Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-01-17

of all things if this scheme ID to lo executed al al thu
it shall he thoroughly executed and this information b.
Infused throughout every quarter Of the Commonwe
have submitted these considerations for the reflection
Of gentlemen before tits question shall como ~ becau:,
trust TINT win i! does colo up aYH we shali pas
upon it finally, for until We 10 9" there IS nothing con
iIcctcd with this matter that ID certa Gi,d liked vii
iors conclude add another remark i'll reply % the on
quiry OF the gentleman from Fauquier, Mr.. Scorr)
To Tot believe there among the political press OF kc
nond an establishment besides that 81 ar Gallaher
that can do the work. am satisfied that neS the
Examiner Enquirer" "Whig." nor any otherpoitcal
pacr J this city ossssscs the of doing this work
and that Mf. G;'nh.r'y il tn. only establishment among
them that can do tie work efficiently and properly
prefer therefore to contract with him, yet VIII not 'lo
anythius that will look like pressing the question pre-
| lnatLrLs UPON tie Convention
! Mr.. CLAIBOkNE. desire very briefly to give my
rea,ons for Offering IN anendm,nt - the Report OF the
| Committee When this question wii under discussion
before the ad ourrment of the Convention the gentle
FROM Faluuier, Or. ScoTr) remarked that no was
not willing - discriminate AMONG his constituents This
is my principal Tor voting against the Report Of
| the Committee | all not willing ~ dscIirniaat. III ia
of twenty Of my constituents and ssninst twelve
.unrel and eighty. THIS county, in which live atone,
Of my district, hrs thirteen hundred voters nm 10
receive by this Report twenty cnrcs semi weekly OF the
Supplement containing the debates and :yc".,iinss Of!
the Convention aud if furnish these twenty copies 10
twenty Of my csu-tucnis, shall bc obliged to discri
ni!a,n IN favor II twenty particular ons~, against the
mining 1850: J must either do this, or send the pro
cccngs IL them by piece Understanding one number oil
iii. Supplement-; un one iay ,!isn, sud another
and Gcr,n: n,:inb.: tie Xtday t" another man
AMI on until every III lay district might perhaps
be -ppiicd with uuconcc ri fragment uf debates
Iis, in my humble opnua Wos.ld b. worse th1n mo-
thing. Vow presume that tho 1850 ci'i's of the
! political papers Of TIL Metropolis, that SO out INTO
the State twice every week will in any event, contain
il not FIJI ep Of tue debates v this Convention. vt
least sketch Of tie most important Of what has been
dono here take il ioi granted, at every press in this
Commonwealth copying from Tn" first Richmond paper
that reaches it, will give 10 It's lt'i.rs history Of all
that i, transporting in the Convention presume, that
those who subscribe To those papers, arc entitled to thai
.lcl the hands Of its editors; and take it for grant
ed that they will get il, without our being called upon
10 pay fle9ou for the purpose OF enabling tcac gentle
to furnish matter to thor reaics, that they IRE
bound to furnish them. do not about scndins IL
Tie people of Virginia part OF the report Of our pro-
cecdiag-, unless could send them all. nm not viii
ling End number week to mnn, and ano-
Tier Number another week to another nan. an not
willing furnish man with information upon the
legislative department another upon the ssecnse ad
the third upon the Judicial department. am not vii
ling send copy OF this Supplement containing the
debates Of this body for tho last four days. to any man
III my district And although do not doubt that have
participated n much any mcn.b:r III those debates
yc have no desire that the discussion shpuld reach tho
!
sent. presume, notwithstanding give tins body ere
lit lrr more intelligence, patriotism ard Judgment, than
ly friend from Orange, (Mr. VOOLFOLK that the pco-
pie do desire to every thing thai Will be utterei
while We ars in session Ny PROPAGATION IS to print 500
copies of the debates aud proceedings Of this Convention
semi weekly in pamphlet form, 70: the Of the mem
Lcro .! the Conycn.ion. propose 10 give cch m"mte.
