Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-15
To rHE EDITORS OF 1nr NYr,O

Gent.emen-l feel called upon 10 notice q, c5;.o.
ia' IN the wing Of the 10Th, accompanying the nun
hea,ion OF letter Of mine to J Wharton. E;.o
ou say Uuly, that the people West Of the Blue
uSe are u'SsaIlShed with their condition under the
Constitution; but you are mistaken !, s,,,,,; 80
mat mat dissatisfaction has arisen since the late
SuS nos SuO"n minority OF the white poouIa
no !r, OF The State TO be West OF the Blue Ridge.
Inc people oil the West have never been salts
ned with the part allotted them in the T.sfsTS,iS.
Impairment OF the Government. The late rensu.
naa OUT made the injustice done them by the Con-
NeRIon OF 1879 the more gIaring In the world
GU DO the West very great injustice when Won
say mat inc dissatisfaction here iClt ia relation 10
our political condition under the Constitution ori,i
mates rom want OF ability TO tax the pronertv II
'he EAsl'- had hattered myself that your oppoStp
% an intercourse with the people Of the West
YOU'D nave enabled you 10 form better estimate
OF the feelings and principles by which they are
governed, than TO imputc them motive, the me-,
Ishonora0ie because they but desired that share n
'uo CounCIs OF ther common country, which is
irecmen. P N N'|' ~
Permit me to ask you, in all seriousness. 10 noir,
70 Single act IN the Legislative history of the
es'efn representation, that can by any fair inie-
renee oe brought to sustain your imputs'ion3 I
would thank you to refer to an instance IN which m.
west mas not sustained all the great interests of the
East Has not all your great works of Internal
rnP'oSeu1sn' received much more liberal support
from the w estern Representation than even from,
portions Of that part Of the State designed To he
most benefited by those Works7 Has not tie
greater part of the State debt been crea,e for vou,
Teuent' ANA from what part Of the State has
mere ooen so strong determination TO sustoin the
ceiN OF the State in meeting her engagements IA
among the Western Members in the Legislature
GU seem 10 nave forgotten that Il was not the m
Sghhcant tax on tea, that brought about the glorious
revolution that separated the American Colonies
from the British crown, but that i, was the rigbt
claimed by the Mother Country % tax the Coonists
T'hout tner consent. The Colonists did not CON
pam OF the amount Of the tax imposed, but they
resisted the ImpOsI ion Of that tax: because boub
members Of the same Government and srtitlrJ 10
her Constitution and Laws to the same DriyiIcce,
ana Immuniues with the citizens Of Is6pi,n5 ,ssys
yet treated as slaves. WV
You must desire, If possible, 10 brin, di,renu,e
upon our cause, and 10 rdcule our efforts to hing
about recognition OF our tigbts bv i,nnutin, %
Us seIhSh purposes, under the idea no Doubt that
"u''. ''Suuehls are wanting n create disirust Of
our rs sincerity will answer the end equally we'll.
The people Of the West DO not desire , ront,oI
ing voice 10 the Councils Of the State for anv such
purpose rs you are pleased 10 attribute TO tbsr5
ihcy desire their just share and no more in The
CogncIs q" the State, and which is their right, &C.
co'ding to the very principles by which our Eastern
brethren are, m the general, governed.
Inc late census shows, that n m,io,iiv or tho
nh'e population OF the State to be west Of the Bus
h'pRe' Now, gentlemen, cay, whether in the se &C.
w" VI 'le 'W' senators, at the last session Of the
Lsssatufe. the wishes or feelings Of the West .ers
NJ az consultcd2 Do you not know that both Of IN,
gentlemen elected held opinions on sevtr1l p,e0t
national questions, at variance with the oDiTiors
and interests OF rho wcs7 You NAV az ,b,,
western members aided IN the election Of those So
majors. very true' and why7 because without tho
power OF choosing for themselves, they had 10 make
ch"Ice among the candidates -c'ectcd by others But
was not az the last session. ONLY that the wishes
"l We west, m the selection Of Senators was Ji,.
IeSaroeo; u has ever boon so, since the adoption Of
lhe federnI Constitution ono or two pcrbapr soil.
tary instances excepted. '''
For uught that the pecu'iar opioions nj vv,.,,,,
virginia, On certain national questions has had ON
me course ri our Senators IN Congress hi. rorro
o., inc STATE might ns we'll have been out Of tho
onon-ths ~ another reason why Western Virgi
the Constitution. ''''''
=" some u may appear rngular that the peopIs
OF eastern Virginia entertain opinions so erroneous
es TO almost every thing in regard to the West lint
10 hnSe who have paid attention 10 the subifrf tho
reason ~ easily understood, II IS TO be found in tho
iac lhoi the Metropolitan Press has IN the general
"''n governed by views hostile TO Wostsfn into.
rests. '''" INV
DO not intend to imputo unworthy motv-sto tho
conductors Of tho Richmond Press AZ I know then,
10 be gentlemen, both honorable md inteIfrssn,,bs
'ui Is not IN the men, but IN the position they &C
cupy. '' W
In smother communication, I Will take no,fso n
another branch Of your editorial above referred To.
,, J. NJ. STEPHENSON.
Mddlebourno, Nov. 30 h, 1871.
1--WE arc unconscious Of hsvinr made any such igpp
talon upon tho West n any thing We have sail s,,r
boar such nc0nsiructou=H was MT so destined What
We did say, or meant 10 say was That II tho Yves, yo
'ro"1e from tnEnion that property which was confined