Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-03-25

guar qualifications for officers. The governor must
have 500 ucrcs of Land and $4,000 worth OF other prop
erty senator must have freehold OF the value oil
$500, or taxable property worth slooo over all his
deb,s member of tho house must have freehold OF
$3.50 in value or $500 worth Of other taxable proper
" above all his debts. BY that constitution legislative
power elected the governor hut they have since adopt
ed the principle that tho governor eligible BY tho poo
ple clerks hold offices for fc and justices Of the peace
are commissioned for life These facts have adduced
are designed 10 show the spirit which prevailed ~hch
these bases, at variance with the popular basis, were
adopted. They designed TO show the spirit whch
then prevailed, and they should deter us from ADOPT
ing them, and should convince us that these Faria-
tons from the true basis are unworthy oil imitation
Am not right then in declaring that this mixed nass
is at with all true principles anu that II II "'SoP
ported BY single isolated precedent
propose now to consider the practical operation o.
the principle in general aspects And first sectlonay
"a betwe.n the East md the West propose TO reier
to lis operation in regard to Eastern Virginia ilsci ana
also TO consider its operation III announcer respect ~
which shall specially invito attention "hcn ! l''aH
that point Now when speak OF the pracucal opera
ton of this doctrine OF the mixed nasis. aeeo''a "
practical operation BIZ referring to the details accoia
nyinp that principle taking it for granted that geio
men protesting 10 entertain certain prihciPca VI
eminent or Of representation, as having "'
have practically applied this thing, that they iaSt uo
il in conformity with their principles, thihk l may
safely refer to the details to show the Praccai opera
ton of tho principle And first IN regard 70 'ls
tiona inequality which this mixed OASIS WIZ
In bouse of delegates consisting oil one h'l'leu .nu
fifty members there is aissn ,ho 70 East maory Of
(onrteen What il the effect OF this? western irgih.
il has majority of 1862 Of the white population o.
This state and ii Western Virginia had an exact e4oi
ty of delegates in the house with Eastern 'fsiha "'
al. shIt I.
would yct dsfranchlse these ylooo VINES Ir, ~ dole
giving 10 tho East and West the Same number 81 cse
gates But the inequality goes beyond .ha' !, b'o
to the East fourteen majority, anu II 70" LINZ '.'
ratio YOU will find that these fourteen dc'cxa.os nii
represent OF exclude 6s46o OF inc Sron, any r
er Virginia. thus excluding at one swoop rom any 'c
nrcsentoon in the halls of legislation l62l9 Western
Virginia lrecmcn. ~ ~ .,
A,an in senate consisting Of iiity-onc members win
district apport;cnment in conformity WIN Tue gum.
principe, Ly the same mode Of calculation you VII
sscota;n ,l, in ot senate Wcitcrn Virginia IL DIS
fnnchiscd TO the extent oil 652o4 reemeh ins T.
not accidental This is not the result OF an
difficulty Tia not the consequence Oh al me-. H.
necessity but it il deliberate and Prenico- IN,
reimbursement of $4,000 men, III one house ~ X; m
men in another because they are Western 'nsl' I"'
and because they do not pay as much Tax us y" -"
| ar because they have not 80 many Slaves u .u III
for il il one or the other. choose when 70" VII
gentleman from Culpepper in the very
able argument which ho submitted 10 ''s IL of .
fsIy1 uyS sln III
suffrage basis BY demonstrating rs nc IN tho
finn, instead Of giving majority the hscehoan'y ~ Wv
legislature it would give It to inc h,.oi. r,n,
rather M imposing presentation VI ias,' ,nnn ri
those who acquainted win NV Iao, ,ic f,cn
tbo thing il had no effect. In the FIRST P!aee, '
eman could no, find any Whereby 70 ioIHae
| This in quality lie could not md thal u URN r 49,.
either in the east %. i'll the west large NUM-. y.
zeus the wrong if any existed, was cliusea 1.u"s
an, III. State without reference to distrete IL "1
l attn
nj ,bs atari but the gentleman, however, iaoo'eo u
msapprehcnson ii no willrefer to tho taose aSai oi
different purpose than that Tor winch ne oei'
them, namely: to discover wrong Tor Ihe saAs " 81,
nosinp !. and not to correct it. he Will nhu .s' ''
noonsv aiscoycraue in the senatorial apporaonhoh'
ia about equal to that discovered III regard !" 'e
RESERVATION in ths house CT delegates anu L" soc'
it'll. further he will find that one IL eon
ION or equivalent for the other. rof ins.o
,eoates represeut u constituency not exactly e.,'
,hrec delegates there tut when you cono " l"e
,ta ON anportioniug senator 10 the counties sonu'
,a4 tbese three delegates, you require rom men a.
e.ccss Thus inequality coiPehsa'ss ~ s,r..
uunc. the gentleman could not find seeuon y,
son wherein to fix this wrong OF ~h'',i ne resor,e,
One is compensation of the other nav $50
TO white popuation thus far for the purpose ~ ca
Ria dartous wrong proposed to be lnhlctei "P'
Weatern Virginia in the adoption OF TINS m,et
VII! now to the vote gwen IN tho ''f Isas
coates, of ls4s will premise that the vote vi io7'
wss a remarkably small VOTE being some one :! two
thousand less-according my calculation making no
preteu,ion to accuracy-than was cast IN the frcep
tal contest of IL which all remember was ihucn
more animated But will resort to the general v"'e
Of as because there was peculiar excitement at tha
time more operative in section OF the State IMAM u
uo, i, The other Well according to the Presldenti'
vote Of S4S the eighwo delegates when shouiu pc
ASSIGNED to Eastern Virginia would each represent III
average number Of $50 votes, whereas III es'erh
pna each delegate would represent IN average number
.,o.o. dierNnce between the east anu
the ycst of l4p votes Thus you require that III est
ern Virginia there shall be lao votes more 70 eject oe
DELEGATE than is required in Eastern Nlryna-anout
twenty-five per cent more. .p.u
Mr. 'RI\ ia What was the vote OF Eastern lrglhla
alonel -, n-:,..,
II. NELSON Tho vote cast in the Presidential
contest Of ls4s west Of the Blue Ridge the gentleman
desires TO have given him. will give inc whoIe Foe
45l0l were cast IN Eastern r5hla aui fo''' ''''
were cast in Western Virginia
IT, i ia Won discriminate between the votes o
Eastern and Western Virginia The dlsfranchlSenoni
of voters in the By the operation OF TINS RUE "ou
he ri least 1920; and it can be asceraihea ny Tue
same process by which ascertained tho who3 h';:per
- ~, n.rsons DISTINGUISHED But will go now
10 s,ec instances in which this disparity Is siiowf
more clearly take few western counties ~ln'n
according 10 the present appoInohmehi' (sAi"i''1
the rlixed basis proposition A. al" ehleo W W..
yat . in the Legislature, md compared them VIII l'n
eastern counties entitled to tho same number oil deie-
,nt.s The Whit, population of the ten western ccun-
cs is os sR. md that Of tho ten eastern coiles IL
s3 Csc: 50 tha, tho population requisite TO sehd tS
delegates tho west counties IA more thah "o"'''
that required in the cast to send the sa''e n"'''De'
OF delegates.
Here are the counties with the white population con
| tanned:
Western counties. White population.
Marion. ::.......'.....'.... co.
Giles and Mercer. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50