New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-17
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SECOND DAY.


SECOND DAY.
HoxTeonEKY, Tuesday. May IL Mr.. John A.
Jones' Of Georgia, moved TO reconsider the vote BY
which the second rule was adopted yesterday. The
rule IL as follows:
Role .. All motions shall be made aud recorded.
al votes taken by States and each State shall cast its
electoral vote when any State = equally divided, its
delegation may cast one bali Of the vote each way.
The motion to reconsider was agreed TO.
Mr. Jones then moved the following as q substitute:
AN questions shall be decided by PER capita
VOTE unless some round member shall demand scale
vote, aud then the question shall be decided by
Stetes-n
The substitute was agreed to by the following vote
feas-Vireinia, is North Carolina. 10 South
Carolina, 8 Georgia, 10; Alabama 8; Nississippi
Z; Tennessee. II :; Florida, IA ~
Eays-LouisisDa, 6.
Mr.. F. B. Shepherd, Of Alabama. aid that Il was
well known that there was distinguished foreigner
Gen. VIM. Walker OF Nicarsgna--now present In
this city. In accordance with custom upon ike occ
sions he would submit the following resolution
Resoired, That Gen. William Walker, Of Ncara-
qua. be invited to seat upon the floor Of this Con
yenton. ~ s ia fs
Mr.. Warren, of South Carolina, moved 10 add the
name of John MITCHELL the distinguished Irish pa
triot
Mr.. Shepherd accepted the amendment
The resolution as modified was adopted
On motion of Mr. Shepherd, the President OF the
Convention appointed Messrs. Shepherd, OF Alabama
Warren OF South Carolina, and Chase, OF Florida,
committee of three TO wait upon those gentlemen and
acsuaint them with the action Of the Convention.
| A few minutes subsequently Mr.. Warren, on behalf
OF the Committee, appeared and introduced the gen
tlemeD TO the President OF the Convention, who wei
coined them and invited them to be seated among the
| delegates to the Convention.
The President announced the business first in order
before the Convention TO be the report submitted
| terday BY Mr. Spratt OF South Carolina and that
upon that question Mr. Pryor, u Virginia, enti-
| tied " the floor.
That gentleman, accordingly, proceeded to deliver
very able and eloquent speech in opposition 10 the
1 revival Of the African slave trade.
\ He was followed by Mr.. Yancey, who stated that
he had under the circumstances, considered 10 advs
able TO prepare report embodying his views, which
1 he would submit to the Convention.
Mr. Y.then proceeded to read bis report, which
concluded with the following resolution:
Resoiued, That the laws Of Congress prohibiting
the foreign slave trade ought to be repealed.
The debate upon this resolution and upon thu
report Of Mr. spratt occupied the remainder Of the
day
| Tavd Wednesday. May I'M. Pryor Of
personal explanation.
He understood that bis remarks in reply 70 the
question put to him by the Hon. gentleman from
Alabama, thr. Ysncey) on yesterday, to-wit: Whas
he considered as on issue sufficient 10 cause disso
luton Of the Union bad been misunderstood. he
wished 10 say that Virginia would not put her honoi
in commission or speak by proxy in this regard bu
that when the State OF Alabama should say by the
|
bad been committed which involved the rights ant
the honor Of the South then be would consider tina
from his knowledge OF the people Of Alabama, ever,
Southern State would have ample cause to coopeab
with her,
The Business Committee, through its chairman
Col. John Cochran, OF Barbour county, Alabama
made report relative to the order of business to b.
presented TO the Convention for consideration, which
| was adopted
The committee also recommended that the Con
vention take recess OF fifteen minutes for the pnr
pose Of collecting money sufficient for the purpose
printing the minutes of the proceedings
| The regular order OF business-the tablng OF tn
report presented to the Convention by Mr. Spratt o
| South Carolina, relative TO re-openng the African
slave trade was then declared in order. Mr.. Scott
Of Alabama, had the floor. He proceeded to one
the following amendment TO the report and resolution
Resolred, That 1t is inexpedent to take any actio
on the question OF re-opeDng the African Slav
Trade, either by the repeal Of existing prohibtor
laws, or otherwise.
The debate upon this subject lasted until the Cor
vention adjourned TO o'clock, p.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Hon. Percy Walker, Of Mobile, moved to make Ii
report OF Mr. Yancey a substitute for the origin.
report of Mr.. spratt, Of South Carolina, which M
ton was carried.
The following is the report
The undersigned, one of the Committee appointe
by the late southern Commercial Convention TO n
port upon the subject of the African slave trade
not having Dau time 10 read and digest the report
a the chairman-submits the following more specih,
ally expressive of his own opinions that the di
tinctve feature which characterizes Southern indu
try Is slave labor that before the formation of th
Government this feature was also characteristic
Northern labor, in limited though practical degre
This species OF labor was recognized by the Fe,
eral Constitution and Of It's provisions (artcle
section 9, paragraph ~ expressly provided againi
the passage OF any law prohibiting the foreign say
trade, within given period.
In the year 1907 this trade was declared by Coz
gress to be Illegal, and in 1919 an act was passed
send national armed vessels to stop our vessels oi
engaging in the trade-and in 1920 an act WI
passed declaring it to be piracy.
The effect Of these laws have been to restrict III
expansion Of this peculiar species OF Southern labo
n by the usual laws which govern trade in all otht
species of property, and to keep down the prices
Southern lands, while Northern labor in addition
its own natural increase, has received the stimuli
OF an average emigration of white labor, in SON
\ years resching as high as bali million persons.
The operation of this law has been direct govern
mental discrimination against the South on this mo
vital question affecting its prosperity-is labor. II
act i, in the opinion of the undersigned, hut pa
OF that system OF discriminating laws which, aifor
ing bountes to Northern Industry, have been restri
tions upon the industry Of our own section, ar
which have enriched and built up the one sectio
while they have been rs shackles upon every eifo
made by the other to rise to national prosperity.
The spirit OF these restrictive laws has passed I'M
and become the leading idea Of powerful and mo
more slave States shall be admitted into the Union.
Without expressing any matured opinion in u
views submitted as to the expedency OF re-openir
ID the slave trade, the undersigned believes that d
laws prohibiting the foreign slave trade are in vol
ton of the Constitution and are unjust and nsu
to the South, and, therefore, ought to be repeale
and submits for the consideration of this body Il
following resolution:
Resolued, That the laws Of Congress prohibtir
the foreign slave trade ought to be repealed.
| WIN. L. YANcEY.
Mr.. Preston of Virginia, asked that the who
question be postponed until O'Clock tomorrow,
he wished to be heard in relation 10 it. There beit
no opposition to this request. the subject was ma
the special order for that hour.
, An evening session was held, and after short q
bate the Convention adjourned to next day.
Mississippi Intelligence.