Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-12-17
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Crues o. the Episcopal Church.
The President then took thu Cha ir-and Mr.
Leigh presented a letter from George ". Nun
ford, Esq. res,gning the OH OF Clerk To the
Convention. (ha,ing been re elected Clerk Ia
the House OF Del.gates)
Tie Convention proceeded To supply ,he
vacancy -ceastpaed bv the ,eslgnaI0n when
DAVIS Bugs, Esq "a member ofthc Executive
Council) WAS elected.
IL was soon asceriaincd 10y the members,
hat owiugto the want Of carpets aud The
suuciufe III the house. IN topm wi no very
well calculated Ia enahl ehct IN inter To be
heard rom the seal "hi.h he oeeup el-aad
some discussion immediately took place on
I g propriey Of femovlng 10 stn.e other 81 III
ton.
IL the mean time the following letter WINS
received from the Speaker oil the llou.e ot
De ~legates
Richmond. IN December, 1929.
Sir ] am rrquesled by Il resolution OF ,hr
House OF Delegate, TO advise the Convent n
OF Nngiria. pfa disposition on the Iari of tn
House. 10 nllord iIle Convention every facility
for the convenient aud expeditions despatch
The important du les witch desolve on ,ha.
BODY aud TO Offer II The dail u cot the Hall
III the House of Delegates, after the hour oil
ID o'1ork | have he houor To BIZ, with great
respect. yonl obedi ~ seiv'l
LINN INKS. Speaker II. Old.
Jas MoNRnE. Esq Pfesdt. Convention.
After som' Il, bate he Convention came In
the resolution vi instIucIiug the former Com.
ml'tee 10 iopk Out Tor another room-and III
the mean i'm they determined TO transfer
tl'ei'sdilne % ,he Del eat 5 Hail.
Hall oCfhe Ioust Of Delegates
Mr.. Scott announced M L esidrm's desi,e
that Mi. 5iannld shunla take h Ia the
iay-Mr. atauard aecoldingl, loak the Chan
he House then resolved iisclf INTO "a Com
mittee Of the whole. Mr., Z. 7. Barbour IN I'll
Chrn.
On Mr. SCOTS motion, the resolution on the
Executive u p%artment was taken up aud
re ID
The proposition of Mr.. P0psl for The reor.
santzaiIon oi,Ie Executive Conn,iI was then
rad.
MI. P0|eH rose in support OF his resolutions
II lie stated thai ne hoped no gentleman would
yoi agaInsi them, Jecapsn they might objeci
= some OF the details for that those deiai i,
night he amended.-H remarked that h,
should not enter very fully into a long vindica
ton oil his resolution; because he was Statistic
that the present state oil The Cow n i0u,
when they had been setIng Tor nlnr werks.
without coming To one single deinltc conclusien
n long and elaborate speech could scarcely
~ blt "Aliil tltItfDIt content
himself with a supple aud succinct statement
Of his prOpositlnUs. MI. T.. then proceeded
10 show hat he had attempted SO 10 organlxs
the ExecutiYe Department. as 10 avoid on tho
one hand thn cOnsession Of dangerous powers.
and on he other, the Withholding OF necessai,
I~owefs-hnd IN pursuance OF this idea, he
enumerated the vaiions powers which he had
ascrlbed 10 the Governor, with a view OF
showing that they were calculalrd only 10
promote the great object of an Executive DE
partnent--and lhnt he had gwen some powers,
indeed, which were necessary IN some great
crises which might arIsr IN the progress nf our
socieiy.-As to eleciIng The Governor by the
people. hr commended that accoI ling to the
lneory Of Republiran Government, the people
had a right TO CHI ise the GJvernOr-and
that he thought they ought 10 H. II, unless II
can be shown thai there Were circumstances
,~tteudlng the election which rendered 1t proper
aud expedieal {, modify the exercise OF such a
power. Having taken ms view oflhe subject
Mr. L proceeded Ia answer The object ions
which nd bren made 10 & wig the election Of
Governor ~ the people and first the obJec-
ION, that the appointment OF n Governor
must be left TO the mhcnInrTy oi n Leg latlye
Cauc5s-but Mr.. L. ask d # there were not
ass other evils connected viz tn actual cleo.
ions by the Legislative body-suct a. log -rol.
ing ou tickle my palm, AMI | will rub y ur
elb)H, was too true olthe elections made by the
Legislature.
tie confrovetted aIso the objection, that The
elect ing of Governor by thu p ople was calico
lated 10 throw them Ito ckclIem Mt and c,m
mofion-Bnt VI. =. contendrd, ihat TIE objec
ton did not apply 10 the people Of Virginia I;
that lhey Were not "A people capable Of being
thrown into vlolent eKcltements that III oihrr
STATES, such aslaie OF feeling arose from tie
TX silence oflarge towns, an he heterogene-
Gus which they introduced into other State.
Mr.. 7. then dsclt ut considerable length upon
thu power he wished TO give 10 the Governor
of appointing with the advice and consent Of
the people-He justified particularly the exer
else of such a power conirndInE that The
psesent mode Of election by jelnt ballot Of the
Legislature was attended with great intrigue
and great waste OF time aud Of public money.
He concluded with "A very emph tic appeal 10
the members who differed Win INN upon this
subject.
Mr. TdzeDelt rose 10 reply 20 Mr.. Powell
-heglnnlng with the remarks, that Ill these
gentlemen had laiJdowD the doc rine that the
people ought to elect because they are IN"
source OF all ~power-Bul Mr.. /. Conie0ded,
that the people a mncn exercised their own
power, wh,n thy depuIed an agent 10 make
tlt " iiNib W no " w " bhi'I 'ifhi
The President Of The u. States is not elected
according to republican principles, because The
election is made by Electors chosen by
themselves He asked how far The gentleman
from Frederick carrted his doctrine : Would
be contend, that the Judge also, n CO ordinate
branch of HE government, were 10 be elected
by the people But MI. 4 stated, that there
were objections 10 an election by the people.
which did not apply to a choice by the Leg'sla
ure-He pointed out some oil these o'jec-
TONS the scattered population Of The people !;
the difficulty OF bringing them out 20 vote at
their courthouse, on the SANE day throughout
The State, because the ele ctiDn does not fall on
their own rourt-days and if to avoid this dlL
fcul'y, the election is made on their respec-
tee couTt.days, you enable The voters ~ The
coun'i"s, which vote last, TO turn out with grea-
ter zeal and have an undue ascend enry in the
election He asked, again, whether the cleo
lion IS TO be made by plurality, OF anajority,
| ~ Tho nnnnl IN lao "A al nl 4 ~ al fh. npnnia