Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-03-17

ny Madison PtvfSS~~ :. - tol
,be same article which Immediately 10.
low hat Of MIR. Cooke, and may be ]usry
-" al is twin brother. BY this article
,5o General Assembly have power once
n eyery ten years after 1871, to re-aPPosIc
~ go rayrcsentation, so that the House oil
Daiord,es shall never consist Of more lHan
lao. nor The Senate OF more than 90 me- 'u.
hers Butths power can only De eN,
800 go, IN tro thirds O the members OF eaC"
House Mr.. Chapman moved to sl', TN,
ont .,ta o thirds" supposlng that when I've
Fast we're d, handing majority OF '"e"''
, - r,or,bers IN the House Of Delegates
and Of SIX m ,ho Senate, thoy asked pow" ,1,
and security enough. Mr.. COOKE 49,
groinst Chapman's amendment ID ",''D w.
yo,o bo was ioiucd by two or three o'he'S
con, tho West. and by about the same
-,yr,' on the adoption of Alr. Madison :
resolution. Lastly, on the PAsSage ~ -, ~
I Constitution al the Western lho,n0,l'
voted In the negative, except Mr. i o'A5'
Vbe result of our labors is curious indeeu'
We demanded the passage OF law 'oi
-,ll,r.g q Convention, and our masters }"
r.
,be East gave us one OF their own forging
,,d winch an our members voted against
We demanded an amended or new Con ,l.
sutuuon. and our masters gave US ' IL, "'so'
b.t so dlstasteful to the Pala'es OF " esle'h
me, ,bat but one of them could swalio"
=, How NIr. Gordon's scheme OF present
oon-,t;onment. e,cd ont by those oil MI
coke and MIR. Madison for future regu'a
.fon..nre calculated 10 work together Tor
tbe purpose of ofectng perpetual western
slavery, Twin presently show
I f.el.lt necessary to state to you my
reasons f,r beng thus particular as 10 'Ir.
, ,,ooko's votes N Convention after the tata!
I9h of December.
g That gentleman has deemed itPropcr 70
D publish two papers to explain and VIndI-
b cate his measures IN Convention, pariicu-
4 larly his desertIon to the standard OF our
- opponents. These papers have atten-
b lively persued. Lam informed Mr.. l5ca-
d Idcrson has taken tho same method ot
(. Iiasacying HIMSELF bat have not seen has
j. productions. nor have | the least desire to
;, read them. MIR, Cooke has thought pro
;. per 10 disparago the views Of the extreme
d West. and to disown us as allies. lie mas
d termed the country between the Blue
r. RIDGE &, tide. the Piedmont OF theStatc, Y
b maintains that the people Of that country
are the allies of the Valley; that we have
e no common interest with them lie al
3, mifs we came TO their aid and fought by
O heir side, but no; for their benefit nor toi
% ,riacjple. but 10 retain the power we had
d and get what elsc we could. lie goes TAI
enough 10 admit that his object IN calling
" ON us to Join him was Just like that o.
r, NAPOLEON when he called on the Spanisl
d NToparch; VIZ. TO take a portion Of ON
q mower from US! When trying to reconcile
o his Intended course to me. he spoke OF th'
u ease with which his. country and their.
could pursue our schemes of Internal I'm
provemcnt. lie has now discovered Iha
sc have no schemes in common with The
= Vallc7, but that Piedmont has.
MIR. Cooke has found it necessary, in
order 10 Justify himself, to cast the first APP
pie Of discorl between the Valley and ihc
- Wcst--to kindie the first firebrand be-
tween those whom, but one year ago, he
urged to the establishment Of q reformed
= Government, without the aid of tho Legs
d. lature. and to the subvorsiou Of an odlous
dospouc aristocracy on tide. As Mr.
. Cooke shows himself to have been the only
y. man from the Valley VINO had the sagacity
10 perceive, or the boldness 10 announce,
those unpopular truths, on the knowledge
of which the true interests Of the Valley
dcnoaded. we have yet the liberty to hope
n that his countrymen will be too duh of APP,
+ prchc1sion to be enlightened by him. We
-, ought not 10 fear that Our friends East OF
the Allegheny can find il in their hearts to
SIZE any large portion of their countrymen
placed n that scauddlous state Of political
vassaIage 90 which one Of their Delegates
- has contributed to reduce them.
The adoption Of the 4lh and 9TH clauses
+, OF the S,h article encouraged the East 10
D % further, and 20 add another link 20 The
, chain that was preparing for our humila-
lien. Mr.. Green, Judge Of the General
Court, on the 12lh Of January, proposed
the 9th clause of the 4lh article, by which
Congressional Districts are forever 10 be
laid Of on the Federal basis.
u It would be uncandid not 10 admit that
| fhe now Constitution IS in several respects
an improvement on the old. The SUN Of
/ t-ese improvements are, principally, the
ifollowiug:--
I First. The reduction Of tho number of
mcnbe-s in the Legislative body is a say
inc of expense. While the required quail
Gcation ofage, together with a singlcness
cf oLctro MIL t.,I D.. IT, .....r e.