The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-26

Mr.. Wooddcll didn't believe q negrt
ought TO be allowed to serve on Jury Il
West Virginia. lie was too much Of [
Yirginian to vote Tor any such a PROPOSE
ton, BE was raised 10 believe his blooC
was too good for this.
Mr. Baker said he had not a drop o
blood in his veins. but was Virginian
The same blood that coursed through the
veins Of ThOs. Jefferson cOursed through
his. Yet, for oil that, lie wss in favor o.
this proposition. ~
MI. Butcher differed with the gentle
man from Ohio us to the constitutions
view he took OF it. He conceded to the
negro all their rights, but did not think
this was one OF them. The Legislature
has the power 70 say that no white man
who has not paid his taxes shall have the
right to sit on jury, and It had also the
right to debar negroes from juries. Il q
provision were inserted that all e0l0reG
persons should be tried by their peers, he
would favor it.
Mr.. Davenport interpreted the Consti.
tuition OF the State 10 be in favor Of free
and untrammeled rights. Upon every
principle Of right the motion should pre-
vail. If the Constitution don't protect
citizens from class legislation, he was
sorry that he had been a member Of the
Convention that framed 1t, and was
furthermore sorry that he had voted for
1t. The question Of the word white
was separately submitted to the people Of
this State, at the same time as the Con.
stituton, and there was not Bourbon op-
position enough against 1t, to secure it a
place on the ticket. This matter has been
settled by the people individually. The
civil rights bill provides there shall be no
distinction on this question. II 1t were
simply question Of policy, he might OPP
Dose the motion. He didn't want TO force
negroes on jurles, but he thought that
under the laws Of the United States, they
had rights there, and we had no right to
debar them. ,....-
Mr.. Knots, Of Calhoun, would support
the motion, because he thought It Ia
keeping with the State Constitution.
MIR. Price wanted to know II MIR. Wood.
dell thought Old Virginians were any
better than anybody else. There was no
African blood IN his veins, and he didn't
desire to have one sit by him, or bed with
him, but they had rights, and one Of
those rights was to sit on juries. He
thought his friend from Ohio, Sir. Daven.
port, had his "head level' on this subject
Dir. Wooddell considered it Of vital i'm.
portancG to the citizen Of this State that
our schools and jury boxes should be
held sacred and pure. The interests OF
the African would be safe in the hands OF
the white man, but he didn't think the
interests Of the white man would be safe
in the hands OF tho African.
The amendment was adopted, much 10
the surprise and qualification OF its friends.
and to the surprise and CONSERVATION Of
its opponents. The vote was as follows:
AYRs-Messrs. Miller, Speaker Baker,
Bridges, Bumgarner, Campbell, Clenden'
en-, Cofran, Davenport, Davis, Farms
worth, Ferguson, Fisher Fleming, Flow
ers, Floyd, Hudson, Hullihen, Ksntner,
Knots, iof Calhoun, mcmillan, Morrison,
Potter, Price, Reynolds, Rogers, Smith,
Snider, (oI Monongalia) Spates, Totten,
and Vossler-3O.
NOES Messrs. Bradford, Butcher,
Grow, Beaver, Jr., Foley, Hinchman,
Hindman, Hively, Laidley, Leggs, Lewis,
Miller, (of Fayctte,) Monroe, Robinson,
Shirley, Stone, Stout. Taylor (ot Ran
,dalph,) Taylor, (of RltchleO Thompson,
Triplett, Withrow and Wooddell-23.
On yesterday, however, Mr.. Fisher
moved a reconsideration Of the vote, and
after long debate his motion prevailed.
The Democracy, or at least some Of them,
couldn't dispense with the word white"
but one night. The motion OF MIR. Farms.
worth was then rejected by the following
vote: ...r -
AYEs-Messrs. Baker, Bridges, Brown,
Bumgarner, Campbell, Clendenen, Cofran,
Davenport, Davis, Farnsworth, Ferguson,
Fleming, Flowers, Floyd, Kantner, Nor.
rison, Potter, Price, Reynolds, Rogers,
Smith, Suider, (of MonongAlia,) Spates,
Tolten, Triplett, Vossler and Mhite-2G.
NoEs-SIessrs. Miller, (Speaker) Bar
rctt, Bradford, Butcher, Crow. Deaver,
Jr., Fisher, Foley, Hinchman, Hindman,
Hlvely, johnson, Knots, lot Calhoun)
Knots, tof Marlon,) Laidley, Legg, Lewis,
Mcmillan, Miller, (of FayetteO Monroe,
Prince, Robinson, Shirley, Stone, Stout,
Taylor, (of RandnIph,) Thompson, Trip
lett and Wooddell-29.
Poor democracy! That word white"
will be the death Of you yet,
Wednesday last, before James II. Nash,
U. s. Commissioner, Judge G. W. Smith,
was appointed assignee in the case Of
Judge James H. Ferguson, voluntary
bankrupt. Wesley Mollahsn, Esq, up.
peared for Judge Ferguson, and Hon. r.
b. Kline for the crelitors The debts
proven amounted to some $1,000.
notice telegram IN tho Register con-
corning the report Of the majority Of the
Printing Committee Of the House, on the
charges against Henry 8. Walker, which
is signed "Alpha." As this Is my nomms
do plume in my letters to your paper,
some persons have accused me Of sending
that dispatch. l desire to say, l neither
wrote 1t, nor sent 1t, nor did see It until
was published. ALPHA,