The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-02-24
Representatives. sunless il contained
one hundred and fifty capable polls.
Connecticut. New Hampshire, Yer.

/ Connecticut. New Hampshire, Yer
mont, and Maine, adopted the same sys
tem-not, let it be observed, II system
of single districts, or of "certain'' rep.
resentation, but tof represen .ntion by
corporatedl subdivisions of counties.
The city Of Boston, as a city, was not
known in the, apportionment. sa.isagoi
Rhode Island, under its charter, h i'd
peculiar plan [one cannot call i, sys.
tem] Of representation. Thus, the as.
sistanisswerei i0meet Twice Il year, and
with them, "such freeinen of the said
company. not exceeding six persons for
Newport, four persons for each Of the
respective towns Of Providence, Ports
mouth and Warwick, and. two persons
from each o,he' place, town or city,
who shall be, from time 10 time, there.
unto elected or depn'ed." &c. 2,rs
Virginia. on the other hand. appor.
toned tbirty,one Other delegates 10 the
counties west Of the Allegheny Noun
talns, twenty-five TO the counties lying
between The AIleghanies and the Blue
Ridge, forty-iwO to the counties east OF
Blue RiIge and above :ide.water, and
thir,y.six 10 the counties, cities, towns
and bor"ushs lying upon the ,ide.wa,er.
processing especially To name the nun.
her to which each should be entitled.
The city of Richmond. the borough Of
Norfolk, and the town o Priersburgh
were each tn have one delegate - the
city Of aWiIiamsbureh To have one in
cn,nmon with the counties uf James
CITY and York. Thus. il will he per.
ceivej. the irregularities Of the Ensl,sh
system, as we'll IS its general principles.
were copied; bnt this was because OF
privileges conferred up"n Richmond,
Norfolk. Petersburg and Williamsburg,
h,i"r- the Revolution. There was M
division mt, single districts, however.
in the Virginia appor,I"nment 4. .
North Carolina pursued the scheme
Of tw, members FOR every county, bu,
added one member for each oi six
towns nii,,ed. r3 saG teI =.
South Carolina has no county organ.
ization. but her representative districts
are permanently estabIIshed--e o
ihrm except All Saints districts, elect
ing more than one member. D 81.
Maryland adhered to the system ol
rep, esenta,ion by counties except that
Annapolis was allowed four delegates,
and Baltimore two. e} 1a n
Genrgia apportioned one representa-.
tive To each county containing three
thousand persons. three tn rnch county
containing seven thousand persons, four
To each county containing twelve thou
sand prrsnns, bat ordained that do
county should have less than one rep,
resen,ative, nor more than four repre-
seniatives.
The middle States wsfe more regular
than the Southern ones.
Pennsylvania, indeed, allowed the
city Of PhiIsdelphia 10 be reckoned a.
mong ,hecoun,ies in the approtionmen,
of representatives, [using in other re-
spec,s the language Of our constitutional
but so far from favoring single districts,
expressly forbade the division of the
city OF Philadelphia, or Of any county,
even for SENATORIAL purposes. e1;s
New Jersey and Delaware adhered
strictly to the system ofrepresenlation
by counties three members OF the
Lower House being aIlnwed 10 each
county in the former, and seven in the
latter, withour the least regard topopu.
latinn.g ~ ~ IS ~ aifesla sltGisgas
Y New York also elected her reptesen.
tatives hy counties, and f6rbade single
iill the adoption Of the new
744ns 4 7saaH. sas I'LL
(. OF the Western States admitted pre-
vious to our admission, Keniackyi
chose tho system Of county reprrsen.
and provided ,l,a, when any
town should have the requisite number
for Il representatives,, il might, separately
elect one-n provision, however, 81
whirh n" town or city has ever yet
ayailed itself. 81 tlLn2iis r7sJishn sa|
7 Tennessee, IKE New Jersey md
Delawa adhered rigidlytt,ahe coun-
tv system. l2 - h.H'4''-'- w. bsf@ 9g3
These were all the constitutions in |
farce when our consiiluticn wasadapE
"a. Alanv-lnay. friost dfihr,n. might
not been devised when the
Ordinance Of 1897 was promulgated.
ind that great Charter evidences most
:iearly, think, the opinions then en-
'erihihed Upon This su'sject. Suffer me
Ibqoote ii passage tr0niit:' sfed bNsl
Isl soon Us there shill be FIVE thou. |
and Tree ahiaie inhab,,an,., of foil aga,
n the district. upon giving proofthereoI
. s,he Goyernnr. they shall receive an.
h.,vifv. With tin,a and nI,ca ~, aIa,.t