The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-13
opposed to the United States during the


opposed to the United States during the
late rebellion" go
The motion to table was lost-ayes, III
noes, 81.
The question of the Reconsideration oi
the two clauses was, on motion, divided.
Upon the motion to reconsider, some us
cussion arose, the negroes opposing IT,
KELso made an UNANIMOUSLY stuplo anu
bitter speech against Recommendations ash
ing il the Convention meant to eniranchlse
these rebels, whom Congress had dlsfran-
chised. If these carpet-sack men VINO
came here pretending to be the FREUD OF
the negro were willing to sell themselves
ourand 90 back on the colored people,
KELso would not 60 with them. This talk
about reconsideration, in order to make dis
reimbursement, was all Buncombe.
The motion to reconsider the first Of the
two clauses was carried-ayes, AZ noes, "a.
Mr.. HINE moved to strike out in the
fifth and sixth lines in the fourth clause
the words "to support the Constitution
of the United States" Carried-s'yes,
a ; noes, 3S.
Mr.. ALLAN moved to amend by striking
out all after the word thereof " in the
ninth line, and inserting the words "eXe-
cutiye or judicial officers Of any State, IN
this section, shall be construed to include
all civil officers created by law for the ad-
ministration of any general law of State
or for the administration Of justice"
Much discussion and squabbling en-
sued pending which the hour for recess
arrival
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention convened at 4 O'Clock,
and the discussion Of the franchise ques'
tion was resumed.
The. vote was taken on Mr.. ALLAN:
Al.
A pending amendment of Mr.. BowDEN's
to insert " notaries publ " in the fourth
clause, was rejected-aye S, "a; noes, 43::
Mr.. THOMAS offered the. following proVise
to the fourth section
q" Provided, That tho Legislature may
by a vote Of three,-ffths of both houses
remove the disabi .iities incurred by TIL!
clause, from any person included therein
by separate vote recorded in each CASE
Mr.. PORTER offered the following as al
addition cor may impose other dlsap!li
ties" Withdrawn. Mr.. THoMAs's proYlsf
was then adopted-ayes, 55; noes, ~
The whole clause as amended was adopted
ayes, So; noes, 2S.
THE SWEEPING CHA USE.
Mr.. HINE offered the follow ing as an al
ditional section, to come in between ths
fourth and fifth:
"Every person who voted for candidate
who advocated or were pledged to seces
sion for delegates to the Conve ntlon tina
assembled in Richmond on the 18th DAY O
February, 1861; and every person VINO al
vocated secession by writing or speaking
before the 1st day of April, 1861, or Wht
voted for like candidates, or advocated
like measures, 10 any other State: fTo'
vided, That the above provisions shall not
be construed to exclude any person from
voting who was in the army or navy OF the
So called Confederate States and before
the lst day of January, 1865, laid down HI:
arms and refused to support the cause o.
secession, or whose disabilities have peer
or NAV be removed by special act of Con
gress, in which the individuals relieved
are specified by name.
"The General Assembly may, by a
d 1890" -
each individual! case, remove any dlsa0lli-
ties imposed by the aboS'e-naned it'll
clause"
= The previous question was called on this
and the vote resultcd-ayes, SO noes, IL
as follows:
YEAs.-Messrs Andrews, 30 WIDEN, Bayne
Babcock, Breedlove, Cox, Canadaf Catl
Dodge, Hunnicutt, HawXhurst, lime, hoi nIeS
J., oil LII
rissey, Moss, Morgan, Mosely, Mhp9u n !,
Massey, Norton, Nickerson, Nelson, HEtIt
Porter, Swan, Teamoh, j. I. 3 Taylor, 1oler
Watson, White-36
Barrett, Brown, Bland, Clements, Carer
Campbell Duncan, Dixon, Eastman, fu4na
Flanagan, French, Gibbony, Harrison, Haf
ris, Hunter, Kennerly, Hugh II. Lee, Linken
hoker, Lydick, Maddox, MaTye, McLauEh'
lin, Nash, Owen, Plaster, Parr, Poor, hooam
Reed, Rust, Staley, Seay, Scott, J. II. Ih0mp
son, Thayer, Thomas, G. L. Thompson, Wad-
deli, Woodson, Williams, Wicker, and Mi
President-47. 49,.
Dickey, Gravatt, J. G. Gibson, L. Gibson
Leahy, Lewis, Mayse, Southall, Snead, 10y
Williamson, Wilson, Winston, Walton.
Mr.. HuSS1cUTT offered the following as
an additional section: -,
mo DCtSOu SlIdli SOtC ". ~
office who had contracted with any de-
partment of the Government of the Con-
tederate States, so called, to furnish sup.
plies in support or furtherance thereof,
civil or military, and who in virtue OF OF
under pretence Of complying with sucn
contract procured his own detail or eX-
emption. or that Of others, from actual
military service; nor shall any person
vote or be eligible to office who claimed
and obtained detail or exemption from
military service in the Confederate States,
so called, because he owned certain num-
Der of slaves, emitting him to detail or eX-
emption from actual military service in
the Confederate States, so called, by rea-
son of any law Of said Confederate States
because he owned, or pretended to own,
the requisite number of slaves in said laws
mentioned"
This was lost-ayes, Is; noes, GO.
BAPTIST STATE SUNDAY SCH0OE.