Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-07-31


mond Times, which is more circumstantial
than any we have seen:-
"Immediately after the Convention as
sembled on Saturday morning, MIR. Ran
dolph of Albemarle rose and submitted the
motion, Of which he had previously given
notice, to reconsider the vote by which
the provisions called the Compromise were
adopted. He proceeded to give a nara
ton of his course on the subject, and en-
deavored TO throw the responsibility for
the defeat Of the mixed basis upon those
who, on certain memorable Saturday ,sus-
tanned motion to adjourn for the purpose
of consultation about Compromise. Had
the vote been taken that Saturday morn
ing, proposition A, the original mixed basis
report, would, he said, have been carried.
Mr. Taylor Of Norfolk opposed the re-
consideration Of any matter at this late day
of the session, and argued that Mr.. Ran
dolph was wrong to propose 1t, tor that
gentleman had all alongilnown as well as
| now the wishes his constituents. If the
basis was rcconsidered every thing else
must be, and he was unwilling to enter up
on it. Two at least of his colleagues, Mr..
T. said, would act with him. He moved
to lay the motion ofMr. Randolph on the
table, but withdrewit to allow Mr.. Conway
to address the floor.
Mr.. Conway denied that the adjourn
ment on tho Saturday referred to by Mr..
Randolph was sustained by Eastern mem
bcrs in order to adopt a compromise. For
himself he stated that his object was to Sc
cure the success Of the mixed basis, which
he believed would be defeated if put to the
vote that day.
A running debate followed in which
Mr. Chiffon proclaimed his determination
to stand by the Compromise, come what
might; and so did Mr.. Claiborne (notwith-
standing his former declaration that he be-
longed to the iron side Baptists, who did
not believe in falling from grace)
Mr.. Scott, of Fauquier, confirmed Mr..
Conway's statement of the mannerin which
the adjournment was carried on the memo
rablc Saturday, and bore very hard upon
Mr. Randolph who had at that time voted
against the mixed basis proposed in the
Substitute, alleging as reason that it was
not the mixed basis as he understood it to
have been understood by the Convention
Of 1880. He referred to the declaration
Mr. Randolph made that very Saturday
morning, after the adjournment, In the Eas-
tern caucus, that he would thence forth go
with his Eastern friends. Mr.. Randolph
here made some qualification Of the declara-
ton, limiting it to pledge to support pro-
A r.. IL |, IL,
sis, repeated and called upon forty men
now on the floor to bear witness that Mr..
r. said he ,couldhaeqtier gire his Eastern
friends no further trouble, but acould rOtc
,eith them and tollOao his leaders, and the
declaration was received with rounds Of
applause on these desks.
Mr.. Randolph tried to make some little
diversion by sneering at Mr.. Scott as desir
ing to be the Magnus Apollo of the East
on the basis question, and, in closing. made
some reference to suspicion that the OBJ
ject Of Mr. Scottin offering his compromise
was merely to defeat all others.
This Mr.. Scott pronounced foul calum-
ny, and Mr.. Randolph explained that he
did not make the imputation himself, and
had only alluded to it in order to give Mr.
Scott an opportunity 10 set himselfright.
Some further passages occurred between
the two gentlemen. Mr.. Chiffon made a
few remarks about his own course; DR..
Saunders about his; Mr. Wise entered upon
the Supplement reports, flourish Of tri-
umph over the final extinction of the odious
mixed basis; and Mr. Bolts avowed his
readiness to take upon his shoulders the
undivided responsibility of passing the
Compromised npreference to proposition A.
The question being finally taken on the
motion to lay on the table Mr.. Randolph's
motion to reconsider, it was carried by the
following vote:
AYES Mcssrs. Anderson, Armstrong,
Bird ofShenandoah, Bland, Blue, Borden,
Brown, Byrd of Frederick, Camden, Car
lie, Carter Of Russell, Carter Of Loudoun,
Chapman, Chiffon, Claiborne, Faulkner,
Ferguson, Fnaey, Fisher, Floyd, Fulker.
son, Fultz, Gally, Hays, Hoge, Hunter,
Jacob, johnson, kenney, Kiligore, Knote,
Leicher, Lionberger, Lucas, McCamant,
McComas, Martin Of Marshall, Martin Of
Henry, Miller Moore, Murphy, Neeson,
Newman, Pendleton, Petty, Seymour,
Shelley, Sloan, Smith of Kanawha, Smith
Of Jackson, Smith of Greenbrier. Snod-
grass, Stephenson, Stewart of Morgan,
Stuart Of Patrick, Summers, Tate, Taylor,
Trigg, Tunis, Van Wrinkle, Watts, Of
Roanoke, White, Williams of Shenandoah,
Wise, and Wysor-66
Nors.-Messrs. Mason. (President,)
Arthur, Banks, Barbour, Bcale, Bocock,
Bolts, Bowles, Braxton, Burgess, Cham
bers, Chambliss, Cooke, Conway, Cox
Davis, Douglas, Edwards, Flood, Fuqua,
Garland, NJ r. II. Garnet, Nj. Garnet,
Goode, Hill, Hopkins, Jasper, Jones.
Leake, Lyon, Lynch, McCandish, Mere
dith, Morris, Purkins, Randolph, Ridley,
Rives, Saunders, Scoggin, Scott of Caro-
line, Scott of Fauquier, Scott of Richmond
City, Shell, Smith of Norfolk County,
Smith ofKingand Queen, Snowden, South.
all, Stanard, Straughan, STROLLER, Turn
bull, Wallace, Watts of Norfolk County,
Whittle, Williams of Fairfax, Wingfeld
Voolfolk, and Worsham-59
The Secretary announced the vote to be.
ayes CT, noes So, but we think we are cor
rect. The members who did not vote, had
all paired off. They were of the East
Messrs: Edmunds, Hall, Janney, Tired
way and Lyons; ofthe West, Messrs. Ca
perton, Cook, Deneale, Price, and Wiley
OF these gentlemen, Messrs. Lyons, Ca
pcrton, and Price were present.
And thus the wretched contrivance,
dubbed a Compromise, has been fastened
upon the State! The history of the scheme
proves that it has no title to the name of
Compromise; for Compromise is an ar
rangement between two opposing parties,
or at least between respectable portions Of
them. But this measure was forced
through by one party acting in body and
aided ay few who were willing to aban-
don their own side. Mr. Randolph,s mo-