The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-23

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,,,wt,s extracts irosa Judge sutheflanu
,,a.txs Manual are at once cur 49,. g
- twill be seen that many oil W.
a.. nrcsep. day may be traced os's "
early dates .,,,,.sr toeerumtnt
DuFioe w customary for the. Consul or other
OF hou, ~ she order Of Senator, on presenting
M 70 tho consideration OF tne peopIe, 10 e'fo -
- .,.g5frcs or three Sfcef"' uass' ~. p,.SN"'
:aTf 70 Ewing bil thrts read'ncs is doubtless
trreaes ,rom Rome. The meetings of tue Ro-
ooH S.nstn we're usualfr on the Calepds, Nones,
IVA. OF every mont; bat IN september or octo-
g. the public affairs we're managed by commits
a.. Of ta,e Senate, chosen by lot They were not
sess,rsd from meeting on holydays. but they
.niaam did 40, nor upon the same days that the
r.onle assembled, unless the occasion was very
pressug, in which csse ;te people at eurned theF
Assembly to make room for that Of the Senate
Tae,r places OF assembling we're always ia some
Of their temples or other public buildings winch
had been eonseera.ed by the Augurs
The magistrates, whose right 1t was 10 caH thom
together, never met till they mad ntss ohSlsa
propitiary sacrifices TO the gods. snch Inempers
"a made any motion reports IN fnii Senate were
TO sneak sfGRdasg, aud when any one Voteo ne WIS
to be Ia the same posture, atier when he was ~"
lowed 10 sit down. As their carer business waste
dniiharats upon .he necessities OF the State and
OTHER pubiic affairs, 80 there were great priSi-
les,s annexed 10 the office OF Senator.
Cicero, in one OF his letters 10 Sulpicius, gives
ne 10 know that II n senator bau n SUIT COtns
mencrd against him in any Of the provinces, he
could remove Ii to kome.
The me bod of votlng vas thus: The President
of the Assembly collected the vote OF oil the SeR-
ators and rec spituated their opinions, in order o
resolve according to the plurality of votes. When
they divided for the more easy counting the
votes, he ordered them to separate into two par.
ties opposite 20 each other hich he did in these
words: ''p,a hoo csHsstls hoe tTansitG; 9ui ala.
s~s,ia, in liam pprt<m."
Aiser they had yot>d any one might retract his
opinion by passing over AID ranging himself wi b
the contrary party. The majority carried the
question. and the resolution passed accordingly,
but sometimes varieties If OPP nioLs cccasionsd the
deter .nina,ion TO be put Of tiu another day.
To preserve ths remembrance Of their resolu-
tion',snd transmit faithful acc punt to possarity
they had public register, in which all their de-
that rtscarr,sd by The TribuneS opposition. TIA
Was commonly the business of one Of the Secrets
riss Of the Senate. Bat when it was necessary u
come TO a resolution which was 70 be secret, npc
not divuged Till put into execution. the office o
register secretary was discharged BY SsnatoI
NoSebstor was permitted TO go out OF the con
hnes of Italy Cithout leare upon some lawful occa
sion.
They were also limited to a certain age, befor
which no oue could DO made Senator. 1t is no
exactly known what ihe'age was, butt " as gene
rally believed TO be thirty years
All the Senatss Consui,a, or DEGREES Of the Seu
ate, were for a long time left i'll the hands Of th
CoDsu!s; but as they took upon them to suppTet
and alter others, it was thought proper 10 re
move them to the temple of Ceres, under the car
of the Iiiies. At length they were carried to TIA
temple Of saturn. where the Government none
was lodged, as making part of the public ,reasur!