The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-30

nand;no nnest;on (Mr. CURTIss's amend.
ment) was called with ayes ana noes.
The amendment was adopted-ayes, 4s'
noes, Al. VIZ -
!. s.. AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention met +: n.
Mre Pate submitted that the amend
mont ont adontad byg the Convention TINS
morning would put it forever out OF inc
mower of the General Assembly TO Jay
capitation tax for any purpose; anu ~ ia
Jar ~ oct the sense Of the House be Woulo
Nova to reconsider the vote by which Tue
amendment was adopted. o.;on On
MIR. ALLAN moved to lay tne in 20
the table. Lost-ayes, 23; noes, 90
PERSONAL DIFFICULTY.
Masars. PARE and EASTMAN having az
-;ged while the vote was being taRen'
asked that they be allowed to 7ote'
M, SyE1p favored their being allowed
to vote. n,d M, be
done under the rules. ,,os
M. SNEAp moved to suspend the ruies'
| mr.. BowDEN protested against the mo-
st;on and said that such would be dlsnonor-
able. . &c +he.e
Immediately upon the utterance OF tnese
words the parties, who SIT mex /" r eaS
other, made motion as II 10 strlAe' t'on-
sation in the Housed oa
Mr.. BowDEN added that sucn pfoce0 ~ :
ing was beyond all precedent.
: Mr.. SNEAD said tha. il the gentleman
said that he had acted dish0norapiy ne was
The = parties sprang to their feet. MIR.
sNEAD seized his chair. Mr.. BoWDEH
also and the fight, which seemeI' imml-
nent. was prevented by Mr.. CLEA'ESIs,
who Jumped between the parties. -
Mr.. PLATTE took his seat between TIE
parties: and quiet being restored, Mr.. b.
G1BsoS said that as such seemed to be
fashionable, he would move that MIR. BOW
DEN be brought before the bar OF the
House. - -4g .-ar g. ~
Mr.. BowDEN thought that MI. SNEAD
ought to be brought up, too. he h lae
called him Did liar. ),
Mr.. SNEAD replied that he did state that
he was id liar. '.
The Convention, after the excitement
subsidized, continued with the discussion Oh
the motion of Mr.. PLATTE.
In the course of the discussion Messrs.
HAwxHURsT and CURTIss made alluslon 10
1.-THE wisdom of the laws of New ork, and
the prosperity of that State, and the folly
Of the laws Of Virginia.
Mr.. PARR said that we had gentlemen
enough in Virginia to represent It's ability.
The gentlemen boosted that they had been
to New York city. He would ask If they
were any more comfortable there than they
were here9 Why did they come here if
their State was so much better than Viz
ginia? Laughter.] He spoke broadly,
but truthtully. The gentleman from Am
herst (Mr. WILLIAMS said that money was
:, ssipg around freely in New York; and
~ ~ and others had come here where
h. ~ ,yo. no money. laughter He
. .nv,o W. V;roin,.n. loud laughter:l He
would repeat who, IT su n he was
other side had said. L oAG lia vira;nian n
born in Virginia, and felt nv ,nasr. Put
Yet he had respect for strs here and
he did not want them to come ,ad the
take our loaves and fishes. He HOP He
House would give him time to talk.
was slow-talking man. We men in Vlr-
GINA meant to rule Virginia.
| Mr.. CURTIss: We came to help you.
Mr.. PARR: Yes; but we want to hold
the reins, though. I've got the reins in
my hands, and want to hold 'em leetle
longer. Laughter.l If you got along
better in New York than you can get along
here, why didn't you stay thar. Loud
laughter lam very glad to see northern
men who've got plenty of money, and show
them lands.
| CURT1ss: We've got lands.
.PARR: Yes; but that don't entitle you
to the inheritance of native-born Virgil
MAN. Applause I am one of these here
fat-footed militia, plain-spoken men and
I'll tell you, Mr.. Chairman, these northern
men come here to dictate to US. Yes, sir;
and what's more, no northern man can tell
Yirginians what to do. Loud laughter and
applause.] Just let me guide my own
horse.
The gentleman's five minutes here ex-
PRED, much to the regret OF the majority
of the House, who were interested by the:
strength of his remarks, and amused at the
originality of his manner of delivery:
Mr.. PLATTE withdrew his motion to re-
consider, and modified it by moving to
add certain words.
Mr.. CLEMENTS moved to amend as fol-
lows:
"And no capitation tax for county or
corporation purposes shall be levied ex-
ceeding one dollar, or one days labor"
Mr.. G. GIBSON arose to point of order.
He contended that no member could with
draw q motion which had been made and
seconded, without the consent of the
House. /.
The CHAIR decided that the point was
not we'll taken.
Mr.. GIBSON appealed from the decision.
After some spirited discussion the matter
was righted.
The vote was taken on Plates propo-
sition, and it was lost.
Mr. PLATTE complained that at least
dozen members had promised to vote for
the proposition, who had not kept their
| word.
Mr.. CLEMENTS called the previous ques-
ton, which call was sustained.
The vote was taken on his amendment,
and .resulted-ayes, Sc; noes, 48.
The Convention then adjourned.
NoTE.-We regret that our reporter
should have given Mr.. PARR reason to
think himself injured by his report of his
speech few days since. We claim, how
ever, that the mistakes made were natu-
raj, and far from being intentional. Mr..
PARR said that he represented t,Denty-tfree
hundred votes and not thirty-three hun
dred, not meaning to confine himself to
the votes cast alone for himself. He
stated. also, not that all the men he repre-
sented were white Init that oystarmenJs
skins were as white as his. Diogenes"