Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-05-28

| Our friend of the Charlottesville Advocate
writes under misapprehension in the following
remarks:
lit does seem 10 us, and we express the onino,
win all due difference those who have 50 0alIantIv
Tor our rights, that the Eastern members Of
e convention made very great mistake in refusing
| 70 accept proposition made to- them by the Wes-
T,, CAUCUS e'd on Saturday evening" the 10th ut
nhal proposition was TO base representation in the
aiouse Oh Delegates on white population and taxation
oonaolhed, giving tine East majority Of fourteen;
ana 10 place the Senate upon the white bass-with
e au'tonal most important provision, that the legis-
Ia'ule should IN the year 1862, and in every tenth
yeaf hereafter, reapportion representation in each
house upon me respective principles of their Or
ganlzaton. This scheme would have piyen us the
House OF Delegates just long as the East retained
a malony under the mixed basis and majority on
JOINT ballot 1t is manifest at a glance that such a
compromise would have been infinitely preferable to
lhat adopted, and We astonished that the East
efn members aid not accept it. They seem to have
gwen op lie House OF Delegates, by far the more i'm
oranl body, end confined their effort TO obtaining
aJony In the Senate, for as long period as possible
Even Mr. scott OF fauquier, surrendered the House
| OF delegates IN his compromise proposition"
Neither of the four Western propositions Of
| Tered reapportionment in 1862, and every tenth
year thereafter on the principles first established
Had mixed basis House boen rendered, with
such provision for reapporlionment, we have no
doubt that the Eastern members would readily
have accepted itas preferable Compromise to
that OF the committee o. eight, and we hazard
nothing In saying that such an arrangement
might have been secured if certain Eastern gen.
tlemen had been true to their cause.
Inc following are the first two propositions of
the Western committee, and we presume the
editor OF the Advocate had ore or the other in bis
mind:
FIRsT-That the House of Delegates shall be amor.
TONED on the Mixed Basis, as in Proposition A exc,
dms Inc capatlon tax on free negroes giving TO The
counties, &c. lying East OF the Bluo Ridge majority
OF thirteen In a House $50 members.
lnat the Senate be apporoned accodinc IN tha
aaallneo voters, giving the Western Division of the
o'a n majority OF two in Senate of So members
nat 10 The year 1862 both Houses OF The General
as ne appononed according to the number OF
the qualhed voters ofthe Commonwealth. "
SECOND The Same the preceding extent tha, in
stead OF mandatory provision in The Constiiuon for
Inc apporiIonmen of both Houses upon the Suffrage
pass IN 1907, provision be inserted recurring The
General Assembly. in the year 1862, to submit the
quesoI 10 ne qualified voters OF State whether the
same plan OF representation shall be continued or yhe-
hef Doth Houses OF the General Assembly sa be an
porlcned according to The qualified voters. -
The Sd proposition tendereda House on suf
rage ard Senate on taxation until 1862, an
ulen both to be on the suffrage basis
The 4th rendered both Houses ON the mixed
basis until 1862 and then both TO be on the sue.
frage basis.