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7051. PROPERTY, Representation of.—

In some of the American States, the delegates
and Senators are so chosen as that the
first represent the persons, and the second
the property of the State. But with us
[Virginia] wealth and wisdom have equal
chance for admission into both houses.—
Notes on Virginia. Washington ed. viii, 361. Ford ed., iii, 223.
(1782)