Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-03-25

teal wisdom from the transaction alluded TO.
And il is this; that liz making CIR eaie risSioas
ia future, as 20 the probability sgf obtaining
assistance, M the prosecution Of our views,
from this or that quarter of fhe State, we
should never forget to iDGGsre tc'sac secsSOsl ~
likely to haze The eTestes slterest IN promoting
them proper applestion CT tins naxlm
may throw some light on the js.guiry AZ ,slach
haze already glanced -xhe are likely 10 be
our staunchest friends and supporters IN
rire legislative bodies, ca those particular
questions OF internal improvement IN which
VIC shall be most Immediately and deeply an
terested.
We are separated from our trans Allegha7
ny brethren by a wide extent Of sterile and
mountainous country: We Go not trade with
them: we DO not pass through their country
TO our market, and. vice geysd, they do not
pass through our csantry TO theirs. There is,
therefore, and it is much TO be laInented,
little identity ofinterest between us.
The contrary is the fact. in all these par
| tculars, ia regard to our eastern heighbors
lnhabung the regioa between tho falls of the
rivers and the Blue Ridge mountains. They
| are coHsectesi with us by proximity. by faEi
~ alliances, by constant tEade andIntcrcoEse,
by - great common want, the want of good
roads 10 niarket-their read to market being
otiys. The rivers which gpSb from our noun
tauas wind theirway through tiae hills Of that
| Fesiea, which, have veEtuled, Oh de author
ty of one Of lis telcated sons, to ea!l Pied
Iaont, or ''he country 1T the foot of the
moi'ntain" They point oYt tue course OF
! trade, and are the lisaments that connect Us
with the East.
ifnfbe true, then, that the middle region
IS more intimately connected with us in in.
Iterest, than that beyond the Allegheny, WHY
should we. IN estn0atIng the power which we
acquire, under tie new Constitution, count
our delegation wisa that of the trans Allegha
( ny fesraa,, and say that ''the West has this
| OF that number cf votes in tie House of Del
egates or the Senate? Why not count our
| votes with Shose of the middle region, il we
| would ascertain, correctly, the strength we
are fkely to have, in any emergency, in the
| legislative bodies?
These calculations, repeat. are unplea
SAINT, and trust that spi.it Of comp,ehen
sive patriotism, rather than one OF sectional
combinaten, will rue the future counsels Oh
Virginia. But, II these sectional celebrations
are made against tle new Constitution. it is
| aut fan that they should be made al its fat1r
And i. they mast be made, /, for one, am
thoroughly persuaded thst the view / have
just takeo is sound and correct.
He" ,then, does the question stand IN the
new aspect Of this case? What amount Of
representation has this aa,lsad saild.e Country
in the House OF Delegates, under the new
or amended Constitution? The answer is,
the saiao quantity Of power wbicsi would
have been assigned TO by tie .'uite basis
co noAtsias. BY the white basis not of 1926
bot OF 1880. The proof consists i'll the mere
collation. Of a few figures.
The wlsstc population of the country
In 1880, have estimated At :. $40 ,Sie
The hslt of tie ~iite po,>Nlation is
therefore Sa4,oeS
The. eaitcd middle cosast,y contains
just one,i,aif, as thus:
The ahay contains, in 1880, :. 195 ,935
Piedmont, Or the middle country, 1S9 ,SG9