Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-04-01
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lace OF the earth, shows consiuslvely. In at
ehanges in the relative wealth and population
OF the different divisions, districts, counties,
sities, towns and boroughs" are constantly 70
, ing on-nust and will Inevitably take place
The rotten borough sysfsn Of England has
arisen from this circumstance; and it 10 chief
" owing to this very cause that the praseat
constitution of Virginia no logger answers the
purpose OF it's wise aud patriotic framers.--
The people Of Virginia have actually osf-
groten il. Instead of being now what it orr
gInally was, defence and protection to the
people of Virginia against the sawise and un-
due exercise oil power by any Of the funo-
tionaries of its own creation, il has become an
membranes; gripping their energies and
Impeding the4r pro grsss, because it 10 not
afiapted TO new state Of things-to the
changes that have taken place slncs Its asop
ton. Now let us see what oar wise masters
on the other side of the Ridge have done in
the new constitution TO prsyIds for the con-
, tngeRcy we are speaking of lst. They
j have divided their country into great divis-
iens. eastern and western, allottisg to one 10,
to the other IL Senators, thereby givisg to
themselves majority of six IN the Senate
Cd. They have subtlivided these two great
divisions into two districts each, and given to
one of the eastern districts 30. to the other
; ~ bCicSutCs, duu 10 OuN Oh tho Wcstcfh us
tricts,o subdivisions, they have given 81, to
! the other % Delegates; that s.to themselves
thay have given a majority of d Delegates
a clear unequivocat ajorlty IN both branches
of the Lsgisisture. Then esames the Provtso
that ia the future epportionments, once in
ten years. which they hsvs granted h the
Legislature the power to iaaks, "the sumbsr
of Delegates from the aforesaid great DIS
tricts. and the number of Senators from the
two great divisions, respectively snail ics'asr
be increased nor d;sainistsd by such re-appor-
tionment" The rs-appertionnisnt among
the several counties, cities, towns, So. beng,
in ITSELF. lust and reasonable, and. in fact,
necessary, they had no objection 10 IL, pre-
vided the number of Senators and Delegates
assigned by tho constitution TO the two great
! divisions, and four great districts, respective
: ". remained unehasg aably aad psrpotually
| fixed, securing 10 them III all future tme, a
/, clear ma ority 10 both branches oil the Legs
! lature aud ascsrfainIng to them and their
I heirs forerer decided prspondsrsnce IN the
government Of the state. 1t 10 oBs OF the
! eharacteristies of that which is fass and nm
| Just to be inconsistent With itseiI.
Every srgumer. and reason which can be
urged in favor OF the redistribution at short
intervals Of the Representations among the
several counties, towns, &c. u each great
I division, or district, applies with ten~fold
/ force TO q re spportionmeat OF it amongths d.
/ visions and di -triet. themselves. But that
would have toushsd the ark n their posses',
/ and accordingly wa find th4a impregnably
/ fenced aad guarded py the following Provis-
ion: Art III See of the amended constitu-
tioa. serhe General Assembly, after the
year iS4l, and at intervals thereafter of not
! less than ten years, shall have the authority
! t,so thirds Of both houses consuming" (mark
that 'to make re -apportionmeats OF Delegates
and Senators throughout the Commonwealth,
SO that the number OF Delegates shall not al
any time exceed $50, nor OF Senators So"
This is what we would call sllaeher--ths
ascendsncy OF he east and lie prisciple Of
the rotten borough s1stem of England fixed
upon us in perpetuity! And it 10 upos this
provision that our friend, Tussarorn, fosnds
hope. in this he fines consolation! We don't
wonder in tho least that the men OF the west
voted against the ching in solid phalanx.
. Win the yeomanry of the West, thu free
born mountaineers, vote for it? Ii they do
we shall begin TO think that the sestsrn ma
hobs had some reason, when they placed
{ them on the Same ground with their own ne
: groe slaves. 49,,
We do not believe there 10 q naked tribe ir
Guisea so ignorant and stupid as to put any
sort OF trust IN Uie aotuai OCCuTFcHCs VI
, contingency so remote and utterly improba
: ble We shall have IS votes IN the Senate
and 56 In the House of Delegates. In orde1
. to carry the measure of fair and just re ap
{ portionment of the representation among th'
great divisions and districts, created by thu
most lust and wise constitution, through botf
branches o. the Legislature, we must have p
Senators out of82, and 80 Delegates oHt o
r 1874 We have but 10 Senators and 90 ID
egates OF our own that we can count upon
t We must. therefore, have God-ssnd oil
Senators and "a Delegates from the othe
side of the Ridge to carry us through Now
is it net glorious chance? When ths SIX
. falls we shall catch larks.'
Fcnow-citizens OF the West, when, thinl
, YOU. will the tide water nabobs. the Leigh
! and the Randelphs of the lordly east, cess'
, TO love power and hate equality We an
, . swer when the nature OF that two-legged un
, fea,hered animal, called Man, is radically aa'
: essentially changed When the Bengal tige
: forgets his relish for blood, becomes civilized
and learns to eat grass like lamb
. But Tuscarora iaslnuates. and we assured
nv Others, that the true dividing ssss VIII mor'
, probably be that which divides the tlds waite
country from the country between tide waite
and tho Ridge, than the line of the Blue kIdg
itself This is hope that IL destined to b.
. disappointed That some few OF the csunhe
on tho other side of the Ridge, have on form
, | er occasions, as well as in the late struggle
aided and voted with the West, Is tTue--bu
, they were too few to prevent the nde wasc
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