The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-14
CRNnRAI. AssEMpLY OF VIRGINIA
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

wrrSFsnxr. Jsu. 10, fsss. -
A Accommodation was received from the House,
informing the Senate that u hsa $3.50 " s sne
senate, amendment to House bill amending the
cbs rter of the Lvachburg Hoseand Fire Insurance
Comna,y. and passed senate bill extending the
charter Of the Wheeling Savings Bank
g,,iJ, P<rnresa TO amend an act incorporating
| ,,a ns,t Of Danvfiie To amend act for the
CONSTRUCTION of canal from North Landing TO
elizabeth River. Releasing the States interest Ia
the Jacksonville and Dent Mountain turnpike road.
Releasing the States interest In that portion OF
the Floyd Court House aud Hiiisvile turnpike ly-
ing between jacksonville and IIilisvile. Amend
ing an act releasing 90 the counties Of Bedford and
Roanoke the interest In the Lynchbnrg and salem
turnpike, lying In those counties. TO incorporate
the Coal River Railroad Company. To incorporate
the Guy andotte River Railroad Company.
The committee on the Registers Office, made its
report which was ordered to be printed.
Resolutions Of FHqu6y.-By Mr.. MckESSEr, Of
providing for the payment. to the Farmers Bank
at Norfolk. interest on certain treasury notes held
by il after their maturity. By Mr.. -, of Eau
quler, of releasing to the county Of Fauauier, the
States interest in the Leeds Manor turnpike
BY Mr.. BRANSoN, OF changing the time for holding
the crcuit courts of the 18th and 10th circuits.
Bills PIssed.-lncorporating the Valley Agricul-
tural Society. To authorize the circuit court of
Orange 90 decree the sale of certain property de-
yised to Lucinda Connolly and others, by VIM
smith, decd. To establish a Savings Bank in
Piedmont, Hampshire county. To establish an
election precinct at the same place. Incorporate
ing the Salt Sulphur Springs. Incorporating the
town of Jacksonville. Floyd county. Authorizing
the trustees of Franklin School, Chesterfield, to
invest the funds of the school To extend the
time for Mary Nicholson aud Vim. n. Holstead, to
apply for the correction of the erroneous assess
ment of their lands. House bill to amend the act
providing for the construction of the Mechanics
burg and Wytheville turnpike
On motion OF Mr.. CLAIBORNE. the Kansas resolu
tons introduced by Mr.. CoGHILL, yesterday, were
called up. In calling them mp, Mr.. c. said that
If the Iec0mDfOn constitution contained the
frauds mentioned yesterday by the Senator from
Augusta, he should vote for the reception of Kan
with it, and leave TO the federal judiciary the
detection and prevention of those frauds Even If
1t contained the odious tenets of the MormOns
there nothing in the constitution of the United
States to reject it. lie thought the resolutions
should be adopted. We owed it to those gallant
Democrats of the North who had so freely sacrificed
interest to principle that we should stand by and
encourage them in the position they had assumed
on this question.
The following are the resolutions:
Resolved. By the General Assembly of Virginia.
the conclusion to which the President of the Uni
ted States has arrived, expressed in his recent
message, in favor of the admission ST Kansas into
the Union under the Lecompton constitution, is
just and right.
ID. Resolved, That Congress has no right to look
further into the constitution submitted by the
State of Kansas, in its application to be admitted
into this Union than TO see that the said constitu
ton is Republican in its form.
VI
mony of this Union, that Congress should speed
ly admit Kansas as State under the Lecompt0n
constitution, without further conditions.
Mr.. THOMAS asked division Of the question:
which done, and the first resolution was
taken up.
| Mr.. DENEALE was opposed to the first resolution
| because it seemed to endorse, yet not endorse the
action ofthe President. II faint in its praise
and doubtful in its eulogy. He was also opposed
! to the second resolution and would offer the fol
/ lowing q substitute for the series:
Resotred, by the General Assembly of Virginia.
| That much of the late annual message of the
| President relates to the admission of Kansas
| into the Union, with the Lecompton constitution,
nnder all the circumstances connected Herewith,
| is right and proper.
| Mr.. WAR1H favored the original resolutions.
