Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-04

thirty two members. nineteen snail be assign
S ed East o. the Blue Ridge. an1 thirteen Nes;
thereof Til. arrangement TO be permanent
- Resoiped, That the rule TO fsapporiion rep
resebiAiion IN the House Of Delegates. shah De
upon The resident ffeeholdrrs of the Common
wealth eacb freehold 10 be OF al assessed va
lue of not less ihan 925. The application OF
this role, first 10 take place M The year 1910,
and every 20 year. thereafter. Provision 10 be
made by law for ssceria,nihg IN 1894, The NUN,
her ofireehoid voters possessing ireeh2ios OF
The assessed value of moi less than go, in Inc
several towns and csunties Of this Common
wealth "
Mr.. keale rose in defence of his resolution
He said he nId not eonerive until This mpfnnB
that IL stood IN need of ANY argument, and he
wns not entirely prepared 10 make long
speecb.-He stated the great difficulties under
which hr lsb0red. lfhe showed me aiFanin'
ges oi his plnn 10 The East, he would bring
dow u the West upon him, and pife rsrsa--ihat
no sra-iOst mariner ever encountered greater
dangers ia passing the straits of ScyIa and
/ Cbsry bdis lnan h. d,d--lf he fed ON the
O,esn he was shi pN,ecked on The Mountain
aud il he went from he Mountain, he wass sunk
/ in The Ocean. MIR. N procredrd TO sindi
cate his plan--nnd 10 answer The objections a
gniDsi II.
j Mr., Scott opposed The adoption nj Mr.
/ Neaies Tesui0n.-.A remark of his called up
Nj Nehle further IN explanation, who sa,d he
/ had been vi mug 10 aeqmesoe III the resolution
Of M Gordon bn he had proposed las own
! scheme, in constq tencs OF other considerations
~ prevent, Il possl lie the election Of Governor
+ by The people, and 10 SECURE an fSecniIvc
Council. AMI that hi proposition was intended
To enbi ace those pro siVn., as well as 10 se'iie
the qu-s IN oi representation lor EYER and
s n ii III ultlrg n excitement Iur the IN
iufr
] Mr.. Scott then went on,-lIe said he was
fully aware ~ the motives which had actuaird
his ttlrnd ltom RChmaud conniy-bui that ne
MS not sanshrj Ivy hts eigament-ihhl he
him,cii had hoped thai this question 0i reprr-
+ ssntatIon bad becn settled ttat he 80 CONSIDER
ed II, from The time When LIE question WAS
Grsl tbken on Mr. Gordon resolution. inai # u
were not s. settled, he did uoi know how 81
.heuary question vas to be settled. lie con
tended that the argument was not ienahle
which was founded ON The idea that Mr.. Cor
don's plaa would sir up future srriies-that it
would pre- utc much les excitement that any
ether that IT, tor instance, any plan OF future
| appprdonneni w",e adopted. favorable 10 the
+ ST wnu Il The West be- 81 isied would ihey
nni he con inually exciting the public mind,
aud calling Tor anoi' er Convent N And
! sgam II the representation were fixed OF the
WHITE bass ~ favor al the West, would the East
,emain satisfied would not the posses ion of
| the Legislature IN the hands of The East sna-
! bic ,hen 10 carry ibeir scheme into Effect =
| lie COutendrd, therefore, that there vas no
plan so we'll calculated TO prevent excitement A.,
n III adoption Of Mr.. Gordsn's plau IL went
on To show, that h Inn would sat sly tn valley
aud the counties East Of the k,dge-nnd thai
extending the ,uf agp. removing the complaints
M a "A .tait
w're cal. ulated TO prevent the call for Other
Convcn'ion-acd he was therefore, us al pre-
sent advised, determined 10 vote Bgninst ahy
| plan of inlute appoi tiunmeni even his own
iaVOTiie plHn-Rn6 WAS satisfied wi h the I;O-
position of Nr Gordon. Mr.. ) then p decided
10 examine Mar. Nrale's scheme-stanting hi S
objections In il, lie compared Eastern coun
Ties with Western--VnIl,y eountirS with the
Eastern aud Western, Showin. by he Auditors
tables, the great mo alt'ies wh,cH p eva lei,
between the number i whtc population, the
slaves, aud the vnlue of iaxts, as compared
with the irreholdrrs ii those counties s., that
while 10 some counties, the white popula lon
aud slaves aud taxes paid, wpre Two or three
unIrs rs great The number ui treehol iers was
Sometn,es not greater, ar very hlue more, etc.
lie showed that the opposition Of Mr. NeaIe
was neither founded on the white population,
nor taxation, nor the superi,la contents OF
land but on an arbitrary division of counties
INTO certain srctions. called freehold. He
concluded with saying, that he considered no
plan of future apPorIionment was aitanahle
or desirable ! and lhal Of all lhe-o plans that
of the gentleman from Ri>hmord county was
most Objectionable 10 him.
M. Cook sad he did not mean 10 enter into
any a'gumeut NJ all but to say. that he under.
ood tie PROV Ositon of MI Nta.e was founded
entirely not on freehodrrs Of IA certain de-
script n !; but d" freehold voters and under
this view oil IL. he had examiued the plan and
was satisfied OF its correctness. He SAID, that he
had agreed to vote Tor such y plan and along
with It 10 orr nn the altar of concilmion the
proposition TO elect the Governor hy the peO
pie, nc Tie mHde some remarks upon the sug
gcsiiOns thrown out The other day bv the zen
tlemau from Brooke Mr.. Dodjrdge that u
plan would he proposed, which he hoped
would satisfy all SIDES OF the houSe-ihat this
statement WIS made upon the idea, that AZ
Eastern gentleman was about Ia bring forward
n pInn hIch he had misunderstood, because
he had no idea thai such plan was III ended
To make lhr Senate representation permanent
MIR concluded b, susges ing 10 Mr Ne II,
10 chung his resolution So is 10 adopi liz ruI'
Of " iretholI voters" instead o - i,eehoids,'
Mr.. Maize adopted the moildcauon-wh"u
Nh Cooke hoped il would be acceptable 10 the
gentleman from Fauquier.
Mr. ScoH expressed his opposition TO III,
, scheme mis- point OF view coniending that !
mig even be " orse than the original propo
sltion.
Mr.. Nedie replied 10 Mr.. SCOTS argument
, Mr.. mccoy deca ell thai il gentlemen woult
+ carry oui the principle 10 freehoder-, "a 6OH
branches of the Legislature, he would snppor
, ll-but not in IFS present shape lie, therefore
, proposed 10 amend the resolution. so as 10 in
uoduCe the wo,ds" Srnate and" alter thu
words the - aud TO st, Ike out the word
each freehold tn he OF an assessed value o
not less than $25'
Nj. Samrsrs moved to divide the question
/. when Mr.. Marshall rose to ask II ii were in or
J der to move 10 lay The whole resolution az
: the table. The Chair having said il WINS Mr.
} Mar shall went on 10 say that he should fee
L..G ~ mil AL