The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-10

der. This 4DOQv uau JUN Sohou
into existence under the reconstruction
laws and every act in it's power was de-
sipnated In those laws, and every act should
be- for the provision of o more efficient
government for the Commonwealth. 1t was
not competent for the Convention to vote
money for other than its own expenses.
He did not oppose the appeal, based on the
proper grounds of common charity. The
Convention had before it the example OF
the Convention of Alabama, which had
| resolved itself into court for the adJudl-
cation of suit for bigamy, and he hoped
that this Convention would not, like that
one, lay itself liable to be ridiculed by the
whole country. He hoped the question
would not be put upon its merits, but upon
the order Of It's Offering.
Here motion to adjourn from the Con-
ssrvative side was voted down Dy the
predominant party"
| Mr.. SSEAD offered the following as an
amendment to the resolution of Mr. Hun
NICUrT ::
ssReso!ved, That the Committee on Limi-
tations and Guarantees, when appointed,
be instructed to consider and report the
propriety or improperly Of incorporating
| in the proposed constitution provision
clothing the General Assembly with power
TO declare and punish as misdemeanor
| the discharge Of any person employed as
laborer on account of his political opi-
nion."
! Mr. PORTER offered the following amend
ment:
RESOLVED, That the Committee on Elec-
tive Franchise, when appointed, be in
structed to inquire into the expediency OF
incorporating into the proposed Constitn-
ton clause DISTINGUISHING and excluding
from Office any one who may discharge
from employment an employee on account
of his political opinion or the character Of
the vote which he may cast in any cleo
tion."
| Mr.. LIGGAT said that as the hour for ad-
journment had approached, he had voted
persistently for adjournment, as so vexed
question had been brought up, and he
had deemed it best that members should
be allowed time to consider upon it. But
inasmuch as the members Of the other side
had SO persistently voted the other way, he
would no longer sit in silence while SO inn
portant an argument was going on.
! IJsurpation of power seemed to rule the
hour. The Convention had met for GER
tain specified purpose, and with certain
specified duties before it. There was but
one thing for them to do in relation to Vir-
GINA and her people-the making and
amending Of laws for all, and they were
not allowed to benefit any class of people.
| They were to make general laws for the
good of the State, and not to determine
what relation an employer occupied to-
wards his employee; nor were they consti-
tuted to break up the relations between
employer and employee. If they did
this they went beyond their powers; and
thew might as well undertake to break up
| all transactions between man and man.
He contended that our citizens had not yet
arrived at that state of things when it was
necessary that they should be dictated to
as to whom they should employ and whom
they should not, or as to whom they should
or should not discharge. This resolution
was the initiative of a movement by which
the very foundation of our social order
would be destroyed. In the name of
peace, order, liberty, and civilization, he
would appeal to the Convention not to en-
I
structive in its purposes.
DR.. BAYNE (negro) confessed that he
was not in favor of the original resolution,
but he was in favor of the amendments
| Something had been said about the Ala
bama Convention making itself ridiculous.
{" If the action Of that Convention made
| it ridiculous, this Convention would make
itself more so STILL" The Convention was
not bound to anything. None of the men,
| bers hadn't taken no oath, and were bound
-suUuIng. Iney were all Ii 1UUa0-vuu SET
of fellows, doing just as they please. He
didn't want 'em to throw away those reso-
lutions. He wanted them sent to "de !"
committee, and then brought before the
Convention"
Here motion to lay the whole matter on
the table was made and carried. This
seemed, however, not to be with a view to
dispose of the matter permanently, but
because most of the Radical members
were apparently Of the impression that
that was the only way to dispose of them,
SO as to adjourn them and be able to bring
them up again.
Mr. CLEMENTS offered resolution to the
effect that when the Convention adjourn
it adjourn until Wednesday, in order to
allow the members to attend the Masonic
ceremonies of the laying of the corner
stone tomorrow.
This was lost.
The Convention then adjourned until to-
morrow at II o'clock.
CoRRECTIoNs.-In our issue of Friday
Mr.. A. W. HARRIS, of Nelson, was put
down Radical by mistake.
Mr.. Poor, of Orange, (Radical,) was in
advertently put down as 3 negro.