Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-07-23
G'C the pcopie CT Jefferson, BeIkeieS
and Clarke:

Is e: cent yeas, regarded tie question 81 NJ
resell, d. - ilNd' .1icI have If
pose tc submit +" you News "''"' io,,s
.'.e saHJe'' &. - 80 '.''
consideration NO, g.
Ntd't ",.+ - '"' = ~ =, o'.,,r.,ed Nv
bic to that conn. I"""on "'.r NV sol;ci-
Tie vote 81 an lhieliistH' f.Gf, !I,cy far o,,t.
tuGe for tie adoption q VIZ po;> :; - rc,mii
WeiGhS az! PeieG''t' .,',,asra},i, O.; more
OF the election i'p''s ,ia' e. cn,stil,
concern TO Tie Ionno'h t".'; ", nos, etfrient-
ton shall he iramtd, winch VIII hioS' s..i,
y, in ihe terms oi me !'' q ,,,,,y If
the common benefit, rtoiec'',. az" ,.,,,
the People, than 'i"t any 'h'I l.5 - asSer
should ne eiccleo' h",T '''I> ,'.,.I rcr,,ii
tam what VIII auNo. u 20 ,,l;,;c mode of
ating all enquiry as L. ,i% 'm9s' f,.'+ inI.c4
securing an eccncr Sai ~ J,,oU 70 contribute
II -i~' we IS ,,,io;ors which shall Sc
to the advancement CT oPl.ons' o %t'sI an nv
cure the It &c - 49,, ,rre interest, and
sell, VINO VIII teli -" Wv
pohcy OF this i''s'li1'' :; :; , rroniiione
eHo'c seH'-lilt,.' ',,'i - y j. with S,,rpr-
condlloh 10 ue 'gPe|!s" r,-seirr ,,ron the
sing calnlheSS anu ..i,ior--rerordirc
proposed charges III ll' =, ,.r.at Gcarrr
measures more IlI"t is dis
unbiased BY personal VI ! - Lotbcr
l-Et Z IL. 10 -
ultra or conservative, as TIE sooU " W.
may require. ,,.;,h mo &c
The suolect OF the heiieSe''.-o" ;,aiat -,
paramount. There IS erro,,oo.
stake, immediate ana Practcai' -. - 49,, J..
ment, depanding lHal' a. i'"''' - $500
sacrificed in the effort 10 secure Sh5 ie,U'
however oenehcia! they may oe' ;n+a 80 49,
vor TO condense "hat nave " '"'' ''''0
row compass as poSs'pie. =, h,. ,bo ,no;o,..
The general abstract pr'hciP'I, 'n"t Ge I,
ity shall gcre'1', is as just as 1t Is or -
is based upon Tie capacity anu I,,,' ~, - .
majoTity Of the People 70 decIoc t'eII! io' W. va
most part in Governmental affairs. hehce ,le
White Basis principle of representation as re-
spects County or State Of homogeneous 'n'eTs't''
is manifestly the true oLe.
Let us see what is the CONDITION Oh uI"eS ~
this State 10 which 1t Is proposed 10 Apply 'h's
principle.
|. Virginia, east Of the Blue Ridge has no"
ssrsntu-sight, and west of the Blue Ridge ttty-s'r
Of the entire number Of one hundred and thirty
four members of the House of Delegates. IL the
White Basis be adopted, the majoIity-of about
twenty-will be reversed. As estimated oy Tue
Auditor, the east will be diminished SeVtntSen
and the Valley one. thus e!gteea VIII DC aUGeu
10 the Trans Allegheny District. lis De!egatioh
" Ill be increased TO forty nine-tour more IMAM
firth of the Revenue. The two Districts east Of
(; he Blue Ridge pay more than double the amount
of Revenue paid the two Districts west OF IT,
In 1910 the assessed value OF lands IN the TWO
eastern Districts, was fifty millions q dollars
more than in the two western Districts.
2 The Valley is no longer, however, identified
with western Virginia. lis Improvements, Tor
The most part, are mace. us connexions " i'H
the east by the James River and the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canals-by numerous Turnpikes-by
projected Rail Roads-and 10y ITS possession 81
Slave property-rcnder IL as much part OF cas-
tern Virginia, as the Piedmont Distrlct Hseh.
). II the valley sha!i Voie upon tliis queSt'oi'
IN the Convention WIN lhe la''s--Ai'e s''~i'
DiStrIct-haVing toSe'her his!IslA NHte'' anu
sixty-eight being majority OF me bod9
is reason to believe, that interests IN the east, 10
cal and personal, Will cooperate WIN lhem SUI
fcient TO establish the Nhlle Lass,
4, II 1t be adopted 'here WILL LOT 1le nus
part, be arrayed IN support OF internal lHiPF1re
mcnt biils--aIihcush Inc 1rans-Aiieeh'ny Us
trict may sometimes DC dlFlaeu against NseH-
tcriy-ninc members; who can readily bargain loi
sufficient additional number 10 pass them'-
Fifty or sixty votes for such Bits, moreover
have generally carried them.
5. Although the Piedmont ana 'aIiey secllons
may have mainly involved the Stale heretofore
yet it will be, to- much more vasl eAteh., luz h
Their involved by TINS accession Oh power " 'ne
Trans ALLEGHENY DistrlctIoeeause II IS more
probable, that region, which needs improve
ments upon almost every square 5ne, ana mnTi
pays so small portion oil the hG &c Zen ~Uuio
not be restrained IN the amount OF Tic alPiopll'
atoms, as one, which needs them comparatively
little, and which pays tie chez portion o. lie
taxes.
E. To prevent Ills result OF LAVISH eNPendi'
lures, ii is no NioIatict OF the Republican major
lly principle to give the power 10 tax TO the re-
cion, upon whIch the butthen VIII many rest
That principle, moments reelection VIII "Scer'
tain, relates, necessarily, only 10 community
small or large, OF cC,nm'n Interests, lake one
of YOUR Counties for liusretlou-I maJcri'y
Of voters may have less property than the MINOR
ty; yet, because the prosperity OF the one IS the
prosperity of the other-because OF the allan
ccs olblood and frcrdafiP--because an improve
mert in II benefits alike thc minority and The ra-
iority-power is safety entrusted o the majority,
II * not so with States lr portions Of States Of