The Virginia State Convention of 1829-30
Author
Caldwell, Paul E.
Subject
Virginia
Politics and government
Virginia State Convention of 1861
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The title page indicates that this is "A thesis submitted to the History Department of Washington and Lee University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." The Convention ended its work January 14, 1830, with the adoption of the Constitution by a vote of fifty-five to forty.[1] On the negative side were all the delegates from the Trans-Alleghany , one of the Valley representatives and a Mr. Stanard from Spoittslvania County. "The sentiment among the western members seemed to be that in the constitution of 1830
they had not been given even half a loaf; that the Tidewater planters had again succeeded in frustrating all attempts to make Virginia a democratic state in a democratic Union.[2] The Constitution was submitted to the qualified voters of the state at the regular April election and after a bitter contest, the new frame of government was ratified by a vote of 26,055 to 15,563.[3] The northern Panhandle rejected it by 1,014, to 3, and in no western county was there anything more than a mere scattering of votes in the affirmative. The Valley supported strongly the New Constitution, an action which was a virtual rejection of the action of the Valley delegates in the Convention. [From concluding section]