Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-27

The Convention met pursuant TO adjournment.
The Journal of the preceding day was read ana ap-
proved
TERMINATION OF THE DEBATE.
Mr. TREDWAY. ! move TO take up the resolution
which submitted the other day and which was lalh on
the table.
The resolution was read rs follows:
Resolcea That all debate in Committee OF the " loc on
the pending proposition shall cease q one cAocA '''
Mr. FERGUSON. Upon that call for the yeas and
MIR. CONWAY The house is very thin and the vote
ought not to be taken without ringing the bell ASK
that il may be rung. .
MIR. BANKS / hope this principle Of ringing the
bell upon all occasions will not adopted by inc MOUSE
1t seems to me its tendency is bad one ENC mem.
bers know the appointed timea might and 'hihA +"
3 their duty attend without further notice
Mr. FISHER. ] wish to call the attention OF inc
Convention to this ringing Of the bell On YESTERDAY
when had the temcrity to speak OF TINS matter, was
told in pretty emphatic terms that the Chair had decided
that if The ringing was called for it could he nau
should like to know how the chair could decide propo
sition not before it But ! imagine with regard
TO this order for the bell to be rlng, upon the ap
plication of single member it is taken for granted '
the house agrees to il. now % icct ana nope my
objection will be considered as standing onIect 10
the ringing of the hell for the Convention as would DC
done for school boys And upon every occasion snal
resist It the utmost Of my power and whenever inc
President thinks he has the perfect authority 10 Issue
an order, and make it the order Of the house wiiRoa
a vote l will take appeal and discuss IT, nave iook
ed into the rules. was told on Yesterday INA. .u n""
ycnton had not only adopted the rules but lc sases
of the House Of Delegates If the gentleman WIN sp"
inc the word "usage' in rules will DC inanhi, 10
him. The usascs of that house ought TO DC thc lst
cd BY this. trust the order will not he adopted WIFI
out an order of the house itself.
The PRESIDENT The Chair is not aware OF any
rule adopted by the Convention which requires tho or
der for the ringing of the bell to be issued at the request
Of any member 1t has been the usage OF the house Of
Delegates and without Injection it would he adopted
By the Convention, but objection being made the Char
deems it necessary and proper to take the sense OF the
Convention on the subject.
Mr. FERGUSON. The usage Of the House Of Dele
gates in regard to ringing the he'll has BEEN TO order
Il to be rung upon the application of single member,
until the last session. Whenever motion made TO
ring the bell it was put to vote Of the house. At Inc
last session the speaker adopted the summary moce
Of stating that the motion made that the bell was to
he rung and that it would he rung unless objection vas
made, when it put to a formal vote.
Mr.. VOOLFOLK. Ii has been the lIsa &c 10 ring the
bell for the House of Delegates and it ought to be the
usage TO ring it for this Convention, because man can
ait and hear this elaborate debate without having inc
dyspepsia. Laughter. left the Convention to AVOID
these most extraord ay five days speeches. and all other
debate If siaar character Under these circumstan-
ccs, nope shall adopt rule that the bell snail DC
rung whenever vote is to be taken in this talking Con
vention. We hare nothing in the world but talking
My friend from .Accomac, and esteem man more
than hml-is of those who, when lie gels
up never known when to stop. and no man knows whGn
he will stop laughter. cannot sit here four months
and hear all this debate. propose therefore that lle
bell shall be rung whenever the vote is to he taken
The PRESIDENT. II is moved that the Chair or
der the bell to be rang.
Mr.. FISHER. ask for the yeas and nays upon that
The call was sust aimed.
Mr. CONWAY. Is it in order 10 Withdraw the mo-
ton to ring the bell
The PRESIDENT Isupposc the gentleman has rshl
toswithdraw his motion unless objection is made.
Mr.. M'COMAS. object TO the withdrawal
The PRESIDENT. Objection being made, the cues
ton will be taken
Mr. NJ. R. Fl. GARRETT 1 ask to be excused
from voting as thus appears 10 be sectional queso
Laughter. have paired of wit a gentleman upon
all these questions.
The request was granted.
Mr.. LETCHER. Upon this scctio nal question ask
10 be excused, having paired off with Mr. FUaUA'
His request also granted
The question being put decided liz The nesat'c'
yeas Al, NAYS 54 as follows:
YEAs.--Nlcssrs. Mason (Prest,) Arthur, Btae' pow
dem Bowlcs, Camden Carter, Of Loudouu 4, ChamoG.S'
Chiffon, Claiborne, Conway, Cook, Cox, Edmunds, ha
wards, Ferguson Flood Fuz, Gaily, NJ G arnett iali
Johnson, knotc, Leakc, Lynch, McCand sh, NM -
Pendeton Petty Rves, Scoggin Scott o. Carol.nI'
Seymour, Sloan, Smith Of Norfolk county, SIaa'
Trigg, Tunis, Watts Of Norlorlk county, ""i'''''
and Woolfolk-4l. :
NAYs.-Mcssrs. Armstrong, Banks, Barbour, boi -
Shenandoah, Bland, Blue Burgess Caperton Garlic
man, Fisher Fukcrson. Garland, Hays, Hoge, HoPt,s'
Jacob Janney Jones, kenney, kgore, Ligon E W.r
berger, Lucas, McCamant, McComas. Martin oi Mar
shall, Martin of Henry, Meredith Mile Neeso e. as"
man, Saunders, Scott Of Fauquer, Shell. '"Soa
Smith Of King and Queen, Smith Of Greenbrler'
grass, SoutaII, Stevenson Stewart uf Morgan na
of Patrick, Tate, Taylor Tredway, Turnbull,
Watts of Roanoke, White, Wiley, Williams OF ar
fax, Wise and Worsham-54
The question then required, on the resolution :" M
gentleman from Pittsylvania. (alr. TEEDwAY, 70
debate on The basis ofrepresentaon to-day at
The question being then taken there were yeas ~
noes SO, as follows
YEAs-Messrs. John Y Mason, president p Mr.
thur, Banks, Beale Barbour, Bowles, Braxton' "x
gcs Chambers, Chiffon, Claiborne, Conway, no'
Edmunds, Edwards, Flood, Garland NJ ua Ianas
Goode, Hall, Hill, Hopkins, Hunter, JanneJ', Hs n,
Leake, Lyon, Lynch, McCandlish, Martin ., ,orGn
~, Meredith, Petty, Randolph, Rires sosS,r
Scott of Caroline Shell, Smith Of Noriok TsxIor
Smith of kirs and Queen, S,outha, Stanar9 So:foIk
Tredway. Tunis Turnbull Wallace, WAITS o. Wor.
county, Whitte, Williams of Fairfax, Wngneiu' va