Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-04-15

j5e n1e-TateF country ~
Totai, Isl
: Tho distribution Of The members bctNsees
tks country wsst Of tho Blue ridge aod thu
co,rrtsg east oG it, would, according 10 Tie
'ohitc Lasis oS $50, b. as follows:
10 the west. %
lT-a 10 o.,t ~
fetal, l3S
The ss,ual distiibs bn made. ia. as follows
~, a. ,-o.t SIS
10 the east, 40
| Ta.,I 1874
Thus you perceive, that viewing the sub
icet las many choose 10 view it, bHtas can
not, for the reasons will presently assign
lin tie light OF a struggle for power bet'Tess
all the eonntry west of the ridge or the '0ue
hand. and all the country east Of the ESge
on the Other; we, of tho west, have matte
compromise, net being able 10 do better by
which we obtain within te,T members, OUT OF
1874, Of the utmost amesut we claimed, on
our own principle of the equal representa-
ton Of the free white people 81 the common
wealth Now, think, that HFhen you con i.
I slider how pra1lig,aus wn increase tbs -, OF
tf1lc power Which VIZ Nbu'i t~iS 49,
,skituGoa;. how simFericcty your nnTnhSrs
we're representad in the convent ION itseii; how
much faos'e wsgkt you are allowed III the ne"
gf,verp n,ant t,nn y III had in tie invention:
and lastly, how d,fIicult X was 81 Convince
the eastern people, having 4 majority oil voI-
ces IN the con enton that Gle cireSns.ahc1
Of their now tayipg ilHcc ionrths OF Re whole
taxes Of the .tato should co;Iat lor not1Hng IN
the appertionment Of reprcssntatiOn;-you
wiliinclre to consider this raare favorable
compromise than might reasonably have ocen
hoped fas', under such complication OF sfl& IL
spIcous cire um,tahGes.
Bat we, Of tbc,west, are leit 10 the naneTitz-
II IL said, in both OF the legislative nod'es.-
So should we have beer, On TIE Yiac bosi5
itself, if you insist on considering the Bloc
ridge Of mountsins as the dividing ine be
tween the -east and the west. But has Il been
the dividing line: eren II the great poliuaal
stssggSe which il jost ove'? Where Wefa
Luudoun, and Fairfax, and Alaemaric. and
Nelson and Amherst, and CampJeH, and
Bedford, and Franklin, and patrlc-.. and lien
~, and Pitts yivanla, at tae commencement
81 the struggle in the conventen' only three
members out of the twenty From these dts
tricts, were opposed TO sIs. 1t IS true thai
movement of the whole talent ard influence
Of the sast. brought to bear on the people al
two Of these districts, during the sitting OF
the cony cation, wrought them up INTO i'asi
c of fear about the security oil their Saves pre-
perty. which caused them 10 oennteT~lnstruts
the very men whom they had elected, Tire
spring before aa xvewcd eswhite basis men.
But, Instructed as they were. they secure,ito
Us by their votes, a constitution such as have
described, and which We should have asked
in vain from the east. but their for assistance.
ii. he
questions which will hereafter arise between
,hs difIeren, sections of Hhe state will beques
t!oss ct different character. They will re-
!ata 10 The sei,it of our legislation. 'ibe peo'
pie of the valley, for example. want good sys' |
tie 81 Of road laws, eI home, which under the Old
gov9rnuae emit they have hcver been able to oo- !
tain. they want paved roads TO the markets
Of the east, which ender the old government
they would not have obtained tor Fifty, perhaps
hundred yeers 10 come. Look 1.-THE face at ,
the country IN the first range af counties
east uf the Ridge, and the character OF the
country between them end the SEA ports uS the
east, and then doubt, if yo'I can, that their ~
terests are identical with ours in these 5mpor' /
tsat particulars. The western pat OF fhst |
Ofl,otc range of counties, more rough snd htHy
by fsr than The valley we inlsso't, vents gooo |
system Of road isws ct herne even more Than
we DO 1t is. moreover, SET sTated from ma
,ket by q ridge of mountains in many places "a
formidable as the Blue Il dEe itself tslin'se
ta that ridge which in Loudoun is called -She
Catoctiu, in Prince William, the BuAsCnn
mountain, further to the southwsrd the South
west mountain, ana which extends, untier
vious names to the har ef North Caroitua.-
Those counties art. moreover. seNaratc<l from.
market by district sf country, cased'Tn Eau,
uuief ne Black back country, and elsss here
by other naales, all equally hateful tothe hardy
and much enduring wagner, because me rains,
ard sruws, ard froses of eR9h suoces,
i've winter convert it into Que great and
almost impossible slough, The psvcd roads
which will enable the people of these counties
tn-yafmaant these ohs ,scles, ard pass through
( this annual swamp, viii be sosr ROADS to- maket
likewise. You NAV count, taco, with CERT ainty,
81 perpeiuatlesi.iarive seaa'Ace, ssto ell read
questions, as 10 all reSsoosbfe and proper plans
OF interest Improvement, between the psople
10 begin at hone - frederick county, gains,
Gnder the new con- utution, an 06eoditc ia
J 40 per cent. rr0 1efiecson county al absolute
increase ofsoryr cent. II the house ofdee.
sa:es had beer lett at ga, and representation
! had heee Ii 'tributed ss il IS Nnder the rev
| oenst .gatio2 Frederick wsuld save he'd - or
! 5 deiegses, and jefferson - or delegates.
The valley, taken altege thtr, gains an increase
! 0tsA3 yer cent. ~On the supposion, which I
ths,&e TO make, even hypethetiealy, thst the
ipte,ests of,he tide walter people are hostile to
ours, ba, vsbIeh IS, never heess, ;ae aol, mode
by WHICH the extent Of the Transfer OF ppwer
/ ron he "a atiac.iV she FD the gan to thsVstiey.