Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-03-29
STATE CONVENTION

THURSDAY. March rs, 1861.
The Convention assembled a. 10 o'clock, A. NJ
Praye, ty Rev. Me-. Wills Of the Baptist Church.
NILSSON.
M. CABELL presented a report of the proceedings OF
a Seces ion meeting held in TIE county Of Nelson. he
ferred to Tie Committee on Federal Relations
THz QUESTION oy TAXATION.
The resolution offered BY Mr. WILEY some tune
since !or the appointment Of Committee 10 consaer
proposed amendments 70 the State Constitution were "a
ssh Ut, and further discussed by Mr.. JACKSON, CT
Wood and Mr. WILEY.
FEDERAL R5L1 Tons.
The Convention then resolved sslt into Committee
# thc Whole on the subject Of federal Relationship.
SOUTHALL in the Chair. The t.t resolution OF the re-
Dor OF the Committee on Federal Relations reads:
rssol-sf e,, That ths State abr composed he United
States e. America when 'hs Fed.rtl s,aioa was formed we've
iudep endent SOW re sntys, ect
Tte p,.dns question was o. the opposition to insert
afer "soyercg ties the words "aad I'LL are sovereign
Ut SCOTT, of Powhatln moved - amend the amend
meat by lli1g Over all power no. Eanted TO the Uni
ted Sa.es BY the Constitution al thv ln:ted States
Tn, discussion Of the question G safe Sovereignty
was further Continued by MessI- Col1, Of Frederick,
aid SCorr, Of Powhatsn.
Mr. GO0DE, of Mceklenburc tls- -55-.ssed the CON-
mi.tee a. l-ngth ia review Of the -- slyery aggres-
s)ns of the North, and in favor OF t. IN OF Virginia
vi d the Confederate States Of the G--,-.
Mr. SEAWELL followed in op2c.il-- :, the amend
meut proposed by Mr.. SCorr.
Mr. BRANCH Of Petersburg, thac l,-sset the Con-
ven ion against the further eonsumpo- 81 ae in speech
maaiug lie suggested that msm5e95 vlo desired TO
speak should write cut their speeches tor publication
and consider them delivered Il save notice that be
would propose eU Ordinance Cf Seces on tomorrow
Mr. BLAHEI, Of MadEon p,6s2ute- az argument in
supper, of the view that Virginia is a sovereign State
NJ MOORE expressed the nOpe that The discussion Of
Il question would shortly cease Il were worse than
ID ca dispute ab0u. tie Specification OF words.
Mr. TREOWAY said that while he asscntd 10 the on
g nal aueudmsr, as a t,ui-m, he deemed Is insertion
unnecessary aud inappropriate, and the e,c; 20 insert
/. calculated TO add 10 lis existing distraction
The vote was then taken and Me-. SCoTT- proposition
vas r. jectei-yeas ~. nays a.
YEss-Mesyrs Amber ). Barbour BlaksY, ,lu, Borst
B-lcs C4ten Chsm- Chapman, Connsn, Coar, e. r. Coz,
s err ouruoy Forbes GsTanj G,ahsm, Gregory, Jr John
6oode Jr r. q Gcode, C. Hal . Hsl, Holcoaye HuatOu
shell Ke.t hcdci Lawson, Ltake O. X NAL ry Nsrye,
o- ten que Morris ortcn, Nsb.et Park, Raudo L. Nj b.
arsoa S-ase ShrGy Thor-t-n, L. H. Tuner T. B. Turner
wITa-s Wise, Woes -
NAYs-Ne5,rs (J4uaey. PredeaD Armstrong, Aston BAdFn
Bl, or Berlin E0gge Boyd Branch, Brent BoSp, sucdet,
ey Byrn Garter O. B. Conrad, r. Conrad Uuch
h Cox Catcher Gust, J-sSrs Dorman, Dllany, Early Ech
e. Fcgsta, G.i-srs Gravey, Gray, Han. g. Hsli liam
mond Hay aoEd Hoge Hsday Hubba.d Jacks Johnson
G. Johnston AL D. Lewis, Ncccmas J. q MC3rew, Mcneil
rld J. Mallory Mssin, Gett Moore Orrsck Osburr
Patrick Peadeoa Preston, Pce, Push kiyes h Soo VIM
sc0 sharp. gton SaUghtr Soulhau Spesd Spu-lock
n St1sit J. stuart Tarr, Tsyoe, Tredway, Whth-d
a iey wilson -
The Convection en- took recess until fOur o'clock