Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-01-12

had been SO earnestly called upon to give it's support
20 certain measures--yet was harder bargain driv-
cn with 1t, than with the country beyond the
tuins.
Air. Cate the fact stated, that the commetne of
rIankin was now to JAMES hye. and inns was prtPa
her mineral and agricultural wealth had not been developed
longer ,ruewien The OF Frankie, would
vcloped-and wheu being young county, and growing
population possessing much fertile land, her claims the
would still undoubted. than a, present,
Some references having been made by AIR Ola
assigns Brunswick so,e,hn. like 26gO white inhabitants
less 1929 by the federal BaO-Ar Claiborne
representing Brunswick declined 1000 in nine
years they insisted e as far brunswick
Mr. Saunders present single view. No Senatorial
District except that OF Bedford Franklin AS assigned by
Delegates The senatorial district which, Brn.wick was
part, had been given five white population
franklin given but three ,sembers by the report the fed
cra Numbers Of the districts same FIT,
ford and Franklin. ,han of the Brunswick district
while the achtec, of the scheme r Goron) had repeated,
the actthat based upon the white population 1920
This was nonstrous aud CRYING injustice
Inc ''st,on was then put and the vote stood sims:
AYEs-Messrs. p p. Barbour, Jones, 3. w. Lcfyi,
> Taylor, Giles, Broduax, Dromgoolc, Alexander
Goode, J. Marshall, Tyler, Nicholas, Clopton, ].
Mason, Trezvant, Claiborne, Urquhart Randolph
w Leigh, Logan, venable, Madison, S,anard, IIola
day, Griggs, Roane, w. p. TAYLOR, Morris, Garneit
y s. Barbour, Scott Greea, Il. Marshall, Tazcwcl
Loyal, Prentis. Grigsby, Branch plcasants Gordon
Urshur Perrin-19.
Il NoEs-Nlessrs Anderson, Cufiinan, Harrison
Williamson. Baldwin, M'Coy, Moore, Beirne, Smith
Miller, Baxter Mercer, Ftzhugh, Henderson, Osborn
Cooke, Powell, ]. NJ. Mason, Naylor, Donaldson
Boyd. Pend!etOn, George, MNIillan, L.. Campbell
| Byars. Chapman, Mathews, Ogiesby; Duncan, Laid
ley; Summers, See, Doddridge, Morgan, A. Camp
nell Wilson, W. Campbell, Claytor, Saunders
Townes, Cabell, Martin, Stuart, Thompson-45.
The House having determined reconsider Mr. Stuart
motion, 10 take member from Brunswick, give him
| for The present at She request of
Mr.. Townes-who moved to amend the report. by ,akn
one member from ioudoun and thus reducing her to lie
of those midland counties which had bu,
Mi S,aa't said he had misunderstood the object his col
league (Nr Iownes wheu at his request had Withdraw
bis motion amend lie did feel disposed himself 70 IL
an act OF Injustice 10 ioudou, TO beIe6, Franklin an
entitled TO members, he would not vote for
s''ian 70 strip her Of what she wassy entitled TO-
y standardeScert that of federal nnnters ~
dard OF white Popnlaonhy ircehoiers-by fighting men
by axation-bs population and iaxatoby the rule of th
Of the gentleman from Abemarle, (lr Gordon-b
al! these separately or by averaging the whole. Louo wa
entitled to members Shall she justice or shall She NO,
Were we to be told that politics to dsanchse her
Mr.. Henderson here yielded the floor to .sir Ran
d'ipI, VINO rose to explain. Mr. Randolph said he
could not fail TO understand the ailusion of the
tienlan from Loudoun to be to what lie had saidgbu
that gentleman ad misapprehcudcd if not his words
his meaning. And by way of parenthesis, he coulc
not be surprised at any msapprehension which was
caused by the newspaper rcports-f,r those reno,tr
were so unjust, that he did not know. not only how
men, but even animals of an inferior race cond ca
Misanaerstand what was said Members smoke in Ina,
House at the hazard of losing airy little reputation
they might possess for common sense For eyamr,,
i-snrne days ago, he had sd id that the Statesma,
would never disturb what at rest unless missile
10" ed from H. he was reported to sny-sstLut tn,
Statesman would never disturb wba, was at rest
the qualification with which he had osser,ed ,b,
principle, being omitted. tMessrs Richie and Stans
hurry looked alarmed. Fer our own part, kpowino
that the Orator would by means look into our pa
per, we teit that pleasant consciousness of saft
which philosophers uscribc TO one who sn,Io in bod
hears the storm rage without But badina@s apar,
the attack upon the Richmond Press-,Se snoaL
not OF our own winch was not meant to be included
was most ll!berai and undeserved-e enormous ey
pense has been incurred steDographers of the host
reputation employed, and labor and responsibiv the
most severe encountered by the political press Of this
city, to report the Debates OF the Convention with
promptness and fidelity. After all this and when
the press open at all times, to evory gentleman OIL
Their TO publish his edition of his speech or m
correct that published By another it is most unoene
rous to condemn its efforts in the mass Errors fbnro
have been rnany--some in this paper So cnre,;ous
that when meeting with them at distances we ,ve,j
nigh wept with mortifcation-as for exsmnle mn
Randolph speaking of the Munichnan theory of n
good and an evil principle, our Reporter fv.,io nor
haps did not at the moment perceive what Zoraas
ter had to do with the Virginia Convention called i
the 1aa1kin incple-but in the MAN. the Debate.
nave eenrepored with subsfant fidelity and great
allowance ought to be made for the novelty of the
caslon' and the perpexity and nfnitudc of the pro-
ceedIngs MIR. Rando phi proceeded to eypIain VIII.
he had said in relation to the county of LoudounN
The gentleman had entirely Inexperienced him
What he had said was if particular benefits were to
be conferred on any county, to which she was not en-
titled-if they were to Ire conferred sDee;nL qrof5
by way of particular favor-for which of her merits
was Londoun to be thus distinguished He had moi
said that Londoun ought to be DISTINGUISHED for
the snke of her political opinions. No sr-God
Forbid w"
Mr. Henderson hailed the explanation of the rem
tieman from Charlotte with poasure--and as Lon.
doun claimed nothing by way Of favor, and notbinr
whch ne could not prove her entitled to on the prin
cples of the gentleman from Charlotte he shnn,I o
poet me aid OF the vote ofthat gentleman ipselE-
Mr.. H. proceeded to exhibit statistical views 10 sus
tain the rights of I.oudoun. ~
DIR. randolph gave the reason why he could not
vote with the gentleman. lie would not conss,t ~
rive Lal,.laIln .,.r ,;s,.L. - ] ~