Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-11-28
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VIRGINIA COW ENTION.
TUESDAY,. Nov. 81.

Legislative Committee
Mr. SUMMERS, aftcr proposing his motion with
so'ne rev remarks which were perfectly inaudbl,
TO the reporter, moved 10 amend the resolution b,
inserting taeVrin utter the word dollars i'm the OH
limo, the fnllowing:-
"Or VINO shall own leasehold estate with the cv.
iaece ot title recorded, ofa term originally not less
than five years, and one of which shall be unexpired
Oh t!e annual value rent of dollars
MIR. SUMMERS said that it you'd be seen so far
US the qualification extends to land, the payment oil
taxes dispensed with and the housekeepers paving
lux; are allowed the right There was some dstinc.
ton IN the case oftermers.
=, Dir. CLAvToa supported the amendment in few
illustrations -
Mr. LEIGH moved to amend the amendment b,
inserting words which provide that the owner
or. Nf'
or. hENpEnsoS moved to expunge the ords
and no one OF which shall be unexpired."
The morton to amend WIS decided i'm the af1irma-
Tive, ayes ~.
Mr.. LEIGH moved to strike out the vo,d {. 6ve "
50 as to leave the term of years in blank
Dir. DopnRrDGs expressed wish that the amend
ment should prevail. The gentleman from Chester
ucd had said one day, the influence of the Iowands
over tenants was so injurious that he had beard some
gentlemen proposing as Il remedy that the whole
eystem ofdistress warrants should be abolished He
wished to know If on that statement the gentleman
from Chesterheld mud reference to any thing which
had fallen frou, him. AS this idea had been their
own act, he in fayor of the amendment, nov pro
posed. e'0
Mr. IErcH said that that he had said on the sub
JOCK OF the abolition of distress warrants had been
sugsested by several persons: and that he did mt
state It from any thing which had passed between
the gentleman from Brooke and himself in conyen
uon His object in moving to strike out the word
I'VE was IN order to make the term the cu,nple
ment OF human lite, which varied i'll different parts
MT JOHNSON wished to know what was to be III
inserted, 1t this was ricken out He reminded rho
committee OF the difficulty of concentrating opinoos
on any particular proposition II ought to be promo
seq to fIii the blank with three, seven wears He
wished some alternative to be presented
Mr LErca said that he saw no great diffcuI,y in
nhng the blank; but he woald say that it was his in
tcution to move to Gil the blank hereafter with elem
winch he considered tire proper term.
mr.. C'tfroa SAID he would support the motion
10 Strike out, but where the word should be stricen
ont and the motion to insert "ten should be- inser,
ed, he should move to insert the word "three."
MIR. LEIGH then modified his motion so as 60 be to
sI,, n, out "hve," and insert the word tea
Inc proposition was then negatived
Mr.. CL4yroR then moved to strike out the ,,ord
"hve,' and insert the word three"
Ch the call Oh Mr. Scorr, the question was dvi
The motion to strike cut was then mn, ond !,
cided in tbs negative. f' '"' o'
mr.. TYLER said he had voted under n nscono
tioh ior tha motion to strike out the words s,,nd
one OF which shall be unexpred," and no would
uoW move Recommendation Of the vote by which
tliat motion was decided III the affirmative H.
was disposed to encourage the system or lonn ,,.
and ne thought retention of these word. essen
taI. 1''0"-
Inc motion to reconsider carried in the affir-
NATIVE.
The question striking out the words. was then
agan put, and agan decided in the atfirmativeayes
As noes AZ.
MIR. WILSON moved to amend the amendment bv
striking out the words "of the annual yaine of
dollars"
The motion vas rejected
Fhe amendment proposed by Mr.. SUMMERS was
carried in the Affirmative, without division. :,
Mr.. LEIGH then moved to amend the resolution in
the 4th clause, providing that housekeepeTs shall
have the right of suffrage, who have been eassessed
with part of the revenue of the Conmonwe> lth
within the preceding year." by inserting after the
word year" the words"to the amount of and
actually paid the same"
Dir. HENDERSON asked if this vas not tho sona
question which had been negatived yesterday
The CHAIR said that the amendment offered yes
terday warned IN having the word scents" after the
blank.
The question was then put, and the amendment
was negatived-ayes 43, noes d.
Mr. STANARD then moved to amend the resoIu
ton IN the same clause, after the word "vearn h..
inserting the words ''by tax Oh property owned
by him"
Mr.. MgacEa put q case on which bc ,b,roht
he operation of this amendment would be opnres !
size, excluding the vote Of the owner of the
ty
mf' orA"ARo SAID the tax though paid by The te-
aat Is assessed upon and actually paid by the land
lord. His main object in Offering the amendment,
is to exclude class of persons who would be- Lot |
in but for this provision. Mountebanks cxhibiteys
otshows, pedlars, shopkeepers are all subjected to
tax, but 1t Is tax the professions and they who
pay 1t have no property in the Commonwealth.
which is subjected to taxation, and they will be en-
titled to vote, if this motion should fail At the
same time permanent residents who have to paw no
TAX would be excluded He drew the line between
taxes imposed for the Encouragement of occupations
aud those tor mere revenue, and suggested that the
first class Of these should be entitled to the same
privilege the others
Mr. hooRE said, he hoped the amendment would
not prevail, because it, would lead to contests ut the
polls and not only at the polls but in the Legislature
where an nquisltion would be made into every mans
property as to the admission of pedlars to vote he
did not think it was of sufficient importance to lead
70 this waste of the time Of the Committee, and to
incur the risk of endless controversies.
mr; GaEEE suggested, that if the amendment were