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The Constitution of 1776 never was satisfactory to the western part of Virginia, which was under-represented.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The Constitution of 1776 never was satisfactory to the western part of Virginia, which was under-represented.”
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Beveridge highlights the dissatisfaction of western Virginia with the 1776 Constitution due to under-representation.
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No! but snatched from time, To bloom afresh in yonder sphere sublime.
These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.
That time, however, is unquestionably arrived, and every oppression now exercised on a helpless people depending on our magnanimity and justice for the preservation of their existence impresses a deep stain on the American character.
What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
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