Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-13

and did Il appear from h.m that becau,e The Coun,
Hsnteo. ani the City Of Rich'sopd touched in
TAIN par'iculbrs. ,h-y Uni ed They wsre sever
al forever. ,n to certain Interests aud
While IN hers TIL were united. He admitted. that
~ one csse-,bst o. the County Court Henrico be-
ng held In the TDwn oil Richmond, - the latter as
nie pendent district Lloted on, and coo ,Isred in
lhs county Bui lille he admitted the fact hat i'm
ecr'a r'nts the did come in contact. be a- az
liberty -hev, wh s..o ,sy vsete sepArA. aud dis.
dnct, and what points did not touch. 4 ey war- "a.
merou' In military matters, Odd they Sc ei'izsu- OF
tbe County of HeBrico hc'h nj sions In either the
lSth or 33i R.gimenisi Hs VOL Ak whs'hsr INV
nan among he c'ix- soi Herri-o lad rre'ended to
fsDr.sen' the City Of RicbtDsn'i IL had rever ecu
thhgbt a. Aud ev-rv rule, 30 he good one. ought
owork both ways Dii the jurisdiction OF the Conn
tnCoort ov-r Richmond, give the rrht 10 the resi-
dents Of Richmond To represent The county or 10 the
efuzens oil the County TO rspres-nt Rehulond The
latter was a. reasonable a. the former; hui The claim
I'D never s'n set up. II had been sta ed ts him the
her day, In a sorts Of language, legal geographical
and 'op's'sPhies', that Richmond. in every poiot Of
view. wa, IN the County Of H-nrco H. sduifed
that the County was ell aiound t.. But that dill not
settle the question. (ssid Mr.. C) in this
room but am part Of It -tsnd at tns bst but
do rot belong to il He might 60 fur her /; bu' he
should e.hsus, hin'sl'. and waste TIN Haze Of he
House. He. therefore, came down to th. consiJera.
ton OF the Consi IL on OF 1929 A Convent on
Called by large majority Of he peoPie and conven-
lated under The Cd Constitution. The new Cou.,iiu-
too adopted the Bill + Rixh's, and In regard the
elections OF Members Of hi.H ouse, how did il read p
Mr. C. then lad the following clause; ANY person
nay be elected Member Of the House OF Dai~s stes,
whssbai have attained tbs sgs VI twenty i've years,
sni sHaii be actually resident aud re-holder within
the county, ci to- borough, elect district,
qualified by his r., hold. vote Tor Members Of The
1spYral Assem- bly,, according 10 tie Constitution" l.
"fsf wsssjhs interpretation of hi. prov.son Let
ne osk sysfy Memboi OF a House. What " the pains
n1iurs, commons psaIneaune az ihis clause He
X q Tor down couciusions Nm What
Plan ssnssse ION PVT ~ eyssy such BODY on .sesc
the Eopuiy o tTenrico M 20 idsucs and frees
hOls--ba,inihe Tovs o R,ch@ond, L n,u 4 - The
same-in PeessbuEs, the snne--aud IN Nori0lk. the
same' Aud he bell ved tris to be tn, true mssning
of he CONSTRUCTION Had it been intepdeJ-to ebrsce
the Cite in the Counties IL would have been provid-
cd fcr.-He argued, that Richmond aid HenTico were
in united, yet they were tu;ionalIy
sepsrse-srd that man could resid, in two places.
He trusted the House would bear him out in propnsi
tons so plain and ucon estihs. He could not doubt,
that in the view Of par common sense, 20 I'll int.ns
and purposes, Richmond . nuih separated from
Henrico, as Henrico was from Hanover. Lot US refer
to thu obj CO Of the Convention. They were 20 RENEE
dy abuses 10 h-a, grievances snd recOncil, Vigil
MAN with Yirginsn. And bow this 10 be done
Not by the 10 erierrnce of one part Of the Con,non
w, 9th wi h another. BIZ while hey told that
Richmond. was separated t'om Henuco yet thy med
die With IA. ami seek o direct s64ir-. rhsy
not content with having -niber IT their Own;
but they with sl'o 20 have nsub'r from H-ntico-
Had not the County well be stricken Of The
map at once Big member from Fsuqpi-f had
soled them by saying. that 1t jpry TO the cours
ty, and that their sphere of ssIrci wa arg.r. He
knew the people OF he County Ia compare VIII
the Capital OF the S'ae, where all l.s:nrg aud
IL.
