Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-13
AFTERNOON SESSION.


The Convention reassembed at 1 o'clock p NJ
The amendment proposed by Mr.. WISE rejected.
Mr. EARLY then moved to amend by striking out the
words 'bv the time appointed for the reassembling Of
this body and inserting within reasonable time
Mr. SCOTS amendment, amended, finally
a lopted BY the following vote:
Yg,ssi,ssrs Janney tPrelD Armstrong Aston, Baldwin,
Baylor Berlin Blow, ill., B,esess Boyd Brent Blown Balett
CrTad b Y Conrad Couch Gusts, Dent D,sius DoTmsn. De
lauy, Ea'ly, Eho Fenca, Fegste Glpe GTtyey, Gray,
r Hall Hammond hammond, Eose Hu11grd, Hughes, hul,
Sn'%'o. Ma Marye ST. Masia Mssf. br Maors,
MA ss"' Mr' pr ,,k Pendietoa, Porte Pic Pagh
R,e Iobl p Scott .shlrp singoa, soaha, spurocA g. j.
stuart uaner, Tarr Tayoa, waller "hie Whitfield Wick
"N.,r. Anbr raEey B,,seau Borsl Boaidia Bruce
C,be cell Com F,urnoy Forbes Garland Graham, Gregg
y" IT. G-rJ1 Jahn Goodr Jr Thomas = Goode Hale, L. s
Iis H,ryi- II c,mbr, Hun,7n Isbd gen Lawson Chss X
Mallory M5rris Morton Richardson SHINY, Slaughter Speed,
strsrrr su,i,rin Thornton, NJ rrc!gay, r. II. Turner,
TYLER Williams, Wilson, Wise, Wysor-i2
The lith resOuuou-thr last OF the series-as thus
amended, was then adopted withou; a division, viz:
a The pecu lar o. I- States o. DeWare Maryland
Virginia. North Carolina Tennessee Kentucky, Missouri AID ST.
oon's,'-' ' ,,- e,r elton as te hon ~ the 1,s-s
and .ry q the re7p. thereof demand and for that
xxx T. isons-l o. be appoilt d By mi,
Convent behalf of l people 1i this stsr a. frankfort n
~. Sat, Of KENNEDY tie De-, Monday 10 May next
sIaveoaug be- nlde 90 ih proposed gnenG u 81
The by the jim appointed f ne r- grnhhI o. this
D.l-s Maryland Drt Carolina, T,u1essee kentucky, Ms
sr,l and gt assemble % primary Con, enious
Sts composed delegates Boz appointed BY hs respective
thereof FOR the purpose o. an amend
eI Co. s'uln % veuuett 70 ue submitted 9r rsia All IN I"
me ueape OF the states upon w-h The Union n he
sl stats ana che Confederate StI with sa-h q the nor
ed: Congress ne coal.dsFa'd stat AID the non-,sv-
he - st1s concerning iu ue antndr rents o. ne Fedora Con-.
co .,aa., + Ia r.
The repor: of tie Committee on Federal 2eltious
processing amendments to the Constitution OF the United
S.n.es was then taken up aud the first section read a.
81 IN q. e rre5sa; territory n The United States north Of
g., eI af Ji-ly,v degrees aud % IT'S mint, Of north lat
prohibited In an t.e e5-t, Territory south ~ u - lire inyoi
changed s any las BE- seI D., Cong .e' OF .h tyf '.l
tete 20 lder pyalt DO. taxing d persons he'll 20 e-
r nor 10 impair ue tights arising from sai relation shall
sid ss be u any manner p" rd bg any pre- existing IA" 81
re e5a ,tory 1r nv .5gts Of aid Ire VI, In
-N boundary A. Congress may bs, shan contain popla-
.on .t be- r,pubcau be aInit,d 'o III, Union on
An rog footing Tl % original States with without involuu.
r sytude ~ such Constitution Of the State may provide In
an srv vi nav hereafter be acquitted bJ the U.ited .tst
erlde prohibited except crime, north Of the
latitude Of hy-six degrees and hiiy minutes but chs. not be
probed by Congress eTr5ra legislature south Of sa
Nr WIS., NOV d to q end by striking out the whole
section and substituting proposition, Tp.cA he sub
! mitted.
M MORTON moved to amend the amendment by
striking out the following clause:
"In all territory which may hereafter be acquired by
the United States involuntary servitude is prohibited
except or o.i.e. north Of SO deg 30 min but shall not
be prohibited by Congress o. auy .es5Ta Legislature,
! and should be protected, south OF that line
This proposition was rejected
Tie question was then put on Mr. WisEs substitute,
| and decided N tue n5.at.ve--geas 2., nays
Mr. ANBLER then submitted substitute which was
| reiected-yeas -, nays ~.
Mr. BOYD then ubmtled substitute, pending which,
the Committee rose, and the Convention adjourned.