Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-03-13
SPEECH OF MN. PERRow,
In sSpport Of the amendment Of 1le Senate allou

In support Of the amendment Of the Senate aliosr.
ing Alexandria a Delegate IN the Leg,siat,re.
MT SrGAkER I'll wish lew In favor ofIhe
passage Of tho amendment OF the Senate allowing repre-.
sentative the county OF Alexandria under consider
auon, In Nindcaion of the vote | shall give.
admit MT Speaker. that by tho amended constitution,
increase the number OF representatives this floor ad-
mt that tho representation Of the grand divisions OF
state 10 liked by tho constitution, and aggregate Of
hat representation 10 l3t. the number fixed the
mum BY that constitution; and that Il We give
delegate In tho mode proposed will Increase tho number
ON ms h'or to l3S-one above the constitutional number.
Admi'ung all THIS shall feel myself bound under the
oath have taken. to give favor OF the amend
ment OF the Senate, allowing to Alexandra delegate for
the following reasons
IL will be remembered that when the bill of rsh,.
passed By tho sovereign power Of tho State ono OF its fun.
damena principles the doctrine alton and rep
esenauon should together indeed was tho violation
OF this great principle Of freedom by the mother country
that caused the OF the revolution and finally the fire.
aom OF inc United States. The trainers OF the amended
constitution dd not intend TO infringe upon this prin
eipe by It's pto,sions but intended TO MAINTAIN inyio
iae and they therefore and
same OH OF rights, with all Its doctrines DO resored To-
IN every emergency, (as tho palladium liberty which
might arse under the constitution TO afford sur. enid. IN
all our deliberations. hold that the,.
inc constitution repugnant To the bill OF rights must
DC regarded as OF none effect far upon the
great principles thcrea asserted. The bill OF rights MAY
therefore be considered key unlock the difficulties
winch may arise under the amended constitution.
suppose Il must be admitted by all that the framer, of
me constitution did not contemplate tho of
AeA,hors hence, no provisions made for it, Yet
VIII not be commended suppose. that we, under the
sovereign power OF the State, could the
ory which, under her she had eedcd TO m,
onied states Tor special purposes. II she had the right
10 DO the one she has the right do the other II moi,
nen virginia 10 not sovereign. in n case where tho
sovereignty OF the United States does not conflict with
that OF the State. suppose will contend for such
doctrine. But tho General Assembly at its last ses.on
decided that Virginia could and would receive back into
the State the county of Alexandria and this was dom.
unee. no clause Of the constitution but under higher
powerihe sovereignty OF the State. She is therefore
component part OF tho State, entitled to all the and
sUyeI' 70 al he burdens OF other counties. You have
passed Tho tax BILL to which she subject She now ask,
thai sue be represented councils of the State Cr
you DENY nv IL you do, violate the fund amental doc
une OF Tree government which doctrine asserted IN the
OH OF nights, and Is the supreme law OF the land
IL may be said, that by it, the Underwater dis,c, will
nave one member more than the constitution allows Not
so, sir Alexandra cannot be cassed in either of the
divisions OF the STATE. She counted by the
eonsninnon She may DO regarded gensris. She
stands by hersef by tho constitution and
cannot therefore be counted either division 40 th,rr
can be no well founded objection that score.
But 1t may be contended, that the constitution lim. Tho
number OF this House 1884, and that by giving To
dra delegate, you increase the number To 1856 Well
suppose does-w that violate the constitution, tb,pL
not The constitution provided for Virginia as she stood
when II was adopcd-not as Virginia now stands, The
constitution Is therefore silent much of y,ryip
composes Alexandria Who suppose that Alexandria
would have been deprived of had she beep
Pornon OF Virginia at the adoption Of the constitutional
None She ls now part OF Virginia, and now entitled
to much consideration she would have been then II
Is not under the constitution that has
and accepted was under the higher power Of sovereign
W. We must therefore give her representative,
der the constitution, but under the power Of
IN the nature OF cOmpAct-and thereby we shall MAINTAIN
the great principle OF free government that
and taxation shall go together Do this and all is right
a VIII Dc sat'hed-and there Is, in opinion, vo-
auon OF the constitution shall therefore vote for the
amendment.