The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-19
STATE CONVENTION
r,NTNTY .EIGNTU DAY
MONDAY, March 18th, !.

no voted Tor tie ieSSiu'ioh 10 cAapge the
s2s[ snl.Ter ., by the Rev. Mr.. BRowS. of tho
ID rseshy terian thnrch'
x,xATtox AND APPROXIMATION
The pending question AT the adjournment q
z..,rjav was on a motion of Mr. SL.vauryK
S%T,n,phell, 10 lay on the table the resolu,
sof MIR WItEY, Of Monongalia, viz:
rJ.,s That taxation shonId be canal and nnt
= n roug ghept the Commonwealth aud that All
..'@srty should be taxed in proportion to its
I'D Tia; committee of thirteen members
,sreolated to prepare aud repoT, to the Conveu-
S.ark alterations of sections - and - of Arti-
sn otihe Constitution OF the Cotameu ealih
stsN conform sad sections to the praacipla al
sys.lon eguacisiea in the foregoing resolution
eS.lrs3 That committee oi thirteen members
,.rpf nted to take into consideration so mach nf
,ate VI. OF the Constitution of this Common
-, ihe District Courts. Circnit Court-, a,id
Fspir Gourts and that ihey report such amend,
rsas saa notifications thereof As ;hey iasy deem
ss.,r,5. That the basis of representation in The
- Houses 81 the GeacraI Assembly should be
ssssue. Therefore, be il further
E,s-s3. That n committee of twelve member-
Fl, he .e!ec,ed IN equal numbers from the four
s-a,l divisions ai the s.aie, he appointed 10 APP
'at:na representation IN he Senate according 10
H. aumher oi tAe qaaiihed voters in the Common
+s,ith and that they report amen n4ents of tha
st .-.ele Of the Constitution accordingly.
In consideration OF the small attendance of
,,mbers, Mr.. Brown, Of Preston, appealed
~ tne gen tiemau from Campbell TO Withdraw
~ melon 10 lay the resolutions on the table
Nj SLAUGHTER declined to withdraw the
-e,l0n lie believed that the resolutions
es-a like firebrand thrown into the midst of
iae Convention, TO infiame excitement and
r-p.uce d>sension.
'Vr CirAsxs, of Ohio, rose 10 4 question of
o-irr He said there was quorum present
,aIu was incompetent for the Conyentio TO
rr2ceei - the tran saction OF any business
call Of the House was then ordered and il
wa ascertaned that. At IL O'Clock SIS mem
in az, inf.
t.teA quorum.
Several members, it was announced. were
On the sex list some were engaged in other
5gtrs at the Legislature; some were in tht.
committee on Federal Relations and some
sssrni from the city.
Nr S:ArgBrFS now consented to withdraw
h,s notion To lay the resolutions ou the table
NJ lis0WS proceeded to address the Con
7euIiQu UPON the subject OF the resolu tions
r5InW' a. cinS with defence of the institution
q slavery. He eontended that the keeping of
tis property, so peculiar to the East, was
r.gah safer in the custody Of the Western neo-
De. who We're denounced here as abolitionists
tsan Il committed solely 10 the care of the
Irisy crowd who went about The streets of
Richmond, AT unusual hours of the night
HI, people had been called subnissonists.
and II submission to the laws of the land
uto them liable 10 the charge they were
.ubm!s sioutSts. They admitted the right of
rsyoution, which, however, ought to ba ex-
rrcsri only after All measures Of cancellation
H!ied, They would detend the people of the
E5st against a=grfssions OF their enemies bnt
they desired that justice should be done to
tlrn. They wanted Il law by which the
i-rtarus OF taxation would fall eq ually upon
al. lie hoped the resolutions would pass for
Tie proposed inquiry ought to be made.
nr. FISHER, OF northampton, made an
E}ment upon the question of taxation. He
bad supposed when the Convention was
allied, that II was called To consider no other
,Ian the great ques tion before the country
liz did not doubt the patriotism of the gentle
men from the Northwest, but if they would
give u an Ordinance Of Secession pledeiug
themselves to go before their people and urge
Tie same ne was willing TO 90 into the dues
naa OF taxation, and concede to them what
they asked, though he deemed it foreign to the
purposes OF the Convention. He said there
was no gentleman here SO stultified as not 10
recognize the fact that we were degraded by
Northern aggressions: and he appealed to the
Northwest 10 come mp and redeem the Com
mohwaalth, and whatever was right and
proper would readily he conceded The peo-
pie o. Richmond, TO whom the gentleman from
Prs ton had alluded, might, by the inaction OF
tins Convention, be driven to the necessity OF |
bread Eiots such RS would be witnessed in the |
streets OF Baltimore, Philadelphia and New |
York within the next sixty days. Mr.. FISHER !
