Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-25

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sious uf ~. lghis OF the people when dissOl.
we'd. hy refusing 10 eah Others Tor a long space
of time fherah, l.aving the political system
wi,houn any legislative head by entIesvoring
10 prevent ihe population of our country, and
Tor thar purposr, obsirncting the lass Tor The
naturalization OF foreigners by keeping n
tnanr Us, "a time of peace, standing armies aud
ships of war; by affecting 10 render the mill
tsry independent Of. and superior TO, tie clvil
uo.er by c In,bining With others TO subject
y. 30 a forcien Jurisdiction giving his assent
- ihrf pretended acts OF legislation, for quaf'
tefing large bohies Of armed troops among us,
for cutting of our trade with all paris Of thr
world. lor Imposing tasrs Oh us without our
coustnf. ior depfsugns OF the hen his OF The
trial by jury, Tor transporting Us beyond seas
10 be- Tried ioI pretended offences. ior suspend
ing our own Legislatures and declaring thein-
selves invested win power 10 leglsIaie for Us
ia all cases Whatsoever; ny plandedng our
seas, rayHgng our coasts, burning our towns
aud destroying tho lives OF our people by licI
ting insure etions of our fellow subjects with
The allnrenenis Of forfeiture aud couhscallDn
by prompting our ncgroesJo rise IA arms n.
mong ns, those very negroe. whom by an IN
human use of his negative be had refused w
permission n exclude by law, by rndeayoring
TO bring Oh the inhabitants of our frontiers. tho
merciles Indian savsges, whose known rule OF
warfare Is an undslnghished dcstuciiou OF all
ages, SEXES and conditions Of existence; by
tfhns ,lorting hither large army oil .ofeign mer
/ cennrics 10 complete he worh ofdeaih, deso'a
! lion and tyranny. then already begun eith CIR
cn umstances OF cruelty aud peIhIy unworthy
| the hca oil a c,yiliz'd nation by answering
our repeated prtdions for redress with repei.
ton nt njufis, aud fnay, by ahaudonint
tho heln OF gov rnmrni, mad declaring us oug
OF his nlleg hncr anI protection ; by which srv
! eTal acls -! msrnie. tnr government OF this
country rs bslpfe arereis ii under the Crown
o q eat B,iiin. wa, totally dissolved: Did,
therefore, having maturrly considered he pre-
mises, aud viewing with great Conc"fn the de-.
plprah condition To- when this once happy
com =, would he reduced, unless sIrne reg ilar
adequate mode Of ckil poliy should be speeJi.
y adopted. AID Ia compliance with the recon-
mendaiion OF the General Congress, otdain
snd carea l1rm OF government FOR lrsl
ma:
And whereas the General Assembly Of Viz
gina, by Hn act pA-g,d On the tcnth day Of
+ bruary, IN the ,ear Of our l.1fd one thpus.
aud eight hundred aud twenty nine, entitIe1 an
act 10 organise Convention Ill anthoII,e aud
provide Tor The election by thr people, al Dele.
gates and X personalities, 10 met and assem-
BIZ, 10 general Convenfion. al the Capitol IN
tho toy Of Richmond on thu hrst Monday Of
October ~ ihs year last aforesaid, IA cOnsieI,
d sHuss aud propose, ANEW Gnnsu iuon, or nj.
tcra',oIs and am 'ndments oil the existing Con
stltution Of this Commonwealth, to he submit
ted 10 the people, nnl 70 be by them ratified or
rejected.
We, fhefafnrr, the Delegates and Ropresen.
Iatiy's Of IN good oeople of V,rgina, elected
aud IN Cow. nlion assembled, III ufsnanse Of
the sad ACT Of Assembly, 10 submit and pro.
pose TO tho pcoplc, the following amended
Constitution and Form Of Government for Abs
Commonwealth thal is 10 say:
ARTICLE l.
The Declaration Of Rights made on the ION
June, l776, by the representatives of tho good
people of Virginia assembled in fun and iree
Convention which perlBinej TO them aud their
pos Gritty. as the basis aud foundallon Of GOV
ernment-requiri0g in The opinion OF this Con
v"nIion no amendments. shall he prehxrd 10
THIS Constitution, aud nave The sams relation
thereto as II had 10 The former Consultation vi
this CommonW eaih
ARTICLE II.
The Legislative, Executive and Judiciary
Depart nenls, shall be separate aud d stinet. 50
tina, neither exercise the powers property be.
longing 10 either of the others : nor shall any
person exercise The powers Of more than Que |
of them nj the sanr time, except lhai tie Jls.
tees Of tho County Courts shall be e gIhe to
either House Of A srmbiy
ARTICLE III.
]. The Legislature shall he formed of two |
distinct branches which together shalt be u |
Omplste Legislature. and shall DO called the
General Assembly OF Virginia,
.. mr ol these shall be called the House Of |
Delegates, and shall consist o. one hundred and
thirty iour members, TO be CHOSEN, annually
Tor and by he several counties ciiirs towns
add burroughs of lhr Commonwealth whereof
thlriy one Delegates shall be chosen for aud by
the iweniv-sIt counties lying West OF the Al |
I'ghany mountains twenty five Tor and by the
fourteen counties lying between the Allrphany
aud Bue Ridge Of mountains; forty Two for
and toy The twenty nine counties lying Last
of The BIne Ridge of mountains aud above tide
water aud thirty SIX for aud by the counties |
towns aud bOlonehs lying unon tiie water ; |
that Is 10 say Or the twenty six counties Wing
West OF the Allegheny the connlirs OF Har
Itson. Montgomery, Monongalia, q 10. and
Washington, shall each eject two Delegates
and the roln'ies OF Brooke Cabell Grs,son,
GreenbIier, Giles, K,n,wha, Lee. Lewis. |
Logan, Mason, Monroe, Nicholas, Poca.
buntas. Preslon, Randolph, Russell Scott,
laz well, Iflrr, Wood and Wythe, snail each |
elect one Delegate. Ol 'he fourteen counties |
lylng between the Allegheny aod Blue Ridge,
the counties of Frederick ana Shenandoah
'hail each elect three Delegates tho counties
OF Augusta, Berkeley, Batetouri. Hampshire.
Jederson, Rockingham aud Rockbridse. shall |
each eject two Delegates and the Counties o |
Allrghany Bath, Hardy. ,organ and Pcude
ton, shall each elect one DeIegst. OF the
twenty nine counties lying East Of the Blue |
Ridge. and above tide wafer, IN. county of
Loud'un, shall EJECT three Delegates the conn
ties Of Albemsre. Bedford Bruu.w lck, Buck.
inghsm, Campbell. Culpeper, Fauquier Frank
In. hainaI, MeckIenburg anu PHisylvan,a,
shall each elect two 'egaies and the coun
ties OF Amrli'. Amherst, Charlotte, Cumber
land, Dinwiddie, tluvauna GoocrIand, Henry.
Louisa LunenGurg, NJ Olson, Nelson MOTTO
"as, Orange, Patrick. Powhatan and Prince
Edward, shall each elect one Delegate. And
OF the counties. cities, towns ana borergns,
lying OF the ,ide water, the CONN les Of Acco.
mack and Norfolk, shall each elect two Dele.
gates the counties Of Caroline, Chesterfield.