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The Daily Dispatch: April 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Evening session. (search)
Evening session. The Convention, in Committee of the Whole, (Mr. Price, of Greenbrier, in the chair,) proceeded to the consideration of amendments to the 8th section, proposed by Mr. Sneffey, of Smythe, and Mr. Campbell, of Washington county, both of which were lost. Mr. Summers, of Kanawha, proposed a further amendment, by striking out the words "they concede," in the third line, which was adopted. Mr. Montague, of Middlesex, moved to fill the blank thus created by inserting the words "they acknowledge." The amendment was lost — yeas 29, nays 90. Mr. Goode, of Bedford, moved to amend by inserting the words "they assert," in the place of the words "they concede," already stricken out. Rejected, after debate by Messrs. Goode and Baldwin. Mr. Tare, of Brooke, offered an amendment, which was defeated. The 8th resolution, as amended by Mr. Summers, was then adopted. Mr. Montague moved that the Committee rise. It was, he said, now 5 o'clock, and he