Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-02-25
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE,
HOUSE Of DELEGaTEs

oa W. W "ihehu an act, entitled
an act to limit the assessment, upon
tithables, and TO authorize tax upon
property, for tho purpose of delraying
county expenditures within the county,
of Berkeley"
| The following among other engros.
sed bills, was read third isHo aud pas.
sed TO authorize separate election
at Hedgesyillc, in the county Of Bcrke.
ley.
On motion Of Mr.. Parker the Rcso.
lutions on the subject ofth Northern
Abolitlonlsts, with the amendments
adopted by the Senate, were taken IN.
The first amendment proposed by
the Senate, strikes out of the following
resolution the words in ital cs:
Il. Resolred, That this Common.
wealth only has the right TO control or
interfere with the subject OF Slavery
within It's limits, and thai This right piY
be maintained az all hasurds. =
Mr.. Parker moved that the House
disagree from the Senate 5 amendment.
The ayes and noos having been or.
dered AT tho call of Mr.. Parker, tho
question on disagreeing to tho Senate's
amendment, was lat an carried as
follows Ayes, Gs--No,s, So.
The second amendment, merely n
verbal one, was agreed to.
The question onihe third amendment
then occurred, which strikes out tho
third resolution Of the House, as fol.
| lows:
+" Resoited, That the non. slavehold.
ing States of the Union are resp, c,stil.
y but earnestly requested promptly to
adopt penal cnactments, or such other
measures Us will clfactually suppress
all associations within their respecliyo
hunts, purportlng to he, OF having the
caalacter Of abolition societies and
that they viii make it highly penal to
print. PUBLISH or distribute newspapers,
pamphlets, or other publications., cal.
cuated on havlnga tendency To excite
the slaves of the South IN stdcs 10 in.
surrection and revolt and insert tho
following: "That The non slavehold.
ing States of the Union are respectful.
| ~ but earnestly requested to adopi such
measures as will ehaciualy suppress
all associations within thel, respective
limits purporting 10 be or having tho
| character Of abolition socieit :, aud
the publishing or circulating Of news.
papers, pamphlets, or other publica.
tons, calculated or having tendency
to excite the slaves Of the States to in.
surreciion and revolt"
Mr.. Parker moved that tho House
disagree, and asked the ayes and noes
on the quest on--which being put, was
decided in the affirmative Ayes, 10
Noes, So.
The fourth amendment Of the Sen.
ate was then taken up--leng to strike
out the 9th resolution OF the House,
which is as follows:
Resolred, That confding in tho
Justice and loyalty Of our Northern
/ brethren TO the principles Of the Union,
enforced by the sympathios of common
dangers, sullcrinps, and iriumphs,
which ought to bind Us together in fra
ternal concord, VIC arc warranted IL.
the expectation that the foregoing re-
quests will be received in the split in
which they are made, and complied
with"-anl to insert the following in
It's stead "That we have seen with
great satisfaction the expressions of
public opinion Of our Northern broth
rem respecting the proceedings Of the
abolitionists among them; and that
con6ding in their justice and attach.
ment to the principles OF the Union, en-
forced by the sympathies of common
dangers. sufferings and triumphs which
ought TO bind us together in frateinal
concord, we are warranted in the cx.
pcctation that the foregoing request
will be received and complied with in
the spiri, in which il is made"
| Mr.. Parker moved that the House
disagree.
The question was then put, and the
motion to disagree was adopted by the
following vote: Ayes, G9-Noos, SO.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ia mes.
sage was received from the Senate sta
ting that they had reteied from their
first and third, and insisted on their
fourth amendment 10 the resolutions
relative to the interference of the
Northern Abolitionists in tho domestic
slavery Of the South.
| On motion of Mr.. Miller, the mes.
sage and resolutions were laid on the
table.
4 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15.-On mo.
ton Of Mr.. Hunter, Of B., leave was
granted TO bring in ii bin to incorporate
the Berkeley coal mining end railroad
comnnnv.