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Amelia Court House (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 1
tlingtone Slaughter, Southall, Speed, Spurlock, Staples, Chapman J. Stuart, Sammers, Sutherlin, Tarr, Taylor, Waller, Whitfield, Willey, and Wilson.--89. So the motion to strike out and insert was decided in the negative. Mr. Harvie, of Amelia, said various inquiries had been made of him as to when he should offer his minority report as a substitute for the report of the committee. He gave notice that he would do so at the proper time. Mr. Goggin, of Bedford, said he would give a similar notice that when the gentlemen from Amelia offered his amendment, he should offer his report as an amendment thereto. The Secretary was then directed to read the first resolution of the committee's report, as follows: 1.Be it Resolved and Declared by the People of the State of Virginia, in Convention Assembled, That the States which composed the United States of America, when the Federal Constitution was formed, were independent sovereignties, and in adopting that instrument
Chester, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): article 1
Virginia State Convention.thirty-sixth day. Wednesday, March 27, 1861. The Convention was called to order at 10 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Willis, of the Baptist Church. Mr. Turner, of Jackson, moved a call of the roll, which was ordered, and a bare quorum ascertained to be present. Voice of the people Mr. Cox, of Chesterfield, presented a series of resolutions, adopted by a portion of the citizens of his county, at Chester, on Saturday last, in favor of secession. Mr. Cox said the meeting was respectable in character and numbers, and the expression of sentiment would have its due weight with him. Referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Equality of taxation. The President said the pending business before the Convention was the consideration of Mr. Willey's resolution on taxation and representation. Mr. Turner, of Jackson, being entitled to the floor, addressed the Convention in favor of the passage of the resolutions. He protested a
Middlesex Village (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): article 1
and, within the just limits of the Constitution, to protect with equal care the great interests that spring from the institutions of each. Mr. Montague, of Middlesex, moved to amend by inserting in the fourth line, after the word "were," the words"and still are," so that it would read"were, and still are, independent sovereiging their doctrine of consolidation, the people would repudiate it. Mr. Carlile, of Harrison, took the floor, and called the attention of the gentleman from Middlesex to the language of the Declaration of Independence; he thought if the doctrines advocated by the gentleman were true, the authors of that instrument did not unde Madison's opinions as bearing upon the present issue,) and advocated the amendment. Mr. Slaughter, of Campbell, thought the amendment of the gentleman from Middlesex was out of place, though he agreed with him in many of his positions. The amendment which he preferred would be to insert "and did not part with their sovereign
Chesterfield (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): article 1
Virginia State Convention.thirty-sixth day. Wednesday, March 27, 1861. The Convention was called to order at 10 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Willis, of the Baptist Church. Mr. Turner, of Jackson, moved a call of the roll, which was ordered, and a bare quorum ascertained to be present. Voice of the people Mr. Cox, of Chesterfield, presented a series of resolutions, adopted by a portion of the citizens of his county, at Chester, on Saturday last, in favor of secession. Mr. Cox said the meeting was respectable in character and numbers, and the expression of sentiment would have its due weight with him. Referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Equality of taxation. The President said the pending business before the Convention was the consideration of Mr. Willey's resolution on taxation and representation. Mr. Turner, of Jackson, being entitled to the floor, addressed the Convention in favor of the passage of the resolutions. He protested ag
United States (United States) (search for this): article 1
that by virtue of the Constitution. African slavery does exist in all the territory of the United States, and must be protected by the Federal Government. 2d. Upon all questions relating to th settle the vexed question of the Territories, it is agreed that in all the territory of the United States, now held or hereafter acquired, situate north of 36 deg. 30 min. north latitude, slavery is prohibited. and in all the territory of the United States, now held or hereafter acquired, south of said due, African slavery is recognized as existing, and shall receive its necessary protection aholding of slaves. 10th. That the importation of slaves from foreign countries into the United States shall be foreign prohibited. 11th. That Congress shall have no power to interfere with e of the State of Virginia, in Convention Assembled, That the States which composed the United States of America, when the Federal Constitution was formed, were independent sovereignties, and in adopt
Preussen (search for this): article 1
en, by by the position of Virginia, she might be dragged into a foreign war, against her will, she should be regarded as sovereign? Mr. Wise replied that she would. He referred, in support of this position, to the Confederacies of Europe. Prussia, as one of the German Confederacies, might be dragged into a foreign war against her will; yet no one would assert that Prussia was not an independent sovereignty. The right of secession, as truly stated by the gentlemen from Portsmouth, attached, in support of this position, to the Confederacies of Europe. Prussia, as one of the German Confederacies, might be dragged into a foreign war against her will; yet no one would assert that Prussia was not an independent sovereignty. The right of secession, as truly stated by the gentlemen from Portsmouth, attaches unequivocally to the sovereignty and independence of a States. Pending Mr. Wise's remarks, the hour of 2 having arrived, the Committee took a recess till 4 o'clock P. M.
