The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-25

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and thas be ahall Maks stafsnsnt q ths osass 10
the Governor u Peunsylvsnia, and demand a.
him the repayment By fsnnsyivaniA q tss san
The biII further provides shat should Parsons 70
70 Pennsylvania 70 surrender himsek o. should -
be arrested while in that State at any subsequsn1
time. the Governor of Virginia shaa sndsavof 70
means he may employ, and falling. that he shah
apply 20 the Executive of PennsyivaniA, and thas
u stu unsnccessful he may conveneths GenerslAs-
semoiy m extra session 4 he think proper, ard lay
the matter before Il 10 take such action - IN IN
Judgment the exigeuey may demand The bill far
ther provides that In case any other citizen OF the
commonwealth may be arresfed IN Ike manner,
that the Governor take precseiy the Same steps ~
he is authorized 10 take IN case Of the arrest Of
Parsons. A ryder to the bin, moved by Mr. GAR
NETT. provides that In these other eases the Gov
ernor 8 not authorized TO pay forfeited bail
The bid being read, Nj. EARLY made inquiry a
to whether . law Of Pennsyivanis made an a.
tempt TO recapture fugitive slave felony - as
serted by the bill punishable with confinement in
the Penitentiaryl He knew nothing Of the case
out OF which the bill had grown, and suggested
tnat u might be too precpitate to pass It ct once
and that the House had better take . little more
time to consider il
Mr. RONALD contended with much emphasis for
immediate action, and the placing Of Parsons In his
sureties -" -
MT GARRETT read the law Of Pennsylyanis.
wmcn Is exceedingly ngid-ma king the arrest of Z
,as,sse save felony, punishable with conhns-
more than twelve years. II is also mandstorv TO
judges andmagstrates, defining cle arly the offence
| and leaving no room for eyading its penalties.
| Mr. GARNErT stated with what caution the spe.
L had r1prS IoI
moned young Parsons and heard his statemeut-
that they had waited for . certified copy of the
proceedings against him in the Pennsylvania Court
that they had waited for the testimony Of Z num-
ber of citizens of Hampshire county ~ to his char
acter and integrity-and that, after reporting one
bill In order to meet some objections which il wss
understood had been raised against it In the House.
1t was re.committed and modified.
Next Monday the court in Pennsylvania would
sit before which Parsons was bailed TO appear
Would the House postpone the bill and let him 70
Dack TO be tried by jury sworn to convict him
upon the testimony OF negroes and perjured wit
nessesi What hope had he--what chance for JUS
tiee-what mode Of escape from impyisonment a.
| felon In the Penitentiaryl Supp56e him there.
| What thenf Should we apply to the Governor
Was he not Pollock, the creature of johnson,
elected by the fusionists black republicans and
Dir. Ct. exclaimed against any delay, against look.
ing to any chance of justice from the tribunals and
1 the present Executive of Pennsylvania. To fold
/ our arms and wait at such time would be to say
that we are either unable or unwilling to protect
our citizens. He explained the bil-considered II
| moderate, compared with the outrage that had
been committed He urged upon the Legislature
to pass it at once and prove TO Pennsylvania that
Virginia would make the cause of her citizens her
cause, and he trusted that as long as our hag way
ed, Virginia would permit citizen of hers to be
incarcerated without the commission of crime.
/ good deal of debate followed, In which Messrs.
| Deane, Claiborne, Kemper, Early, Powell, Bran
| (rarnatt Elnvd Carfor nard Nal.
lory, Burwell of Bedford, and Segar, took part
| Mr.. FARLEY withdrew all opposition to the BILL
Mr.. POWELL suggested that there were two OBJ
jects in the bill as he believed making It conflict
with the constitution, which required that no bill
should have more than one. Therefore, be thought
1t would be best TO reconsider the bill strike out
all except what related TO James Parsons, re-
engross and pass that much Of II, and then pass
separate bill to provide for other cases that may
| arise.
| Messrs. FLOYD, STAsARD and DEANE declared
their convictions asconcurring with Mr.. PowELL's.
Messrs. f. and s. definei that the special provis-
general provisions with regard to other persons.
and therefore the bill contrary to the constitu-
tion, which prohibited the incorporation Of more
than one object In . bill. Mr.. STANARD eontended
that the general part Of the proposition should be
left to the special committee ON northern outrsges
enlarged as 1t had been to include members from
every section Of the State. (Mr. MALLORY re-
sponded that that committee was making slow
progress in consequence Of the constitutional dr.
fcuties which gentlemen were constantly sug-
gesring) Mr.. STANARD intinated his readiness,
however, tovote for the propositions In separate
bills.
Mr.. GARRETT replied on the question of const.
tutionalty, contendng that tho constitution meant
to prohibit the introduction into the same bill Of
subjects foreign to each other; It desired to pre-
vent log-roning; put two railroads or two any
thing different in character In one bill This was
not the with the bill before the House. Il was
~ VIRGINIA In Sha nfou
ance of their constitutional rights, and there wa
| nothing in 1t not german to this object
The argument was continued At some length,
and many members suggested that although they
had no difficulty on the constitutional point for the
sake of . unanimous vote 1t would be best to sep
arate the provisions into two bills. Messrs. BUR
WELL of b BRANNoN, CARTER and SEGAR were
of this opinion. All the speakers, however, spoke
in the most decided terms of the fragrant outrages
of Peunsylvania upon our citizens by her laws and
the acts of her constituted authorities and we're
ready TO take the promptest and most efficient mea
sures TO vindicate the rights Of our people under
commonwealth. This sentiment was expressed
without quail ffcation, andwith ercrhasis, occasion
ally rising into yehemence
The House was unwilling to retrace It's steps.-
Several motions to reconsider and adjourn were
rejected and after o'clock the question was taken
and the bill passed, ayes 90, noes 8. The noes
were Messrs Carpenter, Deane, Haynes, Powell
Preston and Stanard Absent, or not voting =
MeSsrs. Arnett, AsnDy, b4rness berkety, 6ondu-
rant, Brady, Brandon. Carper, Christian, Carroll
Craddock, Davis of g., Dickinson Of Grayson, DE
lard, Doyle, Draper, Dromgoole, Edmunds, Floyd
French, Gillespie, Gurieys Herbert, Hoge, Holden
Holiday, Howell, Imboden, Kee, Langftt, Lantz,
Lee, McChesney, Newton, Nicolson, Nottingham
Parsons, Patterson, Powell, Pendleton Of G.. Riggs
Ruffn, Samuels, Shumate, Smith, Thomas Of Ma
son, Tyree, vanorsdail, Watson, Welton and
/ Woodhouse,
| When Mr.. PREsT0Ns name was called, he ex
planned that he voted against the bin simply on the
| grofnd Of the const itutional difficulty which had
| been ra sed.
On motion of Mr. SEDDoE the House adjourned
| LADIES MUST BEwARE.-Pending the sedue.
tion bill of Mr.. Nuttail, In the Kentucky LegslA'
| ture Mr.. Rogers, gallant and accomplished mem
| ber from Warren, introduced m amendment,
which, II adopted win create some stir among fhs
ladies' 1t provides that any female guilty of q.
tempting to seduce young man BY wearing low.
necked dresses, and other captivating articles OF
ATTIRE fhsIl be punished with the Same penalty 81