Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-04-10
9, Are sauSdr annual sessions Of tho Lesisla,

7 g., Are ydu for annual sessions Of tho Legisls,
4. Would you limit. by the Constitution, the
ing spun out to any thing like their unreasonable
length, under the present form or Government
D. For what term would you have the mem bers
OF the Senate elected! Would you make any
land what) difference in the qualifications for a
D. do you with 70 preserve the freehold right
OF suffrage, unimpaired. Or, are you in favor Of
modifying 1t, aud to what extent.
i z. do you propose to have the judiciary De.
movable when they fail. from any cz,se, 10 dis
charge their duties, as we'll as for malfeasance in
Office!
g. How do you propose that the Judges shall
be appointed; Would you;gixe them commissions
8. How would yon have the Executive Depart.
ment composed! How the Governor appointed?
For what term! and how long eligible'
10. Would you give tho Executive a vete upon
the legislative proceedings! $50
IL. Are you for retaining, or abolishing the
Executive CounciH y
~. Are you content with the present organi-
zstion, and powers Of the County Courts? That
they should have the selection of the Sheriff, and
the appointment Of certain militia officers! Or, do
you wish to see tho system re-iDodelled, and To-
what effect!
IL. Are you for apportoning taxes On slaves,
according to general stsndardl
~xEcctNcJb FJCSNOSuET or tne Ot3BTlct.
=. 5. Any other gentlemen who may wish
poll opened for them may consider these questions
as addressed to them.
April I, 1929.
It has become fashionable and highly proper to
PROFOUND interrogatores TO those gentlemen who
have been nominated as suitable candidates 10 re.
present us in the approaching Convention. Indeed,
there appears an obvious necessity for ascertaining
clearly AMI unequivocally the sentiments Of those
TO whom about n thai x,,ro .nel
trust OF, altering, amending, abolishing'' our
present constitutions not only upon those particu-
lar evils under which Virginia has laboured since
the formation Of her government, but also upon
those great leading principles of our Federal Gov
ernmeats which have agitated and divided the
people Of the United States. tits evident that
those mon who have been in favor of extending
the power OF tho general government, at the ex-
pensc oil the States; who were in favor of the
principles and policy, which gave rise to the Alien
and Sedition Laws; who were opposed to free
trade and sailors rights," the late war. or. who
interposed any obstacles to the successful prose-
cution OF that war;, who have advocated the
principle that 'he representative ought not to be
palsied by the will Of his constituents or who
did not endeavor to huri from power the author Oh
that abominabe doctrines; say, il is evident that
those who have either been in favor, or Indifferent,
to any Of these measures, obnoxious to pure and
rational liberty, are UNIT to form constitution
congeniai to the feelings Of the freemen Of. Vir-
ginia. isequaify evident, that those who have
been opposed TO the broad principles of republi-
cansm, laid down in " the bill of rights cannot
be the representative Of all the JreeIsen of any
senatorial district in Virginia. the late convention
law to the contrary notwithstanding.
AS feeholdcr wishing, to v6e understanding
ly, would respectfully propose to John Roane sr,
John H Upshaw, Doctor Bankhead, VIM. H.
hoane, and other gentlemen who have been nam.
ed and who may be disposed to serve, if elected
Tor the district, composed OF Caroline, Hanover,
hing william, King and Queen and Essex, to
In Ina shas- -. IL
subjects already mentioned: and further, that they
give explicit answers to the following queries:
Are you, or asc you not, in favor of extending
the right OF suffrage, to- all free white citizens OF
nent common interest with, and attachment to
the community by paying tax for the support of
the government Of Virginia, agreeably to the 9th
article Of the Bill of Rights,
Are you IN favor OF abolishing the Executive
Council! Will you vote for Diminishing the num-
Der OF our Legislators, and abolish the Senate OF
shorten the time ofits members? WIFI YOU endea
vor to have our County Court System and mode
OF appointing the magistrates re-organized? Will
You oppose sinecures, and all means by which
Judges or other officers may draw money from
The public Treasury. either for 4" constructive or
circutons journeys" or any object other than for
actual and necessary service rendered the State.
Are you ir favor OF ateying the Militia laws.
so as TO- enable the soldiers 10 elect all repmentai
and inferior officers.
a Freebooter Of King and Queen.
April b, 1929.
the Court House, on the 2Sth March, for the
purpose OF selecting delegates, to meet the dele
gates from the other counties, composing this &C.
material district, that they might nominate suita-
ole persons TO represent them in the convention
directed by law 10 meet at Richmond on the Ia,
Monday in October next:
Colonel Christopher Tompkins was called to
the chair, and William H. Roy, appointed secre-
tary.
On motion, Thomas R. Yeatman, COL Thomas
tiudgins, Charles Atkinson, and DR.. Wm Shule.
tcc were designated by the Chair, to draft re-
solutions expressive of the views of the meeting.
who alter short interval offered the foliowing:@
(" Hesofred, That this meeting proceed to eie Ct
i've delegates TO meet at Mathews Court House
on the zoth April next, for the purpose Of nominal
ing TOUR persons whom they deem best caleuIa-
ted 70 represent this district in the convention, To
be held in Richmond on the LIST Monday in Oc
tober next.
Resolred, That the other counties COMPOSING
this senatorial district, be requested to concur will,
US, in the appointment of delegates TO convene at
TINS place, that they may consult with those we
have selected, as TO the most suitable persons TO
represent the district in the convention
And on motion, the foregoing resolutions were
d-Whereupon, the meeting then proceeded
to comply with the FIRST resolution, and appointed
me following gentle men: Col Christopher Temp.
kins, John d. Jarvis, William Bohannor,, Colope,
Thomas Hudgins and William ii. Roy, dele gates
to meet at this place on the Goth Of April next.
Tor effectHg the objects Of the meeting
:. Resoired, That the EDITORS Of tbs Richmond
Enquirer. Norfolk Herald. and Beacon, be re-
quested to publish these proc eedings
CHRISTOPHER TOMPKINS, ,Cbair'p.
W. II. Roy, Secretary.
beg leave through your paper to nominafs
David s.. Garland Of the county Of Amherst, as a