Northampton (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): article 1
ate-rights, or in favor of any idea of consolidation. Mr. Baylor, of Augusta, said he was a State-Rights man; but if the State of Virginia could not make a law in conflict with the Constitution of the United States, how could she be sovereign and independent? So far as his vote could go, he was willing to declare that she was sovereign and independent to the extent that she had powers delegated to her by the Federal Constitution. He was opposed to the amendment. Mr. Fisher, of Northampton, after an allusion to the State-Rights doctrine advanced by the gentleman from Rockbridge, said that the position occupied by the gentleman from Harrison was as hostile to the report of the committee, as was the position occupied by the State-Rights party in this Convention. Mr. Carlile hoped the gentleman would not pronounce him inconsistent until after he had cast his vote. Mr. Fisher asked pardon. He hoped that when the vote was taken, the gentleman from Harrison would go wi
Sutherlin (search for this): article 1
ate, Garland, Gillespie, Gravely, Gray, Goggin, Addison Hall, Cyrus Hall, Ephraim B. Hall, Hammond, Haymond, Hoge, Holladay, Hubbard, Hughes, Huil, Jackson, Marmaduke Johnson, Peter C. Johnston, Kilby, Lewis, McComas, McGrew, McNeil, Macfarland, Marshall, Marye, Maslin, Masters, Miller, Moffet, Nelson, Osburn, Parks, Petrick, Pendleton, Porter, Preston, Price, Pugh, Rives, Robt. E. Scott, Sharp, Sheffey, Sitlingtone Slaughter, Southall, Speed, Spurlock, Staples, Chapman J. Stuart, Sammers, Sutherlin, Tarr, Taylor, Waller, Whitfield, Willey, and Wilson.--89. So the motion to strike out and insert was decided in the negative. Mr. Harvie, of Amelia, said various inquiries had been made of him as to when he should offer his minority report as a substitute for the report of the committee. He gave notice that he would do so at the proper time. Mr. Goggin, of Bedford, said he would give a similar notice that when the gentlemen from Amelia offered his amendment, he should offe
Parks (search for this): article 1
own, Burdett, Burley, Byrne, Cabell, Campbell, Carlile, Chapman, Clemens, C. R. Conrad, Robt. Y. Conrad, Couch, James H. Cox, Custis, Deskins, Dorman, Dulany, Early, Echols, Forbes, Fugate, Garland, Gillespie, Gravely, Gray, Goggin, Addison Hall, Cyrus Hall, Ephraim B. Hall, Hammond, Haymond, Hoge, Holladay, Hubbard, Hughes, Huil, Jackson, Marmaduke Johnson, Peter C. Johnston, Kilby, Lewis, McComas, McGrew, McNeil, Macfarland, Marshall, Marye, Maslin, Masters, Miller, Moffet, Nelson, Osburn, Parks, Petrick, Pendleton, Porter, Preston, Price, Pugh, Rives, Robt. E. Scott, Sharp, Sheffey, Sitlingtone Slaughter, Southall, Speed, Spurlock, Staples, Chapman J. Stuart, Sammers, Sutherlin, Tarr, Taylor, Waller, Whitfield, Willey, and Wilson.--89. So the motion to strike out and insert was decided in the negative. Mr. Harvie, of Amelia, said various inquiries had been made of him as to when he should offer his minority report as a substitute for the report of the committee. He gave
Coffman (search for this): article 1
the first Monday in October next. Resolved, That the said amendments and ordinance be submitted to the people of this State, at the next general election, for their approval or rejection. The motion being to strike out the report of the committee and insert the substitute offered by Mr. Turner, the yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Conrad, of Frederick. The roll was then called, and the vote resulted as follows: Yeas.--Messrs. Ambler, Blakey, Boisseau, Borst, Chambliss, Coffman, Conn, Richard H. Cox, Fisher, Graham, Gregory, John Goode, Jr., Tho F Goode, Harvie, Holcombe, Hunton, Isbell, Kledred, Lawson, Leake, Chas. K. Mallory, Jas. B. Mallory, Montague, Morris, Morton, Neblett, Randolph, Richardson, Seawell, Strange, Thornton, Robt. H. Turner, Franklin P. Turner, Tyler, Williams, Wise, and Woods.--37. Nays.--Messrs Janney, (President,) Armstrong, Asion, Baldwin, Baylor, Berlin, Blow, Boggess, Boyd, Brent, Brown, Burdett, Burley, Byrne, Cabell, Campbell, Car
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