The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-04-03

Mr.. Charlton, of Tyler county, deliver
ed a speech in the House of Representa-
,ives, in supper, of this bill, OF which the
following Is an extract
at will be recollected. Mr. Speaker,
,ha, supported the resolution Introduced
into this House in the early part o. the
session. increasing the number of represen
tatiyes in the lower branch to ninely, and
In, number OF Senators to thirty three
Nv principal reason for advocating such
an increase is the desire that the new and
the weak counties should have justice done
them in this matter Of representation, which
| affirm has never been the case since the
organization OF our State government The
old and densclv populated counties have
invariably had the balance OF power IN
their own hands, and thereby the weaker
counties suffer constant injury, having tlielr
interests neglected, and their rights tram
Piled under foot
mir. Speaker, | have opposed every
resolution which proposed to reduce the
number because have believed, as now
believe that greater justice VIII he done
nader the original bill, than can possibly
be done in the event OF the adoption oi the
subs,i,nte. or any other bill founded upon
a similar basis. And here, Sir, ! Will take
occasion to remark, that ! stood ready 10
answer to my constituents Tor my position
| on this subject, rs their representative, and
| feel every assurance that they VIII sus.
tam me in the course have thought proper
to pursue.
| friend from Travis, Nj llamilton,l in which
he takes it upon himself to urge upon the
opponents of the substitute to come up to
the question maniully aud brayely meet
the issue. Now, Sir. clam to have more
moral courage rs Legislator than the
gentleman from Travis himself has dts
PLAYED. | am now prepared to meet the
issue.
81 voted agains, the reconsideration OF
the vote on the engrossmcut OF the bbl ON
Saturday last. for the very reason that
was then prepared to act definitely on the
subject And | anticipated then, the scenes
We are DOW realizing here. Genilemen are
in the habit of asking time to deliberate
on questions which have been before the
house from an early period of the session.
Now the session IS drawing near It's close,
aud as this is very important bill. am
opposed to poslponing action any longer
upon 1t, more especially under the circum-
stances. For 1t Is well known that "A Joint
committee OF both houses WAS raised early
in the session for the purpose OF iuves,iga.
ting the subject, which committee have en-.
deavorcd to consult the views oil every
member Of this ,l1or, and in the other
branch OF this body, in order, AS far as
possible to meet their wishes, and be ena.
BLEED to present bill as near perfection as
the case would admit Of
Il hope therefore the vote viii be taken.
and that the motion to postpone the substi
,ute viii prevail
The speech, Of which the above is an
extract. tsays the Presbt tefian,l was made
upon the motion ordering the bill to its EN-
grossment After the question WAS affirm
atiyely decided amotion was made totccon,
slider by Mr.. \cighbors. OF BeNar, n friend
to the Eli, who introduced it as an act o
courtesy to the minority Ia the debate
which then ensucd, Mr.. Charlton said
81 shall vote against the reconsideration
aud mainly because this question has alrea
Dis occupied much time, aud should it be
now reopened, the same ground would b,
to 10 over again Aud the sense ot tn,
House has already been tested on two oo
casions in relation to the amount OF repre-
sentatou, in both of which instances, !,
has by decided majority decided in iavol
of the highest constitutional numbers Til,
bill has been prepared with great care, AN,
has been submitted after much deliberatot
and consultation of members. do no
believe more equitable bill could b,
framed by any committee which could b,
raised for the purpose. was not a mem
her OF the committee, and had nothing tt
do with the framing o! the bill. But a4.
unwilling to see the motives OF the gentle
men who composed the committee impugned
bell ewing as do, that they have endeay
ored to deal GU, equal and cyenhande,
Justice to all, And here, let me ask. zen
tlcmen, If il is to he expected that a ques
ton of this magnitude should meet with III,
appreciation of every one 10 SO numerous q
body ! apprebend not, sir. Such an oc
cnrrence would be unprecedented in til,
annals OF legislation. And i, is notorious
that the difficulties IN the way of making
an apportlonment, which shall be ANYTHING
like constitutional, aud n, the same tim,
approximate in any great measure to what
is Just and fair to all sections. are almos,
insnrmountable. The Committee, in thi.
instance have acted with all the lights be
fore them, aud have presented a bill which
is acceptable 10 a large majority of thi,
House, and must say when the best ha,
been done, which the nature of the cas-,
will admit Of that extremely regret to Sc,
the feeling manifested on the part of .he
minority, and a disposition evinced to de-
feat the expressed will of SO decided ma.
lority. by any means, however illegiimate
: or Inconsistent with their position MS legis.
a'ors or representatives the people upon
this floor. ! would no, wish to hurry bill
through, without giving to all who may be
dissatisfied an opportunity to offer such
amendments as they may see Gt, to prevent
their objections, aud 10 discuss the merits
or dement's of the bill, to any reasonable
extent. Such an opportunity has been af.
forded to the opponents Of this bill. They
have failed to produce "a better bill for
one, am satisfied that il would DO impossi.
bic 10 frame better bill. or one that would
give more general satisfaction. And Ger.
| tainly we have the most decided and nlsin