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

49, ;Il ,,,.o,o and sanction il 7 This district which
have the honor to represent, and whicn IS now constr
tuteI nj least portion of it. senatorial district &C
cortng ia This mixed basis plan, Is not poverty snit
tn d.trrt She NAYS largely into the treasury every
vear md The average value Of her hnnds Is almost
equal 10 the average value OF lands IN eastern Virginia
She la, hardy cn.erIrising lntehSeht ana thrifty
population, and they 10 DC sI' aueu " 'ie 'aue
every duty which owe TO the people who have assign
ed Ia me Tho representation OF their interests on this
floor, were TO suffer this thing 10 pass hoehounced'
have selected this instance not because II Is soiita-
~ example without parallel, put ior contrary Pur-
pose. and because no man charge my people with
being manners and dependent upon the pubic treasury
assert that we do moi contribute fairly TO the tca-
sury-or that there is human Dcihs among hem nail-
terent 10 say nothing OF beng hoste, ~ lhe great IN
,crcss of Virginia even to her peculiar interest why
even the Patrick district, with population OF 10000
and upwards sends one Senator, when ndeed she Is not
entitled To IT, even according 10 the mlNed oasis The
Senator il given her KIND OIL doom ohe Is 10
receive as their generous gilt, anu aoes FOL derive
this Senator by virtue oil her right She has "A GOO
popuaton and Halifax 10000, yet Halifax Is entitled
to the same weight in the Legislature OF Virgin, and
exercises the same influence upon inc couhcs OF the
State, As ~, 900 from the atrick district ~ II asto-
nshng that the voice Of Patrick Is iearu 9oinS up 10
this body in dcnunciation of this principle: Here Is
the tangible evidence of YOUR purpose 10 degrade her.
While YOU endeayorng to allure er INTO your sup.
pert you seek to impose upon her bt
will pursue this subject no lult.ci WIN i''Pe'l W TIC
! ,letal,s of particular districts.
! There i another aspect OF inequality IN which
choose 10 consider this subject Of representation oc-
casoncd BY this mixed basis The gentleman from
the county If Culpcper is one, the gentleman from
GoorhIard is another, and the gentleman from Spot
s,Iy.nia !. another, Of many gentlemen who have
already introduced the subject To some extent, 10
yb;ch' am now about 10 refer. They occupy ro-
sion which in Judgement, Will justify me IN sing
inv ,beu ont when address myself 10 this part OF
I'll, TIpra arc
mon,yealth tho Wing and the Democratic party. The
nowcr of The Whig party lies III Eastern Virginia. and
The power of the Democratic party lies IN western IT.
GINA Is it not obvious that IN proportion as you de-
pre.s Western Virginia, i'll that proportion you abate
tbe influence of the Democratic party On the Other
hand, in Eastern Virginia, where you ind thc great
body Of the Wing party, Is IL not obvious that III pro-
portion YOU exa that party, IN that proportion you
give it al ascordancy ana pTosra' u, ,os
party: need not say TO which oil these parties
III belong: NV people understand very wei what
my sentiments arc. Is IT not certain from TINS
,,is sa.e of the case that when from any cause, you
give a greater political influence 10 has'e.h 'iiei
MIA Won elevate the predominant party IN that scctlon
and is i, not equally certain that when you uePress
Western Virginia politically you depress the predos
nant party there. compared WIN ife preaohnlant
par,y in The Fast You find that while the mig party
prevails in the East the Democratic party prevails IN
lie West and in every hour oil trial the Democratic
party finds il necessary to lean upon the "cst lof sup
port Now while the Wing party prevaiis N 'fe EAST
and the Democratic party IN lie vest e sfeat oHcess
of properly AID wealth Is found IN me fas,, Tue lesser
amount of these articles being found in the West. Now
by attaching political influence 10 wealth IN Eastern
Virginia 10 YOU not the same time necessarily ana
inevitably exalt the party that prevails mere ~ouio
seem that glarc" II this thing ouS. 10 convince
,,y man Of the TACT have s;1tcd. But ii not satisfied
with glance, with these general reasons nave s.s
rcs.ea allcuca can very readily try my conclusion
for Themselves ii they will employ little lsbc- in IN
rcsgating the details Of the aHPortonment uhner your
G.xcd basis representation; HaEc soi,I tha'asn
with no, little ato.. l have examined the appor-
.ionmet OF every county in the Conmonweata as ar
angcd in proposition 4. have compared sie Tot,s %
these counties with regard 70 .e.r party ocsrns-
a!nc the Presidential vote Of ~ ~ criE'l. aru
End that although some labor has been ezpenoea :.
