The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-20

Senate bill to ainenu anu ieci 80 +La
3T8 of the Acts Of 1910, in reiatioh " Ine
times OF ..he meeting of the Ge!ierai asseu,pi;
and pro eiding for the time tile same s'''' on
a,1rs PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
Pc AR THOMAS: TO incorporate the foto-
r,ac r.,nd and Improvement Company:
Nv MI .Joussoy: Providing for furnishing
70 mo colleges of the State in which law
So,,onIs ara Established surplus law publlci-
tons. 5 -os,oc.
ohon tnr 1a5 of the acts OF 1870 and 1871. LOT
the relief Of the sureties of w. ID. sample vi
Russell. .,;s a.,
Rv mr. BEAzLEY: To render valid the
charter of incorporation Of the Chariottes-
Vile Woollen Mills and to legilize all acts dohe
in pursuance thereof.
By Mr.. NowLIs: Allowing incorporated
towns of this Commonwealth tic Use OF
By same: Authorizing the iss'le OF regis
tered stock to Young Il Dickinson on certain
conditions.
CONGRESSIONAL AProRrIoSMENT.
On motion of Mr.. GREEvER, the Committee
on Privileges and Elections were instructed
to inquire what legislation Gf any IS neces-
sary and eXpedent in reference 10 the appor-
tionment Of congressional representation.
THE CHRISTMAS RECESS.
Mr.. ANDERSON, of pittsylyania, offered the
following resolution:
{" Resoiced the House Of Delegates con-
currinq), That when the two Houses "f tue
General Assembly adjourn on saturday inc
23d of December they take recess uhtli
Thursday the 2Sth instant."-
Mr.. pESs moved 10 suspend the rules Tor
the purpose of taking up the resolution to-
div which was agreed to: Ayes - noes, ..
Mr.. Penn then moved to amend the rcsoltl-
ton by striking out The words . saturday
the 23d" and inserting in lieu thereof "fri-
day the odd" ,
Mr.. CoNNAlLY moved to amend the amcnd-
ment by striking out the words thursday
the 2Sth instant" and Inserting IucSdhy
the I'd January ,,,
Mr.. F1rzpATRhH moved to lay the rcSolll-
ton on the table Not agreed to-aycs, 1t
noes, Is.
Mr.. FRENCH moved to take up the order OF
the day, the resolution to suspend the itlhd-
ing Of the public debt. Not agreed to-ayes,
Is; noes, 20.
Mr.. LEWIS called the previous question,
which was sustained, and the question Dcln9
taken on the amendment TO the anlendlneht
MIR. ConnaIly'sl, was determined i'll the AZ
fir1native--ayes, 81 noes, II.
Mr.. Penn by consent, withdrew MS pro-
posed amendment, and the resolution WIS
then agreed to--aycs, %; noes, III,
IF the House concurs In this resolution the
General Assembly will take recess from the
23d December to the I'd of January
Mr.. LAKELAND offered joint resolution
providing that during the recess OF the two
Houses the members of the Legislature shall
receive no per diem.
Here Sir. OrEsEsDERRy moved to take up
the order of the day, which was agreed to.
The pending question WAS the following
substitute, offered by Mr.. KIRKPATRICK to the
amendment offered by Mr.. THOMAS TO the re-
solution, as follows:
80. Resolued, That by this action the
General Assembly does not indicate any pur-
pose or desire to replldiate or unnecessarily
delay the payment of the public debt
Mr.. HuSDLEY occupied the floor for about
an hour In very able speech faYorlng the
adoption of the resolution rs ii came from
the House without delay oramcndmcnt. lie
did not object to the amendments proposed
upon any other ground than that if either
were ad0ptel 1t would send the resolution
back to the other House, and thus consume
precious time. The funding bill he regarded
as unjust and Ubiquitous, and thought IL con-
tanned not what the Senator from Campbell
said of the resolution, "the germ of repudla-
tom but the ftlll-grown plant Itself. lie
characterized the coupon system OF that bill
as odious and outrageous in the extreme
The compromising Of interest he Claimed to
be almost as bad, and the way the bill was
enacted met with bis Severest diSapprobatlon,
inasmllelf as 1t contained provisions the effect
and nature of which We're not explained or
discovered when it was under consideration.
He asserted that the flnding-bill men, and
not the gentlemen who acted with him, were
replIdiators. The bill repudiatcd One-thrd
of the debt. He did not propose to rcpu-
diate any portion Of it, principal or interest,
but he did propose to relieve the people, who
were at this time suffering under 4 burden
of taxation too @rieyouS to be borne.
Mr., HuSDLEY, while not attacking the ho-
nesty of the majority Of the members OF the
last Legislature, maintain that thcy were
not elected with any reference to this qucS-
ton, and that the desire Of the people was
then solely to escape from Radical rule. The
members of this General Assembly, on the
contrary, were elected, many of them, on this
very issue, and all were better convrrsant
with the pressing needs Of the people than
their predecessors were.
Mr.. HufDIEy was followed by Mr. French,
who addressed himself to the discussion OF
the legal questions involved and to the point
whether the funding bill was repealable or
not. He argued that it was, and that justice,
the necessities of the people, sound public
policy, and every other proper considclfi-
ton, demanded the adoption of the resolll-
ton promptly and without the addition OF
any surplus words, which were only calcu-
lated to produce delay, without accomplish
ing any corresponding good.
Adjourned until :! Z. VI.
Evening Session.
Mr.. NowLlN opposed the adoption Of the
substitute and amendment proposed by
Messrs. kirkpatrick and Thomas, declaring
Reputation was not contemplated by the re-
solution. He was not antagonistic to such
declarations in themselves, but could not see
the necessity for either of them. He quoted
from the Constitution to show that it was not
possible for the Legislature to do any act of
Reputation if they wanted to. The amend
ment, and the substitute proposed for it,
would delay tho si!spensiOn Of the funding;
while the Senate was hating, the evil which
they wished to arrest was continuing and
growing. While it might be said that the fund
ing bill created new contract, he held that
that new contract was not one bit more binding
than the contract with the old bondholders,
and il was no more imperative on the State
to pay them their interest. While he re-
iterated that he WAS no repudiationist, he
had no hesitation in avowing that if we could
escape the payment Of any part of the public
debt in a constitutional way we should do it.
Speaking of the plea that to depreciate the
bonds was to bring ruin on the State, lie de-
clared that he had quite different idea
about that. Virginia was not in the market
to borrow money, and it did not make any