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

pointed to fill vacancy tho committee the Basis
and Aportionment OF representation.
The committee excused Mr.. +. re1uo5tod By him.
FILLING or a VACANCY TX CoxNrrrBR
Ar. FLOYD. Ihavo colleague who Is tho only NOM
Der Of this body whoss services not required On any
COMMITTED and would suggest that he (r 1sroG) he
placed on the Executive Conlm.oo 20 I'LL the vacancy
occasioned BY my resignation
The motion was agrcsd to- aud Mr. TACO was &C.
ccrdingly appointed member of the Executive Com
rnittee.
On motion of Mr. SCOTT, the Convention adcurnad
until Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
MONDAY. Jan. q, 1851.
The Convention me; pursuant to adjournment
The journal oil tie proceeding cf Saturday was road
ind approved.
PsIarKG OF THE DEBATES.
Mr.. SNOWDES moved tina. the report OF tho COM
mittec printing the debates aGd proceedings " the
Convention, be now taken up for consideration.
The motion agreed 10.
The PRESIDENT stated the question to be O. 'ae
resolution proposed b. Mr. CAMDEN as substitute for
the resolution Of instruction to the committee on Print:
ing, proposed en- Saturday BY Mr.. CLAIBORNE.
Mr.. CLAIBonN:'s resolution was read rs follows:
Rs,circd, Thai the Secretary Be authorized t. con
tract for the publication of three hundred copies oG
the debates and proceedings Of the Convention in
pamphlet form, for the uso Of the members
Mr.. CAMpEN's substitute for the above read as
follows
Rcsoirea, That tho repor: Of the committee on print
ing aud publishing the debates and proceedings Of the
instructions to consider Of plan for printing said de-
bates and proceedings, in suitable form fc- binding
and preservation and for furnishing s country press
with copies thereof for distribution amongst their sub
scribcrs-and t. ascertain and report proper division
of the 2700 extra copies among tie members of the
Convention according to the number Of voccs in their
respective districts.
Mr.. CAMDEN. My object III Submitting Tho amend
msnt was to nave the proceedings of the Convention
printed in suitable form for binding and preservation
learn however, that this IL not 70 bs effected except
at yerJ heavy additional cxpsnsc, at expense which
ara not willing 70 incur.
Mr.. STEWART. If the gentleman from Harrison
{hlr. CAmpES) will a!lcw liz lnoment-
Mr. CAMDEN. Certainly, sir.
Mr.. STEWART IL regard to this question Of r. nj
ing, have been animated solely by desire 20 get al
ourselves and to the different gonte,'en Offering
peting propositions here. ask leave 10 send to the
chair the following paper, and ask tina. raay be road,
when the gentleman from Harrison can Judge whcter
1t meets his views or not.
The SECRETARY then read Tho paper referred TO-
follows:
Tot the Hon. the Presiacn, and Members q s Conrsat;on
The undersigned, il November last proposed 10 pub
ish the Proceedings and Debates of your honorable
body, in Conventional Register, on tho plan Of The
Congressional Globe. Believing still that this plan
combines advantages, in rery great degree oycr any
other plan which has been submitted beg leave TO
renew our proposition for the publication in that FORM
1t is form. which, whiio i accompanies fully ali the
by committee Of your body, will, at the time,
be a convenient form for binding into book Of neat
and portable size, for the Of libraries Offices, Sc,
at the close of the publication We have caused to b.
placed on your Secretary table, Book, as :; spcci-
men OF the size aud form, which VIC aliuie 70 ; to
which We invite your attention. 1t Is We repeat,
convenient and enduring form, which ali who receive
the paper, can have bound up the publica-
tion shall be completed, into an cdnira5le and cer
tainly valuable book Ii printed in large, unwiedy,
newspaper supplemental sheets the probability is that
few, if any will the form CT book, bu.
that they win most likely be blown and scattered about
like tho leaves Of the forest.
We, therefore, propose to your honorable body, TO
print the Register in qrarto form. We do rot be-
herc, in view CT the many grave and imporan; sub
.ecs which you haze to deliberate upon and discuss,
that the proceedings and debates Of your body could
be embraced in book OF smaller szo that is to say
in one volume Of octave form and it certainly is de-
sirAble that the whole should be embraced in book
We propose to furnish, if desired, such newspapers
may be designated. with any number Of copies for dis
erbution with their papers, Ertras to furnish If
required, the members Of your body with any specified
number Of copies or to comply with such regulations
in regard thereto as you may think proper TO adopt
And this propose to do on the following terms:
so cents per thousand ems for the composition,
so cents per token for the press work-and
~ per ream for the paper.
These are rates. below which the work canno. be
done neatly, correctly and properly IN all respects,
without a sacrifice Wo propose TO print the Register
in larger and plaiuor typo than is contained in the
Book which re present specimen.
We are prepared to execute the work as rapidly, aud
in good style, it can be done any Office in yr
GINA.
All Of which is most respectfully submitted.
JOHN J. PALMER,
COLIN, BAPTIST Il EOWLAN.
Richmond, Jan. l3, 1851.
DIR. CAMDEN. was stating to the Convention, when
Was up before that had supposed that print ;h.se
debates a form suitable to binding, would much
than / was, for one, prepared for, and / was
about to ask leave of the Convention TO Withdraw the
proposition submitted on Saturday. The proposition
that has just been res however. may change my vote
II am satisfied that it is practicable 20 prut these de-
hates il the foru Indicated at additional eapensc-
This matter Of printing however. ia one with which
am wholly unacqua'nted and can Therefore form no
opinion with reference tho probable cost OF tho two
propositions If satisfied thai it can De printed in
the form desire, the came, or with bit little adl
tcnsl expense should prefer it For the present there
fore, viii make no motion on the subject
Mr. STEWART. / hope the gentleman vii! not with
draw his notion bu. that this whole subject including
all the propositions and resolutions submitted will b.
recomWitted to tho select committee for further ezam
nation and report am satisfied that tho proposition
which has Just been read TO tho Convention ia about the
best have had It il the submitted to this Con
vencn before We adjourned for the recess the last
day of our meeting and which went by the board amid
the hurly Eurly which prcTacd here on that day Tho
only object havd, for care not who gets this printing
il that may &c. work done right in creditahc
enable us to have it bound in book form ss vel, IA
to send to our constituents aud enable them Go TIE
same This supplement it is ma,ifs; never be Of
any use in that way for it viii be rnwiedly that the
people will never have it bound up And If We do
der these $1,000 or $4,000 copieswhich viii only serve
atemporary purpose and then is mos. likely b used
for waste paper-they will tho greater part of them,
30 distributed in Eastern Virginia, for BY the best cal
cuation that car be made not more than 1000 Vi them
viii 20 IVES. of the Blue Ridge Naw tic idea that we
might thus prevail on the public mind that quarter to
listen to the arguments in favor of tho White Basis,
have taken into consideration, yet at the time
while the white basic has large majority in its favor
west Of the mountains not afraid to have the
gumens favor of the mixed basis go there but rather
wish them to go there Aud wish all the arguments
all questions to go before the people and if We are
to expend the public money in having our debates pub
lished at ALL ask that it may By done IN some manner
aud in such shape will be credisahe to this body and
to the city of Richmond Also For that reason do not
believe there is any necessity for being il great