Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-12-07

also ihiuenced by desire OF convenience. Compar-
ing the counties west of the Allegheny with those
east, such Is their territorial extent delegate cleo
ted from the smallest of the Western counties can
scarcely be known to his constituents throuuhout
the county: lie instanced the COUNTIES of Logan
ana Nicholas. In such a Legislature MS we now
contemplate, II is important that every man should
tceI himself TO be represented. He thought ii YOU
diminish The number Of representatives nm The West
nciowt the number OF coun,ies, you would increase
the Inconvenience which now exists. In every u,Ics
ton between West and East, the trans AllccLanv
country and the Valley, will be most apt 10 90 20
gcther, and therefore he had rvcm these extra del
cgatcs Ia the West of Alleghunv takinrr one from
the valley lie did this principle of fair play.
But he was influenced by other principles Accord.
ing TO ms plan, IN order To make cumpcnsutiun TO
lnS west, ahd u make sucl arrange cement as he
Thought the West should have. lc nad tukcn ono
delegate from the tide wafer, and ono fnn the
middle district: but no would, could he have his
way, tabc two from the tide water. This vout
appear Inconsistent with hs general course Hc
hod come from the tidh wafer district: an his aflcc
lions Ncrc ccntNrcd tIiere-why then would lac take
iwo igom the tide wafer; Ii was hrcars, he ~ i,cd
10 Sli lhe present schcuc 20 the present condition
oi the country aud nc considered that in doing this
he ought To take two Delegates from tho tide wa cr
country. lie Thought the middle country was that 10
which East and West Should have olnst c,n,i,i,1cc
1t was Il defence OF the 1,lst arairs, opures ion
from the West ana of the West against any nj ,uard
y policy from HI East He wished therefore that it
. ." retained rs the connrc'nw link When they lay
! .ur.e uotarS on my lcnusI'I, extending to the
Hampton RoldS. t!cy lay il u Themselves He had
no security IN their scl-uvc He ihnur,t tho Most
ought not Ia ohcci 10 that view OF the situation ufthe
middle district which hc mad akCr Iflhrra ,yns ANY.
favorable schemes OF Internal Improvements the mid
die country was Interested IN ACCOMPLISHMENTS He
SAID III his views h had encountered nm obstacle
which he had cHpcctrd that the eastern s.c-
ton should have Sc, andt the middle county shall have
! a. But they insist on having their So, wni,h
nm from giving - the West whl, he thought Yves inst
and what the West would require. Had he vi,;ied
20 this, h" might have we'll written l,iri ~, o,
The TOP ef HI" proposition and forever have hold his
peace ~ this itail. II Just; and e ourh as
trail. fcrh,c being led away continDaIl l,,l, PAS
SONS hc might be frequently led uncciis ciouS'v into
an act OF Injustice, he would never wil.iy 90 into
that curse Nc or" even propose various chcmes
of compromise ior the settlement of this vcyrd mod
he could say, odinus scheme Of conIprpr misc. Now
he West nre comparing this pronos.ion with The.
"thcrS which offered 10 them. They coni,arc nv
scheme viii that OF the gentleman from Nlb-marln
and they will find that thy got rs much nav more
by mine. By taking the whi'c population basis the
w 81 WI only got - ~ 4 House OF ie6. willie
by his pan the e. .. lie put i . he gentleman
II they could by r"v scheme Of COMPROMISED get m re
than vas given 10 them ~ his pr6positio, 'Tiev
could not get moro. lie called on them to rene rbcr
when their primo. les carried ont IN certain
counties which j" named, that they would lose frac
tons The gentleman from Southampton finds that
his county will lose fraction vet h. docs not com.
plain. What has he to get? On 20 or 30 allowed To
the lover country. they cannot ret so much bv anv
other SCHEME by his. But they told him Il A. by
the federal numbers they will get two members ofhc
Senate. Suppose they do. What VIII b, the differ
ence Ii southampton &c more, and Richmond gets
fewer But the whole Is a mistake. There musI be
HOOP to elect Senator, and the district has a. 900
II will therefore have one Senator only. More will
be gained by his scheme He would allow Accemao
two, and Ou,hampton ono. He would allow Pow
hatan one and Gree. sville one. IIc would allow
Northampton alone one, because II would bc itnnos
sloe 10 give To the East IN Shore any other prin-
clPic lie though IN thr increase of representation
me Ii7s ern Shore ought be especially remember
CO. lie wrn' into some further d"uils as to the mode
IN winch he proposed TO distribute the representation
through the counties of Sussex, Princess Anne Sc
lie SAID that Sussex could always elect representa-
tiv'-hc used the word aicqys I'm It's poll ca' s.psc
as meaning most generally. BY attaching laroo
couniy to small one, the small county Is sunk; and
u VIII not do to 20 nj out here and there Il case in r.
q r TO rciute the assertion II would be lie the re-
ply OF the man 10 DR.. Johnson, when ne said there
were no trees in Scotland.
10 the gentlemen from TIC middle counties who
FAVOR thc views ofihc gentleman from hlbomarlr hc
had few remarks TO offer. lie diverted in tho mn
Willingness they seem 10 entertain to take an increase
OF their power They would rain by his scheme
more than ID offered by the gentleman from Abe
marie when power is offered TO be p,it INTO their
hands, ~ make them the umpire Of tho Statc-a
trrst the nobIcst which ever can be offered 20 man
ana TOR the wsest OF pJpOscs-hc asked if II ,os IN
nc members from that district that he was To be in
denied Tor the rejection Of his proposition He was
willing either 20 take the propCsi,ioD of tho ,,out1
man from northampton or 10 take his own. az fLo
COMMITTEE may determine. He hud no choice b,
tween them; lie adycrted to the impossibily ma
king any scheme which would come up 10 Tie yo,,s
and wishes ofcvery body. He then spoke of the Al
tuatIon Of the West and Of the preference which
on9 TO be given 10 the plan which renders it more
easy for tho people to know their dcc0aics In or
der tosIIcw what were hs real sentiments he refer
req 10 some observations made by him in paper
called TIE Slb'ihvte, which hc read TO the Commit
tee The argument which this article contained was
that there should be close and iutinatc connection
between constituent and representatives oud that this
could not be the case where the constituent body
was too widely scattered II was also commended
there that the West ought not ~ consent 10 a dioi
mutton o' their power below a seventh. lie had
allowed them near fifth. The article which he read
warned gentlemen 10 beware chat in attempting to
cfabilsh what they thought an equitable Represents
tion, they ddnot shake tho u cgrty Of the State
fio road tins not 20 concilntc tho West but merely
showing what were h sentiments in 1924 and how
perfectly they corresp ndcd with is sentiments now
TIC bad There hcord tie rising oftlrt bowling blast
winch we have now experienced. Ilo wished To re-