Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-04-02

up the measure OF western wrongs and grievances
Chow MIR. Gordons scheme of present
says he, " ~ksd out Try those OF MIR. Cooke and Mr..
Madison, for future regulation are calculated work
together Tor the purpose OF c6ectng perpetual resten
slavery, shall presently show" [Cucular mage g. I
lie redeems this promise, in regard to Mr. Madisons
clause In his sixth page, by pouring out the following
exquisite tumble excuse the vulgar'y OF the word IL
10 Tho only one find a level with the subject
OF contradictions, absurdites and sheer nonsense.
Alter saying, in the first place. that "by MIR. Madi-
sons provision there meoer ,cH be ne,c opportion
ment throughout the stdfe-ani that NAV be true e.
nough-he adds few lines further on 1.-TWO thirds of
both house,, under pretsnce Of making a new appor
nonmen'. have in their power to increase the house
OF delegates to loO and the senate TO 80 members and
there IS nothing to restrain them, in the year 1871
from SO exercising this power give TO the east the
additional eighteen delegates and four senators ana
this they ,oiu surely do, if they should find the pre-
sent mdorfies too reak to enable them control the
government as they please"
That Is to say, though "heye neper TOLL be m re.op
port ent yet. il The people Of the east should find
in sii that their majority in the legislature too ,oeak
TO enable them to control the gov eminent they will in
contincntly pass law by strong majority to w.t. two
thirds, er re-apportionmeEt OF alton, by
which they will confer themselves Is more votes in
the house OF delegates and four more in the seDate
Unfortunate Westerns that are, how shalt ever
shake of the yoke of these Eern gen or or
mag icians, dut quo aiio noniine gdudent, who p
sess the power Of making a re superintendent which
can never be made, aud Of voting Themselves extraor
binary powers, when they have not votes enough to
carry ordinary measures! or such stuff are Giro
made, aud such are the grounds which the Hon.
mitted TO the people OF Virginia.
But mu.treurn from this long iigression for which
nave no other or better excuse than that given by the
celebrated Whitfield, when accused Of raniJiing in
his sermOns: III my hearers said he rambIe TO the
d., must rambie after them"
was refuting by detailed statement Of all the i'm
portant votes which gave in the convention after the
l9h oil December, the charge preferred gainst me by
the writer OF the circular, Of having on that sy e
serted to the standard Of my opponents" The last
which mentioned was one given on The Sth OF JAnu-
ary in favor Of Mr.. Powes proposition for future an.
portionmcnt, which occasion had the honor to vote
with the Hon. Philip Doddridg, and con.e qusut.
1y right.
On the same day it was proposed by Mr. Stuart.
staunch friend Of REFORM amend my provision for flu
ture superintendent ,othn the four great districts by
providing that such future sppporonments should be
made on the bssis Of white population. shouli of
course, have proposed that basis myself hal not beer
perfectly assured that the propo tion could
cecil thought that the sense Of the house had been
tested often enough on this ed que .tion and was
aiming at practicable and dftdndble improvements, i'm
me con,"u'ion which we were engaged in forming
Nevertheless voted for Mr. Stu r,s proposition as an
amendment TO my own. Ii was lost Of course. And
here again voted against the whole haanx of the east,
Inc next proposition made this eventful 9Th of
january was that oil Judge Summers forth length
in note appended to my second letter. 1t was pro.
posion 10 give The sanction of the convention the
isung inequality oil representation suppose l need
make no apology to you Tor voting against this PROPOSE
uon tho confess that the circumstance of my voting
on this occasion, with the eastern parfy is uriDd
Jdcte, rather a suspicious one.
On the 18th Of January Il think for have msIaid
that part OF the journa Mr. Campbell Of Brooke NOV
cd to amend Mr. Madson's scheme for future appor-
nonment, by requiring the sanction of majority of the
qualified voters TO any distribution of political pow
er proposed by two-thirds of the lcgisla vc bodies
voted for the amendmcn and Mr.. Campbell is ortho-
dox i'm politics least presume that this will pass for
a good western vote.
very valuable amendment Of Mr.. Madison's plan
was moved on the same day, by Mr.. Campbell of Wash
ng'on lie proposed TO give to majority Of the lesis
ativc bodies the power to propose nts
oil representation but to require the sanction Of ma
Jorty OF the whole number of the Qualified voters
voted for his amendment also, and against my
ern allies And here imperfect copy of the journal
terminates. But other question: believe was taken
which drew line of demarcation between the two par
ties except the final ono of the adoption of the consu
ton.
And now, fellow citizens, what 10 YOU think of the
man who, with full knowledge of ali these votes en-
beavers to make yeu believe, shall presently shew
you that he does, that time before the 10Th OF De-
cember was carrying secret CORE spondence with
the eastern party that shameuy went over to their
standard on the l9h and was, during the remainder OF
the session, their tool their instrument their slave
poyed in the work OF forging chains :or the wes Have
L used language too strong concerning such man.
when have said that will stamp and brand him with
infamy?
But before comment on his account of the proceed.
ings the 10Th of December, will dispose of charge
preferred against me in the third page of the circular
"1n the speech of Mr. Cooke he disclosed all that had
passed at meetings.
The falsehood, which is here attempted to be pamcd
on the public as truth is, that treacherously disclosed
had passed at private meetings Of the western party
where the individuals composing them, confdng in the
honor and secrecy OF each other and thrown off their
guard, uttered, without restraint what they would not
have chosen TO utter publicly The f,lsehood Of this
most scandalous mpuation is abundantly exposed, not
only by the detailed and unc0nrddctei statement of
the character Of those meetings made in nv published
speech of December I9h but by the following extract
from the remarks OF my friend Mr. Mercer, made in
the convention on the same days "Ihe meeting not
hetd m private; other gentlemen present besides
the members OF the convention; some gentlemen whom
he did not personally know The door had been al,cdus
opento The intrusion Of any one"
The meetings were held in the hall of the House of
Delegates, on two successive evenings. They were
convened, or the first of them at least by Mr. Hendcr
son and myself not for party purposes as partY ca
derstood by the writer of the circular Those meetings
were convened with the patriotic view of hushing the
strife oil party, and OF soothing the fierce anmostics
which menaccd the integrity of the commonwe ah-
with the view, in short Of endeavorng agree on some
compromise plan OF representation which would be, if
not agreeable, at least tocrable both the east and the
west will again do the writer of the circular the us-
tice to say that well imagine that his little soul
was incapable of concciviog the generous and patriotic
purpose for which those meetings convened and
that he is not yet able to persuade himself that the
were not party caucuses, TO carry party purposes
But ii his moral and intellectual eyes blinded by
party feelings his bodily organs Of vision told him tn
those meetings were open and public And yet, with
view TO heap odium me, he has Naturalization il
would have been too great stretch of audacity, even
In him, to ds'ertihathcy secret and confiden-
tial.
But all the calunnies which have thus stated and
answered, sink into absolute nsignhcance when com
pared with those which arc contained i'm tho foowno
extract from the circulars: