Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-04
ard they believe am sorry 10 say, whether The opinion

e point r:rl tacy Gc:e. respectfully you please
;s' sill - 2aa9, :ka ias: rights as tseernoa sa!
sc accorded u :he!r.
! i Is remarkable uhat icccFs.:Gnccs gentlemen vic
advocated tic opposite side q this !'">i!o: haze bee.
iri'tn 10 III "i".c GiYc OF r.a;;.5:li" - o
'eN!',;na. !" "':'2t:'i" = 'h"::iS, ~ '"", Ia .!
every c::' !.j"r;'. i: ais, 5c".crs - i:c ia:s ..
.i!'r Tie %;r;e..', ;.:Ia ;ati:;:r Sir. ccrr) !:
rlTi"r ~ -" ,,:y .. q! cessation Is -: cia',.sH:
. frir !*;!;' 10 :i!r east. has Icr competed i" T..
'atc '!'"i ~ r- u" rp:,'s representation OF = (
''tSs ~ lie bc"! cf t.rr l.nrr Ec%!Ihcr> IS he
TERMED l.n vel! row. tina, .;rallem told Es Eal
"as ica,: II lio!."' against GndN@
'aAato:: "a ha tod vUIrgi:i .ii;en il is u TIE
iHrats' II admit. Well. ask llu ,a. when ;iiere i
power o: DISCRIMINATORY exercised by the taxing row-
~ IL 10" S'ainl>, aa! "a"n have 30 right to
'c'e'e '''t II VIII /" changed, hut or IL: :r;rary.
nay; every reason To c!icYc ha i, will nc: ask him
hat security i Il tn tm "iiy II Richmond against IN
i'c 'aXaion that the r.'t o: representation lc which
h r".'e! l. @'"n I" another ';arcst ,rd perhaps
h;>r !!ic'..s, :hirl necessarily lirlcns lis oH.r
BURDENS l>i n proportion il increases Tie burdens OF
f!hr city o! Ri"t:.unmd:
II me gentleman had ;;ccl tbs stripping cf tie civ
81 hirh'noi:d o; cc-l";n portion Il is rcprarca:;
o upon III" ground HAT i, tou large c0::c az ra-
ZION OF strength nir nort j.. or. community citing
upon one common feeling as principle and exercising
"lS!f"for "i'ae Influence in consequence OF that con
'rttrht"', Ecn coniA have understood him. l:.t
hc; ne Undertakes &c appropriate this excess 10 Tie
benefit c others n HAY be hostile and NAV show that
1cccic' IL Is to me i:cs extraordinary pro- csi:iuh
Inc Sehlic!ia further told rs tai he had .n1re conf,
icrc IL the vest with -cear rational politics or our
position "l'ii regard :" In" atiG"al government Than
nc Nui III Tie ras'. We'll. !n", shat course the com
noi"calth OF Virginia rull rt,rs :,,v ards ;L fI
1Fai g"Tef!net Il tbs western rcor!o 1i accorded to
then! l.clr due proportion q: representation carno.
"a: but sn tii": have right 10 decide for t!cnsc, =
!".@l t:at course ." conduct shall E, Or wha line II
policy they sho'd ir5u", and De Controlled by
minority OF eastern in i'.;lc!s 81 "a; importance
|" western Virginia, aa -; v,-' nprg;Guc. at his
l:iac, when he PIE savrrv sl,tar:s. here Is JUS, Il.
strong ns the an!>I,.r, E,;rac>., ~ lie north a,!
wic Ia, ic"'i@ Is hourly tending .nyu::. III Ill
IN" horrors Of civil war irr 81" protection Gf that
property which here !:!.,.G In" GROUND Of excluding
io from that ir: share III political power b. w!rl
l"iia We could il nj probability i,rr r.,ai.,t such
Z. caian:tT. Another Inconsistency, ;at i, to ny
ai e4iay Pa 'ah'c - ilat VIII regard L. tho en-
tension 81 tn" rig! o! suffrage. ~ said before, every
n"n'rr OF this co'nlilcc j.. believe IN favor al the
extension o.! til" right oi suffrage ~ alo, &ry mae
I'VE. the a." al i"@a:: wears. !!u: .:. vito has
no property Of any description III" easier! a Of the
Blu" Iii! ~ 10 have vast ,ra! 0r; political power
in the legislative department Of tho government; ian
\ siHa:!y SITUATED nc .ca,l the i.iur Ridge.
