Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-08

no doub, that The resolutions were ca''r" ''o'' =
cIus,valv by Their vote. tSre nn'rS anu :!
PENNSYLVANIA ).
In Pennsylvania the views OF the TWO pa'u'S arr
,nctlv marked hv their course IN tie CoaFentoh %
Is I, amend the Constitution OF the S,ar. IN '".'
body two questions were raised bearing on u''s '"l
4 propo sitjon I" amend the Constitution" 10 -
extend the right Of tT;a! by jur: 70 in@'''s''
, proposition 50 10 amend IL" '':is'''''',''' - "
extend the r,gn, Of su.fra@e 10 negroes
On the d " the standing committees Oh '''' A.
ton were announced, and us business =,
Th,ddanS stevens leading Wing delegate, oiiereu
1h- following resolution, W: r;, :, mad,
ina, ar,icl. o. item T. Of IN" Bill of Rights be MADE
10 ,.,d ~ n!oxs: THE arR >ha! rtnan is ns,."M
1T ar Liberty is IN question; and the right tcre" "" fe"a" ~
violate" ,h.,,b,a
rha movement thus commenced III the Convention,
was promply seconded BY the presentation "i petohs
havinr the same object: and the lournai SHOWS tia
between the motion of MIR stevens ahc 'ht h'&t move
ment in the convention on the SUBJECT yty.Rre pe'i,
lions calling upon that body to introduce the proposed
ama,, IN the Constitution, were presented vi
tbes. pettions ffu-t,1o presented by Wings and
three by Democrats. :,
Al the second session Of the Convention, after the
preceding petitions had been presented, We. Joseph
konig:nacker, also leading Wing delegate, again
brouSht the subject up, BY offering the following rcSo-
luton
.sResoird That the article If the Constitution be referred
to the appointed 10 prepare ana ,s,s 'nc ns'n
HE'LL :, ay prov line that the of trial By ers
may extended 10 ercrr hama" b'rg ana 'na me M
lr directed prepare and cneTn> SAID af!i ID"
This resolution was also laid npon the table.
Ia the following month, the SUBJECT was d th'ra ,''ne
BROUGHT up by Mr. James G. Bdd!r, also u leading hg
delegate from Philadelphia, VINO ofteleu 'he ''o" NJ
resolution: 800,
.To amend The sixth section (relavc to the trial BY
urv, bv adding to lie end thereof the words which ol-
low 10 wit at shall be granted TO all persons wn" may
be arrested fngtives from labor, and who snail claim
10 be ireenen.
his resolution was advocated b. the mover in long
and animated speech, and rise I" considerable ue
bate IL was resisted with much coqnencc Is an ~
Engagement ofhe constitutional compact with Inc S'ul
especally bv Mr. Woodward and MIR. lngcrsol, TWO OF
the leading Democratic members.
The resolution was finally rejected by vote oil 10 10
80. Ofthe 76 voting against ii, 81 were Democrats
and Is Wings; of the 80 voting for were Democrats
and 81 Wings.
The proposition was twice renewed afterwards by
leading Wings, aud finally, after long diScuss'on' III
which the Wings supported, aud the Democrats OPP
pused IL, AGAIN rejected 10 rot'nT l"f ~ oi WIN"
,} were Wings aud Democrats; and !! voting against
il. of whom I'll were Democrats and IL Wings.
The old Constitution If Penus ylrana dad not eh-
pressv exclude negroes from the right OF suffrage IN
the convention, Mr. John B. crigere, leading De
mocrat offered resolution propnSing among ",'i''
things an amendment declaring that ever Tree "h'
male, of the ave &c shall enjoy the right 81 SlAra-r;
and afterwards Mr. Andrew Bed I'd, another De""'
crat proposed a similar amendment. The Commute"
on that part Of the Constitution, majority being WINGS
reported the section admitting every freeman, ~
10 the right of suffrage nmttng the word ~hHe. me
Committee of the Whnh, to which the proposition was
referred reported in favor Of leaving the CONSTITUTIONS
in that respect as il then stood Mr. Thaddeus Stevens
and Mr. John Dckey, both leading Wings proposed
amendments admitting negro Suffrage
The subject was nntaclcd OF for some weeks during
which seventy one memorials presented against
a. fl.,. rats and w
33 in favor OF negro suffrage, hy Democrats and -
by Wings One OF these memorials was from the ne.
groes of Philadelphia, which the Convention refused I"
print A Wings and Democrats voting Tor the motion.
