clause--"And in the event that this Commonwealth fails to obtain satisfactory responses to her requests, from the non-slaveholding States, she will feel compelled to resume the powers granted by her under the Constitution of the United States, and to throw herself upon her reserved rights."
This being regarded as a test question, the yeas and nays were demanded, and the Committee refused to strike out, by the following vote:
Yeas.--Messrs. Aston, Baldwin, Alfred M. Barbour, Baylor, Berliu, Boggess, Brown, Burdett, Campbell, Carlile, Carter, C. B. Conrad, Couch, Early, Fugate, Ephraim B. Hall, Haymond, Hubbard, Jackson, Janney, Lewis, McComas, McGrew, Marshall, Masters, Osburn, Patrick, Pendleton, Porter, Robert E Scott, Sharp, Sitlington, Chapman J. Stuart, Summers, Tarr, Wickham, and Willey.--37.
Nays.--Messrs. Ambler, Armstrong, James Barbour, Blakey, Blow, Roissean, Borst, Bouldin, Branch, Brent, Bruce, Byrne, Cabell, Chambliss, Chapman, Coffman, Conn, Robert Y. Conra