Mr.. STUART had prepared series of resolutions
to offer this morning. but finding from the feeling
of the Senators that no substitute would be toler-
ated, he would not offer them. He saw that the
dominant party had converted a national question
| into party question, aud in doing SO they had
| treated the minority aliens, and had excluded
them from their consultation. Comparing dates,
he thought he understood very we'll that these re-
solutions had been drawn up in caucus in reply
| to letter which the executive of the State had
lately written, protesting to speak the opinions of
! the Democracy. Conceiving it, therefore, to be a
| family imbroglio, ne would adopt the principle of
non-interyention, and ask to be excused from vo-
ting on all questions, arising out of the resolu-
| lions.
Mr.. CoGHlLL defended the resolutions at some
| length.
MIR. DENEALE withdrew his substitute.
| MIR. DOUGLASS in reply TO Mr.. STUART said that if
| the resolutions contained sound principle and
| strict TRUTH he could not what injury they
could sustain from having been the offspring of a
| caucus and he would appeal to the gentlemen of
| the opposition not to withhold their support. He
would vote for the resolutions not as a rebuke to
the Executive of Virginia, for uttering his sent-
ments in his New York letter; but as counter
| blast to the opinions there expressed
| MIR. August said that IL oiyinp his he did
not wish to be understood guilty of the presump
| ton of rebuking the Executive for the expression
of his opinion act to the performance ofwhch he
had perfect right-but as the expression of his
| (Mr. A.'s) individual opinion.
| Mr. JOHNSON offered the following resolutions as
substitutes for the LIST and I'd resolutions of the
series:
l. Resolred, That the present attitude of the Adj.
ministration in regard to Kansas, is approved by
the General Assembly Of Virginia, and is believed
to be the general sentiment of the people of the
| State.
=. Rrsol,vd, That it is the simple dnty of Con.
gress to admit Kansas into the Union, as she has
chosen to present herself, with the Lecompton
Constitution at once, absolutely and uncondition-
ally, save only the requirement of republican
| form of government.
Mr.. BEALE contended that there was no shadow
of necessity for the substitute offered by the gem
tleman from Bedford 1t enuncated no general
| principle. Mr.. b. also appealed to the Senator
| from Augusta to reconsider his resolution.
Mr.. STUART, in reply, stated the dsadvantageou
position the minority occupied debarred from con-
sultaton with regard to the resolutions before
Them and called now not, for deliberation, but for
action. Speaking of the I'd resolution. he cited an
instance which might occur, in whichNRs of the
extreme Northwestern States, settled bySforeign-
ers who had not the prejudice of race might adopt
II constitution placing the white and black races
on an equal footing-a course of action which
might send free negro representative to the halls
OF Congress.
Mr.. CoGMIL-The bred Scott decision settles
that point in declaringa negro not citizen of the
United States, therefore, he could not sit in Con-
gress.
Mr.. sruARr-That decision has application only to
States where the laws make a distinction between
the white and black races.
Mr. BEaLE-Could not Utah be admitted into the
Union, and the very next week hold Convention
and engraft in its constitution the monstrosites
they now practice.
would not deter ME resisting its admission long
practicable on leg Al grounds, and insisting that
at least when Utah came in its constitution should
be acceptable. Mr.. STUART concluded by saying
that had the majority offered to meet the minority
for consultation, not as Democrats, but as Nirgni
ans, he would have cheerfuly gone into it, and
acted with them in the fullest manner. As twas,
he should remain silent. The members who were
In that stood here bound TO for the re-
solutions they were, and it wonld be useless to
attempt to modify or change them.
Mr.. OLD denied that he was bound by the action
of the caucus. He asked if the opposition had not
held a caucus and concocted certain resolutions
thereat
Mr.. CAMPBELL like the gentleman from Powha.
tan, (Mr DID, not bound to vote for the reso-
buttons, nor was any member on the floor If
others more acceptable were produced he would
vote for them. He asked the minority if they had
any resolutions. to introduce them.
Mr. FLOYD did not feel bound by the action of the
caucus, and was prepared to vote for more accept
able resolutions II they were offered.
Mr.. THOMAS spoke at some length with regard |
to the exclusion of the minority from cons9Ita- |
ton, and the CONSEQUENT injustice done them |
lie would confess that the opposition members |
last night held meeting, as stated by gentlemen.
but considering the previous action Of the maiori.
ty, they knew it would be useless 10 invite them
to participate. Mr. T. concluded by Offering se-
RES OF resolutions the substance OF which follows:
LIST. Denying the right of Congress TO reject tbc |
application of territory TO be admitted as state
into the UnIon in consequence of its consti,ntion