Wei. independent cf tie i:,ius;irr d his SO Jar
iroin III" G:;rra:AeE: and protection q hi. property
being iro:., o." nacace q IL. man who
does not hold property ia liz cast, i,n il il i1ul e
influence Of he Ean who d., not i'd i,ropcr; ~ The
west. hold that "calr.1 ::i':nG: property arr
mere 10 IL r,.:"d apo" iii :.:s:d = - protection u
t!Ic -iarc property !! '!:r eXc.e .: Il. !. ri. III q: SAT
,Ira.". Than c9scfG who a.e ~i:,,: property
As Si'' b"i:r", these II HE p"cScac" - -
prnIr:t :rl I%E:n"; thea. lh&y az" Il. .1c Ias pres
ea', o! ;:a: iabgr ,:hir ;cir ult 81 ...r means
tof Subsistence. 1"! .:@y III the :air presence
!oi he ."cr OF that rrag,ltT which is an object
OF t!er perpetual hatI1a. il IS admitted here that
people "ho have no property atc. I" ."!nn :x-
lent sb;ec; - entertain feelings Of Jealousy against
people who have property matter Via! may
DC is kind. Bat ii tho, situated rcro!c from them
hcT do ;n the ircTu@i.v, tcv 60 feel II, and
lit doe. not operate Uon tr,n i}u, when they arc in
.ort Immediate vicinity, ~" that Iii. property
has Tendency 10 degrade their cMp!o:mcn'!h2 :iGst
honorable ri al carloymrnlSil viii be the h ;c,; Of
thci perpetual ."'loIss and I" son" extent naturally
AID ,hc fact thai ,nri nav. g!vcl item IT,
gratifying their hostility J.: giving ten, tho right Of
suffrage, will eH!.#uce that rc:r. is feeling Gf envy
81 Iealosy, wEci isa: universal pa sion ans eth
Ter in the human :ns, has eeM said Is De or1ucyillc
an author 'sIoa a!'!cd last Hight, he character
stic OF democratic pcnpi1. aid from causes that are
obvc;s to every thai Ill consider upon the shicc.
The feeling CT envy results from conpa ison that i.
instituted between The person eavcd and the person en-
wing and where there Is comparison the feeling has
no place in the human bosom Here in the cast this spe
ces OF property sub cct Of daily comparisons With
The uo;-Sa;e owner in the wcs ii becomes 10 Inc
same extent ii. ;cct Of daily Comparison where thai
property does not ex.; sucli degree. So that il
seems To nr that there = fa!Pah!c Inconsistency in
eastern SeHlicHlc !jc!- il:, ~ COnldG lr rlSh
iuf suiiragc-a di,?ropcr!;nalc Iar.G the eastern
poor nan rather than Inc western poor i.lan.
II has lccu ta riiat il west ice! this inequality Of
representation, ard hey II c" TIE al,cnpt 10 con,lnl7
il Lcsradat!c:I. 10 ~, how i can he viewed il
+ all: ccr light The grou:s. ioE which This inequality
has heretofore been sustained. .aTc bad pat.i5itv IL
them, and cv did cH'I.i Jaeger lie minds u
cvr: The people ~ the 'lrbaes in the last
vrIor.: t; those pronns ~ shseG:c' ll-iare been
entirely swept awny. a'i Changed relative posi-.
ti, If s.,.lt iti.rp
that YOU dill IL the debate before thai Convention yI
would accord 10 ti,resr IL due proportion in Inc repro
scr:tion. without moments hesitation. shall prove
this by reference 10 ii TIE aulrs speeches that
u:ir upon the sac Of the question, aud show
that il is manifest ta! you -" prcdica,inS YOU
claim II undue proportion IN The representation t2nr
grounds entirely different ii MOI in principle rctaiEly J;
degree from the grounds upon which tic claim the.
frosted Judge Crshur said in the Of his remarks
lh7 tley lid not require. in order 10 :Hm against
undue burdens. that there .Ecud be an e1vatify Ct in
trrcsIs. hu TIA, tcrG should be an identity OF ;n"-es,s
TLc-r are hif identical words.
$ What thcy ~; mol equality of interests. nat
an identity 81 interests in other words. that property
s, ,kl he sufficiently Gs!scd III the west make every
c section feel lie weight cf the burdens they impose
others Wei. shat the sta" Of 'h'Ss them The e.s,
contributed in he proportion Of nearly fD'r 10 o. '
: entire taxes cf The commonwealth So':. under e."
inrw aa.cssmi:.l the east VIII no; contribute two 10
I ono and predict tia! five years hence, when our
improvements are completed in the vest the land tax
l of the vest will bc greater than that Of Tie east The
contributions l.Gia :c east the public treasury $ll
he, under the assessment. S341,0Gi. striking
Of fractions. The contributions from The west rn!c-
, the rev assessment vii! he :isiDGG. The
that The cast pays the wc:: is 100000, sho-ng
that they DO moi pay - nearly sac .GG0 double E,ich
as the wet. Sny. iris property has not accumulated
lin tic hands ui particular .!r ida's. Il has been diff
fused throughout The etirc "es;. and hazard The npil-
lon without fear OF contradictions tina, there is larger
proportion Of people o. The west wio will hare pro
nnrtv under the II r"prt svstei1 Of taxation, subject
10 taxation thar there will lie in the cast owing tie
greater quantity cf Land and the greater lacite. oi
. ac1urin:. property 10 mole:ai" extent.
Ire rericiaa from, Cuipercr ~ RiaBorsj IN the
course cf ice ycr: igca;oI- relarss ;ich he Submitted
10 tie committee. assigned objection (a:.d the sr,';
mont seemed 10 l." recc;rea With great satisfaction
amongst or eastern hrc,ire the details Of the :;c
basis system reported IS ,ls white hass portion CT Tie
committec that it did not eGralize the Representation
amongst tho various counties ol the Stjle that It gave
a large pre7onderapce Of representation to counties
having minority Of tie population. That is true, an1
whose faait i. il: i il ;i!e faGr OF tn" vest: There
are bit two modes taa can ccE.e7a c. Of cGGajzlag
the representation aalcngs, The yaos ccunc. Of Inc
State. The first is :1sc tic owest county as tis
standard Of representation and increase The representa-,
iica &c all tic larger counties in The same f2i'3; and st
there will bc unre2resened fractions Well, that would
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