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

Mr.. Colston enforced The same arr,imeni =
He said: there were many in the house in IA
YOUR OF Contention, WHO were opposed to
the extension OF suffrage; by pressing this
last, therefore, YOU lose friends TO the measure
itself. and thus endanger the whole--that
there were some too, Who cOuld not but = Omit
the propriety of a convention, yet finding
'heir own part OF The country ssripi of some
rvhtcai weight by IL, would scsze hUidoi
tue excuse furnished by the amendment to
rote against the whole caSnrc--Besiirs,
,hai This amendment TO the Constitntion might
hereafter ne introduced under the general
provision Tor making amendments.
NJ. azcweN suggested as a point of order
Whcther Il member IN the minority Gas he pre-
Sumei the gentleman fiomL. was) could move
! to resciEd vote OF the Honsc-Tbe SDeokcr
| repiied in the British Parliament there WINS
no such thing as re-coDscring a decision
| In Congress this rule WAS far relaxed as TO
permit one OF the majority TO move recon-
sideration, II II were done OF the Same or
succeeding day--bnt the practice OF this house
WAS admit OLA reconsideration proyid ed
the House first agreed to rescina the rule OF
| tic ilousc.i
The question then before The House being
10 suspend the rule-Air. Biact bnru spoke ia
| opposition TO it, because the amendment
made Yesterday, lays near to the heart OF ma
! ~ ~ 'tit fionse; that gentlemen Row found
| thsN iaS niStaken their course had begun 10
| inafch WITH The wrong foot and now wished
| sdraw II back; had made awrong move on
ne Guess board and were now anxious 10
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| oe so hck rs TO undo to-day what they had
| done yesterday, after the ayes * noes were so
| formally called AS TO extending the right al
SsnnFagec 10y subsequent amendments, he said
| ne Was TOT DONG justice at once for doing TO-
| aav,"h at ou%bt tolave been done long since
| f,e spoke with great feeling of those vito
| hau Borne arms NJ Norfolk, ard whose bones
! 80 pIficd ~ potters Field, or ssrewn along
we roa' on their return home, might scrve
| as hhlesiones; was il such men as these who
| we're 70 pc dSbarred from the right OF su.-
| rage iie recoiiected with what indignation
| soale u the soldiers of the r,evoiutionarv ,yar
| YET sore WIN their wounds, were told they
| Snuiu not vote, though so MANY lubbcrly tel
| lows, VINO h1d remained idle ut home could
| .,"'S..ne said, there was many freehold in
| tIis state, scarcely any thing more Than n he'd
| OF rocks, MOI worth The deer Thar bounds over
| ,not Welding food enough 60 feed Il caIf
n irir. l,.drShai assured the opponents OF the
| convention, II iheNsScceedcsim this way, their
ttlnnpns w9n!dbe transitorv; that il was ap-
| parear indeed, Il this amendment we're
adhered 10, the bill for Convention
would be lost; but il was equaily appa-
rem, lton yesterdays vote, majority ofthe
| .,puSe were IN favor of a Convention The peo-
PIE Womb ten ace howl tl as lost and what
would they do? They would themselves send
di;eiegates 10 Convention OF their own the
,i,ttt ~ uitnt uey hAd experienced last
WINTER, lad brought about the Conventions of
"mcl'es teTaHd StaGnt0n: what consequences
M9ain Not Fesu; from asecond disapgoinfment5
ne SoNenton would M Get under cxacerba-
cumSiahces, and the consequences y,iyI,t he
mat IN tide Gt passion all the barriers Of the
consultation, the Senate, the independence OF
thne Juuiclafy, would be swept avay-But he
oejec'ed 10 iio amendment itseii'; the extension
OF tnc right ct sutirago.--Ese are sorry that in
rms hfiel sketch, we cannot fellow the arru-
hent OF NJ. NJ. on this inter, Stin@ point
messfs. Mercer and Blackburn again ad.
dressed the House, the one appeaiins 10 The
friends, the other to tie renlieS of the Con-
Venton, IN tie course of which, we were happy
10 observe, that some little sparging, (Which
had takeu place on Monday last betwec,, .IIesr
two gent.,meu, or the UsGry bill. which we
nave not noticed and mean not 10 notice Il,
oHt sAeicASs) was amicabiy northumberland
W W., en-, snaed by these emphatic words from
hr Blackburn 9 hope all wall he forgotten
Mr.. Gray said, tEai called on az he wax
on both sites, by The friends and The op
Fonents otthc Convention, he felt some.
What caibarassed-t that he Syag friend
OF the Convention, at the same time :
friend OF the extension of the right Of sui
trage-that he must do as he did in othe,
cases, consulthisown epiniqn-he thought
tie friends OF the Convention rad taken q
wrong view Of this Quesiion-that bf
wished limited Convention, If it could
be had-bGt had no objection 10 trust
them withthe question of snirage-as ia
making dneN!ension under the power of a.
mendment TO he engrafied in lie Consti-
'''iyii, iS iiHi great GOubtS whether II
would he done in that ay-tor, say thai
amendments were to be madebV cards al
the Legislature, and certainly bv not less,
would , 3ds b found in favor OF extending
the right OF suffrage.
The motion 10 suspend the rule was
then taken by ayes and noes, and list
Ayes 80, Noes 100.
Mr.. Thompson OFF, then renewed his
motion, as he mad pledged himselfto do
winch MAS c0i7ied-Ayes IS, Noes GO.
Alter some further motions which were
made aud Withdrawn, the question occur
red on theadoption ofthe LIST resolution,
dis thus amended.
MIR. Mercer said, he hoped the friends
Of the Convention would not be deferred
by the present shape of it from voting foI
lt-because, bill would next he brought
in, and it might be shaped differently.
Ibe question was taken on the resoIu.
lion as amended, by ayes and noes, and
cd'11ed-ayeS l03, noes 60-as follows:
AYES siessrs stanard Syeogcr) Yancpy fAibenarle
Penn amherst Anderson, Crawford, Jordan, Pate
ton, Wilson fBoetsuTt, Cook (BotetouFt) Este, bod
bridge Anthony, Lewis npbsl y Turner Smith Ca
BuchneT, MARSHALL Payne Sexton Cook (fTalkn Gala
way, Bryce, Curtin Cooley Mathews HYDE johnson
Giles Smith Giles Clarke (HaifaS Daley, M'Carty
Davis, Craigei, Jackson. NJ MhOIthor Hay, Chamber
laihc, HdissioH Allen tHenry) Atkinson. Crashi Nor
ga. Buster, ENtOu, iuikeisOu, CiAbiec Mercer Lou
doun) Gregg fleming. Hanie, Batks Allen (Madison.
Ghotfus NasDul Oiendcnrin Gray, Thomas Monroe
wilson Gomorgaiia) lcfksH.fc, Wiirary Chaiiton