Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-03-13
CONGR DISTRICTS
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The Legislature has at las, been laid uT the State into
Districts. upon the perfect GcrryruanoeGlua principle
Bedford at length knows Where ste belongs We doubt
whether there such another District in tie lni,,d
Stated Its said 10 be longer than any o,,r and will
u pointed hereafter HE fruits Of Loco Focoisr
The Wing gives US the following article on the sui
jcct:
THE GERRY AIANDFR"
The Apporioun.cn Bill leaves it is and, r.tuod sud
no doubt was intended, hut Wing District certain
III the whole STATED " hins may. by p,Ssbiiity be- e,
lecicd in the Wesimurcand District in that Of Pisyl-
sania, or that Of kanawha: But it is possibility
Arrel and ii one should by clahrr hr elected either
ot THESE three Datrie atleasi justified insay
that the dominant party did intend that it should b
50, The ono ntsro oi their proceeding is evident. pal
Fable. 'md0iadie throughout II WAS 10 dclrnrhec
lhc Wig party Of Virginia There is not man OF ~
Outstanding in thor rank~, Who he is candid will not
ean s. that this the dcsaI II is imp, sslie To dis
believe it even il Il Was not proved hy the remarks Of
several, nay many, of hcir leading m,N.
W such dssien In,liiiale? Was il in keeping
with the tcnets oi the Democratic party Was ii Re
ppbhcon l)n men supjnuns on public affairs. what
ever hey may be- u however erroneous IT opposed IT,
Mr.. Van Butcn'5 standard Of orihmInNv. annIic ih,,
who may have ihr party powcr OF thc day, deprive
them OF rcpjesfHtali"n-o deilanchisc ,hem-ro n,rd
ihem with tho two flhs OF unrcrr,s,nted Slaves sad
Indians
many men lo'nd Willing aud ready and 4asus. in
the madness OF patty passion To give them. aud have
giyen them practicable 1lcacy.
VIII the Wings Of virginia. under The bin which has
PASS ii the Legislature, he enabled To elect nlor than
one member ui Congress (trom the I.uu,nun Brtril)?
They will not-unloss, AS we said mirf 10y chance.
l. thorca in the world, Who viii say W. care
not by What test the qn son Is tried thai the, not
entitled To mor than thlsenlllled To one thirl a, l. a,
by the test of the last Springs ,erlhns-ol the Repre-
sensations in Congress In This umpragc we adhere
not to pr,y-is there any Dnocrat who will say that,
by any lost. that by every test ol relative nnmh.rs that
by all tosts they not entitled 10 al least third Of
the Representation There is one who will say it,
We knuW the strength OF nariy paasiun. yet will
for squcstion ~ democrats only. kH,erc one n The
party, who regarding the principle Of numbers. alone
recognized hy the C9n4litutin rs constituting claim To
Federal RrpeaenatluH-Wi III mol acknon edae that the
Nhos entitled Ia AT least Gae hid live out Of
Is no sHu can he onnd ~ the ranks of thu, ID,
mocracy or any lcrc else. We hope. fr the honor
of human nature that such 'front.', - BENG eNists
Yet wh1t is the fact The Win party is CONGO
Died one ont oi 3, They nlled in Virginia il Is 70.
the last general trial OF strength. Il 900 volrs 10 their
adyersarcs 1870 or 1t0 In Arrl, witInGl making any
general eNeron. hey returned sill third ot the pop
ular branch Of the General Assembly. And vet they
allowed hut one member of Congress ont of Is, and Tee
subjected to the conlpmelos anguagc OF an irritsbl,
egosl, brcansf III Tho discharge If or public duty,
If any one rcascs IN the expression Of our ml,yiua
sentiment, we hold viii still and ever hold this
tyrannlca exercise Of party power the repuhation
nj every whose soul is not dead to justice and To
right.
The Democratic ductrinc at first WAS ths-Rich-
mond is rapidly INCREASING in population aud therefore
her District should not be ptnp ihr full ratio ii 10
S Eve b'eyet Isl hccausc Ill avrrge hy nat
nTal growth IN few years So argued and Iihrally
argued. Mr. Hopkins OF Pos hatan and thus the facts
natwlonsly are. That gentleman accoliney introdu-
ced PROJECT assessing the R;cnnd District Ipon th.s
| nrlD ~ \
What the result the fnalc? Why this. The
Rlellpoud District. INSTEAD ot being undrrarad,d. he
cause II and faster than any other ile State
increasing in population, is. ly the bill which asscd
carried up To 4, 0en. some hundnds-StOO OVER the
Congressional ratio, rocco over Mr.. Hopkins pan-
Mr.. Hopkins himself supporting the change because
King { au'uS had decrecd t--iIa is rcnuuncnr and
scrrenlerng party drill all his own Deliberate we'll
Sustained previously oppressed and sound convciiur,s
And yet. alter ut'b party dcln"nSlra ons-ati,r "a
surplus otS.ouos slddied upon ihe Rchnond District,
IN violation Of the dortrine laid down by D, mmratc
eader-and when the ie This addition and surplus
Is hostile in party and calculated 10 pNDgusl ,he WIFI
sentiment o the District grntcmcu can be found crlu
o's enough 10 believe that this ufeuged Why
they ought To walk the wateh Their faith viii
level mountains
Again, as The Bedford District, Thee was no
PARTY design. we suppose, IN hrhing the county Of
bedford and the county If Madison ogelher Onone at
all. FROM sde Southern boandar, Of i.4lord ubcr,
Nurth
EN- boundary of Madison. where Madison tucl,, up,n
fau1uier, is how fan?
As the cow Il cs it canno be under 22O miles
More than 200 miles in straight line! And compre.
hending comnr4nes utterly unknnwn 10 each other
ac'osS tie coWly. and therefor violating the order Of
nature, which epS M and down the ryers-crc,sino
ihe great natural boundary of James kWcr-ianmiu,
toy itcr III one District men Who do not use the same
mar'' iown Who afe absolutely unknown 10 onc aao
Their individually qmI cullecively-w no have M CON
merciI or srl nielconra! Is there man in Bedford
Who married his nilr in Madison} Is there man in
Madison who married Bedford woman? There may he
hui We dont >. II there is, propt,,uh has not led
to the rurlia blessing. 1t may be said Of the couple
That the Sla!s apd destiny brought licm together. OrI
all the portions ef the American Gnion we should say
lhl there vas rs little intercourse between Bedfo,i and
Madison. between Guoae Creek which h,v, into ia.
Il 7noht, and the North, a'r,,ln5ot A.,,s, HoMInu
l"@7iy I"'o u, lo.ona., It t,asl iyto tho K1palu