Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-01-07

TTOpOsfTIJH. bro
'sfii Tor The mcrorious poor, but ,lc sturdy beg
gar Ia reply to something said about n want o.
conhdchcc IN the pcoPi he said he had ooniidcnc.
~ inc people, just far to trust them in the Sc
ec'ion oil their agents On the injustice of not x.
'ending the restriction to slaves, Mr.. X. comment.
CD WIN some warmih-and expressed his repre, nj
the want OF nerve that had prevented the Faster,
ae'ga'an from assuming the ground they were . N.
titled to st".d upon, and demanded representation
| Tor their whole people, black o white
Mr. Fnhugh farther explained his prop,s;,,or
whch was also supported by Mr.. Leigh OF Chester
| Mr.. Randolph address d tho Uo,s. c- ~ mil,
uics. in opposition 10 the amendment of Air E;,z
hush and 'nveghcd with great severity against the
PROVISIONS at the new Constitution RELATING To suc
iTngc lie SAID universal snif,ape had boon es,,h
ls'i"d--or If not UNIVERSAL :hn, thew nI,no We ~
cud'd' towards whom he had formerly said his
near yearncd-he well educa'ei, we'll brought IN
so's 81 ircehoidors For the restrictions upon suf.
irhge, which w.re stuffed into that ruuer he v,uId
not give pinch at snuff. Hc prbnoupcod Tim, tho
o,m ~ Government thus established could not last
ne question was then put and the amcndrncn,
ndnp'cd by the following vote:
ArEs-hssrs. Jones' I.eui, and TovI,r NJ cho.
terhcld, hnhccson. Cnfiinan. Harrison Williamson
Johnson, M'Coy, MD Moore Smith Miller RI
ter tiaibnEie. Madison Stunard, Mercer Fuzbuah
iir'"ers"n' Osborn. C""k", Powell, Naylor Don
unison pcndi",on. fSor@", Dvars TAYLOR of Caro-
s'hc, Oh. shy, Dnncnu Lrihl"v. Summers bod
drudge" M"'@1n Crmpb" Of Brooke, Wilson. B.r
o'ur OF Culp-prr, scott MarslIall ofFauuricr P,zr
~ i'"tI@' t.dNlOr. SaunicT-, CabelI. Marin,
- va T. Jun, Joyne-. and Up-hmr.-iY
N"Es-NcssrS. Barbnur, president Giles. p-n,-
max Dr'iilg 'o". Al Nnnder. Gnodr, Marshall p
i.r' Nicholas. Clopton. D1dwn Mason, Treyv,n,
C'?uhat'' h'ni"loh ie:ah OF Halifax. Logan, Ven
no', fi"'lrdaY, & i"g, jim. Mason of Fr.tIcrirk
n'yh vi NJ Han, CamIh"ii OF Washinu,ou Roam.
Mor's, G'r"cti, Coyd. Chapman Matthew. S.
mTcon' l"yail Grigsby Campbell of Bedford Bruuch,
i""neS. rlrasarts' Gordon Thompson, aIus.ie,
inn Is tee, Nealc, Rose. Bayly, and pcrrin.-.j6.
Mr.. Claiborne moved to amend The 18th srr,cra
ny requiring The Governor To be elected bv tho a
81 '@'"rc-hui at the suggestion of Mr. II Ter WIN
stated the sickness of his COLLEAGUE iNr R.,,,nl
withdrew 1t for The present.
VI Cao"i h'vInI seen with some r,crot ,I,,t
-" slcc' committee h,A ii rut an am. nd,,,on tr
merry adopted at h. ins aLcc, II their draf of the
l'u'lpn l,h use snpp'siinn that IL was incom-
paiih!c wiih other roqui ionel moved 90 amend tho
<|h article by inserting tie following words: i've
ave rrto ted 'hs am :rdment inrne IL In o,ar,
IL provides that when courts have been .bolshed bv
TN" f."s'Slntnrc, and duties are nseipped ,h
Judges OF hr abolished courts, their salaries -hhll he
abolished lkewiSc.)
