Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-01-16


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Finally, Hs. Rn1i 'l?i'. pr"p,sisr Cor sabrnit
tng The question OF ratification Or rejection to IN,
ffeehoidcis at'ne, was rcgatived by the following
vote: ~ 49, .yN.t III TEsEs
AyEs-sles~rs. Jones, B. w. Leigh, s. qavlor
Gl'ss' Brolnax. Dyomgoolc, Alexander, Nicholas
~. Y. Mason, TreSvaut, CIaiborne, Urquhart. Ran.
!, dolph. w Leigh, Logan, venabe, Holiday, Roane
mris, Grrnsst, T.zeweIl, Loyal, Pren,is. Gripsby
Branch, Ceaitcr, Upshur. Perrin-2s.
Tyler, Cloron, hndersun, Cofhan, UarrisDn, VII.
liamson, Baldwin, Johnson, NJ Coy, Moore. Refine
Smith, Mii!ef, Baxter. Madison, Sianard, Fitzhuoh,
Henderson, Osborne, Cooke, Powell, Grirrs, ]. M.
Mason, Nnylor, Donaldson. Boyd Pcnllcion, Georyc
Mcmillan, T. Campbell, Byars. w. P. Taylor, C:oSd'
chapman, Mathews, Oglesby, Duncan, Iaijlcv'
summers. See, Morgan, A, Campbell, Wilson, J. s;
Barbour Scott; Green, T. Marshall w. Campbell,
Claytor, Saunders, Towncs, Cabel, Mor,in. Siuart
pieasants Gordon, Thompson, Massie, Bates, Ncule'
lose, Joyncs, Bayly--GG. ... NJ ~
! Mr. Co"ke now moved the adoption Of Tho ,r,cl.
he offered tho other day, providing for carving the
new Constitution into eiIsctflee,ofore twice ,u,.
shed by us.)
with another session of the old Legislature at least
sioooo would be snved. 1t had been suggested
that IN providing different mode for carrying the
Conalfniion into operation from that of he law
Il superseded law which the people had ,atfcd in
their sovereign, original capaciry-but he remind
cd the House, that this article was not intended
To have force, unless the constitution was approved
ny the peopie-in which case, this article as mart
Of It, would be itself, the paramount law Of the
hnd
Mr.. Leigh of Chesterfield and Mr. Stana.,i, in Con-
cert offered the following u substitute of mr.
COOKS articie-confendng that Legislative action
vas Indispensable, the law required the cons;i,u
ton 10 be published months and submitted TO the
vote "fthe people in April, whereas the interval wa.
ss than three months and that Legislative instruc-
"on to tho officers, conducting the elections was ne
cessary.
Orde cd that the roll containing the draft of tho
amend'd constitution adopted by this Convention &
by 1t submitted to the people of this
"r me" ratincaton or rejection, be enclosed by the
Secretary in case proper for it, preservation and
deposited among the archives OF the Council! or
State. -
Ordered: that the Secretary do cause The journals
OF tue proceedings OF this Convention to be fairly
encrcd in well bound book, and after the somc
shall have been signed by the President and Secrc
tary lint he deposit the same together with all the
original documents in the possession Of the Convcn-
ti"n ana connected with its proceedings among he
archicvcs of the Council of State, ond further tina,
be cause o printed copies to be well bound md
deposited in the Public Library.
Ordered, tiiat the President of the CONVENTION do
certify true copy of the amended Constitution to
the General Assembly now in session; and that the
General Assembly he, and they hereby request ed
|! to make any ndditiona! provision BY INV which NAV
he necessary and proper for submitting the sumo to
to vote Tor %fT scon OF and
organizing the government under the amended Con.
stltutop in it shall be approved and ratified bv
| such voters
Mr.. Cooke expressed his assent to the two 6r:,
orders--and the question between the Sd order
and the plans offered by MIR. Cooke.
Mr. Johnson expressed bis opposition to buth--to
Mr.. Cookies, as supersedng the action Of The aw to
organize Convention, which was the charter of the
Convenion-to the substitute. implying that the
Legislature could define whom the Convention
meant to include 10 the extension Of suffrage As
to the three months publication. Mr. J. contcnded
that thut directory and not irnperative-but tina,
if it imperative, it must be submitted to- and the
Constitution could not be voted upon before April
1881. He moved 10 amend the substitute, as fol-
lows
"That q copy be certified TO the Executive Of this
Commonwealth, with a request that it be published
in order to be submitted the people for ratification
or rejection ut the April elections, in the present.
to the provisions Of the 10Th section
Of the act fthe General Assembly. entitled 'An Ac,
to organize Convention passed Feb. 10th, $40
! The question vas put on Mr. Johnson's amerd-
nient, and it was negatved-and the substitute vac
then adopted.
| On motion of Mr.. Stuart, the thanks Of the Con
venton voted to the Clergy of the City for the
prompt and punctua compliance with the request nd
dressed to them to open the daily session with
and to the Pastor and Trustees of the first Bapts
Church. for the Of that building.
Mr.. Fi,zhugh from the Standing Committee, made
a report in relation to the pay Of the officers, which
was agreed to.
The business of the Convention being now con
cluded,
Mr. Randolph in fuw eloquent words, intr oducct
the following Resolution, which was unanimously a
dopted:
Resoiped, '.r,At the impar,iality aud dignity Will
which Philip Barbour, Esq hath presided over III,
deliberations of this House, and tho distinguished a
bility, whereby he hath facilitated The despatch
business receive the best thanks of the Convention
| Mr Barbour arose and addressed the Convcntio
as follove: