New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-19

thee Bats. lie hoped r.. Jeshiss vv~h be
allowed to SPEAK. -
Mr. JenkiLs rehesued the stsps tim ssrur.Is-
The npcris-the decislous- amsndmeuts aud con.
siderst oss. He sssaiIed the majority report a. an
Administration measure, brought here TO be loALs,A
ihrtukh by tficial Influence. 80.
DIT. John Randolph offered this resolution:
ton ana tssr ssjou,n siac DE-
Mr. Randolph wanted 10 speak, bat w Char
oecietd him out Of order.
Nr Christison moved TO strike out an Of TIE Re-
port 90 acopec that allows the People to vote On TIE
Constitution. The smepdmeut was laid beforv The
Convenficr, when Mr.. John Randolph having stA
the floor, proceeded 70 speak TO ,bs amepdmsst Of
Mr. Christison. He referred to his positon, he hsl
been elected 90 non-submiss;on man. He hsl
never voted for Submission in any shape and never
would. He would vote for Submission only ia o.
way. He would submit it 10 such Of the Fres-
State men ss bad been two years in tie Territory.
ard who could get fourteen decent Pro Slavery me-
to swear that they were At 10 vote, and thai thsy
should also swear to support TIE ksnsas-Ncbrasks
Bill the Fugitive Slave Law, and the laws passed b.
the first Legislature. He derided the Democracy.
Ii was said that the Democracy could save tho
couptry-wby could they not save Kansas He al
luded to the letters and opinions from great men
outside of the Convention. He, too, hsd oenvsrsed
with great men. Ignorant as he was-roueh ~ he
was-and undomesticated" as Se wss-he hsA
gone arm in through the streets Of AteAison aud
LeayepwOrth with some Of the first men Of the na-
ton. He "knowed" what wxs the opinion Of tho
great men of the nation as well as any Of them. and
il was not for submission.
The Chair decided that the question to be voted
en- was the amendment of Mr.. Christson. Whom
the vote was taken it stood, for the amendment u.
against it %.
An amendment was offered, 90 that the President
of the Convention shall appoint three commissioners
in each county who shall appoint judges g elect On
for said county. Carried.
It was also amended so that the word "citren''
was stricken out and the words "white male in
habitaDt" inserted. Avariety Of amendments were
adroitly introduced and considered, acted on, be-
fore another vote was allowed 10 DO taken, and
when it acted on Circumstances had been brought
to bear in the best manner, and victory was OBJ
tanned The vote on the section as amended was,
Yeas, %; Nays, 20. with several absentees. whee
the vote was taken on the schedule as thus loaded
and amende@-and such an omnibus never before
went over the political pavement-it stood, Yeas.
IS; Nays, %. Mr.. JeDkins prott sted Indignantly
and left the Convention, which adjourned tin
o'clock.
NIGHT SESSION.
John Randolph offered resolution that the pages
Of this Convention receive the same per diem ~
members. Carried
The Committee on arranging the Constitution re-
ported, and its Chairman Judge Carroll fcsd tho
order of the Constitution.
The Executive report was slightly amended and
accepted
The legislative report was amended 80 40 b in.
cude part ola section relating to calling yess and
nays.
The report on Elections wac amended % a. 10
make a change in the Representative Districts q
Wise Butler ard Hunter Counties.
An amendment TO the report on Internal Improve
ments so that the school sections or funds arising
thereom shall be general fund for the whole State
rather than separate fund for the separate town
ships, was adopted.
Mr.. Wells offered a clause, defining treasow
against the State. as follows:
Treason lg,inss The State shall only consist In svys
sgsn IT, and IN sdhens to s enemies giving them sh and
comfort This to be proved BY two witnesses TO one overt
act"
On motion to incorporate it in the miscellaneous
report, it was adopted without dissenting voice.
On the final passage of the whole Constitution, 80
amended the yeas and nays were called. and only
%, minority of the Convention, could be got 10
vote for the Constitution. Several members had re-
sipned It was lust midnipht when they adjourned.