AIR Marshall tied tic re sons which had ind,
Gel IA" t""!n'tt q in cave out The provision VIII -.
wr" that II annuil-d other paris c.thn Const,tu,in
winch he recl'ed--and Mr. faznwell whl had con
Cured IN the rcSO'u;i"n when was ndop,ed b.tre
pointed out - Inuiriity from the effect of Other pre-
vI-un-. " -
Mr.. Cites who had also iar,nr ~ couc -ro5 j., tho
resolution expressed his satisfaction IT tho rc,o,s
ASSIGNED inr moi incorporating IT in the Conslt,ti T.
lb''h VT Gi"S and NJ. Tuzcwrll concurrnd in
rae olnl ~, tha' The Constitution fully vested tic
power gwen ny Mr.. Cibei : amendment in the -
gl|1'ur', rs that UncndInca itself would H. fam
led Inc ianGmagr ernplnvea in giving the General
Assembly l"ri>dC,un over the Courts moi n,,d,. rnn
shnI'lh was The same ~ tnat employed III the Fe-
"era Con iru ION; by vriIe OF which, Congress had
cNc-r's'dih" power sought 10 h. specially piycn IN
Tie General Assembly by Mr. Cab.ls amendment !
- IhiS reasoning appeared :" satisfy the Cnnvcn.
ton an led 10 The rcIcc !oI OF Mr.. Cabrlls amend
mcnt.
MIR Cnbrll, welding If part tn these supres,,o,s
modified his amendment follows: Th. General
Assembly "h7'i ""ve bower ~ modv abolish ,!.c
nj Superior Courts nj such times aud to substitute
r thctl II ~ their discretion they deem IL cypedi,nt
such tribunals rs the pubic good NAV REQUIRE. And
upon III no Ica'lpn ar abolition thereof, the s,,la
RES of all otce's holding ?bicev therein r in any
WISE appurcnant thereto. shall b. abolished unless
otherwise directed by law.
The amendment. after some opposition iron, Mr..
Faz"weIl, who thought II superfnous, was rc;cc-
ted
Mr.. Scott, having made series of remarks. in H.
luGtraiion OF the SUBJECT moved an amendment,
making The General Court Constitutional Court
and placing II, III regard to criminal law on fnntinr
with the Court Of App ais as it respects the civil
law.
The proposition was supported by Mr. Leigh Of
Ches at considerable length, aud also by Mir. Hen
derson, and opposed by Mr. Powell. on tine ground
that the Legislature could couicr tne powers deemed
essential. and answer III that way all the valua BILE OBJ
lcctS stated.
Tire question was taken, on the amendment
aud It was negatlv"d, follows:
AYEs.-Ncssrs. Il. w. l.c gh, - Tnvlor Brodnax
Goode, J. Marshall, Nicholas, Baldwin, johnson, J.
Mason, Claiborne. Madison, Stanard, Henderson
Cooke, Grg.s. Pcndc'on, Morris. Garnet Mmh
ews' Summers, J. : Barbour, Scott, II. Marshall,
Green, Prcntrs, Branch, Towurs, Massir, Ncac.
Rusr COaitcr, Juyncs Upshur-3}.
Nors Mess-s. =. r. Barbour, Jones. Giles.
Dromgn"lc Alexander, Tyler, Anderson. Cofiman.
Harrison, Williamson. McCog, Moore, Smith Miller
Baxter, rrezyaut. Urquha't, Randolph. w. Leigh
Logan, Vcnahlc, iIoliaday. Mercer, Fiizhugh. o.
borne, Powell, J. NJ. Mason. Naylcr, Donaldson
Boyd George, Mcmillan, +. Campbell, Byars,
Rpanc, w. p. Taylor, Cloyd Chapman, Oglcsby
Duncan, LaldIey See, Doidrdgc, Morgan. Camp
he'll Of Brooke, Wilson, Tazcw"ll. Loyal Grigsby
w Campbell. C!ayior. Sa tndrrs, Cab"il, Martin
S u1rt, Pioasaws, Gordon. Thompson, Bates, Goyly
Fcrriu--6I.
Mr.. J. :. Barbour (vir, had voted in the rnaloriiv
'nd IN the expectation that 10 would be followed up
by ncr proposition which was not donc) moved
TO r'con+Id"r tho vote prohibiting n capitainn tax
ON white ci.2 SIND the question wa carried IN
the alternative, ayos o5--nnd Mr.. Fitzhugh with
drew That proposition until to-inorruv.
Mr. &c rye moved tu amend the 9th article, bv