copy for hi. Gse and not Tor the purpose OF scnd
:ig h"ri". do nut propose - sea them home, ana
oLlgc gentlemen Discriminate among their consiru'
tltrr fhpr
or 10 carry home aft ter the sessol. Inf. cl.@"l voted
for the appointment Of S;cnographcr, and *'ll NOT
rersc, inv stcns upon that subject. desire that the
debates Of this body should be preserved and even
they should bc found turn ont perfectly worthless,
when we build another monument to the memory Of
Washington they will DO IL put among other documents
to be deposited III the stone, or to preserve among
tie archives the State 1t is st md It Is right TINT
they should be deposited in the libraries OF the State
and in the archives Of the Commonwealth, and an Will
ling to pay tho price have agreed 10 pay the Senog.
raphcr for the purpose Of placing them there How
can you alop. sny plan by which you can se"i this IN
formation 10 the country, without forcing me- and for
cling other members Of this Convention 10 discriminate
in favor of portion against another portion OF our
constituents, Suppose adopt this plan whit will be
i. practical operation taking my lusre-
ton sllll receive during session Of fifteen weeks
GOO copies of the ecmwcekly Supplement, and If !
were to circulate the whole OF them only III the county
of Franklin leaving out the balance OF my district and
ooly he able to supply less than onchalf of my cosii
tuents ask gentlemen ii there is any good to grow
out of this thing and if it is not, Therefore mn utter
waste Of money am the la! man III the world, I"
stand baok for few dolart and if proposition shal
bs introduced to furnish every man in this Common
wealth with this Supplement Coat what 1t will, ! am
prepared 10 vote for it. If are to go into This bust
ness nj ALL we ought furnish the whole people with tho
information and not discriminate in favor Of part Bet
think the people would be- ssti.ied il we 80 to wcrs
and prepare Constitution for them No BODY INTENDS
that they shall gulp down the Constitution without look
i'm, a. H. or thu; the shall H. taken upon the adop
ton OF the Constitution the day after the Convention
adourns bu: propose to give time to the people 10
examine IT, give time u the papers OF the State to s1-
press al opinion upon It, AMI to give the meWiers ol e
Convention IN opportunity to 30 home and tel their tale
with regard to the reforms proposed For one trust
that amp. time and opportunity will be afforded the
reoplo tn rass Judgment upon the Constitution adopted
b. this Convention before they shall b. called upon to
.,ivc their final vote for agaln. lite ratification ask'
then If We arc to expcnd the public money III this way,
whether the price shall have to pay and tho number
OF copies ore receive u this Supplement- Viii JUS
fy us in discriminating among our constituents or M
-wer ,hs purposes which tho Committee intended
Mr. JACOBS desire to cay word or two, more e.
pcciay MS have had some hand II exciting til. discs
s:on md opposition to the report Of the COMMITTED
le.irc to cav to the gentleman from Richmond city Mr.
soorr) that NV hostility To the report grows ont OF no
bos,i.y to the citr pressthe Metropolitan prcss rs 1t
IL called bv some have feelings of that kind what
crer There is honlely proverb which illustrates my
view Of that subject II is this The soen,skorS wife
il always the worst slod of any woman in the parish "
lar. found in regard 10 the city Of Richmond, so Tar
~. ms experience HIS gone that shc gets a ew favora
a. INV other portion Of tho Commonwealth have NO
difficulties on that therefore but, il is true That
am not willing ut The public expense to do that which
in fact does little more than facilitate the circulation OF
the report of our proceedings and deba'es among the
present readers Of the Metropolitan press That was the
true foundation of M objection at tho time IT. h9wev-
er YOU cannot devise any other plan eectua for Grc.-
ating history of what do and say, among the poo
ME then win submit to it But | AIN under the I'm.
precision that something more be done sd indeed
that so far rs spreading this information among the pre-
sent readers the city concerned can be done
without auy public expense. nm not old though Some
people think am [aughter yet mn old enough to re,
member the proceedings of Convention that held it'
sessions here 90 years ago reconcc the discussions
had in that body and thought before the country va,
agitated in reference to this present Convention that
remembered pretty we'll the debates Of that body II
true after the close Of its ses1ions bought volume Of
tile debates at one Of ths bookstoreS in The country bu
never looked into it until within the as: ninety days
When did ake up the book and commenced reading the
debates found that my general information OF what wa
done in that body qnite correct. mere ono &c,
it, From ono Of the Richmond papers-the niGnmont
ENQUIRER And if am not nisnforined tho paohca'ior
f In, debates of that Convention cost the public no