When the subrc again came up, Mr. BenJah'l
Martin Democrat, moved to amend by inserting the
word ..whte" before s.frcenicn, thereby cxclud,n.
NEGROES The reports show that MessrS. Brown, Cum.
min. Fleming, Fuller, McCahen, Martin, Payne Ste
rirere. Sturdcvant. and Woodward, Democrats, and
Judge tlopknson, Wing, supported the amendment
and that Messrs Agnew, Bddle, Chandler, Chauncey,
Darlino,on Dickey, Forward, Maclay, Montgomery,
and Re,pard. Whirs, and Mcssrs. Earl and FarclIv,
Democrats, opposed ii. The amendment was adopted
after several DAYS discussion, Il Wings aud De'n"-
Gratis voting against;
ur ScOu a Wing dele rate, chen Offered an amend
rnent proposing u vest III the Legislature power !" az
NIT negroes 10 the right oil suffrage after the year
1850 Which was rejected, IS Wings and three Demo
Gratis voting Tor II.
Five successive attempt were made BY Wings to ad-
NIT negroes to the right of suffrage, winch were vo'ed
DOWN the Wings giving for them from 10 I" s! votes
and the Democrats never more Iiln utre. rW",'
the total exclusion carried by vote oil = 10 3D.
and of this :i3, no less Than 80 were Wings
NEW NORk
The State Of New York, under the rule 81 wing
Governor and Legislature presents mortiyinG con
irast 10 Democratic and patriotic Pennsylvania IL
was coalition between the Wings aud Ab"ll,"nIsts,
which secured the election of the present Governor
and Len,enant- overnor, the latter Of whom, 1t not
the former, IS an avowcd th"lh'"nrSt One OF the
first Of the combined party, after h"EN acquired
complete ascend"ncy over the State Governments was
10 turn the State Printer, a thorough Dcm"cTa
who had always indicated the constitutional rights OF
The South and put in his place Thnriow Weed, a no'c
rious and most active ADnonIst The associations
of this man and other active Wings in Albany, are
shown by petition to the New York Legislature al
the late session. which begin thus: "lhat under the
original Constitution Of the State disqualification
was made collectors account OF color; and ENDS as
follows Nour petitioners therefore. respectfully re-
quest your honorable body 10 take the necessary pre-
linnary (by the passam" 81 int 10 enable
the people the State 10 ahrogae the act o. dsran
chscmcn Of the colored people contained IN The end OF
the first section OF the I'd article OF the Constitution
This paper was signed BY rhurlow Weed, Stat,
Printer Israel Smith, Loan Commissioner, appointed
Nv Gov Seward, Horace Greedy, Editor OF the Log
Cabin. small paper sustained BY the Wings during
the present season, b. Hoffman, one OF The pr"pFct"r'
q! the State paper tour negroes, ana ." ~ wv JIM
persons, nearly all Wings Ofthe very few Demo
Gratis who signed il, there not one prominent mar
Of the party.
Bu, this Is nothing compared with the action Of the
united Wing and tboton parties in the Legislature
Mr.. Ab,jah Mann, late distinguished Democratic
member Of Congress: offered in the House OF Rcprese
,atves Of that State the following resolution, viz:
''Rc>orci. That this Legislature has with deep regret aG
decidedly diSaVpyrs and condemns the efforts OF many ms
GUIDED individuals the Northern states, IL interfere. without
right and in violation the s which III" Constitution
.! United States established with the domestic ln>iu
iun states al the South, thereby disturbing the do
the States, weakening the bonds of our Union
and sowil. the seeds OF lis dissolution"
One Of the Wing members having the hoor, made a
most violent speech against the resnlutinn denouncnG
the Administration of the General Government and the
Democratic party; and TO cut off all chance Ola reply
concluded by demanding the previous question, III
which he was sustained by his party. Under tins gag
SO uncrrcmoniouslv applied, the resolution was voted
down by 10 yeas to - nays, every yea but one beng
Democrat, and every nay Wing.
But the Wing Abolition majority did moi stop here;
they proceeded to pass an act now standing as law
upon The statute book of New York, intended to pre-
vent the recovery Of and practically pate every
Southern slave who may be able TO reach that State
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