Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-30
MIR. COOKIES FOURTH Ln1TEn.
rCoNTINUED.1

Nor are these tho only con radictons into VIII
the wliter of the circular has been BETRAYED by
cayerness to csnsure me Mr.. Madson's clause
ridng for future apportionments by vote oft~
thirds of both houses, which unfortunate a
coiye the support of my humble vote, Is dcaounc'
filing up the measure Of western wrongs aud gr''
vanccs. How Mr.. Gordon's scheme of present APP
portionmcnt," says he, "eked out by those of Nj
Cooke aud Nj Madison, for future regulation, are
calculated to work together for the purpose OF eGee'
ing perpetual Stlcery,I shall presently show
Circular page Il. He redecpis this promise, In re
gard Mr.. bIadisons clause, in his sixth page, by
pouring ont the following exquisite tumble tcxcuse
the vuCarity of The word, 1t is the only one find
on level with the subect,) of contradictions, absur
ditics and sheer nonsense.
After saying, the first place, that "by Mr. Madl-
sons provision there meier tciH be netc Gpporon
'ment throughout The Staie''-und that may be true
Cnough-hc adds u few lines further on, "Twothrds
col both houses, under pretencc oi making new ap
'Portunmcnt, have il their power To increase the
mouse OF delegates to $50, and the senate TO 36 men,
''bcrS; and there as HJtin 10 restrain them, i'll the
year 8Il, from exercising this power as TO give
TO the east the additional eighteen delegates and four
senators, and ihs they OiH surely do IF they should
rd he present mGIorules too UeGt 10 enable them TO
"Controul tho government they Please"
That is TO say, though "tiere Rsuer triU be q re-
GppoTttORmsHt, yet, If the people OF the cast should
find in 3ii that their majority the Legislature
too oe0e to enable them TO control the government,
they will ncontluCntly pass law by strong majority,
towt. twOthrds, for reapportiOnmcnt OF representa-
ton, by which they Will couter themselves 10 more
NOlCS IN the mouse OF delegates anu more the Sc
nate! Unfortunate Westerns that are, how shall
we ever shake ofthe yoke OF these Eastern gcn, or
seniuses, or mag cans, dut quo dtlo HOn'ne dudcn,
who possess the power Of making rc-apportlOnmcnt
which can never he made, and Of wong themselves
extraordinary powers, when they have not votes
enough 10 carry ordinary measures! OF such stuff
circulars made, and such the grounds which
the honorable Philip DOddrIdge rejects the ro0siitu
ton which is submitted 10 tie people OF Virginia.
But must return from this long DEPRESSION, for
which have no other or tier excuse than that gi-
ven by the celebrated Whitfield, when accused of
ing IN his sermons: III my hearers, said he
"ramblc TO the d, must ramOc efjcr them"
was rciuug, by a detailed state mont of all the i'm
portant votes which gave i'll the convention alter
the 18TH oil December, the charge Preferred against
Inc by the writer Of the circular Of having, on that
day, deserted 10 the standard of my opponents
The last vote which mentioned was given the
Gh of January, in favor of Mr.. Poweils proposition
for future apportiOnmGnt, on which occasion had
the honor to vote with the Hon, Philip D0ddrdge,
and was consequently right.
On tn, same day 1t was proposed by Mr.. Stuart,
s'aunch friend Of reform to amend my provision for
future apportIOnmcnt Uithn the four great districts
by providing that such future appointments should
be made on the basis OF white population. should of
course. have proposed that basis myself, had |
been perfectly assured that the proposition could not
succeed. thought that the sense of the house had
been tested often enough this veXed question. and
was aiming at prGctjcaLie aud dttdinabte improve
ments in the constitution winch we were engaged in
forming. Nevertheless, voted for Mr. StuIrts pro-
position as an amcndncn; to my own. 1t was lost of
course And here again voted against the whole
phalanX of the cast.
The next proposition made on this evcntful 9Th of
January was that of Judge Summers set forth at
length in note appended TO my second letter. 1t
was proposition to give the sanction of the
ton 10 the existing inequality of representation
suppose need make no apology 20 you for voting
against thus proposition though confess that the CIR
cunstance ofmy voting, this occaion with the
eG''er" party is, prfn'a fdcie, rather suspicious
to,t. 4
that part OF the Journal, Mr. Campbell of Brooke mo-
we'd to amend Mr. Madsons scheme FOR future APP
por'ionmcnt, by requiring the of majority
ut the qualified voters to any Distribute opo-
lica power proposed By two thirds of the legislative
bodies | voted for the amendments; and as Mr..
Campbell Is orthodox, in politics at least, presume
that tins will pass for good western vote.
very valuable amendment of Mr.. Madi ous plan
w1s moved on the same day by Mr. Campbell of
Washington. He proposed to give 10 a niajOriry OF
the legislative bodies the power propose new APP
portIonncns OF represent alton, but To require the
sanction Ola majority of the whole number of the
qualified voters. | voted for his amendment Also
and against my eastern allies. And here my impcr-
feet copy of the journal terminates. But no other
question:, believe, taken, which drew line of
dcmarcatlon between the two parties except the Fl.
nal ono of the adoption of the constitution.
And now, fellow citizens, what do you think Of the
man who with full knowledge Of all these votes
endeav0rs to make yon believe, as shall presently
show you that he does that some time bH|yre the
rc5pondenCe with the eastern party, that / shame
fully went over TO their standard on the 10TH and
was during the remainder Of the session, their DOL
lla inG ImoDt, their slave EMPLOYED i'm the K 8
forging chains for the west? Have used language
too strong concerning such man, when i have
said that ] will stamp and brand him w.,h infamy,
But before L comment his account of the
proceedings the 10Th of December, Will dispose
of charge preferred against me in the third PAGE
OF the circular. "In the speech of Mr.. Cooke-fe
disclosed all that had passed at our meetings."
The idlschood, which is here attempted To- be palm
cd on the public as truth, is that / troacheronsJy
d'SetoSed, IN the convention and to our political op
punens, all that had passed At pripate meetings of
the western party, where the individuals COMPRISING
them, conldiug IN the honor and secresy of each
other and thrown off their guard, uttered without
restraint what they would not have CT osen to utter
publicly The talsclood Of this most scandaous
impulatlon abunddnty exposed not only by the do
tailed and uncontTadictcd statement Of the character
ol those meetings made IN my published speech off
December 10th, but by the following extract from
fitn rom lie If fr., A -