The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-08

adopted.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Mr.. ASpEnsOa arose to q question of privi-
lege. Had, he been present on SATURDAY ne
would have voted for the passage OF the Dill
repcaling the coupon feature of the funding
act notwithstanding the, objections OF tne
Governor. ia L,+-f 80 ! =.
EDUCATIONAL LAND scRIF. F.
On motion of Mr.. R1pDLEBARGER the land.
scrip bill was postponed until Tuesday next
at T. O'Clock u.
INTEREST on TIE TUDIIC DEBT.
On motion of Mr. RlDDLEEARGEE House
bill "for the payment Of interest on the pub
| lie debt" was taken up under suspension
of the rules.
Mr.. LovESsrES briefly gave his reasons for
voting against the bill. He said he believed
the funding bill constitutional, and had con-
scicntiously voted against the repeal OF any
of its provisions. He regarded this bill as
introduced only to induce the Senate to over
ride the Governors veto of an unconstltu-
tional act, and he would not be party to
any such proceeding.
Mr.. DOLBY said that he did not desire TO
make speech upon the bill under conslaera-
ton, because he was well aware that no
speech that could be made by an advocate OF
the funding act could influence the iiouse on
questions concerning the public dcht; DuI
that he wished to explain why lie shoulu
vote against the bill now proposed, ana why
he was perfectly consistent in dong SO.
Willie he was in favor of paying every obli-
cation of the State, and had, from the very
Commencement of this session, advocated the
pay1nent of Interest on the public bonds, he
co. ,,rorpcitipn RI n
ton OF that interest, accompanied by con-
dition which was dishonorable to the State of
Virginia, and which compelled him to sane
ton another act which he held to be
unconstitutional. The bill provided that
creditor accepting interest under this
net should be held thereby to acquiesce in
tho billlately passed to prescribe what should
be received in payment of taxes. This act
was vetoed bv the Executive because Of its
unconstitutionality and the Legislature
would now place the State Of Virginia in the
dishonorablc attitude of striving to compel
her creditors to relinquish rights Of which
they could not be lawfully deprived. If the
act to prescribe what should he received in
paymcnt OF taxes was constitutional and
valid, then this requirement that the Gre
dior upon receiving his interest should
acouiesce in its constitutionaity was siln-
ply futile and foolish II that act was
not constitutional, then all who knew
the practical working Of business mat
tiers in connection with coupon bonds
knew that the bond was not generally held
or owned by the person who presented the
coupon for payment. All therefore that
could bc practically achieved by that condl-
ton was to affect the rcccivability of the
coupon that was presented for payment OF
interest; and for this small result he was not
wiling to dishonor the state OF Virginia and
diSilonor himself by giving vote which, ac-
cordng 10 bis convictions, would violate MS
sworn duty TO support tie Constitution OF
this State and of the United States.
Mr.. RANspELL TcpuGlican) hoped bis party
friends would rally to the support Of this
ill, because is passage would insure the
passage of the lii repeating the coupon fea-
turc of the funding act notwithstanding the
Governors objections. The Republican party
had gone into the late election with "opposl-
ton TO the funding bill" as an important
plank Of their platform, and the course Of
this Legislature, or majority Of it, had shown
that The people had endorsed that plank at
le:st. Pass these two bills, and the victory
vi the party III this particular will he conf
plctc.
Mcs>rs. Cr1rz, EoGLANn, BOOKER, and
CLopToy, gave their reasons for voting for
the bill, and Nj. BAGwCLL earnestly opposed
it,
The ill was then passed by the following
vote:
AyEs.-Mcssrs. Alien, Anderson, Bcatoy, Berger.
Icrn1rd Gshop Billing Booker, borand' E trd.rn
r?:'%E b rSHS, r. c CapTeI copop Coz.
hi, Coleman, Cr!z, Cummings; hencac, Douglas.
i;a,,", ,i,a-, C::'c>,.:., Griffith, hamilton liar
dn,ty. lIu irvine; james, " T. JoEG;; hGyser,
hiacel"e Lewf Matthew MTSi,lli crt acT o M%I-
lidrcrd l;anls4c l;iGdieaailcr, ko.ers: Roller Roller
Saug,tcr, Scrugs,, smith, S!noot Snid%w stephens
TaIilicrro IAon.a., Tihill, Walker, Watson. Whar-
ton. VI iiiialnS, aud iouns-s!:
Cox. Daniel Dc!ai9y. Donald, uooley, nungey,
Fletcher, trecnaE' Gilman. l'id, y i; zones Il:
:, Joncs. Kelly, Las cr, lawson linscomh: i.nyen-
stem Matthews, Miner. Nc'c. Norton. O'Fcrrall,
Parks. Patterson. Itocr;sor Russell. Sout!l Tur-
lin, W'.lkc. Watts, aud Mr.. Speaker IIan9cr-3i.
1Ir. \. i. LrGnryER said that he. would
! have voted in the negative had he not paired
oil with Mr.. BUTLER, who was absent on
leave.
A motion to reconsider was made and lost,
and The ill was at once communicated to
the Senate.
| BANKRUPT LAW.
Senate joint resolution petitioning Con-
gress to amend the bankrupt law as to Vir-
ginia so As to make it conform to the home
stead exemption provision Of the State Con-
stitution was taken up, OH motion CT Mr..
WALKER, and passed.
| RELIEF OF DEBTORS.
House bill for the relief Of debtors and for
the adjustment OF debts came up as untnish'
ed business, the pending motion being that
of Mr.. BAGwELL to dismiss the bill. Mr..
Smrns substitute being ruled out of order
The motion was opposed by Mcssrs. Dot:
GLAs, BsIsrow, and O'FgRRALL, and favored
by Mcssls. BROOKE, DANIEL, and others: 1t
was then csrried-aycs, 80; noes; Az:
HOUR OF MEETING.
On motion OF Mr. DESEALE the solution
providing for night sessions was resclnded,
and it was ordered that the House viii Ecce'
after meet ut 10 O'Clock 4. NJ.
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