Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-01-20

lruCilou OF ages, sexes ana COrlltIOuS OF exist
cn,e; by transporting hither a large army of for
cign meTcensres, To conn lete The work ofdcath d
ulaun and tyranny, then already be,uu wi, circum
stances OF cruelty and perfdy unworthy the head o.
civilized nation; by answering Tepca' cd petit
tons for redress with rcpet,,om of Injuries; and
finally, by abandoning the helm of government, and
declaring us ont OF his allegiance and prot,ction by
which several acts at miSrule. the government OF
this country, as before exercised under tho crown
of Great Britain totally dissuvGd did, the reiore
having .matmey considered the promises, and view
ing with great concern the deplorablc condition.
which this once happy country would be reduced,
unless some regular adequate mode of civil poly
should be speedily adopted, and in compliance with
the recommendation of the General Cong rcss ordan
aud declare, form of government of Virginia:
! And-whcreas- the General Assembly of Virginia.
by act passed the tenth day of February in the
! year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
twenty -nine, entitled, an act to organic Conven-
ton did authorize and provide for the election by
the people, Of Delegates and Representatives, TO
meet and assemble in Gene al Convention at the
Capitol in the City OF Richmond, on the first Mon
day of October in the year last aforesaid TO consd-
or, discuss aud propose. Constitution or nj, er-
atoms aud amendments ofthe existing Constitution
OF this Commonwealth, TO BE- submitted TO the peo-
pie and to be by them ifed or rejected:
We, therefore, the Delegates and Representatives
of the good people Of Virginia, elected and in Con
!vcntion assembled in pursuance of the said act of
Assembly, do submit and propose to the people. the
following omondcd Constitution, aud form OF Govern
ment for thus Commonwealth that is to say
AaTIcLU |.
| The Declaration OF Rights made on the 9Th June,
1915, by The representatives Of the good people OF
Virginia, assembled in full aud free Convention Which
pcrtaned ,o them and their post eritv as The basis
and foundation Ut Government; requiring in the opn-
ION of this Cuncention no amendment shall be pre-
fXedto this Constitution, and have the same rsla
ton thereto as had TO the tGrrler Const uton of
| this Commonwealth.
ARrrcIE l.. .s
The Legislative, - i've, and Judiciary Depatt-
men's sa! g separate and distinct, so that neither
q no -.
the others Mr. shall any person exercise the powers
OF Eorc than one Of them at the same time, except
hat the Justices of the county courts shall be eligible
TO either House of Assembly
ARTICLE III.
l. The Legislature shall be formed OF two distinct
branches which together shall be complete Lecis-
ature, and shall be called the General Assembly of
Virginia
2 One of these shall be called lhe House OF Del
egaies, and shall consist Of hundred and thirty
four members, to be chosen, annually, for and by
the several counties, cities, towns, and borouUhs of
the Commonwealth; whereof thirty-one delegates
shall be chosen fol and by che twenty-sX count ly
ing West of the Allegheny If>untanS twenty five
for and by the fou teen ising between the
Allegheny and Blue Rid re of mountains forty-two
Tor and by the twentynne counties lying E~st Of the
Blue Ridge of mountains and above iide-water; a.A
thIrty-six for and By the countless cities, towns and
borougis lying upon Underwater, that is to say: OF
the twenty-six Counties lying West of the Alleging
ny, The counties of Harrison. Mont gomerv Mononpa
la, OH" aud Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates; and the counties of Brooke Cabell, Grayson
Greenbrcr, Giles, Kanawha, Lee Lewis Ioron
Mason, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas Preston Rpn
doph, Russell, Scott Tazewell, Tyler Wood ana
Wythe, shall each elect one Delegate. Ofthc four
Iseh Counties lying between the Alleshany aud Blue
Ridge, the counties of Frederick and SHENANDOAH
shall each elect three Delegates; the counties Of A.
gusta, Berkeley, Botetourt, Hampshirc jefferson
Rockingham and Rockbridgc, shall each elect two
Delegates and the counties of Al,rhanv Roth
Hardy, Morgan and Pendleon, shall each elect one
delegate vi the twenty-ninc counties lying Eas,
OF the Blue Ridge and above tidc-water the County
of Loudon shall elect three Delcrates: the connt; e
Albemare, Bedford, Brunswick Buckingham Can
nell CupePer, Fauquier, Franklin, Halifax, Meek
lehourg and flttsylvania, shall ch elcct two Dele
gates and the counties of Amelia, Amherst Char
iotfe, Cumberland. DInwiddie, Fluvanna GoochlanJ
henry Louisa, liuncnburg, Madison, Nelson Motto
way, Orange Patrick. Powhatan and Prince Edward
shall each elect one Delegate. And of the counties
cities, towns and boroughs lying on tide-water tho
counties Of Accomack and Norfolk shall each elect
two Delegates; the counties OF Caroline Chester
field, Essex, Fairfax, Greensvile, Gloucester Hapo
yer; ilenrco Isle of Wight, King and Queen, King
y william King George, Nansemond, NurtbumbeT
land Northampton, Princess Anne P,ince Gnorgo
Prince William, Southampton, Spottsvlyania. Stoc
ford, Sussex, SurIy and Westrnoroand and tbo ci,v
OF Richmond, the borough of Norfolk and the town
OF petersburg, shall each elect one Deleratc. tho
counties OF Lancaster and Richmond shall togctbo,
elect one Delegate, the counties of Matthews g Mia
ueseX shall together elect one Delegate; the counties
: OF Elizabeth City and Warwick shaU iopotbor -,
one Delegate, the counties of James City and vi
H. *.
and the city OF Williamsburg shall together elect one
Deiegate; and the counties Of New Kent ana Charles
! City shall together elect one Delrpate
3. The other House of the General Aesoo,tI
Shall be called the Senate, and shall consist of tbir
! ty two members, Of whom thirteen shall be chosen
tor and by the cva2.ies yii. West ofthe Blue Ridge
OF mountains and nineteen for and By t,,, counties
citeS towns and boroughs lying East thereof snA Ger
te election OF whom the counties, Cites towns aud
ooroughs sla be divided into thrty-two district. as
L,,,, "'e' PROVIDED Each county ofthe respective
heteir time Of the frs; election Of it's Dir
aote or DELEGATE, this Constitutions tall vote
Tor one Senator; and the Sher.S or other ON, 'crs
holding the election for cath county, city, town q,
borough, withn five days al hrthest after the last
county city town boro gh election in the district,
siall meet at some convenient place, and from the
polls so taken IN their respective counties, cities,
towns bcroughs return as a Senator the person
VITO shah have the greatest number of votes IN the
whole district. To keep up this Assembly by rota-
ton, the DISTRICTS shall be equally divided into four
classes and numbered by lot. At the end Of one
aftor the first nenergl election (he egIt