Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1850-08-16
The CON EENTT0E,'
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ypsir5 a. ok ~, ~. g ne q the rtsk u va,
w asaAi mode ii 49,, VIII ycti
A1sitlonaI iarts ard views II before you
~ taefe BE-. who shiut l;,t,,.I@
efs long, rindtatr - 49, snilr Of L now
$500 $500. The speedy altaia,.-. 800 Y iheit,
n ~ 1 E nD any earthly neress III " tbs fe
si1ciiatio re Prompted nae Is se,,,s y.
msn'ags sebjee. II any nn,,,'aA, .~of the
s1eli somhine, as apDrshe.dt Y nnsian
fses ass.,rss sas1s qaest.an Al ne PoIIs
tonsenfsss 81 indicate its importance a. ( Wy
thix DisFics ~ i@ ,l acton otthe Delerat@. I,
q their constituents -sesuaiiy guard tie inter-
,.. nAss 4. constantly trcated III.
aconbin r. ioE-ihatistoAs y fn s,s.. 5.a
tlssssS ~ y q revenue and NJ ;ls IL
'1ensn not n The MI 49, ass Mnl'e population
~. re fs4erai Bass 81 Il ~, sie
ydtss of ~ o.4afd Although by de.@,,ss.
rs .hels., Sp population and slave pro,e,,.
materially different ii ~ nsIe hol regarded
q M ~ As mar IL % say, about ", -
aia z. u would have hees ~ nun
rsaIssn. districts, under either ps; 70 ~
nose pFsarA, Tor example sa;d ;,A,A.
Population and taxation cag,,,,. : rs cenaie
- att'e fesab Wiih Federal nursbss. SIC neafl
~ may Re assumed IL equaL1 and tics
70 ME.CtuSE said.
= cpneeaed On all hand. ~,
~; sl "a nqnleefs and The Basis Of ~ Bass p
resai. III s1 sas Combined epraccaIly saa 3
nors y substantially the ease
IS p !, !hf 1!ssH1issl ptiaeiaEe- al@tb.,
sati In III y 8. edsra hambefs Mr. M4b.sos.
s., + % y, !ttsg.aAlies le great denasr (. ~, ~
sss rsspeei ne shts 81 1s y
81 sts asinorify nusi III u lhe
sssssis s..s - "A dsfsnsiss
rs side .i..
Judge Coatsr discussing the same subject and
ematkng, That the argument Of MIR. Madison /
must and iriHcarry conviction u The fniRd ot every
tdoot refeftha man" went on d say.
We hayf t'ro GorernIeafs Federal and statel
ana IRE atlo1s and we ough not to put them i
% ear with each other Virginia mayelagain il \
called Upon tp stand IN the 9reaeA We will then II
wanilhat pa4eaty aad shield ri j9ace which has all
need
quote agaiplfrorn Judge eoaiter. when the nto.
position Of cv4premiSe---tien GordoRis an,ono
othrrs--ysFe Under direHssion-to show that the
present system Of Representation. although NOT in
.ns Ky IS rye q revenue and population is bnt a
n9d5featloR Of it-rtjecting the white nannlatian
Basis wlr1le il yEeids at.lhc same iincysofnething
merely upon The absolute Mixed Basis Of revenue
and papulalidR He says:
i The lower country then, in my opinion. * inst
y entitled % that Basis-~[T The Ftderai Bass III
IN It's results absolute
!. Mixed BasisEl ~ agSar though. 10 VIA 4 80 far
as y give To- the People West OF Tie Allegbanv hre
% four Members, land TO the Valley District Two al
lnfes Members more than they would be entitled te
on that Basis. E 1
The resul, oflhe struggle, was. lbat,be conysn
tion adopted an Superintendent ubstantiallv thai
OF Gen Gorlon's, which renudfated the WbiT4
Basis, but which. as characterised by Judge Coal
,sf, Htfasd 4 ter x the Members, TO- which Tie
Last was cniednpon the absolute Mixed Il a Il III 4
revenue and population retaining al the same Tina.
