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takeh and which has been generally over.
looked, in regard to this subject, that your
Committee would call to the espicial aiten.
ton OF the meeting. It is this :: AS the
Parishes have an equal representation in the
Senate Will, the Districts, aud have 7IOe4
slaves les. than the Districts, il is clear that
they nave yetSenato,ial representation for H..
oo4 less than they possess, which would be
equivalent to tho parishes owning 1GO,753
plus 5,647 equaling j 96, 200, and the dis
tricts owing 22l ,s47 minus 35, ,547, eaualine
81, 800, which any school boy will prove
lss equal TO having Senatorial representa-
ton on -l42,l8S slaves more than they
should have; which might be illustrated in
this manner: A and B enter into Com
/ lnercia Partnership, each putting in $4,000
capital, but by some cLicanery B manages to
appropriate the profits on 1000 Of AS CAPT
tai tits plain that B derives profit from,
5000, whilst A would receive profit from
only 5000, which would be $4,000 less
than B. :.
Taking the above data, it will be seen
that tho Districts would be entitled to 30
Senators, it the Senatorial representation was
based on slaves; and to give them the pres-
ent proportional representation of the Par
'shes it would require Al Senators.
Thus also, it could bc shown that if the
Senatorial representation was based on
wealth, the Districts would likewise be e,,t;.
tsed 70 aZ Senators, and according to the
present proportional representation Of the
PARISHES" the Districts ought to have Al
Senators. Again, if based upon territory
the Districts would have So Senators; and,
if according to the present proportional
representation Of the Parishes" they would
have 81 Senators.
And lastly, if the Senatorial representa-
tion was based upon white population, the
Districts would be- entitled to 81 Senators:
and if, according to the present proportional
representation of the Parishes, the Districts
should have ISL Senators.
Edge6eld, Barnwel and Sumpter are the
only three rural districts whose great extent
OF population and wealth, require them to
have two weeks court, which is a nuisance
that should not longer he borre 10y free
people. And apart from the matter of liti-
CATION, voluntary observance of the law,
in these three districts, is grievous oppres-
sion, to guardians, executors, administrators,
trustees, jurors, witnesses. commissioners,
and citizens generally. Your committee
have neither time nor space to present all
the arguments, in support Of dividing Edge
field and Barnwell, SO as to form the two
new districts proposed. Inasmucll as the
Courthouse of Edgefeld District is situated
IN noncentral position, so rs seriously to
incommode that portion Of the people of
that district, residing on the Saluda side of
| it, and inasmuch as Edgefield has about
1000 more white inhabitants than Barnwell,
and nasmuch as we believe, that every sec
ton OF both districts would be benefited by
the establishment Of two new districts, we
recommend the following boundaries of
the proposed districts to your consideration
Beginning at the point where the line be-.
tween Edge6ea and Abbeville intersects
the Saluda River, thence down the said river
to the Lexington line, thence along said line
to where McTyer Creek intersects it-thence
across Edgeield District to where Beaver
Dam Creek intersects the line dividing
Edgefeld and Abbeville-then along the
said line to the starting point. The area
included, to constitute one new District to
be called "Butler District"
The other new District to be bounded as
follows: beginning at the mouth of the
Upper Three Rum in Barnwell thence ND
the said stream along the Tinker Greek
tributary to its source; thence across to the
head of Pond Branch, down said branch to
where it empties into South, ,Edisto, at Davis
or Guigard's bridge; thence along the road
from said bridge to where it intersects the
Charleston and Ninety y-Six Road in Orange
parish thence up said road to Sawyers
Post Office in Lexington; thence to where
McTyer creek intersects the Lexington and
Edge6eld line; thence across Edgefield to
the source Of Foxes Creek; thence down
said creek to Savannah River; thence down
the said river to the initial point. The area
included to embrace the other new district,
to be called the 1District of Calhoun" with
a Court House at Aiken. sSa8t
a. AS embodying the views of your COM
Fmittee, with reference to the object of this
meeting and the best policy to be pursued
for effecting that object we respectfully
submit the following resolutions
l. Resolyed, That in the opinion of this
meeting the time has arrived when Edge
field and Barnwell should be both politically
|and judicially divided, so as to form two
new, separate, and Independent Districts,
with Court House at Aiken, and another
at or near the centre of the Saluda Regi-
ment, with boundaries as indicated in the
preamble. IA : s =, y, ....- 49,.
Z ?. Resolped, That in all future elections
for the Legislature or Congress; for Offices
Of honor or profit, orfor Offices civil or mill
lkns~ Al