Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-30

of Fauouier Mr. Leigh and others, out nohe "a 'nen
adopted Gordon 10 0 AMY
ba I'm I'D that of Mr. Leigh. based representation
ron ths nhite population of the State ACCORDING e
tbo snsus of 1920, the last census winch mac Ine.
heen taken and sir that was the proposition 'ha'
adopted. 7,,.b -. permission Of nv friend
Go will state that General Gordon IS no" ~
anS stated last night that his proposition IN inc
Convention of 1929 was based upon inc ~n''e popu''
ton according to the census OF oao ~ dorbt Of the
W. "a chairman, after this tresome statement OF
s.. oone back 10 the issue between the gentleman
for Fououer and myself, and ASK MN ~ ei he VIII
tho. aanJnr for which he is so much distinguished
tiat Wv uill not admit that the mix basis, this pro-
Whether nc az. half and half compound of dollars and
nd in which the dollars get the hons share,
norelty in Virginia than the principle of the
s which is now offered here in proposition B.
representation shall DO according to the mum
~ VIZ" W. f,se White voters Of the commonwealth.
NC, nm,n il has been asserted and an effort has
W. - 70 sustain it, that the principles of the royo
80, sanctiou this proposition Al that those principle:
a, the voters Of the State should have politica
in nroporon to the amount OF taxes they paid
~ ras no such principle in the revolutionary
or, ,ssert that the principle involved this
81, b c.lonies denied that the Parliament OF Great
p,in had any right to tax them at ALL because under
thi rcsnecve charters that power was gwen to their
on legislatures. Now, sir, during the many years thai
III 1
sa;J about taxation and representation We all know
how that s-that in mantaing principle, argument:
s sometimes used that not legitimate to the ques
tom Immediately in dispute. And beg leave TO show
that am correct by reading some OF the acts OF The
neonle of that time Sir, the first controversy that
arose between the colonies and the mother country
in l765, under the Granville ministry OF England, wher
Parliament, as was said, exercised the right, certainly
the power to impose what were called the stamp du
ties And il is said that their right to tax was conro
yerted in Parliament only BY the celebrated Gen. Con
way WELL sir, what is the history OF the opposition tc
these stamp dutiesi
The General Assembly Of Virginia was in session
when the news Of the passage Of the stamp act was
ceived in this country and that body
resolves which assert the exclusive right OF that AS
sembly Of Virginia to lay taxes and mpostions TIT
inhabitants of the colony See Chief Justice Mar
shalrs History Of the Colonies
Tbey did not assert that the Parliament of Grea
Britain had right to tax them because they had moi
representation in proportion to the amount of the take.
thew paid for If they had have had representation in the
how many representatives would they have had Per
haps two, or three or four. We did not pay take.
enough to have given US representation in the British
Parliament that would have been worth button in the
way of protection. What would four representative.
from Virginia have been in the British Parliament con
ssting of some 500 or 60O' Such protection would moi
have been worth talking about it would not have been
worth the parchment on which it was written.
But again, in the same year 1865, eleven ycars be-
fore the declaration of independence congress Of dele
gates from most of the colonies met in the city Of New
York. which passed the following resolves: That the
only representatives of these colonies are persons chosen
therein by themselves and that no taxes have beer
be constitutionaly imposed upon them, but By
their respective legislatures. See AarshaRs Hstor,
Of the Colonies.
Sir there is the principle fathers contendeh for
And if that is not the principle of the revolution wan
gentlemen to tell me why it is not.
Without concluding Mr.. CARTER here gave way tc
Mr.. WHITE, on whose motion the Committee rose.
The PRESIDENT having resumed the chair, the
chairman Of the committee reported progress
On motion Of Mr.. MILLER, the Convention adjourned