The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-14
FRANCHISE,

assembled in Rlcnmonu o tha mon
February, 1861, and pledged TO uhe - LII, the
sure of secession, or who, previous .t.t mea,
l17th of April. 1861, advoca.eu ." who was
sure by speaking or writing III W." warfare
engaged in irregular or suol lie ,ta .roatad
against the United States or WIZ - the
nTisoners otherwise than aereeaoie w 'l ~
rnIes of civilized nations IN iike cases, -
who was engaged in the enroliing Or co ~
ecr;nting service in aid OF the reoenion, "
who induced men to join the forces opposvu
TO the United States, or who mas lniea.-
ened forcibe resistance to the recons, ru w
ton or impeachment measures Oh oon-
gress." ,;,t;no
This was laid on the table for printing.
The second section was TAKEN up 90
follows: ha bv
"sEcT1oS 2. All elections shall be by
ballot; and all persons entitleu W ' tho
shall be eligible to any Office Wl!hln IN 'i ~
gift of the people, except as res'tic''o -
this Constitution 49,, word
Mr.. JAMES moved to insert the VIZ
&c close" ballot, AID the words Go'eln
| ment and Of the " before the worn p'o
ple." ,ondnant
Mr.. BowDEN moved, as an amendmens
to the amendment, to add the ~oiu
g sealed after the word g. close" WILL
drawn. e-,,,;. G
Mr.. H.H. LEE offered the following as
AT all elections in this Commonwealth
the sense of the people shall be aScer.
tanned by a uiud UoCe vote, and 1t snail ho1
he in the power of the General Assembly
to provide any system of voting by secret
ballot or by any other form which may
tend to prevent the independent freeman
from openly declaring his sentiments"
The vote on Mr.. LEES substitute re-
sulted-aycs, 81 noes, 40.
On Mr.. JAMEs's amendment division
was demanded. On the insertion of the
word close" the vote resulted-ayes i !;
noes, GO. On the other portion of the
amendment-ayes, l ; noes, 60.
AS the name Of ANDREWS (mulatto) was
called, he refused to vote, because the
member from Dinwiddie (Mr. CARR) had
insulted him.
Mr.. II. II. LEE moved to expel the men,
Der.
LEWIS LINDSEY moved to lay the motion
on the table.
Several Radical members asked him
(ANDREws) to vote.
Finally, ANDREWS arose, and said that
as he could settle the matter with Mr.:
CARR outside, he would vote. lie proposed
to do this. [Sensation and cries of "Shut
| the door n'l
On the original proposition the vote re-
sulted-ayes, sc noes, 10.
ANDREWS arose to privileged question.
He said that there were some members
on his side of the house who evlnced de-
sire to crush him out because he had a
tipge of African blood in his skin.
Mr.. PLATTE thought the remarks out of
order. He for one denied the assertion.
ANDREWS: "Don't you be afraid. I
amt afraid of YOU" He said, when he
refused to vote, the gentleman from Din
widdie (Mr. CAER) said lie had better
| leave.
Mr.. CARR: 81 deny that. That's not
So" conservative "There's lie out
somewhere"
ANDREWS: "Personal remarks are out
of order. The gentleman from Dinwiddie
has assailed me, and l ask the House to
address the assai."
The third section was then taken up, as
follows, and adopted:
"SECTIoN ). All persons entitled to vote
anu iblu OlICS, anu 'iphS OhiISi, "iiuii ~
eligible to sit as jurors"
The Convention then took recess.
AFTER the adjournment, ANDREWS was
seen standing at the door with a big stick
in his hand, and seemed little inclined to
listen to the advice Of his Radical friends.
CARR (Radical) walked out, however,
without being molested, and an amusing
scene between Radical and negro was de-
strOyea.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention met at O'Clock. The
fourth section was taken up, as follows:
"SEcTIoS d. The General Assembly
shall, at its first session under this Consti-
tuition, enact a general registration law
Mr.. HISE offered the following as an ad-
dition to the section
"And every person offering to register
shall take and subscribe before the officer
charged with making. o registration of
: voters the following oath:
81, do solemnly swear or Affirm
that am not disqualified from exercising
the right of suffrage by the Constitution
framed by the Convention which assem-
bled in the city of Richmond on the Sd day
, of December, 1867, and that | will support
anu uClCuu VIC StiiliS W VIZ pSoS VI III
ability"
Mr.. MADDOX offered the following as &
substitute to that part coming before The
: oath:
l., "Provision shall be made by law for the
!, registration of the names Of the elector:
within the counties Of which they may be
residents, and for the ascertainment, by
proper proofs, Of the persons who shall be
entitled to the right of suffrage, as hereby
established, to preserve the purity Of cleo
. tons, and to regulate the manner of hold
ing and making returns of the same ant
the Legislature shall have power to pre-
scribe any other or further rules or oath
:. as may be deemed necessary as test o
electoral qualification"
Mr.. PORTER moved to amend by insert
q ing after the word " oaths" the following
= For those who may have engaged in tht
f rebellion or given aid and comfort to tn,
enemies Of the United States" Accepted
Mr.. MADDOX's substitute was rejected
ayes, 10; noes, IS.
The proposition Of HIEE was adopted
ayes, SO; noes, q.
+ The original section as amended wa:
f then adopted-ayes, SO; noes, 81.
ROBINSON (mulatto) moved to reconsider
the vote by which HINES disfranchisinl
, proposition of yesterday was adopted
q This was postponed until Tuesday week
@ the Oath instant.
The fifth section, as follows, was stricken
n OUT
"SECTIoN 5. No person shall be de
y prived of voting at any election because
! nf non-navmant of any tax that may n,