endcayoring to give to this dominant partg some ascc-
dancy bv various indications which will DC found =
any gentleman wko pursres the same cou,s " aluS
which have pursued-yct it is evident ts'' '"l~lu-
standing this fact you have in the h.use .! Del'
crates consisting OF one hundred ard fifty members,
scyent, five Wings 10 seyenly-.Ec Democrats ms
IS an equality but how do you arrivc a. that equal
.,y: seed not multiply Instances, which are ao'"-
daut, but connc my illustration to one %
Campbell. 1t divided, or rather Lynchburg Is e'is
ccratcd from Campbell, and delegate assigned 10
Campbell, and one to Lynchburg. By that process
ons Democratic delegate is gained whereas by SUI
lerlng the whole county to send the Delegates 70
winch il is cutitled, it would send two Wing de-
iegatcs That would give the Wings seyenty-six
,iclesatcs III the House oil Delegates, and the demo
Gratis sevcatyour. An impartial application OF the
principle will give the Wings powerful majority IN
tue Legislature. Not long sincc thought 1t proper
70 allure to the influence OF minority government up
On people who part and parcel OF federal gov
eruulcnt promised advert TO this consideration
aud to rccur to this part oil the subject and now have
done it. Heretofore there have been certain great coc
trnes esteemed by the majority OF the people oil Inc
State, highly essential IN their federal relations
These doctrines been avowed and upheld from the
foundation of the government To tins moment, anu UNI
vcrsy by the support and vindca:on OF the democrat
| ic party Yet how did the democratic party Go u
Was it not by giving to each voter in tho commonwealth
tho political power ve caim riSht ana os s
lug effect 10 every vote cast The deocraticpty cannot
otherwise maintain IT'S a=cendancy III its purity principles
Ea; oes il avail 10 cast Thousand party votes II oy
principle Of representation odious and as abon-
nable az this virtually cancel and citerat'
those they arc recorded According 10
my view of this subject and according to facts and ns
ure- which it i. said lie this democratic party
henccioward is 10 be PROSTATE III the dust and It's doc
trncs are to bo condemned and prescribed The entire
relations heretofore maintained between irgma anu the
federal government TO b. utterly and totally subver-
ted Ard why Has my body discovered that that
party the principle. Of that party clou unjust
and indeiensbe On the contrary, the gentleman whom
have already indicated have fully avowed their love
for and devotion to those prlncpce and yet they nre
the very men who are defending principle Wheh VIII
result in the destruction oil their ascedcncv ainsta-
ting the apporiopment Of representation according TO
the mixed hass-and it Is very well known that DO
not speak of this in derson OF the democratic party.
The gentleman IRON Appomattox Cir BococR) has not
yet spoken this ques;ion-ils basis. DO not Know
whether lie sustans ii or not.
/ Mr. LETCHER lie assisted in arranging H.
| Mr.. NELSON. will let tho gentleman speak IL lcr
himself and hope he will dot speedily It's but 'alr
that he should speak for himself.
aIr BoCOCK refer that part of your argument to
the gentleman from kanawha.
| The CHAIR. Gentlemen must address the Cha'r,
| Mir NELSON. There is not only this discrimination
aganst the democrats Of Virginia, bat there Will DC
found IN inequality and discrimination equally odous
between the wings and democrats Of eastern rsinia
Now, what is the caculaon and give You the facts
and figures derived from tho sources which nave
.ready Indicated give tho figures; and II they DE
incorrect any gentleman is at liberty to correct them
will take the delegation from eastern Virginia i
find that the wing votes cast in the election
of 1918, amounted 10 % 63S and tnt under that apPor
,ionment that there will Ire orty-tive wing delegates
in the legislature from eastern Virginia thus showing
the ratio of voters to the delegate to be 800 ana tnal
the democratic party in 1913 cast Mt the same eectSn
in eastern Virginia 246s and that they are to be
represented in the legislature by thrtyseven delegates
thus giving ratio of $50 votes to the delegate 40"
,,a, Ito ;;,T,rnnce five hundred and twenty tive wings