Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-05-30

the WHOLE had indicated purpose to vote against it in
| the House. Deltso.
voted in Committee Of the Whole or striking out pro-
position A, has indicated corresponding change of
purpose on his part, Tor he has actually voted in this
| House against concurring with the Committee of the
Whole, in the vote by which A striker out. These
two votes, therefore, balance each other; and gentlemen
cannot escape the responsibility resulting from the
course they have thought proper TO p The fact
stands before the country uncontesed and ncontestibe
that after this compromise scheme had been killed by
vote, III iu House; after il had been so utterly re-
pudlated by the entire Eastern delegation in this ball.
that out OF GO votes it could command but one-when
1t was thus dead and buried it necessary to reani
mate 1t by defeating the mixed basis; and to accomplish
this result land that too by majority of one, it
was no enough for gentlemen TO vote against PROPOSE
| ton A who were, conessedy instructed to vote for it,
but after the had been taken and the result ascer-
tanned Though before it was announced the Chairman
the Committee who had reported this precious scheme
OF compromise himself, found it necessary to change
his vote and thus deea the liked basis by majority
OF one Now sir do inquire into the motives OF gen
temen--l have nothing to do with their mott, es, but
state, as have perfect right TO state, the facts that
have occurred before eyes. give, as it my right
to give, history OF this transaction, and leave it
those who are entitled 10 pass judgment The conduct
| OF gentlemen on this floor to make their deduc-
tons and come to their own conclusions thereon. Sir
IL Is 10 VAIN TO attempt to disguise the tnct that the
mixed basis has been defeated and this thing mcaled
compromise put upon by the course pursuedby por
non OF heprofessed advocates Of erniredbaSis this
'oor. we have always been able to carry the mixed
pdes-"C eau carry IL now ii tnoSe VINO were uD06r-
stood TO be It's friends will stand up to the principles
they were sent here to maintain. But it is idle ex-
pect TO carry any principle when its protested advocates
tell you before hand they are willing to compromise it,
Sir have had occasion once before to saw and now
repeat, that under such circumstances Will generally
be found that those who begin with compromises end
with surrender And leave it to Eastern Virginia say
whether our experience, in the present case, furnishes
| any exception to the general rule.
desire now, sir, TO make single remark 10 what
some gentlemen 10 regard as the inconsistency of
my position in subrpung the motion made yesterday
TO amend this report, after directing on the grounds
stated In the lew remarks made on Monday last. And
l think it will appear that there is about as much
foundation for this idea as for some other positions
have had occasion 10 consider, and more. On what
ground was it that objected to the report last Mon
| day, in the few remarks then made Simply because
it gave to the West, in house of but $50 members the
same majority that the West claimed by its extreme
proposition in house of 1885, and am to be told that
because you give the West by this scheme more than it
entitled to upon the suffrage basis, according
its own extreme demand, you do not interchangeable
the principle Of the suffrage basis? Or is it TO be
| argued that because you thus put upon the East
ern people that very inequality OF representation
and degradation, about which our Western friends
have discoursed eloquently, you thereby render
| the scheme more palatable to the East! This
tainy does not obviae the objection | made. 1t
increases the objection. You not only take the prin
cipe 10 the full extent TO which will carry you, but
you go beyond that principle and you give the West
more than they entitled to their principles.
Thus, by this compromise scheme, requires greater
number of qualified voters East OF the Blue Ridge TO
the Blue Ridge; and This degradation which has been
the theme OF much eloquent nvectve and bitter de-
nuncation the part of Western brethren, has by
The action OF Eastern men, been visited upon the East
ern people.
MIR. Chiffon. Will the gentleman from Richmond
allow me to ask him question Did he not contend
thai II, the Western people would not be degraded
MIR. STANARD. Unquestionably, did SO contend,
but IN doing so, had TO encounter the united voice OF
the Western delegation on this foor and if here be
anything in the views so eloquenty urged by them, they
n thn nj Eosto Vir-
GINA under this compromise scheme. But, sir, wfeh.
erths inequality OF representation in the popular branch
be degrading not, the fact is undenabe that under
this scheme more p0Ter is given 10 the West than they
are entitled to even upon the suffrage basis itseH-
Upon what grounds this is done, and whether not it
should be DONE leave it TO The Eastern people to de-
eide.
But sir, told all this is the result of urasm-
and the gentleman from Accomac Mr.. Wise has in
formed us that the compromise itself has been brought
about by ultras Yes, it has been the effect of urasm
bu has been the ultrasm OF the West concurng with
the-submssonism, shall lsay or sir Tor fain adopt
the pohest phrase can think of to express the idea
emen OF The East. That sir is The sort of utraism
that has produced this result. Here have been these
Western gentlemen, day after day, week after week,
and month alter month battling for the principles they
were sent here 10 MAINTAIN, with energy nntiriug and
zeal that knew no Tagging Sir, honor them for
it-every man Of them-and, wish to God we could
have had men OF like spirit side. They never
talked about compromise and still less did they ever
think about surrender. They stood as they professe
10 stand, upon principle, end that principle they
TO carry out by any and all the means in their power
Why, cir, have we forgotten the efols hat were made
Tor days and weeks not say for months to control
the action OF the deegat on from this district? Have
we forgotten how the halls OF this Convention have
echoed and re-echoed with appeals, in every FORM 10
the people Of Richmond 10 instruct their delegates to
vote for the suffrage basis How for days and days to-
gether the discussion carried on here undsguised
y-u had almost said avowedly)-wi a view to ef- |
ec this resul And had these eforts proved success
u, and the suffrage basis could thus have been carried
hv cit,nla nfn loo, L.I..--
advocates OF that principle would have hestated for a
moment so to have carried it? Does any man believe
that under such circumstances Western gentlemen (
would have forward comp, onise this question?
No sir, no! They have never sguised lher purpose
OF carrying their principle by any majority by which it
could be carr;ed and hey would have put tin the con-
by twenty by fifty But while this was the spr that
prevailed on one SIDE, how was it he other? Had we
no principles TO mantain-prncples che rished by the
people who here and secrated by the names
and embalmed by the genius OF men to whom Virginia
will point " lh pride so long ihrob of patriotic |
emotion shall continue 10 beat in the Dos her ons
And how were principles like these to be indicated
and sustained by declaring in the breath in which
you avow ed them, that you willing compromise
them! Wei have principles, [say gentlemen] principles
OF Me justice, propriety and sound repubcansm of
when we are FULLY COW .nced-prlncipes which some
OF us have maintained even in argument on this floor
principles, that are dear to us, and it might be added
siill dearer to those who sent heIe;-but be not
alarmed, gentlemen OF the West we have no idea of |
carrying out these prncpes. You will not fail if you
can, to put your principle into The constitution by any
majority that will effect that result but we have moi
the remoest idea OF adopting the same course as res.
poets our principle. Oh! no. God forbid we should
think OF doing that. ltmghl produce exctement-it
might lead to tevouon-and possibly division oil
the State Sir, for one have INDUCED in no appehen-
sion of this kind, nor have permitted considerations
like these to cause TO swerve for what was, &C.
ccrdng 10 my poor Judgment the plain path of princi-
pie and of duty. have said, and repeat it, that
never entertained the slightest apprehensions ofany
revolutionary movement or division OF the State pro
duced through the nsrumenlality of such men as
saw around me here, or of the law-oving and law
| atidiog people from whom they came Whatever might
have been the feelings OF temporary excitement, re-
su'lng from the failure to carry favoure measure,
feelings in which can fully sympalhzesl had too
much confidence in their good sense, their true Virgil
MAN teelng-ther loyalty to the State as well as to