who ought 20 he proud OF NJ .mb-r obtstRed out Of
the coun'y Such the ida; but they hum,ly--
no, no, humbly-for Will. he was their spok ssnan hs
would k, not huDhly, but heliy, that ibey ME h be-
niep nden Of the City Of chrnoni, in ihe,r repre-
senta'iou. But they were todd, they were I-ssening
he sphere Of their choice. That was very true; and
IL must be enlarged, Why c"nfoe then the CITY of
Richmond Why not give them the whole ate, r. IN
W ich to choose' II the House sustain ,h. right,
they in effect fisf auchised the County of Hcnrco II
was true he Court va. in the City. and there NJ
50 three Bsnks h"r. The people OF Henrc0 although
not humble, were poor. The Influence # the Banks
thrown ia their way, and they mig hit rs well
throw poison to starving man, aud tell him he must
eat it. He knew that the Banks were powerful; for
individual had formerly been elected to this HOUSE,
who was afterwards thrown aside, because he dared to
against the renewal of the Charter Of the Fsrmers
Bank. II this election we're sustained, the House
would strike the County OF Henrico OF the map.
and say Richmond shall have two members. Might
not The Constitution well have said So il that was
its n Gaming. On the contrary, il said that Henrico
sbouIa have one, aud Richmond one and did not the
gentleman now representing Henrico admit hat IL was
entitled to is Member Their interests were
erent from those Of Richmond. We are iandhoId.rs
NOT so the peope Of the Civ. We may make our
selves saves to them by borrowing their money-for
thu borrower said to be the slave Of the lender
but let each have his In the representation of the
S'sie. Did the gentleman representing n nrico
or reap' No--exrept II was plen ifuI harvest Of
fees Iiiga'icn, produced by The fes or tpi.or-
tunes OF otherS-and a. long as people wou .pply to
The law for supposed r"lsf long would rhai gentle
man's harvest last. ID he reside in he County Of
Henrico Nr-be re-ides in the City Of X chnc nj
Shall pon his r--'d .nc- ? l. cos SiO 900 Has
he a freehold in h County Y.s. IL ha- spot q
ground little bit of he poorest aud INST barren land
in The County. wh'h he WAS forced to purchase, 10
order to become rs eholdr in the County, end stand
a. candidate OF his feehold. Did hs represent the
Interests OF the County He thought no--tis inter.
lay In The City. ID 4 he speak their language -
II very different language from that use6
is the COMFY ssv~rsI years ago. MIR. c could irust
the gentleman in any character he might assume.
Bat could they every in Richmond -
He hous hit not--snd II one resiiGg in Richmond
eligible all equally although all had not
the eioqueDce and talents of hs genI-man But IL this
econ sustained, then every man ftop the city
eligible TO represent the county OF HenIico. He did
not with be sportve important subject or TO
excite mrih he had unfortunately the other day, in
the committee lie had confined himself as tar
possible TO the NJ cesssry arguments The subject
The gentleman had not seen fit to his remarks
before the committee. And il presumption in pigmy
like Mr. G. TO contend against giant like the geDtle-
man. III did not choose h waste bis strength ia skr-
mish but reserved for the grand battles and he would
doubtless now make ample amends. Mr. G.. should be
loath T. engage with him slsne but he knew that ho
had aid here, and that he should be supported by
who could WELD the club Of Hercules. He might
hereafter ask be heard arther but he should prefer
TO leave the discussion in ADLER hands.
MIR Leigh said that whatever the result might be OF
he question which the House had now to decide il
must he thought be allowed that his conduct had been
throughout fair, and much calculated as was in his
power present the subject to the House its naked
merits fife would repeat what he had said, when this
dressed one single word Of reasoning any part Of
this subject, any thing connected With il 10 mem-
Der of this House. And this he had done the prin
cple, that he engaged TO argue case in Court
in which he was or was interested, he would not
say word out Of doors that might have tendency TO