Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-03-31

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Toincorporatc the James River and
Clover Hill Plank Road Company;
To authorize the Council of the city of
Richmond to subscribe to the stock ofthe
! Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Gompa-
ny, and for other purposes; and
lncorporatingthe Lynchburg Gas Light
Company.
The hour for the recess having arrived,
the Speaker vacated the Chair
| EVENING SESSION.
The Speaker resumed the chair at o.
clock.
| When the hour of recess arrived, the
House had under consideration an engross-
ed bill authorizing the establishment of a
Savings Bank of circulation, and also 1.-THE
Independent Bank at Portsmouth" on the
free banking principle, in the town of
Portsmouth. The SPEAKER stated that
the first business before the House would
be "shall the bill pass!,'
A motion was made and agreed to, that
bills on their first reading be taken up and
read by their titles; whereupon number
were read first and ordered to be read
Sc cond time.
THE COMPROMISE MEASURES.
AT 5 o'clock, Mr.. Martz rose and called
for the order ofthcday, being the report of
the Select Committee on the compromise
measures. Mr.. M. said he hoped it would
be the pleasure the House to adopt the
resolutions with the unanmify which mark
ed their passage through the committee
He understood that Wings and Democrats
We're alike satisfied with their tone and
temper and he therefore trusted the House
would adopt the resolutions without a
dissenting voice. For the purpose of saw
ing tune, he would move the previous
question on the adoption of the report; and
the House seconded the demand, and or
dcred the main question to be now put.
Mr.. Speed called for the ayes and noes,
and they were ordered.
| Mr.. Dorman called for division of the
question, so as to take the vote on each res
olution separately.
The vote was then taken on the first res
olution, when it was adopted BY the follow
ing vote-ayes ITO, no L Mr.. Benoni
Harrison, who said he gloricd in standing
solitary and alone
Before the vote was taken on the Sec
ond resolution, Mr.. Tomlin enquired of the
| Speaker lift would be in order to amend
the resolution, or did he construe the pre-
vious question as applying to the whole Sc.
ries of rcsolutionsl
| The Speaker decided that the previous
question applied to the whole serics-taken
either as whole or separately.-and that
therefore, the resolutions could be neither
amended or discussed.
Mr.. Crutchfcld took exceptions to the
decision of the Speaker, and argued the
point of order. He, however, declined to
press his point to vote.
The question was then taken onagrecing
to the second resolution, and decided in
the affirmative, as follows-ayes Ill, noes
81 Msssrs. Tomlin, Butt and Harrison.)
The third resolution was adopted with
only one dissenting voice-(Mr. Harri-
| son's.)
The fourth, fifth, and sixth resolutions,
as well as the preamble, were then unani-
mously adopted.
The preamble and resolutions, as passed
by the House, are as follows:
Whereas the Legislature of the State of
South Carolina has passed an act "to pro-
vide for the appointment of Delegates to
Southern Congress, to be entrusted with
full power and authority to deliberate with
the view and intention Of resisting further
aggression, and if possible Of restoring the
constitutional rights of the South, and if
not, to recommend due provision for her
future safety and independence" which act
has been formally communicated to this
General Assembly.
Be It therefore Resolred, By the General
assembly Of Virginia, That whilst the
State deeply sympathises with South Car
DINA in the feelings excited by the unwar-
rantable interference of the non-slavehold-
ing States, with our common institutions;
and whilst diversity ofopinion exits among
the people of the Commonwealth in regard
to the wisdom. justice and constitutonality
of the measures Of the late Congress Of
the United States, taken as whole, and
,mmonly known as the Compromise
Measures: yet the Legislature of Virginia
deems it duty to declare to her sister
State of South Carolina, that the People Of
this State are unwilling to take any action
I'm consequence ofthe same) calculated to
destroy the integrity of the Union.
2d. Resolrcd. That regarding the said
acts of the Congress Of the United States
taken altogether, as an adjustment of
the exciting questions to which they re-
late, and cherishing the hope that, if fairly
executed, they will restore to the country
that harmony and confidence which of late
have heen sounhappily disturbed the State
of Virginia deems it unwise, in the present
condition of the country, to send delegates
TO the proposed Southern Congress.
Sd. Resolred That Virginia earnestly
and afectionately appeals to her sisterState
OF South Carolina to dcsist from any medi-
tatcd secession upon her part, which can
not but tend TO the destruction Of the I'm
ion and the loss, to all of the States, of the
benefits that spring from it.
All. Resolred, That Virginia believing
the Constitution of the United States, If
faithfully administered. provides adequate
protection to the rights Of all the States Of
this Confederacy. and still looking to that
Instrument l,.r defence, within tue Union.