Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-07-02
LEGISLATIVE VOTE ON SECESSION
IN VIRGINIA.
From the Washington Star.

LEGISLATIVE VOTE ON secEssIo
IN VIRGINIA.
From the Washington Star.
: ''HuzDRR rILt ou7."
$ ]. Louis Kinzsr. citizen OF Sece.
proclivities. died recently in Alexandra
|, and among bis papers there turns up
yea and nay ''blsnk form" With ii
I vote in secret session of the Virgin
E Convention upon the question OF tn
! passage OF the ordinsnce Of Secession
each members vote--yes or nsy-bs
ing checked of Opposite % his nam
in print.
: To the bottom Of the list is append
, ed note 10 the handwriting Of Georg
. W. Brent, the delegate to the Con
vention from Alexandria. setting fortl
that the said vote was taken Tdecided-
Ed at 90 minutes past 4 P. NJ. Apr
II, l86I-the precise time si which
II is well known, the Secession ordin
ancs passed that body. Up to thi
time. the vote upon that terrible scourg'
to Virginia and the whole country hal
been q matter Of rumor. so far rs th,
tpublic's knowledge OF it Is concerned
no man outside Of the oath bound band
knowing precisely what the, majoriiy
for the passage Of the measure wss, o.
who did and who did not finally yot<
for it. ~
So the discovery Of this roster awone
the papers Of the former law partner Of
George W. Brent. and onr publication
Of it to-day viii enable The people oI
Virginia to know precisely Who are re-
sponsible for bringing their current des-
olation upon them. and who steadily
voted from frs. to last against the
measure:
Yeas-Wm. NJ. Amber. WIN. B. As,
ton. James Barbour. Angus R. Blakey.
George Blow. Jr., James Boisseau.
Peter B. Boost, Wood Bouldin, VIM.
W. Boyd, Thomas Branch. James G.
Bruce, Frederick M. Cabell. John A.
Campbell, Allen T. Csperton. William
P. Cecil, John r. Chambliss, ManiIus
Chapman, Samuel A. Coffman. Ra-
pbel M. Coon, james II. Cox. Richard
H. Cox. John Crilcber, Harvey Des-
kins. James B. Dorman, John Echols,
Miers w. Fisher. Thomas 8. Fleurnoy,
William w. Forbes. Napoleon B.
French, Samuel II. Garland, H. L.
Gillepsie. Samuel L. Graham, Fendall
Gregory, Jr.. William L. Goggin, John
Goode. Jr., Thomas F. Goode, r. L.
Hale, Cyrus Hall, B. s. Hall. Lewis
E. Harvie, James P. Holcombe. John
N. Hughes. Eppa HuDton. Lewis D.
Isbell. Marmaduke Johnson, Peter C.
johnson. Robert G. Kent, John J.
Kindred. James Lawson, Walter D.
Leake, William Fl. Mcfarland, Charles
K. Mallory. James B. Mallory. John
L. Marye, Sr.. FIemming B. Miller,
Horaiio G. Moffett. Robert L. Monta-
que, Edward T. Morris, Jeremiah
Morton, William ]. Neblett, johnson
Orrick, William G. Parks, William
Ballard Preston. George W. Randolph,
George W. Richardson, Timothy Riyes.
Robert E. Scott, William G. Scott.
John T. Seawell. James W. Sheffey,
Charles r. Slaughter, Valentine w.
John NJ. Speed, Samuel G.
James NJ. Strange. VIM. T.
Geo. P. Taylor, John L.
Thornton, William M. Tredway, Rob-
ert II. turner, Franklin P. Turner,
John Tyler. Edward Walter. Robert
H. Whitfield. Samuel G. Williams.
Henry A Wise, Samuel Woods, Ben
iamin F. Wysor.-88.
Nays-Edward NJ. Armstrong, John
B. Baldwin. George Baylor, George
W. Berlin. Caleb Boggess, George W..
Brent. William g. Brown, John s.
Burdett, James Burley, Benjamin W.
Byrne. John s. Carlise. John A. Car
ter, Sherrard Clemens, @. B. Conrad,
Robert Y. Conrad, James H. Couch,
W. H. D. Gusts, Marshal M. Dent,
William H. Dulany. Jubsl A. Early,
Colbert C. Fugate, Peyton Gravely,
AIgernon 8. Gray. Ephraim B. Hall,
Allen c. Hammond. Alpheus F. Hay
mond, James w. Houge, J. c. Holla-
day, Chester D. Hubbard. George W.
Hall, John ]. Jackson, John F. Lewis,
William McComas. James G. McGrew.
James Marshall, Henry N. Masters.
Samuel Med. Moore. Hugh NJ. Nelson,
Logan OsburD, Spicer Patrick. Ed
mund Pendleton. George McC. Porter.
Samuel Price. David Pdgh, John D.
Sharp, Thomas Sitlingtoh. Burwell
Spurloch. Alexander H. H. Stuart,
Chapman J. Stuart. George w, Sum
mers. Campbell Tarr, William White.
William G. Wickhsm, Waitman 7. Will.
ley. John Janney (President)-55.
EIcused-Benjamin Wilson.
The following members appear not to
have been present, as there is no tally
opposite their names in the list from
which we quote: JLrl.-
Alfred Barbour = Robert B. Grant,
Addison Hale, John R. Kilby, Paul
Mcneil, John @. Marr, Thomas Mar
lin, Peter Saunders, Sr. r
ave know that Alfred Barbour
was on that day away from Richmond.
engaged in the work of betrsying his
trust as superintendent Of the United
States Armory and works at Hsrper's
Ferry; acting IS guide and virtual su-