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THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
.'h. Cooks's foroth letter 10 lis Constituents

'hT CVohe JOH'h tciteF 70 .tS Constituents
cn>ctunvr.l
Having disposed Of those prelimna-
~ matters, come now to the sunpar-
allied scene Of the 18th of December.
Bnt TO expose more thoroughly the nu.
mcrous falsehoods which crowd and
jos,le each other in this part of the cir
GUAR. L must commence with the pro-
ocedings of the day before. On that
day (the 18th OF Decemberl the wes.
tern plan vas third time defeated.
IN effect. IN the following manner -
The house. IN passing regularly through
the report Of the committee of the
whole. took up for consideration what
was called. IN technical OF parliament
airy language. "Mr. Upshur's resolu.
ton as amcndeh,r but what was. in
fact, General Gordon's plan OF present
aPport,onment. with Judge Up-hur's
plan OF future apportiontnent en.raft
ed on II. The latter was rejected by
vote Of 9j To /. The former was
adapted by vote Of so TO 46, Mr.. II.
aud myself voting IN the minority. and
with The western party. This vote Of
MIR. Henderson and myself, which WAS.
IN effect. vote in favor Of the western
plan. the only rirai Of Gen. Gordon.
va. gwen IN compliance with the re-
lutVnt promise extortcd from US, AS
beiore stated, BY the opportunities
ut our political friends, immediately
after the double defeat sustained by the
western plan OIL the 9Th December.
The question had no sooner been
taken. than SIR. Leigh submitted 10 The
house The Reto plan of representation
which have before described in de tail.
Al ailusion 20 this plan has been pur-
posety omitted by the writer Of the cir.
cular. though II was formally discussed
on the next day, iihe I9;h) full his
tory of whose incidents, which cannot
be- understood without referring 10 this
plan. be affects 10 give. Being under
the az appeared afterwar,ls) erroneous
impte ssIon that Gen. Gordon's plan
bad been finany adopted by the vote
just then taken, and utterly dissustcd
with the netc plau proposed. rose in
my place an6 inquired Of the speaker
whether II was IN order for Sir. Leigh
% move a HeJc plan after TIE house, by
a vote OF so 10 10, had just adopted
Gen. Gordnn's. For the continuation
of the narrative l here insertan extract
from my speech made the next dat Il
The chair was understood to de.
eide. expressly. that BY uai vote tho
resolution of the gentleman from Albc =.
marie vas hnaily adopted. and that
ihc resolution 81 The gentleman from
Chesterfield, proposing new plan n
representation, offered immediately az
ter. could not be considered. and thai
q vas n1t in order To- offer II til ;he
hoasc bad iirst agreed o. reconsider
thc resolution then recently adopfed.
The resolution ~ the gentleman from,
Chesterfield vas then lad on the t,Llc.
and the house adjourned.
! he gentleman from I.oudoun and
myself having tl,ns thrice voted for the
western Plan. ard having seen II thrice
"eleaied aud each time by the same
vote 81 tity members. con .,dered il as
hnAlly disposed Of. and dij not ,,naqioe
,'." ~ wafmest friends INDUCED the
.'p. o. rcsosciiaiirg IL, or mcant again
"y w. W. considered Ourselte
u,e'eiofe' iilly atliberty 10 support a. =
pan pa, winch We originally preferred and
80 'hned % prefer. 10 that which
n'' Jas' been lost. We considered
tae plan alluded 70, Chat Of the Gen
.,e'han ~ Alternately a. i,npefilled b,
She new proposition ~ the ,r,tte,,,,.
ron Chesterfield, which We feared
would be brough, On aad .pnoo,,sd ~
:" eastern mgof,ty, BY mcaos Of a sue.