Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-10-30


people ~ all future Time to tho car Of population Which
scarcely INCREASING all Compare this Increase with tina,
ton Of this district Tag tho,sandn 1900 l52 thousand
in 1870 l55 thousandn 1890 l61 thousand and in 1929,
IN tho frs, district 2I2 per cenu, while the ratio Of IN
crease in tie ,h dsc, aud the last year little moro
population IN the whole state, during tho period 10 80
ccn'uu whc that of the slaves "a SAN increase OF
that species of population which naturally cause reerct
and alarm He had lacked these estimates, whom no sat
down in his and while Engaged in noting down. the pos,u;
lates of the gen,lcs tho other sdc aud bad drawn oil
these results and for reference and illustration n
future debate order that his constituents might see the depth
OF that guph of polta degradation from which they would
be labor, Of ,h. Convention should happily re-
suit in the amendments OF the Constitution 10 carry the
proposition OF the gentleman still a6surdhNiu wOs
said that the property holders were IN masses in the East ana
must always Tcsn ST. because the rhyse.l ana moral out
OF the West peclucs the ADAPTATION OF that property
to their rrpoestha, tins property never pass over tic
mountain. While they take this ground they admit that tho
white population viii remain the Blue Rdgr rapidly in
oeasig in nularsireicec they mist until the po"a' on
on The tide region shah lie IN poron TO as drop m tho
already given The slaves ale increasing M greater ratio
ion the whites Ess, Of 'he Blue Ridge especially IN the ion
above the head of tide that alarms feeling
mind In short time such IN be the prr"dcra'ng wegh
OF the white popu alton beyond the Blue s In comparison
with that idle, that su,l have ask with uncthn, lks
ssonshmcnt, whom submit; while the slave popus
aon will never make any advance to the west We can nc
proceed t increasing ratio and tic slave ho
ders aprecnsive OF danger om how much more
viii they fear greater He would ne, hook through
past years estimate the multiplicity OF which had
produced this increasing power in the West, Il there aud it
mus, necessarily increase ,, with The EopnnSn And The
power will be pcrpeiua,cd The English of that the no
rlaion this side the oTdcr quie, their
feelings the subject Of their slaves require that the
whites beyond the maintains should brcomc their slaves aeo
Ne willing cns's this principle in Consiio
ton what would be done With thuSc who have the
Sumo gcncra reflections here present Themselves In prvroi
'on,o mans wealth is his power lie is wealthy doy
and ,ufusnce Sudden
HIM lie then nses has equality and his political
standing They transferred With has wealth
s,S,unae possessnr This eallc tho anceu dam
@ ,, ed pons,;"oo in ,bs world NE h,v. had !, ns s
u ND he at1e
Nhss should imagine, hundred wTechcs either in
tn'iiS or siy together with the lands OF their
=; - nc Bsh Tavern by sucon The land described
rs 50 aud sohe arPoIena'c 50 and soand when YOU
buy IN, Psaps 70 s,s lso o, tho p'.s T., and s P,ine
With The political ro~vT aud rights OF pnsSrsoT, and
the unfortunate man whuse properly you by, become,
BY tho change save Ihis tig. rrcreJtv have
hc power of makss sovereign day and the los
OF slave Tomorrow Did he misrcPeSent when he said
the proposition OF toe minority makes the
slaves may live, sa:d &c, free in the West, follow
own pursuits AMI o'cv my own inclination, but I AM
si yoCr slave II you hold political dominion
We maIOaisy % un,s enumeration, and equal
Intelligence uoTa and political AIRY portion Stale
10 your slaves, and although you
have NOS heretofore oppressed yet ara bound say
have sometimes felt your srule II you Laws
when practical mischief is done consequences
the inequality Of representation We scarcely know whs,
districts win be " it but this know that II results Of
tire polls furnish criterion Of the Of
"ho receive their political creed from their
When they who against perceive themselves arrayed
n.ain such population the heroic resistance which
frm very honorable men.
Among the propositions suggested by the gentleman from
Northampton, there was one which he (hr omitted
noce-tha, majority in society majority Of men
but majority OF and interests. This generic pro
Mr. UPSHUR said did intend to say tina, this was Of,
necessity the lie had sad that in fixing the appor,on
men o representation, there might be ioriiy of interests;
and did necessarily follow that majority should be oI
any particular descriptions might be persons and
Mr. DODDRIDGE said lac understood the gentleman now AZ
ne understood INN before thu, majority did not necessarily
perry.
NJ. UPSiUR. He had supposed tho Govern
nent in operation; and had never contended TINT in
The Senate or the House of Delegates a majority
s not the proper rule but we arc engaged in tho
formation of government, and it is for us to sny out
of what clements that majority shall bc formed
OIL may get one out of numbers alone, or out Of
combination of numbers and property. In a state of
government, majority is the rule: but we ore here
assembled to fix the original law to the materials
out of which the minority shall spring; and We NAV
determine whether II shall DC composed Of ono Gle
ment OF of both elements
Mr.. DODDRlDGE said he did not misupders q nd
the gentleman. II his friend from NORTHAMPTON had
listened little longer, he would have discovered
tins. The gentleman will doubt whether the RIGHT
of the majority TO utter amend the Constitution
shall be obtained by taking units alone or men and
property combined. The Bill of Rights contcmplatcs
numbers alone. That is the plain English Of the Bill
OF Rights. But the doubt - whether we shall take
The men aud property together, or men alone lie
would leave it 70 be decided by any man or woman
who understands the English language, if the fra
mcrs Of the Bill meant any thing but men, and he or
she must decide that nothing else is meant but ma
iori,y Of numbers. Local interests bore the same
proportion then as now, and the slave population ex-
listed when this Constitution in such haste ndop-
cd. Yet It is not regarded IN the Constitution If
intended 10 take persons and property into the
scale, tho language Of the Constitution bears no sucb
construction. This brings him TO tho conclusion that
slave property was not taken into consideration in form.
ing the Constitution. Without regard to the question
b. ~, Al 4
opcrotc-were rich or poor, or whether the slave
population was moro OF less numerous that instru-
mont was formed for if the trainers had designed TO
make such distinctions, they would have mndo them
IN explicit terms. They felt tho representation
where they found tin tho lind qualification when
the chnnor was granted, there was scarcelya slave
III the country. II results that while wo are de-
handing natural rights for this species Of property
We are preceding on q principle which had no exis-
tenoe when the constitution had It's origin lie
would eDdcayer to correct any misapprehension on
tho subject II personal rights which spring up under
every government; which cannot be absent from any
government or creature, here elsewhere. When