Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-20

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miitco ought 10 nave 10 uuIho.iiy Tor the reason,
he objected TO the schomc Of referring these sub
Jects TO a select committee I'll the manner proposed.
But what is the select committee to do? Is it to
discuss proposition which hos already been deba-
ted here, md upon which the sense of the commit
tee % tic whole Is asccrtaincH Gentlemen who
arc orposedto US in other respects viii agree with
as as 60 tins. You propose send all the subjects
TO select committee. Have you given any i'll
sroStions to the ccmnlttce--any principles which
they arc to work up into mass, and TO adopt the
whole &c the situation OF the country Not one
You constitute select committee, u sub Con
v"r'ion' and you ure 70 be bound BY what they sub
mt TO YOU.
He Hoped therefore that We would proceed to dig.
cuss here, oil the subjects which have been already
referred TO and afterwards report to the House.
aud when they have acted upon the report, may be
referred altogether to a Select Committee.
Mr.. DoDDRIDGE, concurred in the general views pf
the gentleman from Chesterfield, thu there would
DO some difficulty III referring these matters Sc
iect Committee. If the gentleman from Fairfax
would nudity his proposition, e. make II mo
ton that the Committee rise aud report progress,
that the vote this resolution may be taken in the
House we should derive & ON that course the most
profitable results, for, when this question
agreed upon III the House, and the basis was there
fixed we could proceed TO take UP in Committee the
Questions conce hing the right of suffrage, and the
oasis ol representation III tic Senate. When we
Know what rs TO be the Constitutional basis we shall
then he better able to determine TO whom we ought
70 extend the right OF suffrage. If the motion
confined 20 merely taking the sense of the House on
the first resolution of he Report of the Legislative
Committee, he would vote for il.
Mr.. FIrzHUGH, said his intention was as understood
ny The gentleman from Brooke He thought that If
th~ question was disposed OF we could see our
way to others The object of his motion was not as
opposed by the gentleman from Ches er6eld to bind
us down. and prevent any further disc,sson of that
resolution, but was, If possible To prodnce b,rno
NY All who concurred in the basis of white popula
ton ought to be prepared TO settle the queson-and
then prolsts OF compromise might be considnrod-If
not, 'et the course he suggested, be pursued.
Mr LE'Gii asked II the gentleman from Fairfax
was tohe understood, according to the Interpretation
oil the geetl"man from Brooke.
Mr.. FIrzIIJG II said, such WAS the ,a,ure Of his
proposition.
Mr. LEIGH 1t is not of much Importance, but if
me Interpretation OF the gentleman from Brooke
was correct, his Mr. L's) former remarks were vho
ly inepplicablc. He understood how easy it was to
misunderstood each other. Mr. L. then repeated the
proposition with that lImtation-that the Committee
soud rise and report progress-as to DC DISCHARGED
Legislative Report. VIZ
MIR. FITzHt GU said, that i. was his own wish. to
oscharge the Committee Of the Whole from, all sub
Jects referred, But at the suggestion of the gentle
man from BROOKE, he was wiling to waive IL and
contne his views, merely the discharge of the Com
inlttce, from the Confederation of the first resolon
OF the Legislative Report.
MIR. LEIGH said the question was for the Commit
t 10 rise IN ask to be discharged from the fur
ther consideration of the Report of the LeoIsative
COMMITTEE. and to refer it TO a Select CoRmittee
MS was tor the purpose OF suggesting a con1pro.
mise The gentleman from Brooke, (Mr. Don
hDGE' says he Is not prepared to for the quail
ncation, until the question concerning the bass Shall
DC finally disposed of. In other words his vote cnn
cernng the qualification depends the basis to b.
ADOPTED that is his vote the right of suffrage will
De regulated by the basis which shall be adopted
Ahe gentleman from Augusta will not take this
course Ihat gentleman for qualified voters
una ne Could not move an inch, until he knows what
theee qualified voters will be- Il NAV be that these
qualified voters viii be extended so as 10 embrace The
whole OF the white population On the CONTRARY,
shouid gentlemen restrict the qualifications by fixing
mat restrction they nam, the basis of representa-
TON lie would ask the gentleman from Brooke, if
was fair that the question concerning the right OF
suurage, and by consequence, that of the qualified
voters, should be left open until it was determ;ned
whether 1t should include the whole of the white
population, WHY
lie said that what had fallen from the gentleman
from augusta, was the only thing which at all ap
proaches to compromise; hut he was DESTROYS to hear
more before he would consent TO take the qualified
voters or the white basis. The gentleman from An
gusta' ne wasaware would no-go SO far as some 9th
eTs' u was now proposed that all the subject no
toa select Committee, and then precisely the same
scene will be renewed. lie hoped the COMMITTEE
would proceed with the discussion of the Report.
Mr.. DoDDRIDGE said he owed an explanation tc
The gentleman from Chesterfield, and he would give
MN an answer in the same spirit of frankness il
"hiCn that gentleman had put the question. He
M'nld sustain the motion of tho gentleman from
ariaX TO ;lle extent alone, that the sense of tine
Rouse may De taken, to the basis Of representation
IN the House Of Delegates. That fixed ,vo shall
Know how 70 Tx the basis in the Senate. He wa
ready 10 enter into compromise. y,heI
he knew how to tender it in such form
Us would be acceptable lie could not do
tms' until the question of the bnss in the House o
delegates was decided. 1.-THE House concurred il
the resolution Of the Legislative Committee ON thai
point he wonld then BE- ready TO 20 back into Com
In,tee Oh the question 10 the right of suffrage FL
nld not snow how the gentleman from Augusta could
.e cogni7am OF his opinions respecting The suggcs
ton OF the gentleman from Augusta Tho gentlo
man seemed 20 ''j'h there might be some difference
oYopinT7 'etween them on this point and he thorght
IT Ptobable that there might ~ '"O"s"
mr.: hE'GH said that he had only formed y oo;,o
.le rom what ne had heard Of the arguments oftbc
tor. ' - B'SInHFe Commit
MIR. DoophrDoE SAID that ne ca, ,o,o,.,....-.-
toI universal suffrage. To what extent le sod @
bes Gos" a, no. determine until the qucstos,o.,
s ppqs mas ,r disposed Of The t a. III question OF
basis 10 bus o %6d be better to dispose of ,b l9
60 II che Houe should concur in tho teeoi i,Ia
he would be willing to adjourn for Inc DO ~ n.1d
20 giTefifne for consultation rs ." VIuer