Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-07
VIRGINIA CONVEN rION.

however. been done. We give below several
speeches and scraps Ct speeches which WI IN
,erest our readers par ,icnlarly TWO from Mr.
Randolph, who has thrown OH his reserve ana
is now busy, and upon almos, every question
before the Convention
JUDGE MARSHALL uoon introducing his
scheme for compromise into the Contention,
arose and spoke as foows-as II is his hrs'
speech we take pleasure in giving II entire.
Mn. PRESIDENT: NJ person in the House
can be more truly grati6ed than am, Of see
ing the spiri, that has been manifested here
10 day; and j: is my earnest wish that this
spirit nf concilialion may be acted upon In
fair. equal and honest manner, adapted TO the
SITUATION # the different parts Of The Common
we.hh, which are 10 be affrc ed. AS to the
general propositions which haze been offered
there is no essential difference between III %.
Tha, the Federal rumbers and the plan OF The
whi,e basis shall be blended 'oss her so as 10
allow each an eqnsl portion OF 20 er, seems
to be very generally agreed 20. the eff "snce
is, tina, one party applies these Two principles
separately, the one TO The sSenatr, The otner
10 ne House Of Deleg itcs, white he ther par
fypropoSes to unite the two ar'nCiprs, and
TO carry roe m in heir blended form through tue
wD.le Leg,,laure, One gentle In dif-r, IN
the whole outline ofhis plan H. SEEMS - i'm
aginr tina, we claim uo,hing o! Republican
principles, when we claim a representation t'r
properly. Permi, me "a set him right. do
no, say that hope 10 sansf yh,m o. others who
Adopting the TAXED pTfiaSfSi. Of namorrs.
iha, we are right; bu, think I car satisfy him
that we 90 Ch'eriain diff, rent opinion.
think the snhndest principles Of Republican
ism do sat-, ton some relation be ween repre-
sen'a'icp and taxation. Certainly no opinion
has received the sanction Of wiser statesmen
and patriots. think The two ouehr TO be
CONNECTED. aiuk this was the nrincipe Of
the Revolution: the ground on which the Col
ONES were torn from the mother couatry and
made Independents States. shall not, however,
go into that discussion now, the house has al
ready heard oIueh said abDu, il. would observe
tha; his basis oi tenrcscnl alton is matter so
importan, 'c Virginia, tina, the subiec, was
reviewed by every thinking individual before
this Convention assembled. Several plans
were contemplated: ,hc basis cf white popula-
to- alone; basis e total population Zone :;
basis compounded of taxation and white
pirulation, Tor which is he same thing
basis Of Federal numbsrs } TWO other bases
were al,o D. opos d, one refe, r,og la he o.
tai population Of the State, The other 10 tx.
alton alone. Now Of these various prop p.
sitin's, the basis Of white population, aid The
basis uf taxation alone are ,h- two extreme
Between the tree popnia:i'r, and the white
population, there is almost no difference: he,
tween the basis nj to'a! population and the h,.
81, al lax ion here Ia but l,,lc difference
Tn people or ne East though THAT tocy cr
fsred a fair compromise, VII n they proposed
tn Compound blsis of population and TAX tinn
or he basis OF the federal mum err. We III ,ugh
,ha we had reps 5hcdn precrden, for ihs-a
precedent given Us by he w.>es, and trutst pa-
trio,s thai ever were assemble ed: bu, that is now
past. We are now willing Ia NEE, on new
middle ground beyonG what we thought was a
middle ground, and extreme on he other SIDE
W. consider the Federal number as middle
ground, and we may, perhaps, now carry tina;
proposition. The gentleman assumed too
much when he said that question was decidrd
IL canno, be considered as decided ill i, has
come before the House. The Majority is too
small TO calculate upon IL as certain in The insl
decision. We are all uncertoin as TO the issue
Blu all know this that il either extreme is car
ri~d, il musl leave wound 10 the breast of the
opposite party which will frs.er snd rapk,-.
and produce knew not wha, mischief. Tn,
majority, also, are now content once more to
divide The ground, aud TO take a new mid
die ground. The only difficulty is whr her
the compromise shall BE- fec led bv aopiy. |
ing one principle of the House nf ID, le> |
z, IS, and the other TO the Senate, or BY min. |
CLING the two principles, and applying them in
the same form to both braoches of the Lcei,Ia-
ture' incline TO he later opinion do no,
know, and have no, heard, any sufficient reason
assigned for adopting diff.re', principles in he
two branches Both ar he Legislature of Viz !
g,nia, and II they are to be organized on diffrr>
or principles. there will be jus, the same div.
sions between the 'wo, a. pears in ,his Con-
vsntion. II can produce no good, and NAV. |
fer produce some mischief 1t win be said,
tina, oue branch is the representative of one di.
visI..n Ut III. S,4'e, and The other branch Of
Az. her divi 10" Z it Ought they not both to
represent the whoie' Ye, am ready 10 sub