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Resolrsd, That the six delegates be rscoguiz.
edby The Convention as duly empowered " act
as the representatives, Of the Wings o louisa.
na IN the Convention.
Resolrsl. That Col. Wm. n. Russell. OF Ma.
souri,, give the vote to which his dis,ric, is en-.
uued on the aoor Of the Convention.
Reso'rs8, That the delegates from the States
be requested 10 select the number Of delegates
TO which each Si0te is entitled 10 represen,
said State on The floor and that The ateua,es,
or over delegates, have scas provided Tor them
as members.
Resofred, That, in consequence Of the absence
OF the delegates appointed BY the Wings oi Tex.
as, the Delegation rom Louisiana be empower.
ed TO cast the vote Of the SlaIe OF Texas, and
that }. Murray, c. Bullock, James Richie, and
I. MOher be admitted as delegates from Texas
The President announced that the resolutions
would be taken up separately, and The question
was stated 10 be on the frsI resolution, giving 10
the delegates from States the right TO yols lgr
dis'ncts irom which there are no delegates.
Mr.. Johnston, Of Pennsylvania, spoke in op.
position to the resolution. He hoped they
would not have in this Convention repetition
oI the scene which was Witnessed in the Con-
yention Of their opponents al Baltimore. he
wished not TO see a Gen. Commander here,
giving The votes Of an entire State by which ne
had not been sen, as delegate to represent her;
but yet this resolution would give power 10
single individual TO assume such position, If il
should be concurred in by the Convention
Each State was entitled 10 as many delegates as
she had Representatives and Senators IN Con.
gressi and he was in favor Of each Sloie casting
her own votes, and no more, provided her peo-
pie have had interest enough in the proceedings
OF the Convention 10 send the requisite number
OF delegates. Bul if any State were not Wing
enough 10 send delegates here, he thought il was
rather too much power 10 place in the hands Of
any one man 10 allow him 10 speak the voice Of
a sovereign STATE Ofthis Union. That was not
democratic doctrine, and he could not assent to
| this resolution.
Mr. Bryan, Of South Carolina, said amen 10 .
every word the gentleman from Pennsylvania .
had uttered. He did not wish to be Geners |
Commander. He did not desire to see one dis. .
trlcI appoint delegates for every district of
State. lie came from the Charleston district
| oil South Carolina, and he denied the right OF
lha' district 10 appoint delegates for any other.
lhe Charleston district could act but for her.
sell, and what dislricl could not do, surely her
delegate had no right 10 do. 1t would be une.
quail and grossly unjust to sanction such prin-
clpIe. He wished TO have but one vote. Gap
plause.) He claimed one, and he should not
attempt TO give more.
| Mr.. HiIliard, of Alabama, supported the reso.
luton of the committee. He had no objection
that. where there were vacancies. they should
be filled by the delegations. The gentleman
from Pennsylvania was not opposed 10 this, he .
believed; he only objected TO one man casting
the votes Of many. But how was a Stale 10
speak here? Some basis should be established. .
If there were vacancies in the districts
the other delegates should fill them, and who .
could shy that these gentlemen msrepresented .
their Statel 1t was objected TO in the case of
General Commander that he did not represent
the wishes Of the State; that was fact, but if
one man represented the views of MS State
fully, he was in favor Of letting that man be
heard for his State.
Mr.. Langdon, of Alabama. differed from lis
colleague. The division Of his own State ad-
monished'hi Of the evil Of allowing delegates
to fill vacancies. There were two districts of
the State of Alabama ,ha, had held no meetings
and appointed no delegates 10 this Conventions:
but the Alabama delegation here had underlak.
en- to assign some surplus delegates 10 fill those
vacancies. The principle was wrong. He
knew there were great objections at best to Con-
ventions, and if they wished them or expected 4
them 10 exert beneficial influence on the pub
lie mind, they must be guarded against mpuri.
ty and injustice; they must have no ''Comman.
dering" there. He drew comparison between
this Convention and Congress, in which dele.
cations having seats there had no authority to
fill vacancies.
MIR. Gamage said he represented the 4rh Con-
gressional dislrictof South Carolina--that which
Gen. Commander represented in the Baltimore
Conventon--but he should not assume 10 re.
present the entire State. He concurred in the
sentiment expressed by his colleague.
Mr.. Franklin, of Pennsylvania, moved to
strike out that portion which proposed to give
authority to any person to give more than one
vote.
After few words from Mr.. G.. W. Patterson,
Of New York, on point Of order
Mr.. 7. B. King, Of Georgia, called the anen-
ton Of the Convention to the fact that the De-
legale from Arkansas was authorized to cast the
vote Of his State oy the convention which APP
pointed him; if, therefore, this resolution were
rejected, the voice Of the Wings of Arkansas
would not be heard here. He presumed it was
not intended TO deprive the Wings of any Por-
ton of this Union of their representation here;
he agreed with the gentleman from Alabama
(Mr. Hiliard) that when the opinion of the
Wings of any State was clearly made known,
it was the best policy TO receiveit. He express
ed the hope that the amendment would not pre-
vail,
Mr.. Newton, Of Arkansas, expressed similar
sentiments.
Mr.. Franklin said, if the gentleman from
Georgia had reflected on his motion he would
have seen that the State Of Arkansas would not
be effected by it, lfa Convention of the Stale
had authorized the delegote present 10 Gil the |