Scott, Wm. C. Scott, Sharp, Sillington, Spurlock, A. H. H. Stuart, C. J. Stuart, Summers, Tarr, Tayloe, and Willey.--50.
Nays.--Messrs. Ambler, Armstrong, Jas. Barbour, Blakey, Boissean, Borst, Boyd, Branch, Brent, Bruce, Byrne, Cabell, Chambliss, Chapman, Coffman, Conn, C. B. Conrad, Jas. H. Cox, Richard H. Cox, Custis, DeskWise, and Woods.--75.
So the amendment to the amendment was lost.
The question then recurred on the amendment offered by Mr. Seawell.
Mr. Woods, of Barbour, desired to address the Committee, but was declared out of order.
The vote was then taken, and resulted as follows:
Yeas.--Messrs. Ambler, Jas. Barbour,Jas. Barbour, Blakey, Boissean, Borst, Bruce, Cabell, Chambliss, Chapman, Coffman, Conn, Richard H. Cox, Fisher, Flournoy, Forbes, Garland, Graham, Gregory, John Goode, Jr., Thos F. Goode, Cyrus Hall, L. S. Hall, Holcombe, Hunton, Isbell, Kent, Kindred, Lawson, Leake, Chas. K. Mallory, Marye, Miller, Montague, Morris, Morton, Neblett, Parks, R
abolish slavery; if it was vital to her social system, Virginia would die; and in the attempt to abolitionize the Government which had been made by the Republican party, the whole political system of the nation had been torn asunder.
If this was not proof enough of the vitality of slavery in the political system, he knew not what vitality was.
The question being on Mr. Wise's amendment, the yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Conrad, and the vote resulted as follows:
Yeas.--Messrs. James Barbour, Blakey, Boissean, Borst, Branch, Cabell, Chambliss, Coffman, Conn, Richard H. Cox, Fisher, Garland, Graham, Gregory, John Goode, Jr., Hunton, Isbell, Kent, Kindred, Lawson, Miller, Montague, Morris, Morton, Neblett, Parks, Richardson, Seawell, Sheffey, Speed, Strange, Francis B. Turner, Whitfield, Wise, and Woods. --37.
Nays.--Messrs. Janney, (President,) Armstrong, Aston, Baldwin, A. M. Barbour, Baylor, Berlin, Blow, Boggess, Boyd, Brent, Brown, Bruce, Burdett, Burley, Byrne,