Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-03-26
Vote on mr. car,,r.,. substitute.

Last night at about half pastseven o'clock tho Con-
venGOn, in Committee of the Whole took avote on MT
Carles substitute and rejected il by an almost unah'
nous voice We hail this suspicious sign, ana We
presume will be followed at future day, by very
strong vote in favor Of the report OF the Committee OF
tweuty-One.
For the Information Of readers We will state the
form in which the question presented itself.
When the Peace Commissioners made their report and
il was laid before the Convention it assaed by Mr.
Tyler and other gentlemen on various grounds, most OF
which referred to the alleged ambiguity and vagueness
OF the language in which it couehed 1t was eharg
cd that it would admit of different constructions, and
therefore tia. instead Of settling the questions at ISSUE 1t
would leave everything open and at sea. In def
erence to these objections (though it was not
admitted that they in all respects well taken) the
Convention on motion Of Mr. Summers himself referred
the report 10 the committee Of Twenty-one to revise
and report on it. The committee accordingly did revise
it. and reported it back with number of amendments
which rendered it clear and unmsakable in its purpor
and in some particulars modified and improved it. When
this report came in Mr.. Carle who thought the Peace
Conference plan free from the objections taken TO
t. moved that plan a substitute fOs the report OF the
Committee Of Twentyone and the minority reports from
that Committee with ordinance, submitting 1t to the
people to decide the polls whether they would adopt
it.
Mr. Carlle's proposition thus became competing
proposition with the report of the Committee, and the
vote being taken between them it was rejected with but
four or five dissenting votes
The question will next come up between the reports
Of the minority competing propositions with the re
port OF the msory. They will probably be voted down,
and then the report Of the Committee with possibly some
few amendments, VIII be adopted
The vote last evening test of nothing but of the
relative strength Of the Peace Conference proposition as
it came from Washington, and the same measure as
amended by the Committee Of Twentyone On this pro-
position men Of all shades Of opinion voted together in
favor Of the proposition as amended.
The true test vote will be taken when the ordinance o.
secession recommended by Aessrs. Haryle, Montague
.ad Williams Is brought up a competing proposition
win the rs port of the Committee OF 81. Then gentle
men will show their h1uds aad we shall who for
hs Union, and who are against twho for immeti-
are secession and who are for prosecuting in good faith
the patriotic eho- set on foot by Virginia peace
and harmony, and re-establsb the Union, with all its
countless blessings. on a sure and stable foundation.
The Emancipation o. tl.e russian SeIfs.
The London Spectator in article on the cmaucpa-
ton Of serfs in Russia coasummated on the Sd of the
present month pssdes Of the necessary results
If tbe movement, the temporary extinction OF Russian
o-is.ocrlcy. This body, numbering in the aggregate
about onehua5re thousand shareholders, derive almost
al their wealth from the serf they possess This property
is thus distributed;
1921 possess more than O10 peasants.
l,3 possess mp5e tn,u 900
1870 POSSESS more than 100 "
sn al possess more than 2o
., so possess thsn %
The emancipation Of these serfs Immediately dePrives
the arsccray except in few cases OF their source cf
income, and DESTROYS their power and consequence
body. few OF the mobiles who own province, and
whose factories and mles will pay under free labor may
survive the shock, and increase in wealth But
the mass OF the aristocracy the with less than
thousand peasants mus. yield the pressure and give
away 20 moneyed class, already advancing in imPCr-
tluce and influence.