Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-03-05

!, from the Eastern division. including all the
counties. cities. towns and boroughs east OF the
] Blue Ridge, seventy eight Delegates
/ We have no certain means Of ascertaining
the number Of persons entitled to the right OF
suffrage, at this time, under the present Con-
stiution either in the entire State OF in any OF
the said districts or divisions. But feel assl-
] red, that either the number of the free white
titheabes, or the number of the free white pop
uation, in the several districts or divisions, as
; a basis, would produce very nearly the same
result, that a representation based upon the
number of persons, entitled to the right Of sat-
T trage, would. will therefore assume the num-
Der of free white timetables. in the first place
in the several districts and divisions, the ba-
sis of the present House Of Delegates, with a
view to ascertain the ratio they sustain to their
several constituents. We are informed By a
document transmitted to this House by the first
Auditor, that in l345 there were lS3.436 free
/ white titheables in the State. distributed as
follows, to wit: in the first District, So, 449;
in the second district, Sd SIP; in the third Dis
trict. 45 1866; and in the fourth District, 40 77o;
and in the two divisions they are as follows,
to wit: in the Western division, 93,79l, and
in the Eastern division, S9,645. @
Upon the principles of equality,
throughout the State, every 1868 OF
the titheables would be entitled to e.
lect delegate; consequently the Wes-
tern divisions would be entitled, by
reason of her 93,791 timetables, to
elect 50 delegates, waning a fraction.
And the Eastern division, BY reason OF
/ her 80 SIS titheables, would be. enti-
tied to elect Is delegates, and frac-
ton over. Upon the same principle
of equality the several districts would
be entitledto presentations as follows,
to wit: The first district, having 3d.
i 449 timetables, would be entitled to
elect 43 delegates, and a faction
The second district, having "a, 342
timetables, would be entitled to elect
% delegates, and fraction. The
third district, having IS, S66 timetables,
would be entitledto elect 50 delegates,
wanting fraction. And the fourth
district, having 4o,779 tilheab|es, would
be entitled to cleo. thirty delegates,
wanting fraction. A Convention e.
|ected upon this principle would fairly
represent majority OF the communi-
~, according to the letter and spirit
/ ofthe third article ofthe Bill of Rights,
and would be invested with the power
to reform, alter or abolish the Cons,l-
tuition. But how would the matter
stand, if the delegates to the proposed
Convention were elected according to
the bill under consideration? The
/ Western division, having 93.791
timetables, and being entitled to IS
delegates, would be 1874 timetables to
!, each delegate. The several districts
would be represented as follows. to
wit: The first district having 9,439
timetables, and being entitled to thir-
,y-one delegates, would be LOTT tiihe-
abIes to each delegate; the second dis
trici having "a ,342 timetables, and be-
ing entitled to twenty-five delegates,
would be !, 1878 ti,heab!es to erch del
egate; the third district having 1896
timetables, and being ent'ledto forty
two delegates, would be ], l63 tithea,
blesto each delegate; the fourth dis
trict having 4O,779 timetables, and be-
ing entitled to thiiiy.>ix delegates,
would be 1882 ii,heab!es 10 each del
egahp. Again-taking the lowest IA
ito, that Of the fourth district, 1872,
the Western division having 90, 79l
ti,heab.es, would be entitled to eighty
three delegates, wanting a. small trac-
ton, instead Of ftiy-six, the number
! proposed to De gwen her. The Eas-
tern division, uponthe same ratio, hav-
ing 80, 645 timetables, would be en.i-
tied to seventy mine delegates, instead
of seventy-eight, the number proposed
TO be given her-forlnlng body OF
l61 dele gates. The first district, upon
the same ratio, having 59,44o ;iiAea-
blcs, would be entitled to iifty-two DEL
ega,es, instead of thir,y-one, the num-
Der proposed to be given her. The
second district, having 34,342 tithea-
bles, would be entitled to thirty dele
gates, instead of twenty five, the mum
Der proposed to be given her. The
th,rd district, having 48,e66 timetables
would be entitled to forty-three dele
! gates, instead of forty-two, the number
proposed TO be given her. And the
fourth district, having 40,77o ti'hea'
bles, would be entitled TO thirty-six
delegates, the number proposed to be
/ given her. 1t will thus appear, that
"a 1888 Of the timetables in the first dis
1trict would be wholly unrepresented
| in the Convention, if organized on The
principle contained in the bill under
consideration. In the second district,
6,O57;. and in the third district, 1864.
Making in the aggregate 81 ,8l9 tlthea-.
'bles anrepresented in the Convention;