 600, ere ELL
utlst two members, when Il should be extended to
count1cs having population Of lcss than Ia 900 to
give them two members, he could not discover
good reason tor the Evothousand from seven thou
sand, up totwcivc thousand, weighing Us much as tho
hrst seven thodsan which is the line Ne has prcti
cay the st aud s,l class of counties
and the gentleman has allowed the counties having
nrporulatiot Of and under 10000 three members.
when according TO his practical line between the LIST
nnded class OF cvntics, he should have extended il
toni having population of less than II thousald
md over II thousand. Thus H. practically gives
the Inst foir thousand as much weight as the first
saso. When il he had kept up 10 the first princi-
c'fe practically but not profsssodly adopted, he
would have brought down Piitsyyaiiia, Rocking
ham and Augusta to the class having two menu
| bers, and Loudon, SHENANDOAH and Frederick to
the class having three members, and done sufficient
lustice to Bedford, Fauguer Culpeper &c by leav-
ing them III the class next below those three largest
countless, instead of fixing intermediate Grade.
between them, for which just cause exist, and
would have reduced the number i'll .con,cii, ion six
members, which appears 10 be desirable
To provo what is here advanced, it Is only acccssn-
~ to shew that the largest county allowed one mem
her, Is Carolino having free whites, 6ae7 and the
neNt largest county, Buckingham, with whites. 7,3i5.
- the smallest county in the class having
bers allowed. The largest County having two mem
hers allowed is FBnqficr, with i,429 whites, when
in Justice to others should ayc beer. Ac,,stn will,
her 24e7 whites being loss than 1000, and Fred
erick. Shensudoah and London, with little more
than 0o0 should have been entitled only TO three
instead of four members, upon the basis OF .he fret
line ofdstincon practically set out upon--cy hi
ing less than Il 900 whites. which would be less than
three times 70io, which is the basis practised on, by
the gentleman in tho section he introduced, but il IL
not the basis protested BY the reading of tho section
The gentleman has however with his usual Ingenuity
md activity, constructed his section, tn rive 10
the largest counties four times thc weight To each
man N the county, nppcrtans to each man in
some other counties. having moro than two thirds of
the population OF those three largest counties, by
giving hc latter twice many members, aud there
by giving them of Influence aud weight, in
convention, greatly over their excess of population.
He said he had no views, however, of amending so
TO i'd 90 the number and weight of representation
from Bedford, Fauquier, Culpeper and others. But
his intention, 10 subtract from those six larger
countless in the two larger classes, one member each
So as to reduce them to their relative rank. And
therefore, he made the motion TO go into committee
hr. Pc,at.er of Caroline supported Tie notion as
did mr. Br0noa, who preferred almost any plan of or
ganzation 20 the ono propcsed by the bill.
Mr.. .I'LawShEa O: Greenbrier called for the ayes
and noes tn, rcconiuitment which was sustained.
.nr. .May said he should vote for the recolnm mont
with the hope of obtaining Senatorial Districts.
The question was then taken recomntment,
and negativcd, ayes 9S, noes 100.
The bill was then ordered to be engrossed without
division.
4 communication was received from tho President
and Directors o:the Board of Public Works. wbcl,
or motion OF mr.. Idpp, was laid on the table aud
ordered to lie printed.
4 communication was received from the auditor of
public accounts (which motion of mr.. Byyee, vas
'ojd ON the table and ordered to be printed.