Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-27

ar Of those who have thus af nei1eroeo IT, 70 retain
n all PARTICULARS exactly in its present form-to pre-
rvc + a. memorial enduring the Constitution it
f Of the gores Of compromise and the glories OF the
an,bors of this compromise have said deal frankly
;,h The Convention, in stating that am no friend
If this compromises expect 70 vote against H.
"a IN not Mt all intend to commit myself for 1t,
hocb amended as shall propose. But do think that
,i, SHroposion which make is reasonable one ana
hJ he accented bv its friends The substance OF IT
= th;s. That in the year 1865 when the TWO houses
If the legislature are called upon 70 niaH.
nept in case they do not agree upon thei PrlnePle
~ anportonmeut, the question OF disagreement tneh
;.;p, bel ween the two houses shall DC suomIteu 70
j., decided" Do gentlemen understand NE Az Sase
- disagreement between the two houses .: sn'' u"s
the Governor shall not be required sunni nv. nJar
,ote IN make IN but shall submit to be tried oy tne
nsonle nm issue which the peoples shii
'Atl % %ssi IF What If they make up nous' -
Mr. BOCOCK. Well, il they make up none 'ne peo
re's representatives of that day conSeu' 'AA -" r.
partiouneut shall remain as 1t Is ;I
4 VOICE That gives all the power ~ OIL: Siue
Mr. BuCOCk No 1t gives no power W eithe' p ~.
IT, IT amounts to an agreement o' oo'i' p"'iss
serve Suppose the Senate shall insist upon Pespe1u"
ting the appor,oument which ooeains s Gte'
they cannot do it unless the House OF DeiesA1es I'M
wise CONCUR Or to adopt the distinctions OF cas-. anu
west, suppose the east i'll their Senate shouo G
perpetuatins the apportionmen Oh the existing OASIS ~
the Senate. they cannot do 1t unless inc wesI IN tne'
House of Delegates consent. IL the oeuaIe H'u
of the people areegl Is not that the east aua ~es'
then agreeing And if the east and west then agree'
what question is t. be submitted to the PeoPie!-"o
as TO the apporonnent in the House OF DeleSa.es' -
il not so I | appeal to the gentleman rom r"uqu'e
lir CHtLroSl who offered this compromise. appear
10 every gentleman here is it not sof lou nave your
House of Delegates in 1865, we have our Senate II me
two hc'ses agree what question 10 TO De suoltlea 10
Al Frp,,
seem to see objections TO the power propose TO give
The legislature The gentleman from hnawha Jar.
SMN.R.( smiles as if his sagacty had detected some,
thing wrong in it, but think he will find 1t Is provided
in the compromise tse that the questions therein men
toned to be submitted to the people only IN east
the two houses do not agree. Here Is the language OF
the compromise It shall be the duty of the General
Assembly in 1865 to re-apporton representation III the
Senate and House Of Delegates, and IN the errnt me
ucr 4isscmbiy shall not agree as 10 The pr'"e'pl an"
so FORTH If the General Assembly do agree as TO the
principle of re-apportionment, the compromise itsel
,.- the f.vore compromse-provdes that there shall
h= no submission to the people All that propose i,
that in case there be submission that submission shall
he an issue made up by the people representative
that day, in preference to the issues made up VIII
sav by the peoples representatives III THIS CohFen
ton but BY the authors of this compromise.
Mr. WISE Suppose they cannot agree upon all issue
what then.
Mr. B0COCk Suppose they cannot agree upon an
>ae. When the gentleman hears my proposition he
will it provides that if the two houses do not agree
the House Of Delegates shall submit it's proposition to
the governor and the Senate in like manner submit its
proposition and the governor shall submit those two
propositions the people to be voted upon and decided
lstwesu BY them The very disagreement OF the two
houses therefore. agrees the issue. repeat that my
proposition is intended in good faith There is nothing
covert in it. am not in the habit of acting i'll that
gentlemen will bear out. If gentlemen will
investigate my proposition they will See that state its
pupcrt and the of it fairly. l THINK that IN
SIS there will be less of this feeling amongst Ms.
i-irve that there not in operation, but III
process of construction which will to some extent den
iv the feelings Of the people and of their representa-
the one and the other side OF the great chain
mountains that divides u.s. do not know what ques
of difficulty will then exist between the east and
'as west. trust there may be none but If there
< We cannot know what they will be- and desire to
the people of that day ascertain what those
;l@.tions of difficulty difference shall be.
