Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-04-07

Nahcc-. How MIR. GortiUn's scheme
"f present superintendent saws he.
cked out by those Of MIR. Cooke and
Mr.. Madison, for future regulation.
are calculated To work together Tor the
purpose Of cGeefing perpetual ,cesfeyn
S'arery. l shall presently show.' Cir
ouiar page q. lie rede~ms th,s pro
mise. IN regard Ia MIR. Madison's clause,
IN ms sixth page, by pouring out the
following exquisite j,f1n6ie excuse the
vu'gariiy ct the word, il is the only
one ] can End on a level with the sub.
lJect,) OF contradictions, absurdities
and sheer nonsense.
Alter saying, in the first place, that
by MIR. Madison's provision there ne
'rer mil De ne,1 apporfionnienf
throughout The sfaie'-and that NAV
d. be true enough-hc adds, a few lines
further on, Two thirds of both houses,
under pretence of making new ap.
pori'onmcnf, have it in their power TO
increase the house Of delegates to I so.
! AMI the senate to Sc members and
'Mere Is nothing 10 restrain them. IN
The year l84l, FROM so exercising this
| power as 10 give Ia the east the add.
'nonai eighteen delegates and four Sc
majors, and this they ,ciH surely do. If
they should fnd The present ndjoritics
'foo we0k TO enable them 10 control
the government as they please
lhot IS To say, though there neper
'c'hf oe-d re dppoTfionmenf,' yet. il the
people OF the east should find ia ls4l
that their majori'y in the legislature is
zoo freak TO enable them TO control the
government, they will incontinently
pass law by strong majority. 20 wit:
t"o-thirds, for eappOrtionment of
representation, by which they will con :
ter on themselves Is more votes in the
house Of delegates and 4 in the senate,
Unfortunate Westerns that we are
how shall we ever shake of the yok e
"i these Eastern genii. or geniuses, or
magicians. ant quo alto noDIine gandenf.
who possess the power of making a re
apportiOnment which can never be
made, and OF voting themselves extra.
ordinary powers. when they have not
votes enough Ia carry ordinary mea
sures! Of such stuifare circulars made,
and such are the grounds on which the
honorable Philip Doddridgc rejects the
constitution which is submitted 10 the
people of Virginia.
But l must return from this long di-
erosion, for which ! have no other OF
better excuse than that given by the
celebrated Whitfield. when accused Of
rambling IN his sermons "Ifmy hear.
ers," SAID he. ramble to the ID, |
must ramb'e after them"
was reiutlng, by a detailed state
mcnt of all the important votes "a Inch I
gave IN the convention after the 18th
ct December. the charge preferred a :
gainst me by the writer Of the circular.
OF having. on that day, deserted 10
the standard of my opponents. The
last vote which | mentioned, was one
given on the 9Th of January, in favor Of
Mr.. Poweli's proposition Tor q future
apportionment, on which occasion 1
had the honor to vote with the Hon.
Philip Doddridge, and was consequent
iy right.
On the same day. il was proposed by
Mr.. stuart, staunch friend of reform.
to amend my provision for future ap-
portionment rifhin the four great dis
tricts. by providing that such future
apportiOnments should he made on the
basis Of white population. ! should. Of
course. have proposed that bass my
sell, hal not been perfectly assured
that the proposition could not succeed.
! thought that the sense Of the house
had been tested often enough on this
lVexed question. and I was aiming at
'Pr0eIic0tfs anil ail0iH0Jie improvements
~ the constitution which We were en-
gagged "a forming. Nevertheless, vo-
ted To- MT. Stuart's proposition as an
amendment Co my own. /, was lost Of
course. And here again voted a
gaInst the whole phslanx Of the east.
Tie next proposition made on this
eVentiul 9th Of January. was that OT
Judge Summers. set forth at length in
note appended to my second letter.
IL vas proposition 10 give the sane
ION 81 tiie convention 90 the existing
inequality 81 representation. Isuppu.r
iheed mak no apology 20 YOU for voting
against his proposition, though ! con.
less that the Circumstance at my voting,
on this oceasi0n, with The fasfeTn paTfV,
-, prim0 IsCie, rather suspicious one.
On the 18th 81 January. 70 thibk, tor
have n'islsid that part ~ lhe journal
Mr.. Campbell. "f Brooke. moved to
amend Mr. Madison scheme for fu-
iure appoffIOnmruf. BY requiring the
sanction a. majority 81 The qualified
voters ~ any Dew distribution Of poll
teal power proposed Nv twO thirds Of
H. fs.fsI.ffUa t.oat.a 4 w~s.A r.. A
amendment and a. hs. Campbell j.
orlbosloH. ~ politics - least. 4 pre-
sums that this all F..s Tor good vest
vrn vote.
A very valuable amendment Of Ar.