... Bouldin claimed that the amendment embraced a principle of the highest importance to the people of Virginia. They were entitled, in this crisis, to a full hearing in the proposed Congress. Mr. Wise regretted the amendment, for it came within the purview of the position assumed by the gentleman from Kanawha, (Mr. Summers.) He (Mr. Wise) was in favor of the white basis here at home, but when we g...