The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-14
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MONDAY MORNING. JAN. IA 1851
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
lExTRA SESSION.
SENATE.

The Senate Vas caii~d to order at ~ O'Clock
Lieut.. Gov. MoNTAaux in the chair.
Prayer by the Rev. J. l. BURROWS.
Mr. WtoRHAM, from a S.ecIai COMMITTEE
presented bstt amendiog and re = ga &C ting ID
22d seciion OF The charter OF the Rienmon,
and Mechanicsviiie Turnpike Company.
Mr. CARRAwAY presented The proceeding
ana resolutions of . meeting OF tie citlxeLs O
Princess Anne, Ia favor OF the call of a Slau
Convention. Also, resolutions passed by
meeting of the citizens OF ahe same county
FOR the removal or ensiayement Of tree ne
groee.
MIR. CARSON presented the petition OF Thos
L. Marshall, tor The appoiu tment of trustees
for Middlstown, ia Frederick county.
Resetsf,oas Of Iaoxuy folio rsso.
iuuous OF inquiry were reported ana appro-
priateiy referred: Rebuilding To Moses q
Booth Ger sxiu sum II money amending the
law com pensatinE jurors ior services, 50 as To
include c, rvsers' Jarors for iLQ ues:s aneLd
iGg s<ciion of chapter lt3 oi code 10 Teporl
ban No. lo3 OF last session To pay Messrs
Scots ADAMS tor work done on the South.
western Turnpike.
Tae Crssts-Mr. ARMsI RoNa, from the S..
lect Committee OF the Seuase, " whom was lie
ferred the communication from the House Nj d
the amenG men proposed thereto BY Mr. CLAI-
BoRsk, on Friday, 10 ade the following report
The General AS emily, whist thorous hi, s,m
pathiHns sad sharins In The grievances of the
s'avehoiding states, ami having resolved To maze
comaon Cause watn thCm unlsss the present trou-
b! mat afii ct TIE coaGtrJ are com posed
auording all assurance OF future seeufIt,, pea Q
and Jasuoe Ia tnem IA the Union bat at The same
q me- anx to avert the horrors If civil war
and thereby leave tie way open for s peaoeaDls
adjustment ri .stink difficulties, AID the Iesto-
ration OF harmony among The several states In
their relation 10 eacn other aad the Federal Gov
eminent, adopt the following:
Resolved, That we especially request the
PrcsIueRt oil the L nted States abstain from the
exercaAe oil oil powers calculated to Jeopar q the
pubic TRANQUILITY, ana IenueI aDoIiivo aas ell n
10 restore the Aion, Oeinx satisfied I'll the
hoidtng States viii aGopt Measures exc< pt
those oi d de .ensive Character. or Iecessa To
ours the mss Ives ae aiast attack, anu mai The
cent d.ssa, oi hutaf, lof-e a. ainst svIno OF the
siave stat-s Do the ederal Gus eTInseIt, has
srratIy eAasp. rated the publ p,md OF The enure
soath. has tncrs aseu ne spirit of oscontent ana
oi hpstiiIty ~ fhe mi anu We therefore
coun srm ,ndink aay orders for sendlns t,uops o.
varIIAe mutations to The g. nth and OF austafuIns
rom al acts OF hoS'itJ or nenacs 10 that section
ks.olred. That the foregoing preamble and reso-
Commonwealth to the President OF tne United
States.
Mr.. AUGUST moved to lay the report on the
Table. Ia order that II might be printed, which
gave rise u short discussions; when MIR. Is
BELL called for the order OF the day-lns b,ii
Tor the call of State Con ton IN reiatIon
10 the Alarming condition of the affairs of The
country.
MIR. THOMAS, of Fairfax pr posed to pass by
the order OF The day, Ia order TO consider the
ommittee's report.
Upon The proposition to take up the bill TO
Provide for State Convention, the yeas and
suit:
fE.s-Messrs. August, Branlon, Bruce, Carson,
HHia.ooIhe' Eoghlli. LAY, Ilc .eAson oi GIa, sou,
ney, lakewood. Greevsr. nubbt d, Isb 81. L.,ne
Los an L5 nch hchenney, N ash, Neeson, New
man man. rsxsoa' Pe4n ,b,aAer, q ae.engerr,; Rich
hiond, hives, lallaaeIru, AID 4 noLipsou 80
NAYS Messrs Armstrolg, Caidwet, Osrsaway.
II Carter. Grltcher. FIench. Johnson Aar.aan
Waste, Neal N-%loa PaGe, etnasg Tnomas of
Fairfax Iownes, UTQuhtrs. and aIekham Al.
Senate Dill No 1, TO provide for slecins
mem oers OF Convention, and 10 ooavene tue
same, was tuen taken up, when
Mr.. GARTER, OF LJudoun, proposed to |
amend the first section by inserting clause |
submitting the action of the Couyentioa u the |
people Tor their adoption or rejection, &c.
Mr.. DOUGLASS opposed The amendment and /
at the Close OF has remarks he read d pa CHI |
from Washington, which had been handed
nim since he arose, stating that the cowardly |
or non-acLOn OF the Legislature Of |
Virginia had made the BLACK Republicans
more jaoiiant aud III tolerant.
Mr. RiVhs favored the amendment in q |
speech Of Considerable iengt During the
progress OF his remarks,
Message from the House was received an
nounciag ,hat that bJdy had passed "a bill
providing for the election of mem oers OF =
Convention aud converting the same"
MI. DOUGLASS stated that as he had been In. |
formed The bill had passed the House by al |
most an unanimous vote, aud that IL con tanned
provision similar 10 that proposed by the |
IenLiem frUm Loudoun, he would withdraw |
AIS opposition 10 the amenuInrnt.
MT. kIvkS then esumed the floor and con- |
inued nis remarks, giving his views generally
lpun the subject OF the propos. Convention |
Ou mo'iun, The Senate dill md amendmeut. |
proposed thereto, now pending, were land ON
he table.
The Convention bill, reported from the |
louise, was then taken ap ana read by It's title
On motion of Mr. DOUGLASS, the bill wa.
eieTred TO a select committee.
The President stated mat be would refer il
o the committee heretofore appointed upon |
he subject OF the Convention, composed of
dessIs dickinson oi Prince Edward, Doug
ass, Brannan, Armstrong, CugniII, Nseson !
I'D French.
On a molten to adjourn, the yeas and NAYS
we're called, and the Senate refused to ad.
JuTn-y cas- II, Nays "a
Oa motion OF Mr.. DICKINSON, OF Prince Ed !
ward, The Senate then took q recess uutu
CLOCK Z. NJ. b
Evening session. L
The Senate Resumed its session Mt : o,ciock | o
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