Du; do not stop there Ny proposition goes to this
extent
Tr,-That if the two houses do not agree they shall
submit their respective plans to the governor and the
governor shal submit those two plans to be voted by
the people but secondly, if they fail to submit their
4s or fail in their duty in any respect, then the gov
Snail submit to the people the question whether
representation u either house or in both houses Shall De
bis, upon white population or upon population and
taxation combined and in case they vote for white pop
aou in each house in either house, it shall then be
th utv u the Legislature at its next session to appor
tc, accordingly, and if they vote for population and
taxation combined in the two houses or in either house
shall he the duty of the Legislature following to ap-
l portion accordingly
desired to make this explanation to put myself ex
sc,v square before this committee, that they may uu
der,,ani my position and my motives vii! read my
& proposition before send it to the clerk table Ask
the attention Of the committee TO it, and | ask their
cam fair. candid impartial consideration of it. have
aady disavowed all claim to favor for 1t as coming
IL friend Of the compromise, but ask for 1t only
The consideration which fair impartial men should give
10 distinct fair, candid proposition The following is
\ ,ae amendment which propose:
The SECRETARY then read the amendment as follows
Strike out the 4th section of the report Of the COM
\ nl:tse, As follows:
I I. 1t shall be the duty of the General Assembly in
he year 1885, to re-apporton representation In the SEN
,e and House of Delegates, and in the event the Gen.
raj Assembly shall not be able to agree to the prn
p OF representation which such re-apportionment
hail bc made or shall fail to make such rc-aPportlon-
.n then the Governor OF the commonwealth shall by
il. proclamation, Immediately thereafter require the
i!a.ici voters Of the commonwealth TO assemble IN
respective counties, cities and towns, and to de-
Care BY their votes whether representation In the two
ies Of the General Assembly or in either OF them,
IA, be spportioned according to the number of quail
a. voters in the commonwealth or according TO the
-A;er OF white inhabitants contained and the amount
n taxes raised BY the Legislature paid in the seve-
n a. counties, cities and towns Of the commonwealth
c,ing therefrom all taxes paid on licenses aud law
:.., and allowing delegate for every seventy
"a LIN part of the said inhabitants and delegate for
s -.veuv-fth part of the said taxes aud distributing
@.unber of Senators in like manner; whetherrepre-
s.a.ion shall be apportioned in both houses Of the
IA .fal Assembly according to all the white population
EAaa.d in, or the whole amount Of taxes raised by
ID legislature paid in the several counties cities auc
~ =. # the commonwealth.
Ia! insert in lieu thereof the following as the 4tf
"a = il sections: .
81 i; l. shall be the duty of the General Assembly, III
a. ear 1861 to re-apporton representation in the Sen
H. al! House of Delegates and in the event the TWO
a.. shall not be able to agree to the principle Of
Ehi'=a,aon on which such reapportionment shall oe
H. the two houses in either of them, each house
A. r:v to the governor the principle or rule on
s4Ea proposes to base the representation in the
e., respectively, and the Governor shall by his pro
fa:.a;oa immediately thereafter, make public the re-
H-%ve propositions and require the qualified voters to
sno:e a, their lawful places of voting and to decide
aeT vote, between the propositions to them thus
HP!e';a;yd
81 in case the General Assembly shall fail to perform
duty required by the preceding section, after its ad
iyn;, shall be the duty If the Governor, by pro-
RI E-aIvl 10 raonrp the qualified voters OF the com