Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-01-21
TWENTY-SIXTH DAY.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. Is, 1868.


Mr. Melbourne offered the following:
.ResotUed, That the Committee on the Ju-
dietary be required to inquire into and report
the expediency of an ordinance to forever for
bid any legal action for the collection of any
debt, or any part Thereof, or any accruing inter
est upon any debts contracted prior to April
9Th, 1867 Referred.
MORE REPUTATION.
Mr. Dixon offered the following which was
referred.
'Resolced, That there shall be exempted
from sale or execution, or other final process of
any court issued, or which hereafter may be is
sued, for the collection of any debt contracted
prior to the lst day of April, 1865, to be Sc
lected by the owners of the same; real estate
with the improvements thereon to the value Of
two thousand dollars, and personal property to
the value of five hundred dollars except in
cases OF guardians, committees, executors, and
trustees.
BILL OF RIGHTS
The Convention resolved itself into Commit
mittee of the Whole. Mr.. Bowden in the
chair.
The following was adopted as the twentieth
article:
''The General Assembly shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Mr. Platte offered the following as substi-
tute to the first article of the Constitution
The declaration of the political rights and
privileges of the inhabitants of this State is
hereby declared to be part of the Constitution
of this Commonwealth, and shall not be vio-
lated on any pretext whatever
Mr. Hine offered the following amendment:
''hesolUed, That the Bill of Rights as adopted
by this committee shall be made the first ar
ticle of the Constitution
During the discussion which ensued Lewis
Lindsey addressed the Convention. He did not
display in his remarks his usual ability; so that
we do not consider him worthy, In this instance,
of verbdflDl report
He thought dat de gentleman from Norfolk
had struck de pint on de head, and was pre-
pared to look into de subject more fully. He
was afraid dat de Convention would not give
de subjec before dem time enough to consider
de ideas proposed. He was afeared, unless dey
did so, dar purposes would be lost.
| is perfectly awar, sir, what Constitution we
proposes to embody. [ knows all about it
Oar is no necessity for de proposition OF slavery
to be talked about, but to give solely de rights
to those whar slavery have been taken from
Everybody knows dat class; and l thinks we
can derive at de principle of thar rights expe
dlently better by looking more fully into the
legislative branch OF our proceedings. Dat
branch, although the minor branch of the fun
damental branch, will bring home every idea,
and will not allow the rights of that class which
| represents to be ignored.
He represented de choice of de people-de
people, at least, whar put him in de ballot to
come here-and he wanted to claim for dat
class equal rights before de law He thought
dat in consequence of de necessity of giving dis
class dar rights thar ought not to be any hur-
ry, but dat every proposition ought to have
two days foregone consideration before de prop
er action was taken. Therefore he was entire
ly opposed to hurry s6asa# %*
am satisfied, Mistar President, dat dose
gentlemen who so says are satisfied wild dis re-