Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-01-14
10 11tWtQ,
TIIURsUAY NoRNING, JANUARY n, 1896
CONVENTION.

II
We nave MT time this morning to give in de,ail
the proceedings of yes.er,l', eresdef be
can,entsd with an ab.idg-mcnt wsich rse.ents little
NOR. than the incidents OF the day.
Tie question before the House. tire adjournment
tie day before, adopting the following article
offered by MIR. Co.de providing for carrying tho ne
Constitution inte effect" hch all housh heretofore
published publish again for the sake OF elucida-
lion.
L. itshsll he the duty Of e Executive Department of the
ext iny tiove'meu,, all the reic by
"a act 10 .,zc Cuuseat,on shall maoe.
sna ,s ss s. OF all the votes gwen for RAJ,
tnaiiou Of tie TACT
H.. Aud shall moreover le the du,v of the Executive De-
SsrtnenH ~ as by SUCH .soca Sfer.
"a. and other officers directed by and sur.rn,snd
sach "nna,id. open polls their respective co,ute
Cites towns and 'ooush, and in districts .stah
iissd ~ law IN their counties, onhe first Monday
tn November IN the Pre-ett year. for Dele
gate Or Delegates the may represent, the counties
towns horoughs and Districts Respectively am, f
scrbsd j" the ,rd article Consl,i and of sem
atnf 10 each of the Senatorial described in
So 500, the said election Delegates and Senators
ooe 10 esaies elected der the old shall
c'asn to have legal and Constitutional existence
~ Should any Of the contingencies enre mentioned
rsnoef u necessary General Assembly,
afer such eec,na shall een made and bes,. the lime
III. teefa Assembly u.der his amended Cons",;nm the
NV e'era! Assembly shall be by the Execuye
Constitution
The 6rst regular General Assembly this amended
ons'duon, shalt conven. and assemble CAPITOL in the
GSy Q, hchmond on the first Aosy January, the year
VI The powers and duties of the Executive Denar,me,,
uher the Old Constiu,ion shall determine and
<Ea commence as soon he after the commencement
i the hrst regular session of the General Assembly elected
VII All officers. whether civil military, holding their off
Sss under 'e old whose herein pro-
as
under iha old Constitution. - -
VIII All the of Justice existing this Common
snail eopmue with the same jurisdiction heretofore
,nt, the said shall have abosed or
me therenf modified taken away by
acts Of the General Assembly made restrictions and
limitations herein before provided
Mr. Cnoke novel to fill up the blanks first us to
the Penaity to be imposed upon the Sherifs for the
non performance of the duties prescribed-second
as to the day. when the FIRST election f:,r members
n the new Legislature, should take place The
filled with $4,000. The day when the first election
should be held gave rise fart her conversation be-
tween Messrs Cook, Bnyy, Clayton, Stanard, We
nooie scott ann kaadoiph as to the superior conye-
nence OF the month"; of October and November =
lMr. Randolph supported November, as that was
the feast of the new cornand the people would feel
more independent when corn plenty, than when
they had 1t to buy. Finally the Quarterly Courts
in November designated for the first cleo ton
of a General Assembly under the new Constitution
Then on Mr.. Cocks motion, the list Monday in jan.
uary 1881, was designated as the day of meeting OF
the LIST General Assenb;y-who expressed the hone
that that day, instead of the fst Monday December
would be permanently adopted for the annual meet
ing Of the General Assembly.
The question recurring on ADOPTING AR C,ooke's
amendment as separate article of the Constitution
Mr. Wilson requested that the question be put sepa-
rately, on the several sections.
The question recurring on the LIST sec ion Mr.
Johnson addressed the Convention.
He said he was under the impression, that it was
neither necessary nor proper to make any provisions
for carrying the new Constitution into effect. The
cfOFA iEo1h
ter Of our rights. Fhat prescrbes that we shall
meet and propose amendments and this being done,
1t further prescribes the mode in which work shall
be ratified rejected. If he was correct in these
Vews 1t appeared to him to follow of course that
what we were now doing, was supererrogaton. Mr.
j. here read from the law to organize Convention y
AS the act had unaertnken to prescribe what We
were to do-and the mode in which that shall be RI
tined or rejected-he did not see that we had any
thing to DO with this subject. We had no authority
to repeal the act-amd if we had. he thought the
mode OF proceeding prescribed by Jaw, superior to
that article The saving of expense, by dispensing
with another session of the old Legislature some.
thing Indeei-but it small in comparison
Nth the importance of tho subject. Mr.. J. ex-
bly,, contemplated the submission to the Lcgis-
latnre, Of the question, whether the new or the
old Constitution was the legitimate government
lie would not agree submit that question to the
Executive-to any body of men, not having the
authority to send for persons and papers, to inquire
lnto facts He thought it infinitely BEST to leave
the Constitution to be carried into effect, as the
Legislature had provided-more especially, wber
another mode would leave doubt of the legitimacy
of tho new government.
Mr.. Cook said the question WIS, whether the peo
pie acting in their sovereign, original capacity coule
conroul a law passed by their wants, the Logjs
lature, short time before' Mr.. C. argued TO show
that this must be and the superior expectancy
economy of the provisions of the article lie offered tc
those Of the law.
blr. Powell expressed his doubt Of the right of the
Convention to adept the article offered by his col
lsague-and to obviate all difficulty, moved a resolu
ton applying to the Legislature now IN session, L,
pass an act providing the necessary facilities for car
rying the Constitution into execution
Mr.. Randolph sad he forcibly irnpr .ssed b,
The OBJ 'esva ions Of the genteinnn from Aupusri
(Mr. Johnson) to whom he always listened with In,
greatest respect. In regard to the amendment of
feed by the gentleman from Frederick (DIr Powell,
u was rather an argument against the adoption q
the article offered by Mr.. Cooke-fhan right in itsel
and might be kept back, he thought, until thu
constitution was adopted by the Convention. Bu
IN attending to The gentleman from Augusta, he va
ct nYr vii A,fT D.. =