Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-04-09

Showing average amongst the counties West
"a 81 cents head and amongst the eleven East
Is clio cents head and if the whole Valley b. compared
with portions oi Eastern Virginia which send de-
lcgntes to this House as assigned to the Valley,
will be found that the per capita contributions equal
Am not justified in saying, that npon the white basis the
lax paying portions of the Commonwealth would lay the
taxes and that would be safe well Just regard the
white population the scale Of representation have
not alluded in this any pec,ar property which
The East might feel interest in protecting. will show,
before conclude that the slaves are gliding from the East
into The Valley and the West The Valley conservative
in feeling; allied to the Fast III interest," and 10 the West in
principle. She is entitled 10 stand the umpire between
extremes.
Mr. Speaker the gentleman from Logan (1lr Fereison,)
in ustfying his determination 10 vote for it, has stepped
forward the apologist of this BILL He has ventured the
assertion that il is compromise bi--tla the East once
conended Tor the basis Of Federal NUMBERS bui is now will
ling offer principle OF representation BY which the
West will gain the ascendancy in the General AS
semby will demonstrate rst that this bill gives the East
the utmost power she could have upon price she has
contcnded for and second that the West will be longer
gaining the asccndancy in Legislative power on the prnc
pies OF this BILL than upon e principle of the Federal
bcrs; indeed that the principle of Federal numbers is far pre-
fcrublc asserted First, them will prove that
this is the strongest bill on principle the East could demand
movement of S95, have contend"d either for the pin
cipc OF white population and taxation combined for
the Federal numbers, or for combination Of the two
Now the present bill is based On the first of these
principles, and if show that this is more advan-
tagcous the Fast than the federal numbers or than
counting the whole white popollsn and hreciis Of a
stronger by itself than The basis Of federal numbers would
Of necessity be than basis taxation and popu
aiiou combincI with federal numbers. tnd that in 1850
the combined basis nf population and TAXATION in a
House Of l3I, the East entitled IA SIS and the West 10
i3 delegates; upon federal numbers the East entitled
81, an! the West 10 IL delegates.
In Si0, upon the combined basis East 7s& West 5SY
- upon federal numbers, - 4" 81
1919, upon combined basis :; Is So 50
" u.ion federal numbers, supposing
the black population 10 have relaancd
us il was in lSi0, East 15G " 39s
In l6ie, allowing for proporonatc in
crease of black population in The West
and decrease East ii would be, East, IS $40 81 10
find from the census of lS0 that between 1880 and 1910
there decrease Of black population in the East of q 6
and increase West Of 500. | lind from documents fur
nished the General Assembly that the years 1916
and 9iS there loss oi black tithrs in the East Of
1888, and an increase West of $780, and il is well known
that there has heen since 1870 proportonate increase
West and decrease East OF this species oi population
suppos the increase and decrease be less than three
fths OF what would be indicated by these documents and
have prepared the following calculation which submit TO
Total white popuIa,ioniEas,. ls49. 4oo63O
Ada three -fifths of black population 1870 o62 524
Add 5hs of black ponulation of Alexandria lsI9 900
666 054