Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-10-29

Law shall othefwfse pa tcoisrf oiTe1'i !" ~h''"
cases, the House II Delegates shall alone have
aud exerc,.e the power OF granting them nut
no pardon shall he granted IN any ea,e until
after Judgment or convection.
And lhsn the Conssn ion adjourned, TIL to.
morrow, , O'Clock.
WEDNESDAY,, 0oronIn2 81.
The Cos.rait an net at : u clock. and its at.
tins wa. opened vi h prayer by the Rev. Mr..
Armstrong.
Mr.. Marshall from the Committee on The ia.
dicial Depaftneni of Gusernment. then rose.
aud said. that although II was not PROBABLE the
Convention would take ~ any one III the re-
ports OF the Select Commuters which had been
appointed ontf the reports Of all those Com
mit,scs should have been received, yet with a
,iew 10 M, tho Reports which bad been ten-
darcd n a way to be acted upon by the Con, Gu
inn. Il such should DE IT, pleasure, be moved
That the report made by III. on the
Jud,cial Department be referred 10 a CON mlt,ee
ol the wlnls Convention. aud be made the or
der OF the day for tomorrow
Mr. tinshur of AcsonAck. said, that he had
urdrrsInod a wish 10 be entertained by SOM
memhers Of the House, thai n smaller commit
Tee than \ committee OF the whole, should be
raised for the purpose Of receiving and ~digesiIng
the reports Of he selee, Committee. aud lay
tn0 the Mnutt nfiuif tue IthffHiiun " f'AfifH
IA action ihereon. Should SUCH course he
siopled after the report Of The Judicial Commit
,ee mad gone 10 q Of ihs whole, u
xyooId \. ave again 20 ~ withdrawal from her
h,nJs and nut with The rest under the care Of
,h. sob Committee lie would, therefore, We.
re,psctiully suggest 10 the member from
Richmond. whether II would moi be erpedienl
withdraw Tor the present the mO'ion which
h had made. Mr. U said, that he was the
rather induced 10 this course. by observing ihs,
,he Chairman OF the committee On the Esecu.
tive (Mr. Gilcs) wa. not IN his place, and he
karw tina, II was not The wish OF that committee
thu, their resolution should take Tho course now
proposed.
Air. Marshall said, that he WINS by no means
.~olici,ons that ihe motion he had made should
be adopted, his only object had been put 10
business IN sncl n train, that II might bo taken
mn aud acted upon Whenever the House should
.{.b In consider II. The reference ol the re-
NOR, 10 n com of the whole. implied no
sort OF necessity TIM, the report should be ia.
mrh,sirly acted upon -Asto tbs suggestion Of
,hs gentleman from Acfomack, f(Mr. U%pshur)
n the House should agree to refer all the re.
morris 10 A Select Committee before The Com
,niuee of the whole should have perfected lis
action on the particular Tepnrt which was the
,nbiaet OF his motion. NIL that would have 10 ba
done, would be TO dliohargf the committee of
the VII die from the further consider al,pn Of II !:
the motion he had made would not be N all IN
,h. way of such a course. II SEEMED 10 him
very pos, ihle and extremely probable, that che
House would not refer the respective reports
10 Select Committee, until they should have
received some report from the committee oflhe
whole neverthelcsa, he was entirely willing To
Withdraw his motion, II the gentleman IN listed
upon II.
Mr.. Doddridee Of Brooke, observed that if
the suggestion OF the gentleman from Acco.
mack. (Mf, Upshur) bad been ocCh toned by
INV thing that had fallen from him, (A1r, D.
the gentleman had certainly misunderstood
him The course he had desired ~ see pursued
was that each report should be referred 10 "a
separate committee Of this House, aud after all
the reports shonld then nave been considered
and fully discussed IN comm ,tee ol the whole,
they ne finally referred 10 one general commit.
tee, which might properly he called n Copying
Committee, who should iranscribe aud report
the whole 10 the Convention.
Mr.. Upshur after n few words II 81 explanation
withdrew the sug gest,on he had made, and The
creation having been taken on the mot on ofMr
Marshall, II was decided in the affirmative, and
the report Of the J Judicial wa nccor.
diuglv referred to a committee offhe whole
& invention, aud made the order oil the day for
tomorrow.
Mr.. Leigh ol Chesterfield now moved The
following resolution
Re,olred, That il he n standing order Of thu
Convention, that the Couven'ion shall every
day resolve itself into a committee of the whole
G ,nvention To consider the existing Constitution
OF the Commonwealth, aud such proportions Tor
amendment or alteration thereof, ms shall be re.
FIRED TO or madr IN the sAi1 Committee.
MIR. Boddridgc moved TO lay the resolution
upon The table, sugg sting ms a trns N, that its
alopiion would involve the Convention IN dit.
fcul,y. One OF the rules they had adopted Tor
their proceeding, required that the order OF the
day should be called nj IL o'clock. II the res
oluiion OF the gentleman from Chesterfield
should tnkc effect, the Convention would have
20 meet tomorrow at l. o'clock. and take up
the Report Of the Judiciary Committee al once
bu, he did not suppose il 10 be the wish Of any
gentleman 10 take up that, or any other Of the
reports. until the Legislative Committee should
have reported. The course proposed would
cut abort The sit,ings of that Cnmmittre, which
he was happy 10 say had now drawn So far to-
ward a close, that some gllmpsrs of the morn.
ing light could be perceived, and a hope was
entertained tina, Il they were allowed, asa pre-.
sent, 10 sit till Q O'Clock, they might. perhaps,
finish their discussions Tomorrow.
A debate on n question of order now Rrose,
IN which Mcssrs. Stanafd, Doddridge. i. =.
Barbour. Mercer, Leigh, Mccoy and Johnson,
took part.
The question being at length taken on the
motion OF MIR, Doldridge to lay Mr.. Leigh $
resolution on The table. IL was decided in ,he
sfhrmative-A,es iN-Noes 81. So the reso.
luton was laid upon the table accordingly.
Mr.. Nicholas who had been in a minority OF
tho committee on the Executive, in relation to
some OF the features OF the repor, Of that Com.
mI,tee, particularly that part oft which related
10 the abolition OF the Executive Council, asked
and ohiaiued leave 10 lay the following reso.
iulions on tue table. ard 20 have them printed
viz
Reso'red, That the 9th and 10th sections Of
the present Constitution be retained. aud that
the llth be substituted by the %follDw"g reso!u.
ton:
A Privy Council or Council of State, consist.
ing OF four members, shall be chosen by join,
ballot OF both Houses Of Assembly, either from
their own members, or the people at large, io