Convention proceedings as printed in the Winchester Republican.

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Excerpt from Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830: To Which Are Subjoined, the New Constitution of Virginia, and the Votes of the People It is unnecessary to go into the history of the various attempts, which have been made in Virginia to revise her Constitution. It is enough to say, that after repeated failures in the Legislature, a bill was passed during the session of 1827-28, for taking the sense of the Voters on the call of a Convention. In the course of the year 1828, the polls were opened, and the question was carried by to votes. Immediately a deep interest was spread through the Commonwealth. The people began to cast about for such men as were best qualified to serve them. There was no restriction in their right of selection, either as to the office which was held, or as to the place where the Delegate resided. Each of the twenty-four Senatorial Districts, into which the State had been previously divided. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.