The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-06

foreign markets in advantageous competl,
ton, and to manipulate all the cotton anu
wool, &c., produced by planters In the
southern States; and whereas, that sdcn
manufactures in, motion, would employ
more capital aud greater numoeroI c'i-
zens than any other State OF the sunlon n
LIST. By the ready acquisition OF .ne
inexhaustible amount of raw matorlai--
viz. coal, iron, cotton, and wool. =
.sad. Nv an incomprehenSible amount OF
yater-power in the State.
sgd. By theimmediate and unsurpassea
shipping facilities from the top OF tio oe
WAGER at Richmond to the open sea:
18th. By an unfailing supply Oh cheap
subsistence stores, the produce OF the
State turned into sterling on the very
farms where produced therefore
uResolued, That this Convention 10y ap,,
propriate committee) do investigate ana
report the best means for more speealiy
effecting the employment of the water
mower Of the James river and other rlVers
of the State of Virginia; pursuant tnerelo 2
that Inducements be presented to the 1or-
nation of company to take into syste,
matte arrangement the entire unoccuplea q
water-power, and the accumulation OF
can;tal for the erection of factories in con-
nection Herewith" g. Li..,
Referred to the Committee on Internal
improvements. 75I !.
Mr., JAMES offered the following: szs
Z g whereas fearful and fratricidal war
was precipitated upon the people OF Ylr :,
.pinia. suspending their usual means OF Of
Trade and source of gain, and a depreel-
ated currency substituted for the intrinsic
medium of commerce, which, becoming
valueIess at the close Of the war, lett Inc
people poor and powerless, and totally
unable to meet the claims of creditors !;
therefore, as means to prevent ruin ana
bankruptcy, be it
!" Resolved, That all debts, including
State taxes land excepting State debit
contracted before April Sd, 1865, shall be
scaled down to twenty cents on Inc
dollar that all actions against debtors
now pending be stayed, and costs DC as
sessed to the same scale, and that hence
forth no more shall be claimable by law
than twenty-five cents on the dollar OF all
such debts" Properly referred.
Mr.. SWAN offered the following:
Resolved, That the Committee on Edu-
cation and the funds relating thereto be
instructed to inquire what provision can
be made to incorporate into the system OF
public schools to be inaugurated by the
State to secure to the interest of agricul-
ture the benefits Of scientific education
pertinent thereto, and whether agricultu-
raj colleges cannot be established at public
expense in every city containing 10000
Inhabitants or more" q
Mr.. SWAN offered the following:
Whereas certain provisions of the ex-
listing law respecting roads in this State
bear unjustly and oppressively upon those
Of our people who receive the least direct
benefit therefrom; therefore r.Tl
2 Resolued, That the Committee on
Taxation and Finance be required to con-
slider the propriety of Incorporating pro-
vision in the Constitution which shall re-
uuire all public roads in this State to be
worked at the expense Of the Treasury upon
contract to the lowest bidder, in order
that the public burthen in this particular
may be equalized." 80 r.,.sl
: Referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Mr.. SWAN offered the following:
Whereas it is the duty admitted that
every citizen should share the burthen of
the State in proportion to the interest
protected by the State yet, nevertheless,
in the absence of all property interest,
every citizen of the State, whether native
or naturalized, has right to exist therein
until he shall expatriate himself volunta-
rily, except for crime therefore
I. "ReSolued, That it is both impolitic and
oppressive, in instances, to impose or en-
force poll-tax, and that it be referred to
the Committee on Taxation and Finance,
to report a provision which shall require
that no poll-t shall ever be levied in this
State" Referred to Committee on Taxa
ton.
Cox (negro) offered the following:
.Whereas tho native-born. American
citizen is required by law to attain the
age of twenty-one years before he can ex-
ercise the right of suffrage within the
State of Virginia: Be it .-. =
"Resolued, That the Committee on the
Elective Franchise and the Qualifications
of Office be instructed to report to this
Convention the expediency of inserting in
the Constitution now being framed by this
Convention a clause requiring Of all
foreigners a residence of ten years in the
State of Virginia, and one year in the
community where they offer to vote, before
they can exercise the right Of suffrage"
Referred to Committee on Franchises.
Mr.. HAwxHURsT offered the following:
"Whereas former laws Of this State de-
MED the rights of marriage to large por-
ton Of its inhabitants; and whereas, be-.
cause of this denial, numerous parties have
lived together as man and wife without
any marriage ceremony; have raised fami-
lies, and in some cases accumulated
property, which their children cannot in
herit; and whereas suits are now pending
in which parties are seeking to deprive
such children Of their rightful Inheritance; ;
therefore :.
"Resolued, That the Committee on Limi-
tations and Guarantees inquire as to the
expediency of making such provision in
the Constitution as to enable children born
Of persons living together as man and wife
to inherit the property of their natural
parents and relatives" Referred to the
Committee on Limitation. ~
Mr.. DODGE offered the following: 5g.r
ssResolued, That no man shall be COM
PEELED to frequent or support any religious
worship place or ministry whatsoever, nor
shall be enforced, restrained, moleSted, or
burthened in his body. or goods, nor shall
otherwise suffer on account of his religious
opinions or belief; but that all men shall
be free to profess and by arguments
to maintain their opinions in matters of
religion; and that the same shall in no
wise diminish, enlarge, or effect their civil
capacities Referred to Committee of
Bill Of Rights. III, -ts,fe5sa...3
Mr.. JAMES offered the following:
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