Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-11

ten without any Legislative head by endeBs-
oring 10 prevent the population of our country,
= aud Tor thai purpose obsiruciing the laws for
the natural zali n Of fore gners /; by keeping,
, among us, In time of peace, SANDING armies
and ships OF war by affecting to reader the
, military independent oil and superior 10 the CT
wi power by combining with others 10 sulject
IA 10 a for ign jurisdiction; giving his s'sen.
10 heir pretended acts OF legislation, for quart
trnng large bodies 81 armed troops among rs.
for cutting oil out unle 1ih all parts Of the
world Tor imposing tsIes on as without our
consent. for deptvine Us Of the benefits Of the
trial by Jury. for transporting rs beyond seas
10 be tried for pretended offences. for saspH NJ
ding own Leg iseiures and declaring them
selves invested with power 10 icgisate Tor ms
IN all cases whatsoever; by plundefIng our sea-.
ravaging our coasts burning our towns, and
destroy iug the lives of our people by melting
insurfsctions of our lello" subjects with the
ailuremenls Of forfeiture aud cDnfitcatton by
prompting our negroes 10 tise n arms among
u, those very negroes, whom by an nhunau
use OF his negative he had refused Us permission
10 exclude by law, by enjeasor,ng I, bring on
the inhabitants Of our lronilers, the merclless
Indian sayages, whose known rule OF warfare
| is an undl.ttuguished destruction Of all ages,
sexes and conditions Of exstenCs; by trans
douing hlihcr large army Of foreign merce-
mares 10 cpmplutr the work al dsa h, desoia-
ton and Is rHnns. then already begun with cir.
cumsfances Of cruelty aud per6dy unworthy
the cad ola civilized nation by answering
our repeated pc iiiOns fpr redre : with repeti-
lion Of injuries aud hnally, by abandoning
the helm Of go ernment, and declaring Us out of
his al, eg ance and protection. by which seYer.
| n acts OF misrnle. the government OF this coun
Try, a. he.orc exercised under the Crown of
| I.FaaI Rrtfatn fatally iii .oiypd hid
| brefore, having mainfey considered the prem
| lscs, and siswHg with great concern the deplu
| rabe condition 10 nhlcH th', once happy c0nn-
Try would be reduced. unless some regular adj
quite mode OF evil poliy shood be speedily
adoptr d, aud IN compliance viii The recon
nendafton Of The General Congress- ordain
and declare, a form ptgoytrnnent ofbIrgin
Ia;
And whereas the General Assembly of Vir
ginia, by an act passed GA the tenth day of
February, ~ the year of our Lord one ihons. |
aud eight hundred and twpniy nine, entitled AN |
net TO ganfze u Convention dad an hurisp and
provide Tor the election .hy the pearlr, af DE =
gates and Representative. to meet aud assem-.
BILE, in general Convention, at the Capitol ~
I he City OF Rchmond. on the first Monday of
October, IA the year last aforesaid. 10 rousih- !
er. discuss and y oppose, "A new Constitution, or
alterations aud amendments of tho existing
Constitution of this Commonwealth. TO be sub. |
mtled to the people, aud to be- by them rai6 |
ed or rejected
We, therefore, the Delegates and Represen
iaiiyes ot the good people of Virginia, elected |
and in Convention assembled. IN pursuance of
the said act Of Assembly, do submit anj pro
pose 10 the people, the following amended
Constitution and Form Of Government foi this |
Commonwealth, tha, /, TO say
AKrlCBEI
The Declaration CT Rights made on the l2t |
June, l776, by the Representatives Of tue good
people Of Virginia ea,bled in fnll h Tree Con
gention which perained 10 them aud their pos |
terlty, as the basis and foundation of Govern
ment-rcqnlflng in the opinion of this Gonven-
ton no amendments, shall he prefxcd 10 this
Constitution, aud have the same relation there
TO ms II had 20 the former Constitution oi this
Commonwealth.
ARTICLE IL
The Legislative, Executive aud Judiciary
u PaIt"ants, snHli he separate And d.li.ct SO
that neither exercise the mowers properly be.
longing to either ofihe others nor shall any
person exercise the powers q more than one
oi them at the same line, except that the Jus
'lces OF the County Courts shat be Zig lille 10
either House of Assembly.
ARTICLE III.
The Legislature sha / be formed of two
distinct branches. which together sbaII he 4,
complete Legislature, and shall be called The
General Assembly Of Virginia.
2, One Of these shall he called the House of
Delegates. aud shall consist OF Que hundred and
ihr'y Tour members, 90 be chosen. ap,uallv
for and by the several eounie., cities tovns
aud boroughs Of the Commonwealth wbe,eofI
thirty ONE Delegates shall be eho,rn tor and NV
'ne '"'ntS'sm counties lying West of the
Ausghany mountains; twenty five for and
oy the fourteen counties lylng between the
Allegheny aud Blue Rjdge af nann,a,,s. fo,
ly.'wo for aud by the twenty.nlne so,r,tl..
lying Elst ofthe Blue Ridge Of mouot,i,s aud
above tide water and hrts.si1 TOR and by
ne counties. towns and bor9ug tying upnu
tue atei tat IS TO say Or he tventy ,ix |
| coun'tS iyi"g West of the Alechapy the |
counties OF Harrison Mnligo npry, Monone ala
| ono. and Washington, shall oacb .lect ,wo
! Delegates ana the cpanfi-s Of Brooke Cob.II |
GIayson, Greenbrier, Gil,s, Kanavba Leo
Lewis, Logan, Mason, Muuroe, Nichols. Poca.
nontas, Preston, Randolph. Russell Scott
iaS"eu Tyler. Wood and Wythe. shall each
e"e' one Delegate. Ofthe fourteen counties
| fhs between the Ail'ghany aud Blue Ridge.
Tue counl'esot Frederick aud .,hcpando,h
shall each elect three Delegate, ~, eoun,ip.
of Augusta Berkeley, Botetourt. Hampsbirn
Jefferson, Rockingham aud Rpckbrldqs. tall
each eject two Delegates anu the eenni,e, ot
AheGhdny, Bath, Hardy, Margan aad Prndle
ton, shall each elect one Delegate Of me
twenty -nine counties lying East Of til, Blue
Ridge, and above tide water, the county Of
L'udoun shall elect three Delegates the coun.
ties OF Albemarle, Bedford, Brunswick Buck.
lngham, Campbell, Cupeper, Fauquier, Frank. |
I'm, Halifax, Mrekieoburg aud Piltsylvania.
Sha!l each elect Two Delegates; and the counties
Il I'm lnT EI
Dmw'ddle, Fiuvasna, Goochland Henrv
Lou'sl, Lunenhurs, madison, Nelson. No,,o'
way, Orange, Patrick, Powhatan aud Prince
hiwsrd, shall each elect one Delegate. And
| oi he counties, cities, towns and boroupbs
/ 'y'og on the tide. water, the counties of Acco
mack and Norfolk, shall each cleo, two Del.
gates the counties of Caroline, Ches,erfeId.
Essex Fairfax, Greensvile 6 lonne,ter. Haoo
xer henrlco, Isle of Wight King aud @ leen.
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