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The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
hat they are of opinion, that it should be ratified, then to report a suitable form of ratification. Mr. Nelson moved to lay the resolution on the table. Yeas and nays demanded, and recorded as follows: Yeas--Messrs. August, Brannon, Bruce, Carson, Claiborne, Coghill, Day, Dickenson of Grayson, Finly, Finney, Greever, Logan, Lynch, Nash, Neason, Newlon, Paxton, Quesenberry, Smith, Thompson, and Urquhart--21. Nays,--Messrs. Carraway, Carter, Christian, Hubbard, Johnson, Marshalnegro was under 40 years of age, and -- when over that age, to be collected and paid into the Treasury by the Clerk of the Court. The proposition caused some discussion, in which Messrs. Stuart and August opposed the bill, and Messrs. Early, Bruce and Coghill argued in its favor. The amendment of Mr. Paxton coming up, the yeas and nays were demanded — yeas 13, nays 15. An unsuccessful motion to adjourn was made. Mr. Newlon offered an amendment which was rejected, without com
The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Then it may be said of Ballard Preston, "after life's fitful fever he sleeps well." He would go to the North or to the South, or to the judgment seat of God, in vindication of the rights of Virginia. [Applause.] Mr. Wise, of Princess Anne, next addressed the Convention. After an allusion to the eloquence of the gentleman who had preceded him, he said he did not feel as if he was standing alone. The gentleman stood near enough to call him his own, with the gentleman from Halifax, (Mr. Bruce.) He then went on to discuss the propositions, which he contended not only provided for dual, but triple guarantees of power. Mr. Preston conceded this, but said the gentleman had shown the justness of his argument by pointing out the guarantees demanded by amendments to the Constitution. Mr. Preston reiterated the argument which he had made. Mr. Wise proposed to show that there were other guarantees of power, which the committee had not made, but which were perfectly practicabl