Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-05-08
Twemty-scconel eonnrcas.- .ssess. 4

FIR WEBSTER MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT:
The Select COnHittcet trhoH rcieJTcd, on The 27
IF .gidrch, the bUiiOHttb House If RcpreSenfotir
enttticd ".fR act for The dpDcrtonncnt Of Repre-
sentdtires among The screroi States according to the
nm cenSits, haze had The SuJiect Under considerations
and nor ask iedUe 10 report:
President Washington adopted that construction Of the
constitution which applied its prohibition each State in
dviduaIiy He thought that no state could constitution
ally receive than member for every thirty
thousand OF her own population. On this, therefore his
iain oblecuon TO the bill founded That objection he
states in these words:
Thc constitution has also provided that tho number of
representatives. shall not exceed for every thirty thou
sands which restriction is by the context, and by fair
and obvious construction, he applied to the separate and
respective numbers of the States; and the bill has ao
tea 10 eigt oil the states more than for every thirty
thousand"
1t is necessary what there wa, further OBJ
jcctlonabe i'm this bill The nunhero Of one hundred and
twelve members all that could be divided among the
States without giving 10 of them more than one
member Tor thirty thousand inhabitants Therefore, hav-
ing allotted these one hundred and twelve ,Lec slI ~
manned eight of the hundred and twenty TO be assign
ed; and these eight the bin assigned 10 the States bavn
the largest fractions Some Of these fractions were larot
and some were small. no regard paid 10 fractions
over molety oil the ratio any than oirlctions
der It, - There was rule laid down, STATING what
fractions should enii'le the States to whom tAey might
happen 10 ia'p or IN whose population they mi hr
happen 10 be found, TO a representative therefor
me assignment was not made the principle that each
State should have member for a fraction orcatorisn ,t
the ration; that all the States should have Il for
fraction, in all cases where the allowance of such mem
OCT would oi'nE hGr representation nearer 10 its
measure mr. rC',,,o, ,,,i 49,, inyIc was no common
mailer IF arfr,r,. "" "'c assignment was
Nc,y Ham, i;! n'I.N''ol; a HeHO'r was allowed 10
one-baif tl, ,in IL, ''P'' oI H"'"on ' 'cs' uau
rom hercNact proportion than was without such al
whose co" T''', 'y1VI was reused 10 Georgia,
both boyHo rcI;S - I ,.'T' o. -'tW hampshire
still under mocty Of the ratio, and DISTINGUISHED from,
o.nor my ny oy very sis"t ference of absolute
their opinion on such mode OF app1runu,eui
IN regard 70 tnis cAa'acior OF the BILL Prcslen, Wash
rcscr,o,ivcs s,,,Ii H., a,; ~ Pci'''ocu ui"t rep
o.s;H g, " "PPo' "o'o" among inc several States
proporion or dyisor yiib I; , .i'o'c IS no one
numbers of tbe Si,t ,i11 I !" lle respective
mcnt of reprcscnt,t ny n;ii ana a''o'-
This was an rnIouht.il,, tr,,o i ny a. A., ;,
Of the committee a decisive oicctian i,t ia In ~
"a never,Iolcss ~, Ion az ms 'He b!H IL
completely covered The whole Ground T5r Jj y?
maj bin be no oy,,rg,r c. c,.t; Sat oo"'.'' t'
because Concrcs had tak M 's'| +, Ca. o. Salt
b ,Ili ,"' l"N'M TOT u'e T"''o 'he lowest mum
Wb,to,o h ~ ''a' e consul VIZ uny thousand
no member could he aIIa,yI & IL !, - ' S''"1 Ta'o'
,,r,, 70 olsor,c ~; II - sC1rcGy hccoS
ment now pronosed \, So. I,tl, ~ o '','c''N-
or every tIiri, G, - l;l ~ .' i 'i'an one
ton viii ever ac9in occI1 % IJy c ,a ar' o'ec
ccdent whatever it be- in it, oppljc,io to IL, ',e
case is drawn from t,, ,,l,cr ol,;rri, ~. w.
erne mnoyt of tl,nt nI;gc,in - ~, an" "I"' !, !he
more tLan that the apnor,jon,,e,t 49,, -. , any "'E
mon rule or princni s,,Ii S % i i'e ' ~, com
he STATE F' Fi"o'o''' ana "PPHeu ahNe TO all
prosiJon, yv,.t;,-.oz,- 49,, ,
PROMOTION or dyi.or which i;j ~ 10 one
IapE
Incnt or rcrrcs.r,,ti, % | iIu,, "i'd aot-
n tbcn bc co,,lt -. tll.,5 ~ VIC IN
would bo,o rg.,,ovcJ is Is I"0i P'oIo' 'o'' 1t
norton oy ,li,i..r 'TLrs, ,i"'cT pro
ulanaorv Of each og,rr ia 800, ~ 5.;'S ",t. as cN
no more tlan I, ,,,,.or5;o,, W., ~ 100, re-
common and equal r,lc L,, ,,Iil , -, 80 a., ''''
made anopo tbc several S,otcs. I IA 49,, G - Ia,
mon rule and on t,t o.r.,,.,l IT, -, " W" ,n on
iectonabe ''0 ''' ""-
In the opinion Of The cor,,,,i,t,, MP, s,,ot t;.; 49,
plies TO The amendment r,r,,n,,ll t H. 'O, - up
amendment gives r,,Io MAJ, ,;,,nI ;y ~ 49, '."
of universal application IN. r,ls h =. t,n c, w.
stated II NAV he ,lc,rI,. cvr~..,o,I -; ;.t,r ~, 80
let the rule he nat me ,cJGJc ,,,,,,5 81 ,I 49, 'l =
TEousc shall he oUyoyijo,,lJ ,,,o,, he yJ q, IS,
aording 10 Their ecijyc 3,,,,5crs oi 49, L a.
that number of nic1,5crs ,rL; rJ c,,,, ,l,t ~ T. | "
act mathematical mari oy ,y,,oy;o,,. or L., , g.
that the poppl9iiou oc c1,b Sotc s5,U 5c ymS,j D.,
common dj,5sor ami fI0i il AIM. ;, ~ ,5o ,,i ~ "
members rcsyfjno fan, s,,cJ 6.r; ;o,, - 80. ~. IN -
all0,rcd 10 zach STATE ,c5oso G1,,;,, cr..j ~ :,
tbe diri,or "''5 y
Either &c those is II soor.z ,, ,l,, ,,.,;,,o c..
iust r,lc r gal}. ~ ,,,,if., , d '''' al'
with nitro iinpsf,l,v T'cf r , "a nv oea",',e
nroporion m n cor,,,.,, ,,..;.,, 49, 't ~ 4, ~, "
arbitrary discretion Irtbc mi, in C H. t'.
be alopied II eg,, ,3c,,,y be- Jg,5J6,J IT,, 49,, W. w.
AMI proposed nnp,5ey C IIc M +nDs,
01igh 10 be gssig,,cJ ToIl,irr ,,, i ~ % H. i,
ton Of Congress: tle ri lIt ocrarb Si,Ic l h ~