.turWed the motion TO lay the resolutions on |
me table, but Withdrew il at the request of
Mr.. ICENEE, of Jackson, who proceeded to |
--iieYe the North west from the charge OF nm |
a.r dealing in introducing the question of |
teEatou- He showed that the act calling the |
convention tOIltlll lldlttl Il tnIHSt IN the
E:nit law OF the State. Mr. TCRSER raised a |
question of order, to the effect that similar |
resolutions, offered by himself. some time |
syo We're now upon the table; but the ques- |
tJn was not pressed
Mr.. EARLY, Of Franklin, spoke of the news |
paper report, that there existed a bargain |
among the members from the different sec |
lions. that II the Eastern men would vote on |
tle Side OF Union, the Northwest would Weld |
NE question OF taxation. He knew nothing !
"i such 4 bargain. He not prepared to |
Vote for change in the organic law of the |
>'A'e, his people were Interested in the great !
I"suons now agtatng The nation but he |
was willing to vote for Il resolution TO confidp /
'af subject TO a committee. They could re- !
port at an adjourned session of the Conven-
hon, for II was pretty well understood that
the Convention would adjourn over.
Mr.. WILSON, OF Harrison, alluded TO the
CONSTANT charge of disoyaIty and abolition
Ism, brought against the people OF the North
west. 1t was time il should be stopped He |
admitted that there were abolitionists in that
quarter of the State, but expressed his belief |
'aal there were more i'll the city of Richmond
ihaa III his whole Congress ional district 1t |
""s his beiei thiit II something were not done |
IA regard 10 the taxation of slave aroperty
'arTe would be 4 conliict-not between sec
h0a. of the State-but 4 dire and irrenressi
bic conflict between the laboring ma, and the
'hrehOlder. He strongly main tanned the low
atty Of Western Virginia, and if a settlement
could not be obtained, he would go for sever
!lZ the Gordian knot which binds us to the
Union bat he thought with Il little time and
patience the whole difficult might be adjust
Nj BRANCH, of Petersburg, thought that
slave property ought to be taxed according to
iH value to the owner in Virginia, not accord
.Ag 10 lis value in Louisiana and Mississipn
II the Convention We're To pass an Ordinance
o' ~ Hssion, he thought the organic law in
respect 10 taxation ought to be changed. The
mercantile class of the East he con tended bore
proportion OF the taxes more than equiva-
Yrh' 10 the taxes paid by the West, of which |
.4"J 10 much complained He was opposed
10 acton upon the subject now. The Con-
.rAiicn had no right 10 change the Constitu-
,,,on vhlle Virginia remained in the Union
''e Do 'leyed, that in the event Of withdra wal,
"r'F slayeholder in Eastern Virginia would
imhilngiy submit 10 An equalization of taxes.
tt de7eanted upon the law taxing the income
VI Iae'r a. unjust and oppressive.
nj tAPEKFOs, of Monroe, alluded to the
.ruarE OF the gen tleman from rankin, pro-
l'sihs 10 condde the subject TO Il com mittee
'4 iNstpOning action ther2upon to an ad-
@ .tIh,l session of the Convention. lie con-
Vh ''Vh mat such Il course would show to the
,'opie p oi the North that we were involved in
4''" uity upon Il domestic question, and
"rrQoently retard any action proposed by
I NoH'eniion upon the National difiic culties. |
- lIought the subject of taxation should at 1
a, ue 'ala upon the table, and that il ought
- "9an TO be agitated. The people demand :
10 i'o tuch action, and the Con ven ton was A
-. ~ 'or no such purpose. The Constitute tion y
far ,ttloaeied IN the last Convention, provided c
M. ,ne continuance OF the existing order OF ,
ft fsss g unlIi 1865, and the people having rati- 1
f 'nd' instrument, the inference was that a
.b,! were satisfied that the arrangement u
rnt "'l =, not be disturbed previous TO that Pc II
Jbe ihe present time, he con tended was ! I
49,. most Iuopportune OF all Others for the r
he vt oa Oh The ques tion. AT the proper time d
o., ud ,S'd unite with them in an effort 10 rem II
buf tt organic law acceptable 10 all sec tions; r.
l4y ,, present he did not consider the pro- I,
l. "ine, and ne hoped the resolutions would q
n" ~" upon the table q
would ~, oo,hSssos, of Richmond city, said he v