Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-01-27


acted all aioDg IN favor Of county appropriation j.,
now supporting the present bill, and expressing la
nope tut tha small counties would yct raise L.
heads above wafer.
SIR t'ag;ta en9rired q! the chair whether tie
section offered Yesterday and adopted by the hous,
was open to amendment lie was answered in the
negative ~ TIL. Speaker, who added Iat there was
no part of Tie bill could be amended in its then stu ge.
that the Question then whether tic new hT,
would be adopted by the House in lieu Of tl.n origi.
mai, e;i!; that fit was adopted that then the gent-
man II tle had amendments to oer coul ONLY attain
! ms objcct by moving TO commit the bi when b.,
might offer his amendments.
(! me question was then put upon adopting the a
mchdca b as substitute for the original bill, au,
carried in the afIirIpatiyc, ayes 1917, noes 90.
inc question recurring on engrossng rccamru.-
tinI the bill as amended.
| -fr Ct2gSia observed that with u view to mati,,
the bill more equitable aud more consistent with itsel
he would move TO commit the bill to COMMITTEES OF
Che whole house and that the house 90 uto conlurit
tee instan.cr. IAe npldcdnrets IN had TO offer were
snnpic ana Pian, and necessary to Just dijtrbuiinn
OF weight n convention And in o:Lrr that oeItI-
men nnght vote un'ers.andingly on the inoIon h.
commit he would shew uicui well as he coulE
what his amendments were, and some Of bis rc,lst,us
Tor offering item.
He observed, that the line of distinction ofthe mem
tenan from Albcafe between the first and second
CLASS OF counties, was ntllng more nor less than this
whatever may be said oiit that the counties hac.
ing free white population less than 1000 are en-.
titled to one member in correction, a:ld The counties
having population of whites under 600 are ei-
titled 10 two MEMBERS when should be extended TO
counties having population of less than II Geo to
give ti:en two members, as he could not discover
good reason for the FIVE thousand, from seven tbol-
sand up TO twelve thousand weighing as much as h,
first seven thousand which is the line he has pract-
l adopted between the ist and I'd CLASS of counties
and the gentleman has allowed the counties having
popuiAtlon OF ana under 10000, three members,
when according to his practical hnc between the lst
ana "a class OF counties, he should have extended it
to all having population OF less than 81 thousand
ana over Ia thousand Thus he practically gives
h,l Inst
1898. When ii he had kept I'D to the first prnci-
c!I.e practically but not procssedly adopted, b.
would have brought down rittsylvani:,, Rocking,
ham and Augusta to the clrss havin,r two ,onfT
bers, and Iaoudon, Shenandoah and Frederick To-
Tie Class having three members, and done snic1i.
justice to Bedford Fauouier, Culpeper &c. BY lcay-
n them ~ the class next heo. those three argcst
counties, instead OF fixing an intermediate erdde
between them, for WHICH no just canse exists, end
would have reduced the number In convention sis,
members, wiich appears to be desirable.
10 prove what Is here advanced, it IS only neccss;
y to s]iew, that the largest county allowed one mem
Der, is Caroline, having free Whites 6,497 and The:
next largest county, Buckpg! ham, viii; whites 734
Is the smallest county in the class having two man
bers allowed. is Fauquer, with Ii 429 whites when
IN justice to others II should have been Augusta with
her - t97 whites being less than $4,000, and Fred
erck, Shenandoah and L.oudon, with Z little more
than 5000, should have been entitled ONLY to three
instead Of four members upon the basis OF tie fiYs
Inc OF distinction practically sci out upoD-thcy hay
be less
tiree times 1000, which Is tie bass praclsel on, ty
the gentleman Ill the section he Introduced bn. il Is
not tie basis professea by the enng OF Tie section
The gentleman has however, with bis usual ingenuity
and activity. constructed his section as to rive IL
the largest counties four times the weight 10 eacft
man Ill the county, appertaius to each Inan In
some other Counties having more than Wo thirds Of
the population of those three largest coilntias Nv
gvIag the latter twice many members, and there
10y giving them an excess ofiniUance and weight in
convention, greatly tl... excess Of popu1ti1l
lie sind he h;d TO views however, Q: invuriiug 50
a. to add to the number ana WEIGHT OF rrprcsrnito1
from Bedford, Fauquicr, Culpcpcr aud Others. liz
his intention, was TO subtract from those six larger
counties IN the two larger classes member each
so as to reduce them to their relative rank. AMI
therefore, he made the motion to 90 into conlraitter
:. MI Pdr%er OF Caroline supported the motion, Qs
did mr. BTarton who preferred almost any plan of az
gan!zation to the one proposed by the bill
Mr. sM'LGugtDa of Grcenbricr called for tho sye,s
and noes on the rccomtni mont, which was sustained
Mr.. .Tay said he should vote for the recnnrnnaI
with the hope Of obtaining Senatorial Districts
The question then taken on rccamnlit,narj
and negutvcd ayes 9G, noes loa.
The biil was then ordered to be cnrrcssct yithoi,-
q division.
communication was received from tho Presidents
and Directors of the Board ofPubIic Works which,
on motion of Inr. InVp, was laid on the table ami
ordered to be printed.
a communication received from the auditor Of
public accounts (which On motion of mr.. Br7nc VIA
laid on The table and ordered TO lac printed.
Mr. Zones Of Formulation, on FhurstIay inadc tn,
motion 10 lay the convention bill on the table. ~
IN error Of the Compostor, he called cir. ydnes
Of Powkntnu.
,Phe name Of Dir. Everett Of CafcI was incorrect.
y reported in the n.SoGrc, Mr. Gordons amend.
1ncnt for graduated county Representations Colonel
Everett voted in the Affirmative.
Tic name of Mr.. Carter of Ricbtnond county vas
incorrectly reportcdn the affirmative Cd the amend
mcnt OF Mr. Allen of Preston to extend to ndnfrcs.
for rtc
vention. Col Carter voted in tho negative,
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