Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-10-12
ADJOURNMENT.

the Senate, that Wheni tnls llouSo au-
iourns to-day it adjourned to meet on
Monday, Oct. 10, 1862" FL d
The rules Of the Senate were sus-
pended and the resolution concurred
III. ........ ...
THE FOURTEENTH Observation-Disclosures.
Mr.. Budd, Of the House of Delegates,
appeared, and reported that the House
had passed Senate bill No. l., ratifying
the fourteenth amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States.
I The chair was then vacated for half
an hour.
AFTER RECESS. 7 -'
: The dieutenant=GovernA resumed
the chair.
Mr.. Wood, Radical, of Petersburg,
offered the following: a.
"Resolved. That upon the admission
of the State by Congress we pledge
ourselves again to ratify the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to the
Constitution of the United States if
Congress shall think it desirable or ne
cessary."
Mr.. Waddell moved to lay the reso-
luton on the table, but gave way for
Senator Bland, colored Radical, who
spoke in favor of the adoption of the
resolution as a guarantee that the ac-
ton just taken was in good faith, and
as calculated to allay the fears Of the
colored race about the future course of
the successful party. ~
The motion to lay on the table was
then lost by vote of-ayes, 20; noes,
Mr.. Carr, Radical, of Dinwiddie,
urged the adoption of the resolution of
Mr.. Wood,
Mr.. E. Snowden, Jr., of Alexandria,
expressed his entire surprise that the
resolution had not been tabled at once.
He had hoped there was some back
bone left in the people of Virginia.
Was the good faith of the Legislature to
be impugned ? What next was to be
required of us ? We have already done
a work of supererrogation in the adop-
ton of the fourteenth amendment. As
far as no was concerned not another
particle of dirt should be crammed down
the Threats of this down-tro1den and
and oppressed people, and although
forced to our knees, it was hardly to be
expected that we should fall prone Oh
our bellies and crawl in the dirt. Vir-
ginia had in good faith complied with
the conditions made for her admission
into the Union by the Congress of the
United States, and now, having done
all, and more than all, that was requir-
ed by those who had some shadow of
authority to force these measures upon
as, hereewas- anotherseonditien attemp-
ted to be enforced by some unk uown
would-be power behind the throne, or
somewhere else, that directly impeaches
the honesty and integrity of the repre-
sentatives of the people. Should such
things be /? The word of Virginia
gentleman to 60 for nothing Is he to
be told that he is playing false ? He
had done all he intended to do. We
had, in tie opinion Of many, gone be-
You'd the requirements of Congress for
the purpose of restoring peace and har-
mony, and thus giving new life and im-
petus to the languishing interests of our
State. If the ratification of the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments was
not sufficient in itself, he did not know
what would satisfy the whims of fac
ton. The honor of Virginia having
been pledged by the action of the Leg
islature to day, he solemnly protested
against any further submission and the
passage of any other resolution on this
distasteful subject.
Mr.. Smith Radical, of New Kent,
moved the previous question, butt was
not seconded.
Mr.. Pendleton moved that the Senate
now adjourn. ..t....a II
Mr.. Snowden hoped the motion to
adjourn would not be carried, as he was
very anxious to vote down the resolu-
ton Of Mr. Wood.
A vote was then taken upon the mo-
ton to adjourn, with the following re-
suit {: Ayes, 81; noes, 21. ''-- q sg,
The President voted aye, and the
Senate was declared adjourned until the
18th of October, 1869. -ss
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The house met at IL O'Clock. Prayer
by FriendJ b. Crenshaw, delegate from
....l t.ao.
- STANDING COMMITTEES. .. s
The Speaker announced the follow
ing standing committees
On Finance.-Messrs. Mclaughlin,
Johnson, Cochrane, Fraser, Hansberger,
Taylor, Coles, Shelton, Graham, and
Bowden.
Courts of Justice.-Messrs. Southall,
Daniel, Arnett, Kelly of Smyth, Keith
Thomas, Hughes, Mahood, and Maddox.
Mr.. Popham offered the following +:
"Resolved, That in the Judgment of
the House it is the duty of the Legisla~ !
ture toproceed, with all possible prompt
ness. to the unconditional ratification of
the two several articles proposed as
to the Constitution of the
United States, known as amendments
and fifteen, and afterwards, ION
the day as fixed by law, to the election
of two qualified persons to represent
the State in the Congress of the United
States as Senators thereof, which two
persons aforesaid should, as q wise con-
rinuance ofthe policy which the people
Of Virginia so auspicously began for
the restoration of their State to the
Union by electing to the highest offices
within their gift distinguished members