Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-10
SENATE
THE TIRGINJA LEG[SL4 Ti'R
ADJOURNED SE.rylO%. ;
FrID.Y, March t.. l:G%.
SENATE,

SENATE.
The Senate was cIlled to 3rici !. g.! |
O'Clock A. H., by tic l'Rssips.r snG sss
opcned with prayer BY the Rev Or. Srey.
coMSnTrE. EtrorT-
The Senate bill to su-pei!1 p'ncrr'iins- on
exec u Off, atrschlneIt'. distress warrants.
trust d=eds, and either demands. in Csc ri
refusal 20 receive piyE!cn'- III tGrrenry 49,
crlyshie in payment To The STATE, a:it = 'a
PEI the oct passed. MsT.h - h, !tr2 cn.:
tea sn .ct tc Su-peIH sa,ea l;!I riga; pro
ccedIrgs lii certain CASES, ad III r,prai al
ordnance to provide ska,n,t the sac. !iice cf
property and TO suspend proceedings IN c-r-
tain cases. passed Ap'iI 30tn, l-Gi, hY he
Convention Of Virgins.
Senate bill requiring She's IFS, Ser:eants All.
Commissioners 10 Settle their accounts.
hEsoLrTIOS.
Mr.. CuLL,LR Offered resolution Of inqairT
as 10 whether the ordinances vi tho Gvuyen
ton which have not h-en cithc ratified BY tie
qualified voters or re- .rac:cd br lie General
Assembly. VI 10 not sii:..; an coH;r.cL IN
tered into under the PROVISIONS ii am u their.
ought to be regarded a, having the efficacy Of
law, and il not, that Ihry Tc"u.,;nend such
Joint proceed IS by tho tw houses OF tic
Genera! Assembly as in :Aa opinion OF :he
committee may be judge sui;abia tu sccnrc
:iiscontlnuance Of the practice Of amending
and re.enactlng any aucn or1ira;cee, Or any
3"c'l:u t...TrIt. RsteT:e!
The t"L.Gco hi! coung up III" S.ra {, III
lnotiui.. ~.!I. into s=c'.: c:'um.
The door" hr11S upnulI. ;ha Ssn.:e T4..t
into discussl1n of jClE: 5G:clut!cu cent frcm
House. in relation 10 Il. Impress Uisnt bill .-
The Senate retus cd ~ rsler the revolution 10 a
committee, and, pendin. Tin debate, o., NO
ton o! Dir. QrksrSsuEf arj3u'ued.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The Hose was opened with prayer ct II
o'clock by the Rev. air. BIkc7.
The Senate amendment to tho House hill
making an appropriation IL III: C=nire. La
matte Asylum: 80 as 10 declare said app: o
preparation Ia addition 10 the amount re-
ceivrd from pay patients, vas corcnrred III.
The CJmlutte on A.nulacturs sad Agri-
culture reported bll iacOi pn: attn. tie
S:onewali Water Power Manufacturing Com
pany.
Mr.. Brrosp, from special committee,
reported bill establishing flour Inspection
III Dinrille.
A COMMUNICATION was Ieceiced from the
Goyerna- enclosing letter from the See
tsry Of War in relation 10 the all t.-eahing
by Lon .edeIaie soldiers III the county Of
Franklin and the fo,cihlt taking thercfrom Of
Roht. W0odSoD, stating that Woodsnn had
bc"n returned snd lhs! Captain lIsrmsn,
under whose direction III. affair wes con-
Quoted, was held for sisl fer his misconduct
under ths civil or military Jurisdiction az the
Governor may determine.
NJ. MlRYE, from q special committee. pre-
sentei report setting forth the difficulties
O! railroad transportation OF the necessaries
Ct lie, The cau;es thereof, anJ Recommending:
that tbs Comic ierats GoTei nmcn:, which is
respnasible, be urged to relax lis arbitrary
control over the means Of transportation
The report particularly directs attention 10
the fact that on one OF the esd.Dg lines Of
railway, ohe-half Of al The means of burden
transportation lin The shape Of cars has besi
Withdrawn and scatter Ell In other States by
the Confederate authorities. vhle ether
roads have been di7est-d f Ihsir lnsans Of
transportation to a lesser hut very material
extent; also, 10 the sdinional important fact
that there is an embargo laid by the Cori=te
rate Government On AL the leading lines OF
transportation prohibiting Al, commercial
interchange Of subsistence.
The report was laid upon the table ant.
ordered 10 be printed.
% mott 6f Mr.. PRIScE, the resolutions
offered by himself, On Wednesday, woro ken
up for consideration. 1hess reeolutions
(Which we're publishedl instruct our Senators
and request our Representatives, i'll Congress,
20, IN far ttpp b:i1 rr,3,,o L.
fore the House Of Representative
Mr.. AsDERsos, OF Rockordge, in support
ing the les, luti"ns and ceuouncing the.srbi-
trsry sy-.. Of impressments BY tue Confed-
erato authorities, said that W. wero now liv
ing under tyranny d; complete ss tist
which was exercised by tho Llncoln Govern
ment, aud it was owing Solely tc the noble
patriotism CT cur people that they have sub
mitted as they have. What right he would
ask, has Confederate functionagy to siszs
his properly, without law, and 20 allow ore
half its value for its ccnpsnsation: There
was no law that authcr.z-l the Confederate
Government TO take property, AID so far as
1t Withheld just compensation, it Tsa robbery
and oppression, and be, foT one, was not vii
ling to submit TO it. II we were to have
oAoJ ~ co nv N DclusE We lave IL
from ure Government or from smother
but no free people would submit to
tyranny from any source. This ill.,
pfessment system. he would venture
to cay, WAS exercised BY men, the large ms
jorltJ Of whom were destitute OF that Gusllii-
ca:ion necessary to decide upon so delicate
a question as that Of public necessity. There
was a great fault, 8 mistaken IDEA in the
minds Of the Confederate authorities, and
upon which they act-acting as if the people
had separate interest from tue GoTernlnt n ;,
the Government a separate and hostile in
teres. from the people-in word, want of
confidence in The people. lie commended that
the people were far in advance ofthe Govern
ment in this revolutions; the people have
more patriotism, and Eerc more 10 be trusted
than the subordinate funcIionaries Of the
Government, and if they were applies, to for
tLeir property when the public necessity de.
handed it, and just compensation allowed
them, they wculd give it. He hoped the res
olulions would pass,
As the resolutions approved the impress
nent bill pending in the (Uoniederatc) House
Of Representatives" and that bill had passed
that body since the resolutions We're placed
before the House Of Delegates; and had been
passed BY the Confederate SEN
Ste, with certain amendments, some amend