Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-12-08


Western District gives. i'll the
House OF DELEGATES,
To the West, So
To the East, Cd
Majority for the East, 8
The plan ofthe gentleman from Chesterfield, gives
House. OF DrLraArxs,
To the West, 43
To the East, "a
Majority for the East, 81
The plan of the gentleman from Northampton
gives, in the
Tothe West, la
To the East, -
Majority ofthe Fast, 81
The plan of the members from the Middle and
western Districts gives, in the
To the West -
To the East p
Majority for the East 10
The plan of the gentleman from Chesterfield ,rives
To the West, IJ4orli
To the East oI.6 or22
Majority for the East.
The. plan Of the gcntlema from Northampton
gives, in a
SENATE of3G,
10 the West, $50 or I6
To the East, rotor 90
Majority for the East,
Having presented these practical results, proceed
TO make few remarks, and they shall be very brief
on the PrtnciPLs Y dPportiOnDIent on which these
pans are formed, or by which they hereafter to
DC modified. That proposed by the Middle ard ,
western districts requires little eXpianation-
TWAS first proposed in effect, by the worthy men,
Der from Goochland, GOV PlcasGnts on the 18th
ntmo, and has been since under the view of tic
Committee II proposes federal numbers ms tho ~
es of representation in the Senate and white ponu
lat'on as the basis IN the House of Delegates Ii is
almost superfuous TO remark, that the bas;s of white
population IN the Senate long and strcnuousIv con
tended for by the members from the middle and ,ves
eTn Districts has been abandoned, on the prnci- :
pie OF compromise. They have also abandoned q,
the same principle, their favorte number Of "a for the
SENATE and have proposed that it shall consist of 30
They have added to their plan decennial nssess,nent
OF ell the lands IN the Commonwealth subject IN tay
ncon, as mt accompany ment for the decennial net
app ortlonment ct representation, which they cons-
DER an essential feature in any just plan for the dis
tuouuon OF political power in a country whose popu-
ation 10 increasing in the different sections in such
Unequal ratios
In considering the principle ef apportionuent en-
braced in the plan of the gentleman from Northamp-
ton, the hrst remark TO be made is that il operates
only IN future, and il not adhered to- Of all in the
actual distribution Of power made IN present. His
actual distribution IS an arbitrary one and more IA
vOrabie to the toeSt than that of the gentleman from
Chester6eld.-llls PTin1pfe Of future apportionment
is on the contrary, less favourable than that on which
the gentleman from Chesterfield, IL common with
tuo OtHeI JUSTICE Oh United states, has founded
his actual apportienmeDt-l understood the gentle
man from Northampton to contend that his pfincipe
was more favourable 10 the west than that of his
friend from Chesterfield, and that il derived tbis
advantage from the circumstance of his having N.
troduced third element into it's contribution
rom the circumstance OF his proposing ga fair
average OF the three ratios, viz: LIST, Of white po-
pnlatlon 2nd. OF white population and taxation
cornbined md 3rd, Of federal numbers"-While
that OF the gentleman from Chesterfield proposes
the average Of tuo ratios only; that Of white popula.
finn nd Int tDbtf
combined In other words he conteoos that tic IN
PRODUCTION Of tbefira element, Of Federal nurnbays
renders ms average more favourable the west tnn
the average of the gentleman liOm Chesterfield
But in this, he is clearly mistaken comna,;so,,
oil The TWO principles, through the medium of their
results, will shew that hF Is less favourable 10 tho
west than that OF the gentleman from Chesterfield.
Take, for example, the calculation made by Tho
Ohlei JUSTICE, land printed for the use of the Torn
mtteel OF tho results Of his principle which ie tho
same win that OF the gentleman from Chesterfield
when applied TO llOusc Of i28 members -ITe frIls
you and correctly, doubt not, that IN such IIousc
1920, ~ ''' ''S'uS u
On the basis Of white population to members s3
On the basis Of Federal numbers 10 A.
On the average Of the two, 20 "a
Nov, It 10 conceded, on al hands Tint tho baeis 81
federal numbers, and the basis Of white ponuio,;,
and taxation combined, are practically and IN r.i,
the same-in other words, that either basa would
give To the west 40 MEMBERS and no more out q,
126.-Taking this as true LET 1s 500 hog Inc Hr,e
(o5 average OF The gentleman from Northampton
will operate on the people Of the west. They will
DO entitled ' ~"
On the basis of white population to 10
On the basis Of federal nunbert 10 Al
On the basis Of white population md taxatiop
combined, again 10 Al
Total, 90,
Divide by3 to attain the "iar average Of
the ratios" proposed by the gentleman
from Northampton. and You have Al
Thus his hrcef1ld ave rage gives 10 The peo,js y,
the West foo and OHe-sizM member less han ,ba
tvo,foid ratio Of he gentleman from Chesterf aJ
400 lhis loI the nlainesi reason IN 10 n,tLd IN.