Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-26
VIRGINIA CONVENTION.
TUESDAY, Nov. IL.

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opposed by Dir. SisnaId. and advocated by the
mover aud Mr. Doddrdge: aud the question
being taken, the House appeared equally div,'
ided-ayes 40, noes IN. The President giving
his casting vote in the Affirmative, the motion
was carried.
1 The House then went into Committee of the
| Whole, MIR. POWELL in the Chair.
| MIR. Soorr, protesting his earnest desire 10
| see the Conventions come 10 some compromise
OF the opposing parties, and believing that oh.
ject would be promoted Ivy passing over this
| subiset until s. mething should have been deter
mined on the limits ofthe Right OF Suffrage,
| made motion 10 take up the next resolution
Nir H - sc The legislative co'n.n,',ss.
1 MT. MERCER opp1SPu w. ,ss'rt, ana
| ed thai tho amendment % the LIST Resolul ION
| should first be finally disposed of IN the Com.
| miItee. Tie referred 10 other important ques.
lions which had been decided by small majori-
tiles AID disc claimed on the part OF the un jority
| any thing hike an Incorporating spirit.
Mr. DopDRIDGf DID not concur IN MIR John
| sous Interpretation Of the resolution OF the
Committee he had drawn II Up. aud meant II
10 refer to the majority oil fha 'choie white pop
ulaiinn OF the State aud MOI merely Of qualified
voters. Though tn najoTil, IN the Convention
was numerically small, il represented very
great majority OF the people OF Virginia
>
Mercer aud Scott, the latter proceeded 10
reply TO the remark OF Mr. Doddrldge as 10
he real majority OF the People represented 10y
ihe plurality Of numbers in Convention, AID
contended that the minority represented by tas
The LARGEST number OF the Frechoders and Iax
paying inhabitants of the Commonwealth. On
this point n statistical debate arose between
Messrs Stanard aud Mercer eueh referring To
documentary authority, and coming 10 very
different results Mr. VI. affirming thai there
WAS little difference between the ratios of White
population, persons paying taxes on land, and
those paying taxes on movable property on
the respective sides ofthe Blue Ridge while
Mr.. S. insisted that the ratios were very diff
| ferent.
Mr. Frrzuygu recalled the Convention 10
the motion OF Mr.. Scott, which h. opposed ms
likely still farther 10 procrasnste the decision
of the Convention on the question before II :
he then proposed as measure calculated TO
bring the House 10 some result IN part, and
hasten the disposal of the q her questions. tnat
The Committee should rise, and report the first
resolution of the legislative COMMITTEE 10 the
House announcing il TO be his intention
subsequently to move that the whole of the
residue of The business be turned over 10 a small
Select Committee, TO he chosen by The convrn-
ton FROM lis most moderate and influential
MEMBER who should be charged with the dniN
of repur,ipp the draft oil Constitution. Win
this undeIs anding, he moved that the Gu.
miiee rise.
Mr.. LriGu opposed the object of Nj. FIrz-
HUGH as likely 10 lead 10 arepetIlon ~ al the
Difficulties already fet, aud IN the end 20 pro
! duce greater dsiay than tins present eour'"
MIR DoDDRIDGE conrurred III these views !:
but was in favor ofthg Committees RISING 8nd
reporting the inst reaoluu"n that IFS fale
might be decided IN Coaveution Aud IT,
subject Of representation hing thus disposed
Of, II might serve as guide Ia the C2h'onopn
in their discussions IL could MOI tx ap'
on his Course MS 70 the right oil suif' age, I'LL
he knew what was to he done as TO the lasts Of
representation.
MIR. LEIGH opposed the motion TO rise, aud
wished the Committee to proceed to the qnes'
ton of suffrage, laying the resolution now
under consideration aside Tor the present.
Mr.. SrAsARD took, IN substance, the shme
view, and earnestly opposed the motion for
reporting on one resolution in series of reso
luions, all intimately conneoted-ihls he con
tended to be wholly without precedent IN
Parliamentary usage. Besides. the sense OF
| the resolution To be reported was not liked
| The gentleman from Augusta understanding II
to apply only TO qualified UoteS: The Gentle
man from Brooke understanding IL as referring
to all the white population. whether voters OF
not.
After some explanation as to the point Of
order,
Mr.. JOHNS opposed the rising ofthe Com
mittee he thought tho two great and leading
subjects Misrepresentation and the right oil sui
frase ought to ne considered 10 connection win
ea Oh other. He was therefore in favor OF Mr..
@ iha frs tnr
present, and to 60 on ill the other should he
arrived at in order.
The question was now taken on Mr.. Fiiz
hugh's motion for the rising OF the Committee,
and d. cided in the negative,
Ayes40, Noes 49,
On mo ion OF Mr. LEIGH, The COMMITTEE then
passed BY the FIST resolution reported by The
Leg islatve Committee, (vz. that which refers
TO the basis of representation, and look up
the second resolution which is w. the following
words
Resoiutd That Census Of the population OF
the State for the purpose of apporuonIug the
representation should be taken IN the year
1881, the year 1916 and thereatlerj at least
once 10 every twenty years.
MIR. DoBDRiDsk moved TO amend this reso-
luton by striking out in the thIrd line, all after
The word wear" and inserting a clause 10
make the whole resolution read
Res0tped. That Census OF the population
of the State, for the purpose OF apportioning
, the representation. should be taken IN the year
| 1885, and al least every ten years thereafter,
! il the Assembly shall deem the same eIpedisnt
and that new appoi tionment Of representa-
ton snail be made after each Census, # the
state ofthe population shall have been SO chan
ged as to require il"
| Mr.. DoppntpGE explained his reasons for
| Offering the amendment. The State Genus, il
taken at the period he proposed, would TALL
into the intervals Of the general census OF the
/ United States, and would correct the inaccura-
| cies oil that enumeration which had, in some
cases, been made in very loose manner.
Mr. LEIGH suggested that though the amend
men, made it imperative that a census should
be taken, as the basis Of representation, il did
not require any assessment TO accompany it. II
| secured to the west all the benefits Of increns
ed representation, but did not require "a CORES