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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
May
Year
1842
Copyright
Public Domain
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- Jiv the con?tifijtinn ofthis Stnte. np"toptfiflin 1S?0. Eoelern Vyrfïinïayrns en'ïtied to 73 representativos, and Western to 53. Th is npmrtioiiTient could ho nltéred only in 1841, nml vnry 10 ve-irs thp.renf;pr. The white pnpulntior 4"rlie wosfern flis'rift nnw ontinnibprs the Easf. ;n 'ho propnrtion of S71.r70 to 3G9.293. Thi g p whitp menin Enstern Virinin nre equnl to 11 in the West This difference is produced by the numhpr of slavps, they bpins counted nt threefi'ths ín npportionin? rlie distric'p, Enpfprn Virrrinin cnntainincr 395.250 slaves, and the VVes'c-n pnrt only f3.737. An attempt was made at the Inst spssion to remedy the inequnlifv ofrepretentntion, hut it wns votod down. and the Western inembers entered their solemn proteit against the refusal of the Legisiature on the Journal of the House.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News