Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-26

by way of substitute: W.
Resoired, That in The appor' comment =,
presentation in the House of Delegate, re-
'honld be had TO the whole popuiafion ."
iively, aud in he Senate 10 taxation -,
Vely. That the House Of Delegates shan u'i
sisi Of one hundred members and ths 81 e''
Of forty eighi.-That the Senate shall RI
same Legislative powers Ia all especls a. :"
House of Delegates ; and all appoinlmqn, v"
Office. which t., The Constitution shall bs
ferred to the two Houses ofihe Legislature y,'v
he made by concurrent vote.
The committee then rose
On Mr. Dnddridge's motion, the resol,;.
of MIR. ri, asants and Mr.. Scott were ord,
To be pr InIed Tor the use of the Conytnfi,ne
aud then on MIR. Mason's motion, the Com,
ton adjourned ,il IL o'ctck.
FRIDAY, Nov. 20.
Convention assembled at IL o'clocL
was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mir T.' i"
Tor oil the Baptist Church.
Mr.. Thompson submitted the follow ipg ..
solution:
" Resoired, That during the remainds, i
the session of This cons cntion, The Odd mi.
thereof shall be observed in the Comm tito. ~
the Whole. And that il shall be The dn,y a..
the Clerk hereafter, 10 keep a Journal OF tn.
proceedings of said Committee, aud 10 n.s,,
in such Journal ifthey can be asccraned nh
the protreoi"ee hereto, ore had therein
Ar. Thompson assigned the re- asonS lor III,
resoi"l'on-slal'ng that all the important h,,i
ness oil the body will be done in Commune =,
the Whole. What is this committee IN, i. C.V VI
vention sllting IN another form And ac,%
every member comes here with the erieysoca'
OF his constituents, and if it can apupar H..
the proceedings OF the committee, thai evor,
particular proposition ard grievance has he..
submitted to that committee, and a record mali
OF lis proceedings, members will not be uuds
the Necessity of renewing their propositions a
toe Convention aud thus an economy of ims
VIII be elected. The same rule as relates IN
the recording OF the proceedings Of the com,
mitiiee, was adopted in the Federal Con,ert,,
aud in the Convention OF New York in 1870
Aud he could not SUI pose, that those gentle
men, who expect a reaction IN any mar
Of this Commonwealth can object 10 the mn
ton.
Mr.. Leigh opposed this resouton-an5
show ed the peculiar advantages of the parlis.
mentary invention of Committee OF the Whale
He denied the force of the two precederb
quoted. In the Federal Convention. every
question was decided by Siatps, mud hencet.r
inducements 10 register their votes. In tn.
N. Y. Convention, he considered the pIecp.
dent as not applyIng-ior, he had never seen
a body there there was amore de cided auction
for popularity than in the n. Y. Convention
and il the gentleman here wishes 10 register
the bids. he hoped it wuud rather bp an OBJ
lection with others 10 adopting his popc,i.
ton.
MIR. Thompson assigned other reasons for hi,
resolullon-the necessity Tor calling The name,
Of the members, for IN the mere Counting ofme
members some COME ion may arise from The
mixing of the members with the strangers. Hs
denied the character assigned to the Conyen
ton Of New York. He thought that prerp
dents we're decidedly in favor of ills reseiu
ton
MIR, Stanard opposed this innovation
the numerous Conventions wi ich Ind been
held IN the U. States some thirty perhaps
only Two had adopted such practice Ihr
tonyeni ION "hirh adopted the present Con-
slitotion had not pursu d this course
The resolution was then reiected-ayes 81
noes 81.
On Mr. Doddridge's motion, the Convention
resolved Itself into committee of the Whole
Mr.. Powell in the Chair.
Mr.. Leigh moved 10 amend the Resolution
OF the Legislative committee by striking ou,
all after the words " ReSoired that and I'd.
ding the following:
Every male Gil zen of the Commonweah
resident therein other than free negroes and
mulatioes aged 81 years and upwa ards, uuaIf.
ed TO exercise the Right of Suffrage by lheeS
sting Constitution and laws.
Aud every such citizen being possessed, OF
whose iensnt for years, at will or al suflerance,
IS possessed ofland If the assessed value Of
dollars, and having an estate OF free.
hold therein -
And every such sitzen being possessed. a.
tenant IN common, joint tenant or copartner, of
an interest in or share of land, and having 40
estate of freehold therein, such interest or share
being oflhe value of dollar..
Anu every such citizen being entitled 10 a
reversion Of vested remainder in fee extaiant
on any estate for life or lives ic land OF tie
assessed value of doila,s.
And every such citizen being possessed Of
d iee'ehoth estate IN Land, claiming under
lease renewable II The option # The lessee abb
sonsely upon payment Of fine or perform,
""ce III 'iher condiliohs, the yearly value Of
snch land heiug dolIais;
Each and every such citizon. unless his tile
shall have come to him ty descent. devise
m9rflage or marriage settlement having betnSo
possessed or entitled for six months -
And no other PERSONS
snail be qualified 10 vote for members, oftbe
GENERAL Assembly in The county city or Dor
o"sh, respectively, wherein The land lielh -
ffoe1ded, That no person sha II, be emitted
'"Vott more than once ,or at more places than
one, in any election -
. Aad prorded, That non-commssoned o.
hcets, soldiers, sailors and marines in lie land
or naval service Of the u. 5 ates. snail not be
quail fed 10 vote; -
d"dProrided. Tina, the Legislature may bt
IA" deprive any persons OF The rgh, of sui. age,
Tor crimes whereof they shall or ma, be convlc
ted.
MI Leigh rose TO address the committee IN
behalf OF his amendmeni-He said, perhaps the
TASK he had imposed upon himself was wholly
his resolution fail al all, u
may be aScr'bed to the assumption that fa'It
nnst-for, such al lmpre ssion has a wonderful
"eight.-iie insisted upon the necessity Ola
ahded qual'hcaiion-and affirmed, that there
was no State from which any departure had
been made from this standard, in which the de,
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