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n of the honor of the State, I shall, reluctantly, sorrowfully, record my vote for the bill. Mr. Martin, of Henry, submitted a few remarks in explanation of his vote, in which he was understood to coincide in sentiment with Mr. Kemper. Mr. Jones, of Gloucester, expressed his objections to the bill as it read, but would vote for it rather than nothing. Mr. Yerby said: I stated some days ago that I was in favor of calling a State Convention, as well as of a General Southern Conventianted a straight-out Convention, charged with the duty of speaking the voice of the people. He would vote for the bill, though he could not approve of many of its provisions. Mr. Booker favored the passage of the bill as it now read. Mr. Jones, of Appomattox, wanted a Convention untrammeled by legislative enactments--one acquainted with our wrongs, and one vested with the power of exacting redress. Mr. Dickinson gave an explanation of his vote, which he cast in the interest of c