The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-13
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
TrsspAY Jan Il ISIS

OF Washington. and the bfrth place Oh MS progen-
itors and providing for the enclosure thereof; for
the relief Of A. c. Layne; for the relief Of Jho j.
0arnett, Of Orange CO; to amend sec. ~, chap. S.
code Of Virginia; TO provide for the enlistment Of
young men, between the age Of IL and p, in the
Public Guard and 20 provide for their instruction,
and appropriating sum OF money for the same:
making the Meherrin river lawful fence; ineor-
poratIng the Virginia Coal Company; incorpora.
ting company for the improvement Of the Ohio
river; for the relief Of 1t. T.. =. Gay for the re
lief of inc. b. Gardner: to refund Jeremiah H.
King S6 enormously paid into the treasury OF the
state.
Mr. BnASsox offered resolution appointing
special committee to consider the propriety OF DO
hating portion Of the proceeds OF the sales OF
forfeited lands in Lewis county. 90 the western
Academy, on condition that certain number OF
the poor children of that county be educated
therein. Committee apPointed-Messrs BRASNoN,
AUGUsT and FUSsrsS.
Resolutions If fnq,ary--By Mr.. DAUGHTERY, Of
incorporating the Portsmouth Steam Packet Com
many By Mr.. RICHMOND, of reporting q bill for
the relief Of the Commissioners Of the Revenue OF
Wise county, and to authorize the Sheriff oil that
county to collect the cspitaton tax in said county
for the year 1857. By Mr.. CALDWELL, of amending
an act concerning the district public schools ia
Ohio county. By Dir. AUGusT, of purchasing for
the State the portrait Of John Marshall painted by
the late John b. Martin, of Richmond.
Bills Passed work house in Nor
folk: incorporating the Halifax Toll Bridge Com
pany; ian amendment providing exemption OF the
company from taxation until the dividend ex-
ceeded per cent, was defeated;) Incorporating
| the Valley Agricultural Society.
Mr. CoGHILL of Amherst, introduced the follow
| ing resolutions:
R,aIrsd By the General Assembly of Virginia
the conclusion TO which the President of the III
ted States has arrived as expressed in his recent
message, in favor of the admission ST Kansas into
| the Union under the Lecompton constitution, Is
| just and right.
/ 1,rt ;nfo ha cnDstitutiOn submitted ly the
State of Kansas in its application TO be admitted
into this Union. than that the said coDsttu-
| ton is Republican in its form.
3D. ReSOfred, That il is due 10 the peace and har
moDy of this Union, that Congress should speedl-
| ly admit Kansas Il state under the Lecompton
| constitution, without further conditions.
Mr. DENEALF said the resolutions would lay over
under the rule of the Senate, and were the case
otherwise, he would move TO lay them on the ta-
BILE.
Sir. WELcH moved to suspend the rules aud take
the resolutions up.
Mr. THOMAS opposed the suspension of the rule.
He wanted time TO consider the resolution. lie had
come here to attend 10 the affairs Of the Common
wealth and found himself called on to act III at
fairs which concerned the Federal Government
lie thought also it was but fair that the Democratic
majority IN the Senate should give the minority an
opportunity Of deciding ON the action proper i'll
the case.
Mr. OLD was astonished when the gentleman said
We had better be attending to the affairs of the
people He thought that Senators were attending
TO the interests of their constituents when they
were considering this question. He could not APP
;recate the call for time at this late day. The sub
iect had been disCussed-thOr0ughiy discussed, by
the press and people for the last eight months, and
almost every one WAS familiar with its merits. 1t
had been said that 1t belonged to the Federal
Union; but he thought il affected every individual
in the state and as individuals had expressed their
opinions. he could not why the General Assem-
bly, OF Virginia could not with proprety take the
same step. He could see no reason why the As
sembly should be traumelled A suspension of the
rules was very common affair, aud he could not
agree in tue objections now raised.
Mr.. STUART had not been invited to participate
in the meeting, at which he understood the
lutions had originated, and had not heard the dis
cu5sion which attended their adoption. He had
never read the Lecompton Constitution. 1t might
be everything that was affirmed by its friends, but
he not prepared to vote on something, the
merits of which he did not understand. He had
heard q gentleman i'll Westinghouse member of
the Democratic party-pronounce 1t "a profound
swindie' lie understood that it contained reser
vations of the public domain, sufficient TO build
network of railroad, erect schools, and even build
bridges over the public highways; and il also con
tanned the heretofore unheard of right to tax the
public domain within the limits Of the territory.
lie had also heard that the insertion of the slavery
clause was merely gliding 10 the pill-a bait to
entTap Southern members aud that after the State
was admitted, another convention would be called.
that clause stricken ont, and then were to be On
joyed the fruits of thshe had almost said grand
larceny. lis hoped the Senate would delay its ac-
| ton until members could ascertain soInetiiu.,
| about the matter for themselves.
Mr.. OLD like Mr.. STUART, had not read the
| Lecompton Constitution but he thought there
| were members here who had sustained the admlis-
sion Of California, with u constitution much worse
| than that OF Kansas, and which despoiled the
United States OF much greater extent of terrific
| ~ than this ever will. The schedule including
| the appropriations, which the gentleman from
| Augusta mentioned, was merely q recommends
| Mr. n thCnsp he rrpa finn
| whether were willing to sustain President
Buchanan in his position, and on that he was pre-
| pared to vote now.
! MIR. WHITE cordially endorsed the resolutions
! A message received from the House stating
that it had passed resolutions similar to those now
| before the Senate.
Mr.. DkSEALE said the resolutions professed to
endorse the conclusions Of the President, but not
| his arguments. There one of the Presidents
which he heartily endt rsed-that denying the DOW
| er of ANY convention 10 abrOgate or impair the
rights of owners i'll their slaves lie hope the ac-
ton of the General Assembly would be such AS it
| would be willing to adhere to in the future. He
asked that the resolutions be laid on the table with
q view to appointing joint committee of both
houses, to report resolutions upon the subject
MIR. ARMSTRONG asked for time the part OF the
minority members of the Senate to con slider the
question.
| DR.. CLAIBORNE of Petersburg though physician
was not willing to cram down mems threats bitter
medicine. lie had rather try persuasion. He was
ty) fair play, and not of crushing them to the
earth
| Mr.. RIvEs gave a reason for the Introduction
| of the subject into the Senate the fact that the
| Governor OF Virginia had written letter to New
| York. The Governor had asserted that the Le-
compton constitution was the result of fraud and
trickery, and he thought it likely that the Cover
nor had investigated the subject. The minority in
the Senate had AS deep an interest in the matter
and as much loyalty as the majority, and he trust
ed there would be some courtesy shown to their
wishes on this subject.
The question coming up ON laying the resolu.
tons on the table, they tabled by the follow
ing vote:
AYEs-Messrs. Armstrong August Braden, Cald-
we'll, Claiborne, Daughtery. Deneale Day, Flood,
Floyd, French, Gatewood, Hubbard, Huddleson
johnson, Logan, Mckinney, Neal Of Wood, Rich
mond, Kives Smith. Of j., Stuart, Thomas, Thomp-
son, West, Wooding, Yates and Neale, of N-2S.
NAYs-Messrs. Beale, Brannon, Bruce. Campbell,
Catlett, Cobb, Coghill, Douglass, Funston, Hairs-
ton, Old, Paxton, Warth, WEIGH and White-16
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.