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rhs following Report vs. rses.ty hid bsbss
he Virginia Senate. Afssr ns6esiag ~
stsses rspresestsd in lie Csessaiss. thsrs-
port procssds:
Tbs undsrsigned cosauaicassd IL rsssiu-
ssoas u he ocsersi Asssahiy % lie Cssfsr-
snce. and. both before il conoittes anpointed
70 reeso.esd . paaa Of sdjsstoepGs AaA ~
Conference itsslf, urgrd the propositions knows
= ths Crittenden resolutions. with The The nod.
ihcstion suggested BY the General Assembly
jastnent- III /
Thsy wers not adopted By The Conference,
but, "a lieu thereof. after much discussioa,
end ths consideration Of many proposed sne,d-
nssts, Tie article. viii ssves sece;nss, isernded
- IN anesdmcnt 10 ths Constitution, "a,
Adopted BY sectioos. loot soder he rules being
voted o. - vholsl aed by . vote Of the Con.
ssrsaes Snet t.kes By stste.) vs. directed to
% cseostard 70 Cengrees, With ~ requess dat
= shosld Be- recoansnded 70 The State for rat.
acas.oa, which zee accordingly done by The
PrSsident of Tie Cookrence.
HE Undersigned regret dat The Journal show
ing - proceediags and votes in tie Conferesce
h: not yet been pabiished OF furnished thcu.
ssd that consequently they are not able 10 pre-
sens With this report. Az sooa ~ receivcd
wsii b communicated toyour Eacellescy
In the abssecs Of thas record Il = dsroed
spproPriats 70 stass that on the anal adoption
OF the hrst section two Of the states. Indiana
and Missouri. did not vote. and New York vs.
eiv'dsd. md that The votes BY Statss -, ave.
s.noes s.-viryinia, By majority Of her Com.
n,ss'ossrs, voting in The negative.
Ihe other sections we're adopted BY ranging
najoritiss lnot precisely recolIectedl and on
tie assh 80 sevesth sections TIE voss q Wiz
g'nsA 80 y - nssaaiv& Ths plan. When sub-
n'ttsA - Congress. failed TO receive its recon.
nepdatsoe. sod - that body, having adjourned
can taks no further cognixancs Of IL. the under
sgned mel the contingency has arrived ON
.h,eh they are required 70 report - thsy here
IN do, the result OF their action"
p JoliN TYLER
q. w. SUMMERS,
WM. G. RIvES,
JAMES A. Seldom.
Judge Jous W. BsocxEs soroH. the other Com.
missioner was no, present to sign the report.
bot has made out . review OF the proceednes.-
Amer stating the action Of the Convention, the
Judge proceeds:
81 have thus endeavored to run parallel be-
tween the two plans Of adjustment On the
whole. 10 clear that the Crittencen plan IL far
Preferable TO that Of the late Pesce Conference e.
IL 70 not necessary TO say how earnestly, vet in.
letter OF our commission by obtaining an al.
Jussment on the basin Of the former plan and in
every variety Of form. We were uniformly voted
down BY that Memorable majority. At length.
ell rivsl schemes being rejected, the max ed cues.
ton came up for the adoption or rejection Of the
present Conference scheme The vote VAS by
sections. and virsinis voted against the mos,
important sections, particularly the 6rst and
seventh OF the series and they were all adopted
seriafim.
IL was supposed that. n matter of cour,e
the vote would be taken upon the schcme a. An
entirety, and then announced TO one Of YOU
that, after the most anxious elaboration, / had
come to the conclusion that, distas,eful NJ the
scseme was TO me, felt it 10 be my duty Ia
cast representative vote, and sustain the me A.
sure - whole. Twas convinced that Western
Virginia. which lin part repr resented. would have
% voted by an immense majority, f her voice
eoald Be Hard within that hall, and. acting un.
der that sirong conviction, would have done
honAee 10 that great principle Of representative
gov vbment which demands that the REPRESENT
sti,e yield his individual sentipsnis and give
utter.nce TO those Of his constituents. But no
vote vas taken On the plan, as whole, the
char having ruled that each section being sue
eessiVeiy adopted, tho entire plan was adopted
| and no farther vote was necessary or admissi
We. under the parliamentary rule
The most solemnly momentous issue that ever
| agitated the councils Of our dear old Common
wealth rs now fairly made up and must soor
IND its solution in the deliberations OF the Con
sent'on now assembled to give expression to hel
sovereign will. Ny earnest prayer il that tr,,
wisdom may conduct her safely and HONORABLE,
out Of this great crisis. Every loyal son of her,
awaits the issue with intense solicitude. and 70,
myself will say that my desliny il bound uI
| indissolubly with hers"