Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-08

and ships of war; by sfecting to render the military
independent of and superiour TO the civil power; by
combining with others TO subject TO foreign uris-
dcton giving his assent to their pretended acts of
legislation for quartcrinT large bodies ofamed troops
among us, for cutting off trade With oil parts OF
the void, for imposing taxes us without our con-
sent for deprivng US of the benefits Of the trial by u
ry, for transporting us beyond to be tried Tor
pretended offences, for suspending oTn Legisla
turcs and declaring themselves invested with power
tolegsiatc for in all cases whatsoever By plumber
ing seas, ruvagmg our coasts burning our towns
and destroying the lives Of peoples by melting in
suErcrtions of fellow subjects with the allure
men,s of forfeiture and con6scatiun; by prompting
our negroes to rise IN arms among those very
groes whom by an lnhuman of his negative
no had refused us permission TO exclude by law;
by endeavouring TO brin. the inhabitants of
our frontiers the morci!ess indian savagos, whose
known rulo of warfare is undistinguished dcs-
trucon Of all ages, sexes and conditions Of exist
cncc, by transporting hithcr a large army Of for
cign merccnarics, to complete the work ofdcath dcs
olation and tyranny, then already begun with circum
stances OF cruelty and pcrlidy unworthy the heat Of
a civilized nation; by answering our repeated petit
toUs for redress with repetition of Injuries; and
finally by abandoning the helm of government, and
declaring out OF his allegiance and projections by
which several acts of misrule, the government Of
this country, us before exercised under the crown
of Great Britain, Was totally dissolved did, therefore
having matuIcly considered the premises and view
ing with great concern the dcplorabe condition. to
which this once happy country would be reduced,
unless some regular adequate mode of civil polity
should be speedily adopted, and in conipiaucc with
the recommendation ofthc General Congress, ordain
and declare form Of government Of Virginia:
And whereas the General Assembly of Vircinia,
by ACT passed the tenth day of February IN the
year of cur Lord one thousand cinht hundred and
tH'entyine, entitled, an ACT TO organize a Conven-
ton, did authorize and provide for the election, BY
the people, OF Delegates and Representatives, To
meet aud assemble, in General Convention, at the
Capitol in the City Of Richmond on the first Mon
NJ IN t,n-y ,ts-r
or, discuss and propose, n rr'H Constitution, alter
ations and amendments ofthe existing Constitution
Of this Commonwealth, to be- submitted to the rEo-
pie anu 10 be by them ratified or rejected:
We, therefore, the Delegates and REPRESENTATIVES,
ofthe good people of Virginia elected and in Con-
venton assembled, in pursuance of Che said act of
Assembly. do submit and propose tn the people the
following amended Constitution, and form Of Govern
mint for THIS Commonwealth, frat Is 10 Sly:
ARTICLE 7.
T}r Declaration Of Rights made on fhc 12Ih june,
776. BY the representatives of thu good people of
Virginia, assembled in foil and free Convention which
and foundation Of Government; requiring in lie orn-
ION of this Convention amendment ssll be pre-
feed to this Constitution, and have the same rela-
ton thereto it had 10 the former Cdstil uon Of
thls Commonwealth.
ARTICLE II.
ehe Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary Depart
nIents, shall be selrat and distinct SD that neither
exercise the powers properly belonging to either Of
the others nor shA any person exercise the po Bcrs
OF moro tnan ono OF them at the same time, except
that the justices of the county courts sha be crlbie
to eithef House of Assembly.
ARrIcEn III.
I. Itlc Legislature shall be formed OF tvo Gi.iiuct
branchGs which together Stall he q complete Iruis
lature, end shall be called the General Assembly of
Virnlni2
9. one Of tleyc shall be called ,ho House of Del
egntGs, and shall consist Of one hundred and thirty
four members, to be chosen, annually for and bv
ctr fNu ,u1k TO-. .-i,r a
the Commonwealth whereof thirty-one delenates
shall be chosen for and by the twcntv-sx counties w.
ing West of the Allegheny mountains; twenty five,
for and by the fourteen counties Iyirg hetveGn The
Allegheny and Blue Ridge of mountains: forty-tvo
for and by the twentynEe counties lying Enst of the
Blue Ridge of mountains and above tide-yatEr; and
thrty-six for and by the countless cities towns and
boroughs lying upon tde-Gater, that is to say: OF
the twenty-sIS Counties lying West of the Alegha-
ny, tfIe countigs of Harrison, Montgomery Mononoa
liza, Ohio and Washington, shall each elect two Dele
gates and the counties Of Brooke, Cahel, GravsOn.
Sreenbrler, Giles, kauawha, Lee, Lewis Logan
Mason, Monroe. Nicholas, Pocahon as Preston Ran
dolph, Russell, Scott, TGzewel Tyler Wood and
VythD, shall each elect oue Delegate. 0fthe four
teen Counties lying betwecn the Allegheny and Blue
H1dge, the counties of Frederick and Shenandoah
shall each e1et thTge Delegates thp countes Of Au-
COSTA, Bnrkeloy, Bctetourl, Hampshire, Jefferson
Rockingham urd Rockbrdgp, shall eadl elect two
Delegates; and the counties of Allcghanv Bath
Hardy, Morgan and PcDdletdp shall cGct elcc, one
bS'egate' vi tne tVeDty-ninc counties lying EAs
OF the Rlue R1dgs end above tidc-yater tho county
Of Loudon sha elect three Delegates the counties Of
Albemnrln Bedford, Brunswick, buckingham Camp
bel. CulPePsT, Dauquler, Branklu, Halifax, Mech
lenhnrg and Ptsylvania, shall each elSct two Dele
gates; and the counties Of Amelia Amherst Char
lotto, Cumberland, Dinwiddie. Pluvanna. Goocbland
HeDry, Louie, Lunen5urg, Madison. Nelson Motto
gay, Orange Patrick. PoWbatan and Prince Edward
shall each elect Delegate And of the counties |
cities, towns and borougbs lying on tide-yater. the
counties Of Acconuck aud Eorfok shall each elcci
two Delegates; the counties Of Caroline, Chester
fed Essex, Fairfax, Greensvillc, Gloucester Uano
yer. HenFico, Isle Of Wight King and Queen, Kinp
William, King George. Hangenond Northnmbgf
land Northampton, Princess Anne Prince Gnorce
Prince William, Southampton Spottsylvania, Sf5E
ford, SLclscS, Surry and Westrnorcand and tho cty
Of Richmond, tho borangh Of Nor6IS. and the town
OF Petersburg, srlll each elect one Delegate; tic
ount'es Of Lancaster and Richmond, shall together
eject ono Delegate tie counties Of Matthews q MID
cese& shall together elect one Decoatc the cDuntfrs
of Elizabeth CITY and Warwick shall together elect
one Delegate the counties Of James City aud York.
end the CITY Of Williamsburg shall tore6rr elect one
DeIcgDte oDd the counties Of New Kent nuu ChsrIes