Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-21
WEDNrsDAY,.Jan. IL,

The Convention me All / o'clock. and was.
opened with prayer by ihe Ry. Mr.. Ctoes II
the Episcopal lborch-.when the Pf silent
took the har.
Mr. CO0ke's propositions we're taken ny, lot
pnltiag her W Government into operhl on and
snhtiii ting ihrD Tor the 3ls' ari'eie - the
Constitution
TIE question wa. Grsi taken "a fling the
blink oil the Pad src,inn-which read ~ toi
low " And II shall moreover be the duty OF
the Executive department IN aud by such pro-
clamniion, 10 command the sheriff All olher
Officers directed by law 80 b"ld Sc hfate elfCS
iion under pr psiiy Of dollars, ~
NJ, Iooke proposed to Gil tie blank with III
sum of $1,000 -and Dir Wilson proposed
81 900 fer nome CONVEX alton he wee"
Mess,s. Scot, and o0ke, the question VAS Ia;
ken, and canied, go ayes 70, $1,000.
The mex blank WIS as 10 the time y eltfting
tn, Delegates and Senators 9th" 6sSi Legisla-
,ure, Nj Cooke PROPOSED Ihr = first Monday
Ia Noyember 10 the prrsent yeaf. =" MI Bay
ly proposed the respective court days ID mo
month 81 October. The question "as taken o1
the first ime--aud lost, The vote being ayes u,
noes dl--and tn chair voting in The negative
the mntlon hs losi.
Mr. CtdBioT .hr n moved the respective court
days In The month oi Nov.
Some discuss on took place on this subj ct.
beiween Messrs. Stanard, VenabIe ard Re-
dolpb. Mr.. Randolph suggested thai II was
better TO have the election on the respee i've
court days Of November il being the quarterly
court DAYS and he had moreover this addi-
,ional season for November, that it was the
frast OF the new corn and that the voters felt
more independent when they had plenty OF
cora hand. than when they had corn 10 buy
Mr.. Scott suggested that il was better TO
make the motion IN 5laok and il was accord-
ingiy determined 10 have the election on the
resp Give court day in the month OF
The question then came on upon hlling the
| blank with the month ; and the month Of Nov.
was finally preferred.
| The nexi blank was as TO the meeting of the
Legislature
Mr.. Cooke suggested the 6rst Monday in
January. in the year ls3l-,He assigned his
reasons Tor preierring that day-and that day
was carried without division
! a long dis ussicn ensued. IN which Messrs.
johnson, Cooke, Randolph, ftanard, Powell
and Leigh, took part. 10 the course Of the
debate Mr Powell suggested the following
as an amendment to Mr. Cookies proposition.
| RESOLVED, That a copy Of this aInendmed con-
sii,uiion, be presented 10 the General Assembly
now IN session, and that the General Assembly
be reque sied to provide by law for carrying The
| same INTO neutrality-suspicious. the said amend
ed cons tuition should be- adopted by the quail
fed voters OF this Commonwealth, under the a.
mended constitution.
Mr.. Cooke withdrew his propositions. ia or
der 10 present them hereafter, and proposed
to strike out the 3lsi section OF the drafted con-
sti u,iou--- Which motion was lost.
, Mr.. Campbell Of Bedford, moved to amend
, the 2yth Sc CT ion of the constitution, which
4 reads as follows: Judges may be removed
\ from Office by concurrent vote OF both iops'
% of the General Assembly and substitute
. 1.-THE JOINT vote, which was rejected, ayes -,
Il lnoes 10 8
!, Mr.. Scott called upon the members OF the
: lCommiltee. who drafted the copstitntion, &c
state What was meant by the 23d Judicial arii
~ Gle respecting the effect which the abolhiQs