the Pfiae,nte of The Mixed Basis, as the hearts
blood nf the system
\, go It's true and only and very common designa
lion So HtreI;, The Candidates OF the East par
iicularly, and Newspapers 50 term H. The Rich
mond Wing Cor example, says
that Basis whicb IS ;o't;s.sd that he M5rcd Basis
e me Eass and which Islssi 20 p me protection
wa, set as q war with the e,har comfy an
established cur Independence ,ras prescrrsd c5 tb
1tmoA dJ8teHhy tnhe Coareatioll u $50 4 5a
Ipat'uie irem " would place il in The rower ~ j
AZ esefn ma1oTity at All times, tax al 6ifngs
siaves which ipFtn SO large portion of Fastern
wealth The establishment OF The While RI HI
would make ~, indeed, liulc more than hewers N
Won =, anF alaMsss q water g the West,
and The ssa.eneats exhibited In my pfefious egns
inunieaon, viz ~.
That, 50 Car from any White Basis principeFe k5 II
isting nndesthe I'D Constitution County alsGS y
in the West, which hattwenty- three times as mauSg
whites as cqaniy5in lhe East, had yet no moFeSl
Delega,es=-
That II the While Basis had been recognised IN Il I.
1920 the West would have had sirtg-lIc0 instead bel
hfg-ssf MsglhfFs allesled to it--and thus differ
enee OF telHe, feiaticejy in its favor than was
secured to i. would have been produced {N g1
That 50 utterly wasthe White Basis conaemnaa
hi 1922 that while thc West upon that Basis (
would b entitled Ro o7i il has actually etgAsefR
less l:i
Tha, the present Representation approaches ,ritt-
in t,ro Of the absolute Mixed Basis Mr.
That Berkeley Coaay lbeing, hsn ideptif9a n
WastN rSiss
canse Il rejected the White Rasis-p Bi
That the East was entitled TO e Members, only Il
upon The White Basis, IN 1922, but, yet was alld
ted 7S- Tx
Az ascertai#, concasively, not only that the I.
mixed principle, when necessary for protection IN Y
asi and has BEEN distinctive feature OF the Con- !
,titnliun OF the lab lrbe toadita-since the
loAr il wasa Gommnaweah-tat ltat ne Hij3t !.
Bass eead iatfedaee en- eaifrely Retr principle.
| have omitted heretofore 10 notice a~statemebt a
made 10 you, as ID the value OF Slaves West VI the IL
Blue Rdge-yiF that i amounts 70 1igentg- Eeif &
Millions ~ Dollars n
wha, are ne iaets I BY the Census OF 1910, & 1
here were in The entire State 44S.9s7 Saves-oI n
Thieh 50 r737 were In Western Virginia,
A very fun Average yaiGe Of Slaves would be, ! !
nagiae, $500 each about iwo-ifflhs being under i
rn and over aIfy hye wears q age The value Y I
slavesin Wessru Nifginia, kincludins The Valley
Il coursel wonsTSe up9n thatestimate, about Sgt
ken NfaisMs ef 1silags ehiv ]
So il has been stated, That there SIX CaantiGs I
"a The Trans Allegheny District, that contain Sts |
lioas If D5ittss in value at slave property This
/ grievous mistake also, OF the %, lS1 Slaves
n Westefn tirEtaia tlef6g ttoaFsqaS only wsere IN
he Trans. A leg3sany nisifct-ot which ndmber /
sol were ia thE following SIX Counties eontatHr (
az the largest iinber ID that District viz Kama
MIA walshipgtsi4 Wythe, Montgomery, Pniaskl+i
and Mason, Iilsr valae wout5 be Tess tsea isffe (
.ihEsoas.
1910, and here has been perhaps therefore, no in-
crease since 1910.