Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-09

secure against all responsibility.
They declared that the Legislature might re-
move Judges; but how! by means which rendered /,
next to impossibic-if they succeeded, must be by
the merest chance in the world. How should the "
appear before the w,r'd! how they appear
hemselves For bis part he had rather see the whole
clause stricken out He had rather gentlemen shou,d
20 back at once and tell their that az 10 re
moving Judges or Furnishing them. it was out Of the
question ,hey were responsible to nothing and nobo-
dy but God ard their own condolences
MIR. CoALTER said that TO hear the arc u,ne ns on
this question, 1t would by ISLANDER that Judges
were the only persons mpeacbsbe under the clause
He could wish gentlemen had taken in the Governed
as well as the Judges in their guments, as Govern
or might possibly be mpeached some day or other lie
was AFRAID tie House might vote with eye 10 the
Judges only He believed that mbers of the Lepis.
la'ure too might often be mpeached. or at least i'm
peachabe He could relate fact that had some bear
ng on this latter point He had once been asked BY
member OF the Legislature, il he willing to 20 to
He'll! He had answered, yes, il he was sure he could
get back again without being scorched. The II en-
which he gave password and they entered. Az
ter descending flight Of steps, they came to ano
Their door: the password was given againthey again
Observation-Disclosures doors were opened and at last thew
got down to hell ITSELF sure enough: There he saw q
Faro Bank, and members of the Legislature at play
Now, the Legislature had declared that to keep Faro
Bank S.nk' or play " one was Peniteniiary offence
ached, 1t were known that he did such hings And
why members OF Assembly were not Improbable for
he same offence! He thought it probable they should
have son.. offenders for the Senate to try. Hitherto
Judges had been responsible only to God and their oy
conscences, but in future il was not 10 he So Tba
Scripture declared that man could not serve
TWO masters, that man could not serve God
and mammon. Now, he believed, man could
| not God and the Legislature of Virruia-H.
could not certainly, please both. But where man.
treasure there would his heart be also; and as the
Judges treasure would be the mercy OF the Legis
laure, he supposed that HE heart would be in the L.
g'slaure also. He concluded by expressing his hone
hat gentlemen would vote with a view to all G.fu,
Judges not TO all past Judges.
The question was now taken by Yeas and Nsys as
follows: "
| AYES-Mes.rs Barbour. fp.1 Jone.. Gu.. Dro,n.
gooe, Tyler, Anderson, Coman, Harrison Williamson
Baldwin, M'Coy, Moore, Beirne; Smith, Miller Bax.
Ter, Trezvant, Randolph venable. Holiday. Mercer
Osborne, Powell, Nayor. Donaldson, Boyd George,
MMlan, Campbell Of w. Byars, Roane, TAYLOR Of
Car. Cloyd, Chapman, Mathews, OrIe.by, Duncan
Laiaey; Summers, See, DOddridge. Morgan, Campbell
Caytor, Saunders, Cshe, Martin, Stuart, Gordon
Thompson, Bayly and PerriA.-5J.
| NAfS-Messrs Leigh Of CHI, Taylor of Ch., Brod
max, Alexander, Goode, Marshall of III. Nicholas
Clopen, Johnson, Ma.on Of S. Claiborne, Urquhart
Leigh OF Ii. Logan Madison, Stanard, Fizhugh
Henderson, Cooke, Griggs, Mason OF F. Pendle ton
shall of F., Loyal, Prentis Grigsby Branch Townes
Pleasants, Massie, Bates, Neae, Rose, Coaer, Joyne.
| and Upshur.-4l.
| So the amendment prevailed, and the Conven tor
agreed that two-thrds Of the members present in tbs
Senate were competent 10 convict officer
before that body.
| Mr.. STUART now moved to anne nd the oSb soc,on
| which reads follows:
| XVIII. Judges may be removed from office by
concurrent vote Of both Houses Of the General Assem-
by; hut two-ihirds of the whole number elected 4,
each House must in such vote and the cause o
removal shall be entered the Journals of each TIL,
Judge against whom The Legislature may be about {,
proceed, shall receive notice thereof accompanied Is i,i
copy Of the aedged for his removal at I.as
twenty days before the day on which either House q
the General Assembly shall act hereupon:'' by skins
| out selected to" each House, and inserting "of IN,
members OF each House."
Mr. s. explained the object of his anne ndment, in :
lew words, and observed, that il STOOD the artcl,
would he inefficient in practice, III me in the Sc
vction. o
Mr. SCOTT said, that all the amendme nts offered
aud all the arguments advanced 10 support them
ed TO be based the supposon that every officer a.
g"ins' whom any charge prosecuted must be gull
yas OF course, and the main point be attained wa
iacii'y In convicing him il did appear 10 hay,
occurred to the gentlemen that accused man nigh
De innocent, and nobody seemed be all anxious
Don, placing any guards against the innocent.
II Mr. GILES said that, TO his mind, the course pursu
ed seemed directly the reverse. Gentlemen VIII,
were Tor throwing these multiplied, these unheari-o
guards around the judges, seemed to be conscious tina
they were guilty, and must be shielded by all DO bl,
means: so they had barricadoed them on every side
MI conviction was impossible.
Inc question was at length taken the amendme nj
follow: "
AYES-Messrs. Barbour, (P.) Jones, Tay,or o.
Che' Giles Dromgoole, Alexander, Goode, Anderson
smith Miller, Baxter, Randolph, Leigh of H.. Mer
Ger, Osborne, Nayior, Donaldson, Boyd, George NJ
MILAN, Campbell o. w, Byars, Roanc TAYLOR of Car
| Cioyd, Chapman, Mathews, Oglesby, Duncan Laid
| ley, Summers, See, Morgan, Campbell of Brooke
Wilson, Campbell Of Bed. Clayton Saunders CabelI
| Martin, Stuart, Gordon, Thompson, Massie, Bayly and
| Pern-5?.
NAYS-Messrs. Leigh Of Ches., Brodnax. Marshall
oil H., Tyler, Nicholas, Clopon, Baldwin, johnson,
Mason Of s., Trezvant, Claiborne, Urouhart. Logan
| 'enabie, Madison. Sianard, Holiday, Fnzhugh Hem
de son, Cooke, Powell, Grggs, Mason Of F. Pende.
ton, Morris, Garrett, Barbour Of c., Scott Green
| Marshall OF F., TszeweI, Loyal, Prenis Grigsby,
Branch, Iownes, Pleasants, Bates Neale Ro.e Col.
| ter Jaynes and Upshur-43.
| so The amendment was agreed to-
| MIR. GARNErT moved 10 amend the 18th section nv
striking out all that related admitting
aDa he ads OF families TO the right OF suffrage
He declined going into any discussion of the sub.
Ject having beer already fully argued ali ne purpo-
sed, was TO make more, and the last trial. 10 have
this feature erased.
But the hour being late. (past o'clock the House
agreed to postpone the consider alton of Mr. Gan
| VETS amendment until tomorrow: and il then adj
journed.
| FRIDAY, Dec. 8.
| The Convention met at III O'Clock, and was omen.
ed with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Sykes Of the M tho
dist Church.
memorial laid before the Convention BY the
President from Alexander Smyth, as follows:
TO NE Convention of the Commonwealth of Virginin;
| The Memorial Of .aiero.der Smyfh represents
That he has seen copy OF an amended Constitution
proposed by committee Of your body, in hich is the
following clause: mo person shall be eligible to the
ONCE OF Governor, unless he shall have attained the
se OF thirty years, shall be native citizen of the Uni.
ted STATES and shall have been citizen of this Com.