Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-01-25

lnonweaith. And that the said Board ha-
wing performed this duty, do renori TO The
uexi General Assem- 81, whether. in their
opinion, any, and az any " hat alterations
and amendments Of the said Constitution
are ncccssary 10 be adopted; together
with such form of Government. as i'm lis
judgment vii be best calculated 10 pre-
serve and perpetuaie iie libcrt, and hap
pinesS ofthe good people of this Com
monweal,h, 10 be by the said General As
sembly thereafter submitted to ihcpeope
for their reception or eiertiou-
ies5fced, That the aforesaid persons,
or 4 majority of them, do convene III the
Capitol, in the City Of Richmond, on the
day of next, for the pur-
poses aforesaid That beinsso convened,
they proceed 10 organize the said Board,
by eecting "A President, Secretary, and
sach other officers thereof, as 10 them
snail seem neccssary-tnd when organ
lied, that the said Board shall have power
10 establish such rules and regulations for
itsown government, to adj ourn 'front.'
To lane, andio meet at ans other place or
places, which To it shall seem fit-Provid-
ed, however, that ifa majority OF the said
persons shall moi convene on the day a.
aforementioned, or at any other time ,o
which it may adjourn, thesaid Board shall!
not thereby he dissolved, but whenever
after majority shal! attend. they may
theTeupon proceed 10 the performance of
the duty aicresasl--
ReSolOed, That The President and Mem
beers OF the said Board shall be entitled 10
receive the same mileage and compensa-
ton for their services, as the Speaker and
Members of the General Assembly are
now by law entitled 80 receive, to bepaid
- ~ al,
thai the said Board shall have power TO fix
the compensation ofaIl its other officers,
which compensation shall also be paid in
like manneras the compensation payable
10 the officers of the General Assembly is
now paid
Resoirod, That, if any of the persons
above mentioned as Members of the
Board of Reyisors, shall refuse to accept
the appointment, or, having accepted
the same, shall thereafter decline TO act,
or shalldie, orremove out of this Com
monweaith, thescat ofsucli person. so re-
iusing TO accept, declining TO act, diving,
or removing, Shall be thereby vacated,
and the vacancy, whicilmay be occasion
ed IL the Beard by any of these events,
shall besupplied by AN election of new
Member thereof, TO be made by MAORI
~ Of the said Board
Rcsofred, That the Governor of this
Commonwealth do transmit a COPY of
these Resolutions above named as Mem
beTs of the said Board of Revisors, and do
request ofthem 30 signify TO him their ac-
cepiance or rejection of their appoint
ments, TO be by him laid before the said
Board al lis first meeting.
Mr.. Smyth moved TO amend the Isl. Re
solution Of the Select Committee, by
striking out the words Electors quail
fled 10 vote by the existing laws" and in
sorting in lieu thereof, tire words " free
white male citizens OF this Common
wealth, upwards of tweniy-one years of
age" CThus trying the question, whe
ther the right of voting for the delegates
to the Convention was TO be confined 10
the EieehoLdeys. III his amendment was
rejected, ayes II, noes los.
The question then required Oh MIR.
| TazewelPs resolutions Which were on
posed by Messrs. Doddridge, Smyth.
Chamberlayne and Blackburn.-( b.
spoke at considerable length upon the
merits of the whole question, declaring
himself opposed to any Convention, OF
any change OF the Constitution he con
tended, that the unequal representation
| in the Senate might be cured by an act
| of Assembly. He denied that the mao-
| rlty of the people called for change OF
the CONSTITUTIONAL if Convention
was called at all, the Whole Constitution
| would be put 10 sea; that different de-
| legates would re Give different insiruc-
| tons from their constituents, to press diff
ferent innovations that there would be
| as great variety ofinstructions, as there
| was acoHtHsion of tongues at the tower of
| Babel that under these circumstances.
instead OF dissolving and doing nothing.
they would form an entirely new Consfi.
! tuition; he contended that all the bless
ings we now enjoyed would then be put
| at jeopardy: he dwelt with great empia-
! sis and pathos upon the benefits she'd up
OH us by the present Constitution, and
| Conjured the House to retain what they
| had tried and knew to he good.
| The question was then taken on Mr..
Tazewelfs Substitute, and lost, ayes A..
noes ll9; as follows:
| Af ES-Messrs. Sianard (SpeakerN
Wise, Demovlle, Wyatt, Thweatt, Ar
instead Elizaiaeth City,) Hunter, Ma
thews, Lawrence, Brown, HaDkins, VIII
son (kanawha,) Buster, Hill King Wilt
| ann Braxion, Fleming, Daniel, Banks,
| larry, Bradford; Graves, Christian, Pol
| lard, Wilson (N0rillampton blackwell.
! Edwards, Jones NOifowav OSh Ton. Mar
fin, Mallory, Archer, Clarke Powflafan )
| Booker, Holt, Foster, Lewis prince
| George Mitchell Johnston tSouti,amp-
! TOM Bowers, Eustace, Pcscud, Scott.
| Shield, Tazeweii-44
| NOES-Messrs. Yancey (ATbemarlo }
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