Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-20
Virginia Legislature.
HoUsE OF DEELEGArES.
TUESDAY Jan. II.

800
Ahe ofarr oil ihe day Tor tho House IN re
"''e 'tseh '"'o committee OF the whole 70
'ake INTO consideration bill limiting real ao>
t'"ns "id night oil entry was, on Mr.. Eppes mo
| "on' postponed nntl to-mottow.
hfpoas we're presented by Messrs' heieh
Hho "oaa', nom the comm'iiees Tor Iolris 81
'p..ee ana Schools aud Colleges
M hihler al nn''tenf', rom the committee
q. no ds ana Internal Navigation, reported
""'pu' amehdmshl the bih 10 p'oV'ae io' the
opening aud constructing OF ROAD, non some
convenient point OF the kanawhh Road 10 FONT
i'easani Anh MI Fenhole, mn providing
'o' Tue lhfih'T publication anu adIn OF '"o map
o' Virginia.
IIENKICO ELECTION.
On motion ol Mr. Miller OF Powhaten. the
report OF the Committee Of Privileges aud
Elections on the II enrIc0 election was taken
up.
M. Cuanberlayne addressed tho House at
considerable length in iel.ly 10 the Speech OF
M Leigh.
Nr. Marshall supported ihs report of the
committee, IN "A Speech nra,iy two hours IN
lengih
Mr. Eppe, begged befor, the que ion wa
taken thai some gentleman who served in the
Convention would state whether tins subject
was ever discussed in Ihnt hody
Mr. o lnax said that his q We did not rest on
any gentleman O. the Convention aud as he
was an hum Die member OF that body he would
say that THIS subject was npyer touched upnu4
II was necessary on many grounds IN leave the
matter as II was. The enumeration was neccs-
safy for the arrangement OF TIN representation :
buI the regulations rel i,Iye TO elections Nc.
were to be lrit the s4na.
Nj. Morris having been n mombpr OF the
Convention, 70 "a TO answer the question winch
had been put. He ag,esd with tho gentlemen
from Hrnrico aud Dinwlddie that there was not
single word uttered apnn the lestIDn,
whether a citizen of Rlchm ut wasa resident
in the County Of iirurIco Wbst might have
been said IN private circles, lac did not know ,
bat no mention oil the subject was ever made
~ the Hall Of the Convcniio lie did not
think the question Of residence so important, as
It was thought by many for he WINS content
to do ~ our fprefathers had done. While up,
he would go farther, aud say that II was the In-
trniion oil the Convention, that every thug that
was not uttered IN the New Constitution should
remain exactly AS II WAS before. lie, therefore,
bore testimony TO the truth OF the sia'emen Is
OF The gentleman from Henrico-And every
member OF that body considered II settled
maxim, that whatever mad been adopted oil the
Old Constitution, without alteration, remained
the came in its Interpretation.
Mr.. Leigh nad stated all thesi facts yedcr-
day but as the gcn'lfnen IRON sussex wished
Information from oihef members oil ihe CohVeh
ton Mr.. l.. wo I'D ask them 10 goa ltte farther
aud say whether he, as craftsman OF 'he clause
OF the Constitution relative TO h3ipillIy, wh'n
he presented II 10 III. House, did not state thai
he had copied II Vefo"''m-a"d elPia'a TO
The Consenton why the w",d' or duly
qualified according To law, should be slfickch
out Gentlemen must Iemember III" cifcuh'
stance.
Mr.. Morris did remember ihis, and thai the
gentleman from lrnrlco moved 10 strike oa'
those words.
MIR b"yiy sad that although he considered
that Constitution ought u br Construed ny is
, words, ye. TO satisfy the gentleman from ous-
sex, he would state mat 'hrro was not word
! sad IN the Convention on the relative
positions OF towns and counties. lilo fecoi-
lecied that wherever Tie new Constitution
doP,ed the words OF the old, was distinctly
intended that the'f meaning snou'd be Tue same.
the gentleman from aenr,oo had alluded to
a circumstance when had ESCAPED Nh. b