Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-28


lad cattle tax, which amounted TO about or cents
'cr head. Probably 1t may not amount To more than
mo cent Aud all Their ioro that would be necessary
. cndow every man with the qualification, arising
rum taxation, would be To pay a cent tax on n /
This would be sufficient to give him the right of suf |
rage, aud this would put It IN the power of every
man at once 10 como Ia the polls L. the rcqui-
'ition oitho payment of tax iusory, when tho tax
Is thus hNcd at ono ccn,sOuc cont gives tho right.
And there H. NO msn who cannot command ccut To
give mr tho marketable srt,clc Of votc--tor, mar
@c'Shio It will become Nothing more than this was
10 constitute universal suffrage it's ut
'mNSt cNtVot.-Thc propositions which had been re-
lSctcd, required tcSoncc, aud aSo that all dues as
ScSScd c,thct Tor state, tan should be- paid
and these therefore compelled the individual pay
sNo,"'hnv, AMI not o. be d"hnqncn, III any county,
cr = a'c jsN, cSC he had nr RIGHT Ia vote Here
no Delinquency j. regarded a. Il disqualification. |,
. S"'N'cN, II ec pays cent, The Commissioner
e"NN NNeod ~ "NNc hrS Assessment, otdcr to cullrC,
SN 'SN> aed 'S''l> The cow, Tho Commissioner has
~ 'fSht - CNcNsrc ~ what Individual the COW be.
"HS.v 80 ~ taN yaNa Hf,Nc, ~ ~ prove tho pr,p
sr'N he cNn. " - NN> oer ~ tvvo cents ~ COM
mono ihe RSAt ~ V',Asa 81 t>sch, ~, the Commit
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pnrciirsnH iart 10 tSt~fce sb-rSsaS -, as Snl
hna f'i'r hi.sf -l. l.,-. -, No., ,-,,,'I ma.
m"t ~ -'S'h - r.r> tso t>S1 IA sSi'fll y,schar-
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IL zSassol 49, then male 10 strike ont ..s,-c
AZ L-se-t --tyTo
NJ NirHoI-ss said h. should vote FOR tho amend
Z. NJ HE vas willing 10 give these ci'izens the
RICH, of voting after a residence oitwo years br, Lc
would superadd to the quaca ION of persons of this
class the attann mt of freehold He did not think
that MS part ct the county would be injured by tins
proposition; and Ia" thought 1t impolitic to throw i'm
prdmens IN he way OF emigration 10 the State. He
did not Z" with the gentleman from Orange. MIR T.
T. BARBOUR IN his doubts, which nv prescribing ono
rlght OF suffrage, we should not Interfere with the
CONSTITUTION OF the [. States. He though, tina:
this construction ~ ,he Cons,iru,ion went ,o
impair The Sovereignty o. the States He
Thought that We ought extend courtesy towards
the Sister States. and cndravour promote harmony
WIN TIC States. by adopting Il system OF
indugcnt courtesy, aud not rcsr rio, the riuhts Of
citizens OF other states TO such have resided five
years. tie would however. require freehold as
the citizens oftho other states cannot claim to be
put on footing with the citizens ofVirplnia
Mr.. F. p. BARBoUR explained that he never on
tertained doubt that the state could declare who
should have tho right of suffrage But what no do
sired to impress was that after prescribing the right
OF our own citizens might be- going too far TO dc
nand different qualification for the citizens of the
other states.
Mr.. CooKE explained tina, his proposition which
was referred to by the gentleman from Richmond,
related to aliens.
Mr. NIcHoLAs did rot see that aliens who had
been naturalized under the laws Of the United
states, were to be placed on any different ground
Having given that evidence of attachment rSouirod
Constitution tlp
other STATES, these persons ought TO be entitled
TO the same privileges citizens of other Stntes
Mr.. NJ Coy thought that native citizens of other
states should be placed the same footinn with
those ofo own State. As to others natives Of a
foreign country, Ifthcv were naturalzcd and becanc
possessors of ffeeholds, they ought to be entitled
;, MT LEIGH said he willing to exclude
NIL the distinctions between the citizens of otbc,
States and our own. When an alien becomes notu
ralEed he is citizen of the Uned States To all in
tents and purposes. He therefore was not disposed
To continue these exclusions
Mr. HENDERSON expressed his accordance u,i,b
the views OF the gentleman from Chesterfield aud
modified ms notion so a6 to strike out oil the follow
ing worlds
Nor by citizens born without the Commonwealth
unless they shall have resided therein for five yea rs
immediately preceding the ecton at winch tbov
snail offer to vote; and two years preceding the said
o'ec'ion In the county city, borough or election dis
tct where they shall offer to vote 1.-THE mode of mr.,
wing such previous residence when Disputed 10 no
prescribed by aw.l and shall possess moreover some
one or more of the qualifications above enumerated ;,
The amendment was agreed to-
The Committee then proceeded to the cons;Jc,a
ton OF the 4th resolution which is as follows;
"Resotoed, That the Number of members in tho
senate OF this State ought be neither increased
nor diminished, nor the classification chanrcd"
Inc question being on The amendment moved NV
MT Peasants To- strike all the original resolution
amer The words Resolved that" and to insert the
folOwing 'la ''e
'kep[esentatiohin the Senate shall be based on
Tue whole number OF free persons. including those
bound TO service for term Of years, and excluding
Indians not taxed, and adding to the aforesaid mum
Der OF free persons, three hs of oil other persons
and the Senate shall consist of a number not e1
cecdng end its term of se1vics and cIa-s;G
cation remain as at present"
mr. PLEAsArTs said that he was M, verv San
guine IN the hope that the resolution which 6e mad
The honor 10 submit. would be carried by larpe ma
Jorty, but ho hoped that something would be done.
that meeting ofthe two parties into which the MUGS
ton had divided the Committee. would take niscc
IL was subject of serious consideration what mus,
be done lie observed AZ the time that this mode of
baslng representation IN the Senate was no, accrcd
TO by some OF his friends. Provided that any pcn