Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-09

SApfe9S regret was unaOie 10 vote Tor the
scheme ofhis friend from Frederick his objection to |,
was that went to perseuate the dividing lines which
separated the State into distinct parts besides, should
the amendment of the gentleman from Frederick sue
coed. Instead of having apporonmen for the pre-
sent, ard leaving the futuri,y the
idea 10 the People that they have a perpe TUT
OF the injustice which the present apportonment in :
hicted upon them.
might possibly recommend the Constitution to tn
adoption Of some of the large counties which expect.
cd hereafter to be subdivdsd, but th
would be very limited in its .x.en. The eir.ct upou
the entire West would be to produce utter hopeless
ness Of any eectual remedy for the evil they complain
I'D Of and must thus seal the fate Of the new Consn.
ton. IL would give him pleaure If he could for
the plan Of the gentleman from Kanawhi; but the plan
Weud operate unequally that il on, OF hi, pow
er To shew this by example: the votes ace srd
ing 70 the geneman:s plan would be nearly equal IN hi.
own district to what they were in the Bedford ID ..
trict and the Pisylvania District though the two Ia.
l-ss than 1900.
Mr.. COOKE said he was surprised to find tina, he
was again charged with perpetua,ing injustice by his
MIR MERCER said the geneman had not originate d
the injustice, but his scheme give il perpe-
tuity.
injustice would be just perpetual with nut his
ss with it, The only difference between his plan and
that now In the Constitution was that the latter went
toperpeuate the injustice within the great Districts as
much II did between OF those Districts and an O..
ther; whereas his sy tho inu .tce az be-
tween county and county ,oithin those DISTRICTS
was already adopted and settled by distinct voc of
this body, and il h,d by that been rendered perpe
tual: all he did wa. to mitigate its operation in detail
"a Mr.. GORDON eaid, he should vote for Mr.. CooK =.
3 amendment, and against that Of Mr. SUMMERS He
saw in the former spirit Of conciaton: il went TO
relieve sectional in ses, aud thu, tended to bring
about those results OF harmony which every ierd oil
his country ought to desire. The inequalities within
the separate divisions of the State ing local and
county questions would involve the same Difficult
or produce the same sort OF excitement as hal been
encountered the present Convention yyhers fha
great opposing interests of the whole state were in con-
nict. But the plan of the gentleman from K-nhawa
set the Whole question OF again afoai:
II would operate unequAlly in practice The free
holds were necessarily larger in great slaveho ding
District, than in District of the extent inh
ted wholly ny white populations in this respect, the
plan would bear hardly the lower country: and
ticuiarIy in his own District, which largely inter-
csted in slave property.
Mr.. GEORGE rose 10 congratulate the pen,lem , n
from Abemare on his happy disposition, which enable
him with such perfect to change his
suit every new posture Of aif,irs When that gentle
man had hrs appeared in the Conven nothing would
suit him but basis CT free white popu ation: the gen
Neman would not much listen to any thing but
the white basis. Now he was most anxiously engage
In guarding the slave-holdng portion OF the State
The geatlenan's one and only object seemed to be to
guard hisown propositions and he turned for against
any measure proposed, just as i. threatened to affect
that proposition. He had risen expressly with vie W
to congratulate the gentleman, which he did most
heartily, on this his happy disposition
Mr. GoRDoN said, that he utterly denied an repu-
Tazewefl. He had chang ed of the opinions he al
brought with him to that Convention in citation to tn
proper and just basis Of representation He had con
tended from the first, and he had never rctr,,tcd In
position, that white population tho true basis He
still held that sentiment He wished il had been in hi.
power to congratulate the gen ieman from Tazs well,
on his disposition for Cancellation and COMPROMISE For
MS own part he did not profess desire an incapacity
10 receive light from argument esp .caly argume mt so
soe as such that was heard in that assembly, He ne
yer mad considered wisaon.to consist logged obsti-
Macy that persevered against every of
policy and all the force OF reason. The gentleman's
charge gave him little concern: his wihers ere un-
wrung, nor should he have felt the gbe at all save in
the unkind spirit which il betrayed
MIR. CAMPBELL of Brooke said, that il he had be en-
put torture to devise mode of perpeuaiing the
inJusce done by the present scheme of
between the Eastern and Western portion, Of the State
ne could not have invented effectua one than
that which had been proposed BY the gentleman from
Frederick, (Mr Cooke) 1t forever precIuded lao far
that word could he applied TO human hngs) ali hope
Oh any redress of existing grievances The only hope
OF consisted in this, that the pan would ope
rate so unequally within the great divisions of the
State, that IT would at las; produce some sympathy Tor
ne unjust treatment Of the Western part of the State
a, 10 present justice, the hope had been
cut Off and their only was the hone In, The nj
could be bound to operate unfairly and so
~, that others would be induced to &C. operate with
hen IN obtaining redress: If the plan did not operate
so, they coul have prospect Of obtaining allies ia
Their cause from other parts OF tn, State This mca-
sure would FAR 10 destroy that hope; and cor ccivag
II TO be thus hostile the interests of the West he
should vote agains il. "
MT. kANDoPH said that, at present advised he
should vote Tor the proposition of the gentleman from
fredencS;and Tor what appeared to him to be the plain
est oil all possible reasons. Two alternatives were pre
sentcd 10 them the one was should the apporonnen
proposed by the Select Committee, lift should be agreed
10 by the Housebe Interchangeable? or if in practice il
should be found to prove unequal should it be modified
oy the Legislature in such manner as might suit In,
circumstances OF the county The measure as he bat
understood it, did not involve the question TO the
peuity oil that plan of apporionmen which had beer
agreed upon as compromise, by the two sides of the
House:-it had nothing TO do with it, Let that PROPOSE
uon I've Withdrawn altogether, and where was any
thing In the Constitution which warranted chance
IN he apportonmenR One thing was sure; the count,
OF oudoun would be in her three delegates az
indeinitum. Loudoun, Frederick AMI Shenandoah
were sure oil their three portions of the public estate AZ
'"neH'hpW " there was any pcrpe.uty in the matters
that was the perPetuity. He had been sorry when
ne House had devoved upon the Select Commit
the task that could be better performed by the House
oi nurgesses They could make Apo 1onment among
the counties ana Senatorial Districts, that would su
much better than any the Convention were likely to A.
gree upon Was not obvious that without some .uch pro
position OF that OF the gentleman ON Frederick
posing the report OF the Committee to be alopcd b,
me Convention and their apportionment to stand that
the great and wealthy counties of Chesterfield Caroline
SPottyivania and Southampton, mot TO enumerate
o'hers) would stand to Iondoun as one TO three? lie
mad not the returns OF the Auditor before him
anu could not refer TO figures: but he was very
sure there was sort OF principle which could ;usv
The perpetuaton OF lhs monsirous this CRYING iniu.
nee lie charged nothing against the Committee nc
dld not doubt they had done their duty in shirt of the
utmost fairness, and had given the subject their be
attention Bat, was there any comparison bet geen the
wealth. and the contributions to the Treasury Of Car.
one and OF Loudoun3 was there any gentleman wis
fanI 10 $3.50