Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-18
heNDAY. Jan. IL.


The Convention as,rab at II O'Clock
aud was opened VIII praa q, hy the Rev. Mr..
Croes oilhe Episcopal Church.
| The l. csldeni thrn fook ~ hair and MIR
| Smith rose 10 move that Gfetnbricr county, he
! detached from the $ natoitni ID. ,ict of Mon.
! roe, q les, and Mantg mrr,, aud attached 10
the District Of ailegnau" b IN and Botrionit
lie cnntcndei 10 tue cOutsa nfh. argument
that there WIS II" rpmnnni,y Of interest be
| ween br"enbrIer and the Aonl geometry dis
'fici-"hereas he arrangement he proposed
was ~ par the slme MS he oiA senatorial dis
lrbuion. aud that II conncc'ed o,tenbrier with
counties, with 4. hom il rad some community OF
! J. iei,si
] Mr. Berne OF Monroe, rose u say, that he
faw no great objection 10 the arrangement pro-
posed.
MIR Miller objected 10 the change ; and mo.
)yed division oi the question first on striking
ont
Mr. CioyR supported the amendment. stating
| thai II would mote nearly eqaalize the popnla.
| non in The two DISTRICTS.
MIR Chapman also supported the PROPOSE
| ton
The que ton was Then taken on striking out,
and o,i ayes 40, uoeS 81
Mr.. Clayton rose to make proposition,
which he confessed he sid with little hope of
s"cf' sh. because he saw the indispasiiiot which
The CouventIon felt IN altering the Report of
The Select COMMITTEE
lie moved to IKE ont the following clause ::
E." The counties OF Bedford aud Franklin shall
fnfm another district tie conn'tes of Bucklng
ham, Campbell and Cumberland shall iorm
| another district thr counties oi Patrick, Hen.
ry and Pdtsylv MIA. sha fnfin another dlstfic,:
The counties Of ha.bx aud Mechlsnb"rg shall
t1fm another di,trIi: the counties Of Char.
Iytt. ~ a
shal form another dis riot the counties Of
Amelia. Pow nnfan aud { eslr,Geld. and thu
toNn Of Petersburg shall form auoiher district:
the coun Ie oil Brms"i *. Din"mdle, Greens.
vile and Prince George, shall form another
district The coun'e7 oil lie OF wight. South.
ampton, Surrl aud SUSSEX, shall form another
district and the con ties of Norfolk Nanse
mond and Princess Aone, and the borough of
Norfolk, shall form nnother di5trct"-4nd
substitute the following
The counties OF Patrick Henry and Frank.
lin shall iotm another district, the counties OF
PafsyIvanta and Halifax shall form another
lsnid the counties u Bedford and tnmpheII
shall form another district the counties of
Mpcklrnburo, Charlotte, Lunenburg aud Nor
toeRV. shall torn another district: the coun-
ties of Prince Edward, Buckingham. CnmLer.
land ard Powhalan, shall form another dis
irict the counties OF Amelia. Chesterfield, i.
George, aud the Town ot Petersburg shall form
another district: the counties Of Brunswick,
Greensve, Dinwiddle and sussex shall form
another district ihr counties of Surry, Isle Of
Wight, Southampton and Naosemnnd, shall
form another strict and the counties OF
Norfolk, Princess Anne, and the borough Of
Norfolk shall form another DISTRICT
Mr.. CIGyior auppnrtcd this motion Mt some
length-and after me desu'tofg sharp shoot
log he, zen hmsc If and Nh Bfodnas,
NJ Branch opposed The proposition con.
tending That The arrangement oil the Select
Committee is the best that could he made
M Saunders supported the motion with
much animation.
Mr.. Stuart supported the chanee-saymg,
thai so lar MS he or his district were concerned,
il would meet HEN appreciation
After some further debate, IN which the pro.
postion = as opposed by Messrs. Randolph,
Martin Vrnable, Cries aud Messrs. Saunders
and CIavior supported il foay on taking the
! question, the motion was lost, Ayes 40 Noes
81.
Mr. Morris proposed 10 HrTange Caroline
| among the counties entitled to two delegates,
and to unite the counties OF King George and
Wrstmoreland into one election district emit
tied 10 one delegate. Mr.. Morris assigned
the reasons for this amendment at some
length
Mr. Leigh rose to propose an augmentation
OF the number OF Delegates, for the purpose oil
accommodating the claims Of the counties. I'm
der this point oil view, he proposed to add two
to the tide water country, VIZ one 10 Caroline
and one to Chesler6ed-two 10 the middle
country. viz one TO Brunswick, aud the other
probably 10 Louisa-one to the Valley country
T 10 be disposed Il among themselves perhaps 10
Angnsta-and two to the iransalleghany coUn
try ,viz: 81 TO Wyihe and one 10 Montgomery
The whole of bis scheme was founded on the
dea OF adding to the " one hundred aud 'hlr-
" two" and to substitute lone hundred aud
thirty nine"
Mr.. Nicholas hailed this proposition with
great pleasure, as ca culaied 10 conciae all
parties, aud To restore mat good hun9r whIch
bad partially disappeared here.
Mr.. Morris wlthefew his own proposition,
perfectly satisfied that this scheme would have
The happiest effect
MIR. Po,cfH suggested to the gentleman from
Chesterfield, TO give Two more TO the Valley
country.
Mr. Leigh stated, that such an allotment
would disturb the ratio which had already been
adopted-because each OF the districts would
thus have Two added, when they were previous
y represented IN irregular ratios lie conlen-
ded that, il il was the wish Of gentleman 10
make the constitution rs unpalntable as posi-
| ole, unuef an ehptCld'ioh '"h' ~ WIN oo ''JhS''
ed by the House, a. If accepted, II may he re-
. jecied by the people, their proposition will do
, no mischief. But il as IS probable the consitu.
ton will be accepted by he majority Of this
body, and may be- accepted by the people then
! the case will he altered-and the principles of
justice may he violated by the proposed ar
rangemfnt.
. Mr. Sianard supported the claims of Spot
sylvania, with the town OF Fredericksburg, te
n one of the additional Delegates.
r Mr. Leighsuppor,ei his proposition, in repl,
| l., some Of the remarks OF Mr.. Stsnard.
Il Mi. Gordon met the proposition Of tn
gentleman from Chesterfield in the same spiI