Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-12-10


If the great question of future appotionment should
not hnaiiy be settled, 1t not their fault they had
offered to meet the west half way and the offer was
refused; he should now not be inclined TO go quite
so Tar.
Mr.. POWELL rose distinctly TO dsclai,n, Cor him
self, and on behalf OF his western friends the imputa
ton cast upon thom BY the gentleman from Chester
field, who had said that the question now was, whe-
Their they meant 10 divide the State If the principles
of the Eastern portion of it should be forced upon
thcmo
Mr.. LEIGH explained. He had asked if that was
to be understood as the question.
Mr.. POWELL said the gentleman had indeed put it
as question; but 1t was pregnant question,
RED the animation that such was their purpose. He
now expressly diSclamcd any such Interior view. If
gentlemen would force u mixed basis upon them, It
would be against his consent, and against every wish
anu iSeliag OF his constituents they would rclcc, such
Il Constitution II they could: but they cherished no
purpose of division. But IN that event the table Of
the Legislature would groan under the mass orpc.i
tons Tor redress which would be presented 10 it.
This would be the result Of adopting TIE measure
now proposed. Mr. Z. said lie should 90 home, and
so lar froin preaching separation, he should his
utmost Efforts - ~ serve Union: but wherever he
could make his voice to be heard, he should ur-e the
people indignantly 10 reject form OF government
Which uid them such gross injustice. Give IN the
housr tie basis We ask, and We viii give YOU in the
senate that which you demand. We shall then hail
the moment the first in i!tv vcarS) that NC cu,oc
our just rights Mr. p then advertcd TO Mr. John
sons reply TO the Cici Justice and insisted that his
argument had not been answered and never woud
De. 10 meet the suggestion of Mr.. Leigh respecting
struggle between the two Houses rcspcctin money
bills. Mr.. T. had prepared IN amendment which
would prevent the lower House from being ever able
to sop the wheels fgoyctnAcul by refusing to send
up revenue bills.
Mr.. RANDOLPH begged pardon of the gentleman
from Fauquier, Mr.. Scott for whose sound MANLY
practical good sense he had the v,ly highest respect,
for Suggesting that che had really uurr-stacl tcir
case. The true medium between the claims OF the
two sides OF the House was not that which the gem
t!cIn III nom tauquicr had stated; bat the Fe-
Gcra! number. That was the hait.way-housc BIT
now hey had agreed to meet not there, not % The
half way-houSc, but at middle point between the
ha!t-way-housc. and tire extreme West. THIS was
III reality giving up, not ity per cent o their claim
oui Se'ehyJtre per cent of 1t. Instead Of taking Il
middle point beiwcen the half-wav-kousc aud their
own end of the road, they took orc between the half
way house and the western termination eff They
were not insisting on 75 per Of their claim but
had consented to take - per cent oft lie had risen
20 pu' the matter on It's proper foot.
One word more, and he would resume his seat
The reason why the argument of the friend of the
gentleman from Frederick, he meant the gentleman
from Augusta, (AIr JouNsoN) had not been answered
was, that The had said had been anticipated The
statement o! the argument by the gentleman from
Richmond, the Chief Justice ofthe u. States. Mir
NJ hRsHALi) had been such rs TO put at defiance all
that gentleman had said, or, all that anv man on
eGrtn could say Where the necessity OF de-
tending the fortress of Gibraltar against the abor-
tive and puny ATTACKS of the gentleman from Angus
ta' The Chief Justice had put the argument on
ground which never could be shaken and which had
no more been Impugned, than the fortress of Cibral-
tar could be affected by attacking it with pocket
pistol. lie had put 1t in n light-hc did not mean
any compliment-Dwhichh he put every thnr that he
attempted to place in u clear inht He had sI,ewn
that the weak ana helpless government propcscd in
the pan OF the gentleman from Frederick was not
"a IN f.g H.
what was compromise. The gentleman from Brooke
(Alr. DoDDRrbGE) had stated him 10 have said that
he never would b. satisfied with what was technical
~ called he white bass IN the House Of Dclcnntcs
lie never could, never would the gcntlcman's con
stltuents were not more interested IN the question
thun his were; and he saw no .eason why his o,vn
constituents were to give up any more than those of
Of the gentleman, land he did not pretend that thew
were bound to do SOY This was not compromise
on any Just principle: it was one in which the Ves
took tue lions share, and left 20 them of tine East rs
fthey had been parcel of Jackalls the refuse and
offals of power
Mr. Johnson expressed regret that Mr. UpsnUn's
ProposlIon had not been finally disposed of before
that "f MY GORDON had been brought before the
Committee. He should have thourilt It desirable
. that Mr. UPsnUR's should first have been made ne
perfect as possible, before substitute was received
Other gentlemen, however, who acted with him had
not thought this the better Course, and had ocnui
csccd lie did not rise for the purpose of vndcatno
the argumen. he had formerly used from he remarks
oil the gentleman from Charlotte, or to urove thai
1t possessed strength vii ch It did not Dir less ha,
he intended to present hlmsefaE in any respect OF
on any occasion pretending be equal TO the Chic
Justice: it neededno ghost Blowing toward Mr.. RAN
DoLPnJ to inform tho Committee of their inequality
bIr. RANDOLPH said lie had not distinctly hear,
the gentlemans words; but if they contained an
gtostty advice, he thankful for it., as comma
from 50 rc,ercnd quarter. But he could assure ht
gentleman from Augusta, that, whatever he nigh
suppose, he MIR ~ wostho last man in that Com
mit &c, against whom he entertained the least posi-
bic degree Of personal feeling. His hostility toward
that gentleman was political only but he must b
permitted 10 add that there had been nothing in tht
gcntlcman's career, during the present Convention
to induce any man, however humble his condition
{ 10 regard him as an object ofcnyy.
Mr. JoBNsoS said reply that he lad never been
he believed an object of envy TO any one most ccr
tainy not TO the gentleman from Charlotte tor, sal
Mr. 1--WE cannot envy any thing while VIC thinkther
is nothing superior TO us. Yet 7 cannot take IN
seat without returning TO the gentleman from Char
lotte my thanks for the assurance that he cherish
os towards me personally, no i'll feeling. Mr. r
, None IN the world.) 1.-THE gentleman had know
how entirely devoid my heart was from such fceln
when no took his scat ~ this Convention, / shout,