Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-11-21


Carriers amendment. Mr.. CRUnBAcKER moved to
postpone the further consideration of the get until
next Saturday week. Mr.. CooKERLY moved that the
motion to postpone be laid the table, which motion
prevailed-ayes SIS, noes 81. motion was made to
adjourn; which motion did prevail-ayes A, noes
49, The question was then taken on reconsdering the
vote the adoption of Mr.. Carriers amendment and
decided in the affirmative An amendment was then
adopted, limiting all speeches thirty minutes The
resolution, thus amended, adopted, by a vote of
ayes 6S, noes "a. The Convention then adjourned
MONDAY, November, IS, 1s50.-The Convention was
opened BY prayer by the Rev. Mr.. BABE.
Mr.. HENDRrcKs now arose and pronounced beauti-
fn and appropriate eulogy on the life and character of
the Hon. JAMES VAN BENrHusEN, late delegate of
Shelby county which ordered be placed upon the
Journals of the Convention. On motion Of Mr.. Ora
HAM of Warrck the order directing the roll to be called
each morning, is dispensed with hereafter.
MIR. MCLELLAND presented petition against prohib-
ting negroes from coming into the State; and also
against prohibiting them from giving evidence, &c. He
also presented petition from 176 negroes agansta pro-
vision in the Constitution prohibiting them from giving
evidence against white men laid on the table.
Mr.. READ Of Clark from the committee on public Off
GERS reported section providing for the election of Trus
tee on the part of the State of the Wabash and Erie
Canal so long as there shall be necessity for such off,
cer) Warden of the Prison. and Public Printer to
hold their Offices for two years but shall only be eligible
four years in any of six years. which passed to
second reading.
The sections in relation to Imprisonment for debt the
right of trial by jury and the damages for property
ken by corporations for public improvements were read
third time; when Mr.. LocKHART moved to commit
the last sections in relation to property taken for public
improvements, for the purpose of making the section
more definite in relation absent land here
oiore moved by him. Mr. PETIT thought it was entire.
y unnecessary to commit where the of land
are absent have agent, there would be mpro-
prey in the companies going with their work until
the owner or his agent, should forward and
his damages. Mr.. NAVE moved an amendment to the
Instructions; when Mr.. PETIT moved that the nsruc-
tons be laid upon the table which motion prevailed Mr.
BORDEN moved TO commit with Instructions, that DANA
ges shall be assessed without reference to extrnsc bene
fits. Mr. BRAcKEN moved that the instructions bo laid
upon the table, which motion prevailed ayes g. noes
81. Mr.. WALPoLE moved to commit with instructions
strike out the section and insert the provision in the
present Constitution Mr. PETIT then moved the pre-
" Shall the section be committed with the instructions Of
Mr.. WALPoLE," and decided in the negative, ayes Al
10. The question then taken on the passage
the sections, and decided in the affirmative ayes 81
noes &c.
The section prohibiting negroes from coming into the
State, was now taken up-the pending question being,
on an amendment of Mr.. HALL, permitting negroes
in the State hold and purchase property. Mr. KENT
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ton until the one since reported, should come up pro-
vdng for the annual appropriation of thousand dol
lars for e)onzng free persons of color as they were
intimately connected in their hearings. He was in favor
of prohiting negroes from coming to the State and op-
posed to their holding property that under the colonial
ton provision, this State might in time be blessed with
homogeneous population. He referred to the effort
now making to induce the government build steam
vessels carry the mails and aid in coonzing the
people of color in Liberia on the coast of Africa AT
the conclusion of his remarks he moved to refer the
section o. select committee of one from each Con-
gressional district with Instructions to enquire into the
the best of ultimately separating the white and
colored in Indiana and also, into the expedlency
Of Incorporating, in one article all Constitutional pro-
visions relative to negroes and muatoes and submitting
the same, separately, TO the people" Mr.. CRUMBAcK
took the position that in the organic law the State
the African should be treated eithsr or brute
IT. as a man, then the tendency of our laws both or
ganic and legislative should be calculated elevate his
character Many Of this unfortunate class were borr
in State and here clustered around them all the en-
dearments Of home. We held out our arms of protec
ton to the unfortunate Hungarian the brave Pole anC
the oppressed of all portions of the world but here
when unfortunate class born in very midst
forward and claims protection, they spurned from
us with contempt and refused the privilege of holding
property The provision of the Kentucky Convention hae
been pronounced infamous by gentlemen advocating tn,
sections under consideration If Kentucky had commit
ted wrong, it that Indiana should fol
low in her course 1t had been contended that Africans
indebted for their present improved character t.
their residence in this country. If this were true,
gave evidence that much higher elevation of oharacte
might be attained for laws had been passed here cal
cuated advance them in the scale of being. He as
sented to the position that all created of ont
flesh and blood and that climate and habits have made
thenegroe differ from the original stock of white men
1t was contended by the gentleman from Floyd, Mr.
Kent) that the tendency of the American mind was il
favor of separation of the He in favo
of the same dea as he believed separation would b
for the benefit of the African, in elevating him T.
his true condition man; but until some practlca
measure brought forward to accomplish this object
he could 90 for such measures as were brought for
ward here
Mr. PEPPER Of Crawford took the position, that tn
experience of the world had proved that the blacks AM
whites could not dwell tremendously together. That
in flooding the State with free negroes, we degrade la
Dor, and consequently degrade the white man who he