Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-07-04
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The Convention net pursuant - adjournment
The Journal OF the preceding day was read and a1
proved.
Prayer by the Rev. DR.. klScs:onp Of the Rapiis
Church.
JOURNAL or THE c0MrTTEc or TIE WHOLE.
Mr. HAYS. II has ccurred TO me thai i uud b
important aid proper perhaps, that the roc. dim
the committee OF the whole should !usc d in n
journal OF the Convention Is matte O. his rs ard 0
record. On Yesterday the western members were re
CURED under the force Of circumstances 10 unani
mously against their iayoritc proposition Of ,I
suffrage basis and i'll fifteen twenty years from t!i
time these journals may be quoted upon Western gen
tcmen to show that they disapproyed OF that basis ant
voted TO reject it. desire therefore that the vote
taken in committee Of the whole OH this sub cct ma
be recorded and printed matter of history an,
reference, aud 10 that end offer the iocwu.
resolution:
Resoired That the Secretary be required under IL,
direction Of the President, to prepare and insert OH TIT
printed Journal Of the Convention the proceedings ant
votes Of The committee of the whole, on the basis d
representation.
The PRESIDENT The Chair will remark tha,
there has been no Journal kept Of the proceedings IL
committee Of the whole. The Supplement and the
register of debate will however contain them
Sir. HAYS. imagine there would be no difficulty
in getting the facts Of the from the Supplement
the civ papers which have published the votes.
think that under the dire :tiol Of the President, The
Secretary can Ike out pretty fair journal Of til.
proceedings.
Mr.. WISE. do hope that this resolution will be
adopted and that if we Go rot incorporate the proposed
ica;,al Of the proceedings Of the committee parl
of the curr Of the Convention ITSELF that at ~ event,
it will bc accepted as an appendix so that i! may bc
printed sud preserved in All authentic form. Now j.
what position do stand | furcsaw the difficult,
when it was proposed 10 take the yeas and NAYS in com
nttcc of the whole. voted for the suffrage basis in
the committee of the whole and preferred IT, All tht
western men voted for it, II was their proposition Il
this Journal Of the committee is not preserved twcnt
wears hence shall have the same difficulty that there
was about the last Convention. The other day we hcar
Mr. Joymes honestly quoted in this hollse as voting io'
the suffrage and white basis which the gentleman
voted for in his life. Some tcn twenty, or fifty YEAR
hence when We NAV bea dead, or if alive, may h
arrarDcd for some Of our votes here and have
or yindicatn. ourselves. hxed basis gentlemen ma,
he shown as voting for the suffrage basis proposlo
and suffrage basis gentlemen az voting against II. W.
ought certainly to preserve the proceedings in com
miitcc.
never will again consent 10 vote upon the ayes anu
noes in committee of Tie whole, and had nearly taken
that resolve before, unless the Convention wcud re.
solve 10 keep the Journal. We owe it as duty 10 OUT
selves to preserve the record Of the proceedings Of Tho
committee 1t can be done with very little cost
trouble, and hope that tho Convention will unan
,nosIy adopt this resolution. would suggest however
to the mover Of the resolution that instead of sayin
q insert Oh the printed journa" lie should say DAP
pend TO - and so fcr;h.
Mr. HAYS. ! will accept that modification OF
nv resolution Al that want is 10 preserve the votes
and proceedings in committee of the whole.
The resolution rs modified was read as follows
ReSo'red, That the Secretary be required undcr
the direction of the President TO prepare and append tc
the printed journal Of the Convention the proceeding
and Votes of the committee of the whole The basis O.;
representation"
Dir GTANARD. I have oh cotton TO that reso-
luton and hope that it will be unanimously adopted
The suggestion that was made by the gentleman FROM
Accomac is one that was on the point Of making my
self but he anticipated me- There was difficulty in
the way Of the insertion Of this journal, in the journal
ofthe Convention but that difficulty is ooviated BY the
amendment Of the gentleman from Accomac thinS
due ourselves and our constituents that the entire
proceedings should be preserved.
The PRESIDENT. The journal OF the Convention
is printed for the public and the OF the members
The effect Of this resolution will be to print and BIND
up with that journal the proceedings OF the committee
OF the whole upon this particular question; IL IS mol
understood TO be the desire to extend T. The proceed
ngs of the committee of the whole except upon TINS par
cular question 1t is not understood to be the desire
extend it to the proceedings OF the committee OF
the whole upon any other subject.
The question was then taken on Mr.. HAYS resolu-
ton and it was agreed 10.
COMMITTEE OF REVISION.
Mr.. FERGUSON offered the following resolution
Rfs,lrsl That committee of four members, two
from the cast and from the west De appointed, TO
whom all propositions agreed upon by the Convention,
shall he committed for correction and revision.
Mr.. FERGUSON. I sec that this is the course
which has been pursued to extent in the Mary
land Convention and it occurs to mo that VIII save