The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-14
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reuortins an amendment (by bill or otn-
erwise) to the constitution OF the State
so as forever to disfranchise all omGeIs,
civil or military who have or may holu
Office under the appointment OF the So
called Southern Confederacy, ana an
other persons who have voluntarily
borne arms against the United States OF
given aid and comfort to those III reDel-
lion against the same, and all who' py
word or deed. are or have been IN SYN
natby with the rebellion, or the so 'caiieu
Southern Confederacy .-SeRdfe 00"'"d''
1865, page 30.
The Senate Committee, to whom she
subject was thus referred, reported the
proposition on the 9Th of February, 1862
in the following form:
Mr.. Maxwell, from the Judiciary Com
mittee reported the following joint reso'
luton:
ResoIred IN the Legislature Of Hest ~
qiaid.-The following Is proposed rs an
amendment to the constitution OF TINS
State to be added at the end OF the hrst
section of the third article thereof, to
become part of said constitution when
ratified according to the provisions
thereof, namely:
No person who has held or who may
hereafter hold any office or appointment
upder the so-called Southern Confed-
eracy. OF under any authority i'll hostili-
ty to the government OF the United
States. OF OF this State OF who has vol
unfairly. borne, 81 who may hereafter
voluntarily heal arms against the gov
ernment of the United States or OF this
State, OF who has given, OF who may
hereafter give aid or comfort to any per
SOL IN rebellion againss the government
of the United States or OF this State.
shall be deemed a citizen of this State,
Oh be allowed 10 vote at any election
held therein. Senate journal 1000, page
81
Nj. J. did afterwards suggest that the
resolution would read very awkwardly
in that shape as part OF the constitution,
aud that the style of II would he IN
proved by inserting the brlet expression
who has given or shall give voluntary
and to the rebellion against the United
States" in place of the long catalogue
of offences which the resolution con
tanned He IecnlleCts too that. at the
reouest .of some member he wrote out
the resolution a. It would read. II
amended. This Is ali the authorship he
had IN the matter la uying, a. be
often did, to get the measures on when
the Legislature were to act. INTO hSe
best form he could, no one acquainted
Wltb legislative duties would nnag,ne
that he was committing himself 10 The
support of such measures ca their pas
sage. 1t is we'll known also. that Nh l.
frequently wrote out bills and resOlu,
tiOus for other members. some OF which
he approved aud others he did not
Mr. LIS suggestion was adopted, aud
the Senate committee 10 whom the SUB.
iect had been recommitted reported The
resolution to the Senate, on the 10th OF
February, in the following form being
the same, it is believed, which was sug
gested by MI l. tSmate Jo,DRm Leg,
page 73).
MI Maxwell from tie committee on
the Judiciary, reported back the lolnt
resolution proposing au amendment to
the constitution OF this State, recon-
mendiug that tue proposed amendment
he IN the following form:
No person who has given OF shall
give voluntary aid or assistance to the
rebellion against the United States, un
less lie has volunteered into the military
or naval service of the United States
and has been or shall be houOrably dis
charged theretrom, SHALL be II citizen ot
this State OF shall DO allowed 10 vote al
any election held therein.
In the House OF Daegater, Mr J.. was
chairman OF the committee on The Jnd,
ciary to whom the subject WAS referred
and ~ such reported an Tue I'D of Feb
ruary = substitute Ior the proposed
amsudNeut Bat Le made ths report a.
the organ Vi the committee and under
then orders. a. II was his duty /" do-
II y As Nell known, however that he
vas himself opposed 10 ,, tie voted
against The measure GA rt7 pis7a.o
{ Fsb "A 1900 Hods' JonyoaL p TO
We republsh the yeas aud uays. ~
they may he useful for further rsfe,
s2cs
the Joint resolution 60 amend the c0u
stitution of the State was read tbs third
time and passed
The IEAs ere Nests kramer.
Speaker Alexander Barns Rcggs
Bonar. Casio, Gather. Ihaplins Cox
Crooks. DTcho. Ferguson. Fleming, Gal
lowav. Gilmore, Cot. Gorrell. Gregory
Hinchman, Holman. King KConCe Lit
Se LOugh, Mairs. Michael MGrew.
MWhorter, Parks, Pinnell Riddle. Scott
Smith of Hancock, Smith OF BcrEely
Trainer, Van Wrinkle aud Wileu-}'
The NAYS were-Messrs Adams, Dow
pey, Hagar, Hale, kellar, Kyle. Lamb.
Morris, Patrick, Peterson. Phares anc
Stephenson-l2
The truth is that, as shown by the
House Journal of the session of 1865, Mr.
LAMB steadily opposed the constitu-
tional amendment at every stage of its
passage He brought against it all the
strategy permitted by parliamentary
tactics aud succeeded twice in ,efsatinq
it, but not finally No one knows hettar
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