The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-19
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on Monday next, and the time OF the re-
as Thursday the I'd of January.
Mr.. SYEAD hoped that the decision OF
the Convention to adjourn on Friday would
be adhered to, In order to give time to
members from remote distances to get
home by Christmas day.
Considerable discussion ensued during
which 1t was decided that the question as
to the time Of the adjournment had been
settled or yesterday.
MORGAN offered bis motion as substi-
tute which was lost by vote of 43 to Al.
The question recurring upon the amend
cd resolution of Mr.. THOMAS, adjourning
on Friday next to Tuesday, January z,
1868, and in which oil claims for per diem
were waived by the members, it was voted
upon with ayes and noes, and rejected
ayes, As; noes, 55.
Mr.. BowpEN offered a resolution ad-
iourning Monday next to meet on Friday
the Sd of January.
Mr.. PORTER moved to amend by the in
sertion that there shall be no recess
except that there shall be no session on
the 25th of December and on the lst OF
January.
Mr.. SCOTT offered as substitute that
the Convention adjourn Friday to meet
on the Sd of January.
Mr.. Potter spoke upon his resolution,
urging it's Importance, to avoid delay IN
the important duties before the ConVen-
ton.
Mr.. LEGG1TT urged that the Congress of
the United States had set an example for
the Convention, and though that body had
before it duties of the highest RESPONSE
biity, it had, in obedience to the klndest
behests of the human heart, taken re-
cess during the Christmas holidays. The
gentlemen on his side Of the house had
come to the Convention to frame consti-
tuition such as John Marshall or James
Monroe, who had once honored the chair
in which the President Of this Convention
now sat, would have endorsed; and they
had sat day by day, hour by hour, listen
ing to propositions entirely out OF the
range of the powers of the Convention,
and in defiance Of the Constitution of the
United States, which they protested so
much to love and adore. He denied that he
desired to evade any propositions to be
brought up, and asserted emphatically
that he was ready to meet any issue or
undergo any amount of labor to raise
this grand old Commonwealth from the
waste and incendiarism of civil war.
Mr.. HUNNICUTT favored the proposition
for adjournment during the holidays. AS
far as he was concerned, the matter was
not interesting, but he considered and
wished to accommodate those who desired
to spend their holidays at home. He'had
been panied to see so many resolutions of
fered, and he confessed that his mind had
often been muddled during the sessions of
the Convention. Resolutions had been
offered, amendments, amendments to the
amendments, and substitutes, and calls for
the previous question, all in such pro-
miScuous manner that he doubted very
much whether the President himself-wth
all due respect-could state distinctly the
question at issue. He did not agree with
the gentleman that no work had been done,
and pointed out that something had been
done. In conclusion, he urged that the
mem bers On his side Of the house should
not disregard the wishes Of the gentlemen
on the other side, but that they would, in
Difference to the time-honored custom of
the people. of the South, adjourn during
the holidays.
Mr.. ScoTT, in behalf Of the Conserva-
tive side, thanked the gentleman from
Richmond for his eloquent remarks.
BAYNE said that he was certingly in
favor of an adjournment during the holi-
days. Some members had said that the
Convention hadn't done no work. Did
they call breakin new ground and THROWN
out roots not working. He hoped that it
wouldn't be his painful duty to deny this
emphatically. 1t might be said that
they was all an ignorant set of fellows !;
new hands at the bellows but if they was,
they bowed though. Some of those men
who had been rocked in de cradle of edu
cation from their birth up might say the
Convention hadn't done nothin, but he
would say they had without fear Of
contradiction. He had just seen dat
mornin' piece of paper sayin' what
de Governor should git year, an
how long he should stay in office, and
he had no doubt that other committees
were doing de same. Boys where studied
books must have vacation, and the Con-
vention must have der holidays. When
de time for wotin came, this Convention
would JUS as certain vote to adjourn as be
was goin' to set down in his "chear."
They might talk and talk "entel" night,
and the tournament would be voted for,
and he'd tell de reasons why.
In the first place, many resolutions has
been offered on this side de house, which
you all on that side said was foolish, and
many has been offered on this side de
house which they said was foolish; and it
didn't make no difference whether they
was foolish or not, de boys put 'em through
to 60 in de committee, didn't they? The
committees had been steadily engaged
picking these resolutions and THROWN
out de bad and retainin' de good.
This adjournment must be had. / has
in my eye now bright-eyed man, lately
married, an be amt worth two cents five
minutes at time; and he can't keep still
ten minutes to save his life, an | know he's
goin home whether you adjourn or not.
There amt no use talkin, you got to ad-
journ, or won't have no members here.
Our wives is lookin' for US. De turkey is
already bought, and de pig is already
killed apd Fang up, an we must adjourn
from next Monday untwell de Sd of Janu-
airy. They could 60 home and consult
with their constituents, and git new ideas
and better manners if they wanted 'em.
And above all things, let de rum bottle
alone, as / has heard suggested. If by
accident it should slip in, don't say nothing
about it. Now, the gentleman from Ches-
terfeld and some Of de gentlemen from
can very easily talk about no
journment, when they is right here at
home"
Mr.. PORTER called Bayne to order, as he
was ma king a remark refantinr nnnn him