Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-11

uscesssfy ioT The public good ny denyng ms
governor. permission 10 pass laws 81 iin mediate
sol pre- ,,ng importance. unless suspended 10
their oprfarion tor his assrni, and whsnso SUE
pended neg lecung 10 silend q them for many
wears; by refusing 20 pas. eer'aia oihsr law,
aale.s the persons TO be benehiiod ny them
would fellnanish the ineslimabe right Of repre-.
senisiion ia the Leg,sature by s"lf'ng
leg .Is,,ss assemblies frpestedly aid continual
IN. for opposinc With manly htmne.s his inSa-
Sims OF The ngh's ri the people When dissol.
we'd bs rpfusia 10 cali others for long space
OF time. thereby leaving the political system
without any legislative head by "ndea"ofing
10 prr vent the population II our country, ana
for that purpose bspnciing the laws for ihr
nalnraliIau n Of 'oIoigners by keeping
,nongu in time of peace. sanding armies aud
shia. ol war by affecting q render the nilla.
., inden 'ndeai Of and superior 10, the ciHii
n 4ser b, combining wIlh others 10 su'Jaci u
10 foreign jurisdiction gving his assent 10
their preien. ed acts OF legislation, for quarter
log large bodies IT armed troops among a., Tor
cutting If our trade will all paris OF the WORLD
Tor imuos,ns tHNes onDs without our consent. .. or
deriving us NJ ibe benefits of the trial by jury,
for Transporting IL beyond seas 10 be tired ior
pretended Offences, for snspentr'g our own
Legislature and declaring Themselves invested
" "a power Ia icgi.iaie Tor us IN all cascs whai
ever y, plunde,ing our seas, rsvhging our
cna- %. burnfng our towns and dcstoymg the
lives Of our . ope by acting INSURE nous
Of our fellow 81 c'sNt tn all fen'nis OF
forfsitute aud condscaiion by prompting ouf
negroes TO rise ~ arms among Us, those v"ry
negr Is, whom. by an Inhuman use Of hi n'g
auve. he mad refused US permission 20 exclude
by law E; by endsaVorins 10 hing "a the IA 70
ilants Of our frontiers, the merceB lnria
savag,s " hose known rule oil warfare 10 undn.-
ting ,isled destruction oi all ages, sexes and
coadiions OF existence; by transpOr ing n
'argr army OIL fpIclgn mere nhrIes, 10 complete
tha work of death, desoiati III aud yranny, then
air div begun with cIlcums anccs oil cruelty
and peffdy unwOtIhy the head OF CiVIl'z'd
naiion ny answ'riHg pnr repeated petitions
foI redress With a Tepeiiitpn OF i'Jhfms and
finally. by abandoning tiie helm OF government,
GEARING ia out Of all"g ance and pro
tectIon NV which trsefAl ats - misI ie, tie
vrrnment OF this country, as befor, exercised
undct TIN Crown II CT At Brtaio, wa. toiali,
dss lved : ~ thet, fTr. having ma iurely
c .iderrd the pr, muses., and v,e"ig wIih
z Al ono IN the d'ptofsbie condition, 10
Wi h this once happy ountry would b. fedu-
unless some irgniH' adequate node II
cisl poI,ty should he speedily adopted, amt IN
Co pliancc with the recommendation OF the
&C. crsl Congress. OF ain aud declare, ioIm
OF K 'Setnnent ol Vugiua.
