Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-12-21


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lten CEchy, Branch, 1owucs siau, Plea. its, toriou
Msssie, Rose Bates Neal. Coal'sr IOyos, uoyly iern
So tho am, lmcn, was lost.
Mr. GonpoS moved To stukc out The FIRST branch
OF Mr., Upshur's proposition, which was carried
Mr. Hoapo> moved To insert tho following;
"iecsoicsd, That the representation IN the Senate
aud House OF Delegates of Virginia shall be- appor-
toned as fellows:
There shall be thirteen Senators west Of the Blue
Ridge of mountains, and nineteen of those
tairs
Fhcrc stall be in the House Of Delegates one hun
dred ana tweaty-scvcn members, af whom twenty
nine shat bc elected from the district Of the Al
legSany mountains; twenty four fuin tho Valley hn-
tween tho Alcehsny aud Blue Ridge; forty from tho
Blue Ridge O. the head OF Underwater, nithtty fur
thence below"
The ayes md noes rr-- called for
AuS-AlcssS Jones, u. " Ienh =. Iavlnr Giles B-,ad
nan Dronsonc, Alexander, t;opce Marshall TYLER Nicholas
tIoii0n, l. Mas0n rczvau t1aibhulo, Uruhari Ran.
S;ana olaay Eoanc p Tavor, ilor.s 1 earnsi
; Barbour Seom, Mac"s G'ecn; farewell, loyai lrcnt.
GTsshy trlnrh lowncs, Martin Poasau;s Gordon Ma,se
10 e Bates, Ncale, Coalir Joyucs, Bayly Perrin Upsut
No's-Mcssrs hdcrou Co!Tn,ar, Harrison Williamson,
Baldwin, Jusor NCoy Moore. Ec.nr Sn:,s Miller Rax
her, Mercer, Fzhu;h Henderson Ohorne Cooke Powell
CrsgS. ) VI Mason Nayior, Donaldson Eoyd. pend,io,
Gcoee. M'Nil!an l. Campbell Byars Cioyd Chapman Ma
,nsew oss'by Duncan" Ll''ey Summers See, Doddrdsc
ders, Cnbc'l, Stuart, Tno;npso.-46
81 the amendment was crrried in rho uairm1 tive.
Mr.. GospoS then moved TO TAX" IN tho anrn,ltr ent
propos ell b. NJ. Upshur in Conlmitec o: tho Whole
"R,soirC'. That tho Legislature shall re-arrance
the representation in both Houses Of IhC General A.
sem5v once in every years, upon fair aver
aGc Of tho following ratios, to VT:
First. of white population;
Second uf i',dcI:,l numbers.
Pro"idcd that the number OF Tho House of Dele
gates shah ncvcr exceed nor the number
Of the Senate
Mr.. LErcu offered the following substitute, and
went into some dr'ai!s explanatory.
Tina, the House OF Delegates Shall consist Of 100
members, and the representation herein shall 10 Op-
;-,-,.,:;:. - .io.;on-
The 2s counties lying west OF the AIlcghany shall
have 81 delegates
The Counties lying between the Allegheny and
Blue Ridge shall have 81 delegates.
Tnc % counties lying eGst of the Blue RIDGE and
above tidc-wntcr, shnil hnvo - delegates
And tho 36 counties and four towns lying on tide
watHr shall have 38 delegates.
No more new counties shall ever be formed OF the
country lying east of the Blue Ridge hut The Lcgis-
ature may in IT, discretion. from time time nu
lortv OF tn whole number of both Houses concurrirr
whcnsoevcrthc increase OF the population Of the
try west of the Blue Ridge, and the convenient
administration OF justice and police shall require form
counties not exceeding ten out Of the territory "
ing west n'ihe Blue Ridge, and whcncv"r such Few
county sha! be formed, additional Gergac shall be-
allowed - lie Country west oil tie Blue K!d-C.
And the Legislature having respect to the relative
satc OF population OF the respective countless cities,
towns, and election distrlcts. and minority of the
whole number o: both hou6cs coRcurrng, may, any
time, allow ono Hddi' ona delegate to any county.
city, town, or election district, existing or TO be
formed and which only one delegate shall III tho,
first instance DC allowed; so that not more Than two
Delegates snau ever flowed 10 any county civ
or election district; and 50 that The humber of i,
House OF Delegates sl!al! never exceed IGO mem
bers."
Q counties, each, 22---viz Brooke /, Caboll /,
20 do each, Giles /, Grayson l. Green
bricr |, Harrison ,, kanawhd |, Lee Lewis l. Lo
gan |, Mason |, Monongalia ,, Monroe /, Montgnm-
cry ?, Nicholas /, Ohio ,, Pocahnn,us I, Preston
Washington ?, Wood |, Wythe 2--Jo.
counties, each, 2i-viS: Allegheny |, Bath
10 do each, /, Berkeley ?, Hampshire ,,
Hardy 2 Morgan /, PendlrIon /, RoclsSridge 2 Au-
grstu ?, BntetouTt ,, Jefferson 3 Rockingham Ere
derrick ?, Shenandoah 2--21.
~ counties, each, 45--viz Amelia /, Amherst
IS do each, l, Charlotte ?, Cumberland
l, Dnwiddc ?, FIuyUnnn I, Franklin ,, Goochlund
Henry |, Louisa ,, Lunenburg / Madison I, Nelson
!, Nottoway l, Orange ,, Patrick /, Powbaian /.
Prince Edward , Albcmarlc 2 Bedford ? Brunswick
?, Buckingham 2 Campbell > Culpepcr ,, HALIFAX @
M"clcnburg ?, Pttsylvania 9, FauluIer ,, London
90 countless towns, each Viz: Essex l. Fair
do each. fax /, Gouct strr !,
do town districtcd for . : Grecnsve /, Han
over l. IIenrico |, Isle Of Wight /, King and Queen
,
Northampton /, Northumberland /, Princess Anne
!, Prince George !, Prince William /, Spousylvana
2, southampton |, Stafford /, Surry !. Sussex I,
Richmond city |, Petersburg l. Norfolk borough /,
Accoinac 2, Caroline , Chcserii1d 2, Norfolk coun-
y ,, Lancaster and Richmond I, Westmofeand and
King George l, Midi sex aud Matthews |, liza
beth City, York, Wdwick, md Williamsburg
Charles Guy and james City I-58
Mr.. LEIGH said that III yo ing against the amend.
mont Of Mr. Cpshur, his object was TO sink this qucs.
ton Of nlc.niEab!c discord. It gentlemen OF the
west will insist on what they call strict right all hope
OF compromise was gone. For ono, he must and
on strict rgh too, and claim those principles which he
thought necessary 70 good government.
Some difficulties arising upon point og order the
proposition Of Nr. Lcigh Withdrawn f,r the pre-
sent.
Mr.. SrANAnD explained the reasons which would
induce hun to vote against the proposition OF Mr.
Ups!ur.
Mt UPsnuR moved 10 Jay it on the table. lie fear
cd u this re-oluion rejected u, other would b,
substituted ~ It's place. lie considered his own pro-
position most favorable TO the west of any yet offered
by gentlemen of the cast Bat "a II was reject