Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-04
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denomination no saaried officer Of any banking corpo
ration or company and no attorney OF tbs Common
wealth shall be capable of being elected member OF me
General Assembly" So that under tho Constitution
officers Of the army would have been ineligible, but for
the ordinance Of the Convention suspendng for the lime
being this provision Of the Constitution de DID not m
tend 60 into the question OF the power OF the OonVen
ton to pass such ordinance. The provision OF the
Constitution, however, indicates the policy Of our Ia
TIERS which was TO keep the Legislature free aAd IN
trammeed by all eItrAneous iIfienoes Aud, aboye al
Il il and should be the policy Of the country 10 keep the
legislative powers Of the State free from the risks Of var
Suppose majority OF the members OF the Legislature oil
Tennessee had they might haze been had they been
subject to draft been in Fort Donelsou and they ha1
been surrendered to Linccns General where nov would
have been the legislative power OF that ats! Toe mem
bers of the G.neral Assembly viii be the peculiar Oh
,cts OF a,sault by the Federal Government They will
seek to tramme the legislative functions OF the Stss,
"a 40 give ascsndancy to the Pierp lat Government
The Item an from cknghsm ought In order 10 car.
~ out bis vess TO provide frat thai the people shall
not elect person to this House who is under the age oil
forty-fye years. and, second that they should elect
u,h person. he should be required to resgn bis sea- 10
order that he might be subject TO daft Because It Is
apnarept that the President of the Confederate Satss
having under the Cons tuon aud laws OF the Coniect.
rate Government called on Virginia for her quota ci
roops to be mustered into the Confederate service or
three years er for the var we cannot TENDER as part OF
these troops persons who not TO be mustered IN for
raj Assembly msy not be In session. In Mr. SHkTFETs
opipop the Confederate authorities would hardly re-
gard such tender q compliance with the Il qlisltlop
Ii any gentleman this floor should be drafted, he
would be mustered into the COME ierate service as
man and not as a member Of this House and for three
years or for the war he would be under the control Of
the Confederate Generals and II quorum OF this House
should be SO drafted and mustered into service,
then thes legislative power OF the STAG YOU'D DC
under the control OF the Confederate Government As
SOLDIERS in the racks they may be scattered ever tue
thItsen States Of the Oonfederacy; and II sudden
emergency should arise for convenDg the General As
fembly 10 obedience 10 proclamation Of tho Governor
t might be physically impossibs for the members 10 a.
samble 10 me- howeyer willing the Generals might De
to permit their attendance and it might so happen that,
wing peculiar circumstances personal caprice the
sn, rails might refuse to furouDh the members Such
actually occurred In the early part OF this session
Ear hms IL Mr.. s. SateRghts man enough 20 ol :.
pose any bill resolution which would, Carried into
effect involve any such hazards 10 the right OF the peo
pie to representation in this House. The exemption Of
TIE same public considerations which justify the eIemp-
tion OF the Executive and Judicial Ulcers OF the Gov
,rnment IL is designed 10 protect and preserve the
right of representation OF the people on this floor and
not to protect the persons whom the people have elect
ed The peoplS confded sacred evil trust to their
delegated They elected them to legsate for them for
the Of years. They knew at the time that the
duts Of gslators and Of soldiers could not be conki
teny dschArged-and they bad the right to elect the
prisons whom they had chosen-and they have the
right the services Of those persons here 10 have
them resign their seats If they choose to volunteer
to subject themselves to draft The question then Is do
the people require the members Of TINS House to regn
their seats in order that they may be subec. to draits
aud II So It will then follow that the people must nct
elect any persons I'LL their places who under the
the age of fortyfve years for If they d. those dele
gates so elected will be subject draft and may be Est
OF place when required TO perform their legislative du-
ties do not ,hnk any such action on our part either
udlcious in itsef or respectful to the people whoee
rights, and not those OF the individuals who represent
them here, are involved
Mr. ROBERTSON, OF Richmond sustained tho otjec-
tioss Just urged against the resolution, Illustrating the
necessity of having the Legislature always free to act
when called upon either for regular sessions or on ex
traordipary oceaEols by depicting the condition Of
Maryland Wien the members Of her Legislature were
arrested and sent 70 prison.
Mr. WOODS0N rioned and the resolution
eced-ayes 50, noes 81. Those voting in the afirma-
tive we're:
Messrs John T. Anderson, Buford, Carpenter Carter,
ha D. Davis, Dunn, Edmunds Eygeston Flood,
Forbes, GAtevood, Green, Hunter, johnson, Jordan,
Kaufman, Lively, Lundy, A. W. McDooad, Mclaughlin,
gNiD, Ptman, rutherford, s sples Tomlin Vader,
Walker, Ward, West, Woodson, WoEtham and Mr..
Speaker.
Those voting in the negative were:
Messfs. Baker Barbour Bass Blue Boctsn, Bradford,
Brooks Oszonoye Cecil Clarke, Il. n. Coleman, Collier,
Crockett Robert J. Davis, Evans, Fleming, Franklin,
Garrison, Gordon, Grattan, Hunt Jones, Ladley, Ma
thews McCAnant, Isasc L Mcdonald, Minor, Montague,
Newton, Prince Reid, Robertson, Rowan, Saunders,
Shannon, Small, Shelly, spady, stegsr, Tate Thrash,
Tread cay. Tyler, Williams, Woo.en and Wynns.
A bill taken Up authorizing the Aud ng Board
to allow certain claims authorized by law. This bill
elected lengthy and interesting discussion In which
Messre Bradford Evans and others took part in favor,
and Messrs. Barbour and Hunter against It's passage.
The bill finally referred to the Committee on Mill
tary AfIirs-
COMMUNICATION FROM EIEoUrrvE.
The Speaker announced a communication frsm the
Governor whereupon the House resolved itself into
session. and after remaining therein time ad
journed