New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-18
SECOND pAY-EvENINe SESSION.

When the journal of the morning was read, the
President stated the question before the body to
be on the substitute offered by MIR. EWING for the
second resolution of Mr.. DUNCAN, as given in
the former proceedings, and which resolution
had been amended on motion Of MIR. JEssUP. MIR.
EwIKGs substitute is as follows:
RssOlred That the Committee shall consist Of one
Delegate from each State selected by and from the Del
egates OF said State.
Mr.. JEssUP moved to amend this as follows:
Pesolrtd That each member of said Committee on
Resolutions shall be entitled TO vote so many votes as
the State which he represents entitled to in the Elec
toral .llege.
This was in substance the same amendment
which had been adopted as an amendment to Mr.
DUNCAS's resolution.
point of order having been raised,
The CHAIR decided the amendment Of Mr.. JEs-
SUP out of order.
MIR. VfNToN, of Ohio, appealed from the de-
cision.
Mr.. LOOMS of Pennsylvania, argued against
the decision of the Chair.
After much confusion the amendment was again
read and the CHAIR reversed his decision, decid-
ina the amendment to be in order.
Mr.. JEsspP-I desire to state in a few words
the object of my proposition. l think the inter-
ests of the great Wing party of the whole Union
are involved in this subject No one who knows
us can be disposed to doubt the attachment of
Pennsylvania TO the Constitution and The compro-
misses of the Constitution, and to all proper and
legitimate laws and the Legislature OF Pennsyl-
yania. under that Constitution, will never hesitate
in cordial and earnest support to all constitutional
4 onto has TnIg-
represented and because she has been mis-
represented, her position has been msunder-
stood. Other States-New- \ ork and Ohio-have
been misrepresented and the character oftheir Del
egatons was misunderstood. ldesire, in the organ
izaton of the Committee on Resolutions, to avoid
having offered to resolutions of an extreme char
acter, such as would be unpleasant to any portion
of the Delegations of this Convention. desire,
five are to have resolutions, that the Committee
should fairly represent the great conservative char
scter ofthe Convention and present to us resolu-
tions of conservative nature, upon which we could
all agree. This Committee thus organized, with
each State fully and fairly represented, will meet
in harmony in union and in desire to further the
interests of the whole Wing party. Gentlemen
surely misunderstood the character of the Penn
sylyania Delegation if they suppose we have any
other object The Wings Of the middle portion of
the Union, of the States of New-York, Ohio, and
Pennsylvania, are as sound on every question as
our Southern brethren can desire. Great APP
plause.l
MIR. ROBERT SrASARD, of Virginia, considered
this among the most important questions which
could be brought before the Convention. He was
happy 10 hear Of the conservative character OF the
Middle States as alluded to BY the gentleman
from Pennsylvania; but why seek to depart from
all usage ana Parliamentary experience IN the ap-
poiutment of the Committee. You may search
for precedents in vain TO justify this course. What
would be thought of the power given to three
gentlemen to cast seventy-nine votes Ii
was novel, dangerous and unprecedented
proposition. Let the Committee be organized
as other committees have been. Let the Com
mittee be organized as thus proposed and the del
egate from one State may represent the sentiments
of but portion of his delegation and yet cast the
vote of the whole. The New foEk delegation on
this very proposition was divided thismoning.-
Her vote stood 81 Ayes TO 4 Nays, including IN the
AYES all the contested seats. OF the merits OF
these contestants he knew nothing, bur II was
possible the whole six who voted this
morning may be excluded and Fix others
who would vote differently be admitted.
This would make a change of twelve votes. In
dependently Of this, how would harmony be pro-
duced by the proposed course of elscting the
Committee 7 Which would be most likely to pro-
duee harmony-to give each sovereign State an
equal right to be heard on that COMMITTEES, or to
give TO three Delegates of three States the power
to swallow up a dozen smaller Statesi Applause
He appealed to the Wings of all parts OF the
Union not to force upon them this dangerous aad
unprecedented proposition. Ii was not presented
when the other Committees were chosen, and
why should it be nowl The Convention was not
prepared now to say who are entitled to vote