Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-20
To ihe Editor, Of "a, Khir

Gentlemen-Under the Constitution Of our Sat.
II viii become the duty OF the next Legislature 10
reapPoron the representation in the House Of Dele
Gates and State Senate. The re .npportionment of
the Congressional Districts will not be made I n,s:
sumo al that time, because Congress will not f. The
ra'lo oil representation until late period of their
next session Our Constitution saysi
ut shall be the duty of the Legislature in the
year l94I, and every ten years thereafter, TO re
apPoron the representation IN the State Iegis,tnr,
throughout the State"
Taking this view Of the subject. therefore The
next will be the most important session of our ..
glslature we have ever had, the two parties being
now nearly equally balanced, which was not tbs
case at the tune our new Constitution was formed
ana had never been the case at any previous snno,
uonment. IL is, therefore, matter of the grest..,
importance that the Wings should relax mona of
their exeTtlons IN the good cause but thnt thev
should use all fair and honorable means to ensure
wing majority IN both branches of the Legislature.
A0outthe Senate there can be no doubt The terms
OF Senators will expire with the present session
VIZ Wings and Loco Focos, and of the Vyhiys
an are Safe whereas the Locos will lose one in the
pittsylyanla District, now represented by Captain
oyer OF Missoun-so that the vote, then will stand
next session IL Wings to Is Locos-a very ne,,
majority Of two in the "checkmat;ng Departmentn
Ia The House Of Delegates, have no fears but tina,
the Wings will hold their own, and even carry the
war INTO Aires. The majorites tor Harrison, last
November, IN the counties OF Dnwiddie Southamn.
ton, Fairfax, Frederick, Montg Cabell Mer-
Ger, Russell, Mason and Jackson, look taualy for
the bold and vigorous" Vaughan, orator Ridley
and others OF their kidney, who misrepresent the
abOye nal med cjunties these Hnne men in b,cL
ram" hope will be turned out, who profess TO
obey instructions, and yet never carry their pro-
LESSONS into practice. Looking upon il as certain
that VIC shall have a decided majority IN both
branches OF the Legislature, consider the time au.
spelous for change in the present connection of
the co untes Of Orange and Greene and for amer.
ing Greene 10 Madison. think that Greene and
Madison ought together send one delegate 10 the
Legislature, because Greene is not large enough TO
send one by herself, and the two counties aTe not
large enough 70 send two. Greene is now attached
20 Orange, but would DO most proper TO nut il To
Madison, Tor several reasons-lst. IL is plain that
under our present Constitution, Greene will never
have delegate Of her own. The county, therefore,
must be annexed for the purpose Of eecting one to
either Oiange or Madison. The population Of Orange
| by the censusof lSiO,+ is thousand and upwards
more than that Of Madison and therefore Orange i,
better entitled 10 n separate representative Than
Madison. 2dly. Because our representation is bas-
/ ed upon population and taxation together, and
/ Orange pays into the State Treasury $500 more
| than Madison. jdly. An election district ought IA
be as compact as possible, and Madison and Greene
| lie better together than Greene and Orange. Ably
Because Greene and Madison arc both Loco and
"birds Of feather should 6sck together" And
lastly. Because the Wings Of Greene and The ooun.
Try at large might i'on wItnessa cheap "dog fight p
or a Kilkenny cap engagement every spring, IN
| which there would bo much fUn and flying Of The
fur From this reference 10 cats, however, let M
one presume that am at u pussy luminous, bu
that merely wish a.Wsi0s .menLl Asa addition
al inducemoni, ! would say that every Whg in
Greene whom have seen or heard Of is anxious Il
have the proposed arrangement made. Their mot
tots; "Unon, Cancellation, Concession, Selfdenial
every thing for the cause, nothing for men," as
sure you the Wings Of Greene are Spartan band
ready % give battle IN the straIts Of Thermopvlr
or elsewhere against any and every human powe
that attempts 70 oPpress them. CATO, Jr.
? BY the census Of 1910, the population Of In
9 three counties respectively as follows.
al Orange gIQ5
Madison gOO7
Greene 9ge9
would ask any man which Of these three coun
ties he thinks best entitled 10 separate represents
tive.
Greene county, March 18th, 1871.