Aud whereas h. Gcn"fnl As emily Of Virgi
nfa, by nh Mt passcd on tn 10Th day OF F'b-
rnary, IN the ,eat of N, Lord ole thuusar Il
elg hun lred and Wen y-nlns enlii ri act
u orgauizr n Conyem u, did .uthoilzc aud
provide for tho Ella uOn, by The people, ol De-
egaie, aud Rrpfes utaDV :, H. meet aud Assem-
/. 4 I nm a D. ,,
The city of Richmond, on the FIRST Moody Of
DC ober IN The var ast aforesaid % consider
cuSs aud propose, new COnstItu ion OF a .
teIatious Gna nm ndmeuts OF the txlstiug I on
st nuoa Of tins toomon wealth, 10 be s. bn,ittcd
I ihu people aud 10 be- by them ratified on re.
ject"d
We, therefore, ne Drlega,es and Represen
tliyrs OF the good pcoi.lo Of VrsIuin. 81 cied
aud IN onstntl5n assembled / pursuance OF
thr sad = ! OF Assembly, d submit aud propose
IN tle peop.e tie FOLLOWING amended Consul -
to- an Form of goseTnm ut ioT this Com.
mo wealth, tuai is 30 >at.
/. he Leg slst,vo Exec. i've, and Judiciary
Department shalt be separate add distinct,
tat neither eIerci'e he powers properly he.
longing TO either OF he Others nor shall any
person exercise the powers Of moe than one q
them a The same time, excrp tina ne Ju'.
tic OF the County Courts hall be eligible 10
ehh House of Assembly.
II le Legislature shall be formed of two
distinct branches Which together shall be II
cample'c Leg ,laiure, and shall he called the
General Assem- " al Virginia.
III. One / the shall be allied The House
OF Delegates. aud shall ronsist Of one hundred
aud twenty seven members, TO be chosen, an
nnaly, tor aud by the several counie. eli =,
hn, III H. 4 =
whereof twenty mn, Delegates shuI. pt hosen
II and by the tweniv s,N cnhnfIes lying West
% The Alleg hnny monntalns twenty four tor
a1d b, the fourteen COUNTIES ls ing between ihe
u ghany and Blue Ridge of mounis. ns forty
10 ani toy the twenty nne cnunue, lying East
OF the Blue Ridge an above tIde WA er ; an
ut, -four for and hy the counties, cite, towns
and horoughs lying UPON ,lde wate NJ Is 10
shy VI the twenty SIN counties lSiog West oil
the Allegheny, thu countIes of Harri>o4, OHIO
AID Washington, -hall each clecI Two D,cga rs
and the COMMITTEES 4 Brooke, Cab II, Gravsan.
Gt"enhrIer, Giles. kanan ha. Lee, Lrnls, Lo.
gan, Ma'on Monongala, Monroe, Montgo9e.
ry. Nicholas, Pbcahouths. Prestor, Randolph.
Russell, Scott. TaEewell, Tyler, W cd and
wy TIE, shall each cleo one Delegate OF the
fourteen connie lying bew eco the Allegnsny
aud Blue Ridge Of Mountains. The countus I
Frederick and Shenandoah shall each elstt
three Deleeates; the counties OF Augusta
tetout Hampshire, j fferson Rockiug ham,
and kocRbn'dge, shall each elect two Delegates
tho counties o. Berkeley aud Morgan shall
together elect two Delegares--and ne cornt,es
OF ALE ghany Bath, Hardy aud Pendleton, sha Il
each elect one Dclegat. U the twenty u,ne
coun les lying East oil the Blue Ridge OF NOM
'a'ns an" above tide water, the county OF Lou
doun shall cleo three Delegsies-the counrie,
ot Alsemar'e, Bedford. Bnrking am, Campbell
Cupeper, fauquer, Halifax and MecklenhurR,
and f"stlvania, shall each elect Two Dele
gates-Hnd the counties Of Amelia Amherst
Brunswick, Charlotte, Cumberland, DInwid
die. tluvanna, Franklin, Gonch'and Henry,
Louisa, Lunenhurg, Madison, Nelson, MOTTO
way, Orange, Patrick, Po~halan aud Prince
Edward shall each elect one Delegate And OF
the counties. CT res. towns and bnrouRs. living
n tide wafer, the counties OF Aceumack and
Norio,e, shall each elecl two Delegates the
c uutes Of Caroline, CDestcifici Essex,
Fairfax, Greensville, Gloucester, Hanover
Heorico. Isle of Wight King and Queen. K,na