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March 18th, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
Monuay, March 18th, 1861. The Convention was called to order at half-past 10 o'clock. Very few members were present, and it is a noticeable fact that among the absentees were a large proportion of those who voted for the resolution to change the hour of meeting. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Brown, of the Presbyterian Church. Taxation and representation. The pending question at the adjournment on Saturday was on a motion of Mr. Sea cohter,, of Campbell, to lay on the table the resolutions of Mr. Willey, of Monongalia, viz: Resolved. That taxation should be equal and uniform throughout the Commonwealth, and that all property should be taxed in proportion to its raise. Resolved. That a committee of thirteen members be appointed to prepare and report to the Convention such alterations of sections 22 and 23 of Article IV. of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, in shall conform said sections to the principle of taxation enunciated in the foregoing resolution.
1865 AD (search for this): article 1
the North that we were involved in difficulty upon a domestic question, and consequently retard any action proposed by the Convention upon the National difficulties. He thought the subject of taxation should at once be laid upon the table, and that it ought not again to be agitated. The people demanded no such action, and the Convention was called for no such purpose. The Constitution, as remodeled in the last Convention, provided for the continuance of the existing order of things until 1865, and the people having ratified that instrument, the inference was that they were satisfied that the arrangement should not be disturbed previous to that period. The present time, he contended, was the most inopportune of all others for the agitation of the question. At the proper time he would unite with them in an effort to render the organic law acceptable to all sections; but the present he did not consider the proper time, and he hoped the resolutions would be laid upon the table.
Barbour (search for this): article 1
and that he would find himself solitary and alone. He would vote to lay the resolutions on the table, for he believed their consideration now would embarrass the primary question which the Convention was called to consider. Mr. Woods, of Barbour, said he had hoped there would have been magnanimity enough among Eastern gentlemen to have proposed a plan for equalizing the taxes, without waiting for it to come from the West. He regretted the latitude that the debate had taken, and that th going into Committee of the Whole for the purpose of considering the report of the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Doeman, of Rockbridge, moved that the execution of the order of the day be postponed in order to give the gentleman from Barbour an opportunity of finishing his remarks; but directly withdrew the motion. The Maryland Commissioners. The President.--Before going into committee, I beg leave to lay before the Convention a communication from Hon. Wm. Mitchell and other
E. W. Branch (search for this): article 1
belief that if something were not done in regard to the taxation of slave property, there would be a conflict — not between sections of the State--but a dire and irrepressible conflict between the laboring man and the slaveholder. He strongly maintained the loyalty of Western Virginia, and if a settlement could not be obtained, he would go for severing the Gordian knot which binds us to the Union; but he thought with a little time and patience the whole difficulty might be adjusted. Mr. Branch, of Petersburg, thought that slave property ought to be taxed according to its value to the owner in Virginia, not according to its value in Louisiana and Mississippi. if the Convention were to pass an Ordinance of Secession, he thought the organic law in respect to taxation ought to be changed. The mercantile class of the East, he contended, bore a proportion of the taxes more than equivalent to the taxes paid by the West, of which they so much complained. He was opposed to action upon
John Brown (search for this): article 1
it is a noticeable fact that among the absentees were a large proportion of those who voted for the resolution to change the hour of meeting. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Brown, of the Presbyterian Church. Taxation and representation. The pending question at the adjournment on Saturday was on a motion of Mr. Sea cohter,, ofin the Commonwealth, and that they report amendments of the an Article of the Constitution accordingly. In consideration of the small attendance of members, Mr. Brown, of Preston, appealed to the gentleman from Campbell to withdraw his motion to lay the resolutions on the table, Mr. Slaughter declined to withdraw the moti Committee on Federal Relations, and some absent from the city. Mr. Slaughter now consented to withdraw his motion to lay the resolutions on the table. Mr. Brown proceeded to address the Convention upon the subject of the resolutions,commencing with a defence of the institution of slavery. He contended that the keeping o
Campbell (search for this): article 1
oted for the resolution to change the hour of meeting. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Brown, of the Presbyterian Church. Taxation and representation. The pending question at the adjournment on Saturday was on a motion of Mr. Sea cohter,, of Campbell, to lay on the table the resolutions of Mr. Willey, of Monongalia, viz: Resolved. That taxation should be equal and uniform throughout the Commonwealth, and that all property should be taxed in proportion to its raise. Resolved. That aumber of the qualified voters in the Commonwealth, and that they report amendments of the an Article of the Constitution accordingly. In consideration of the small attendance of members, Mr. Brown, of Preston, appealed to the gentleman from Campbell to withdraw his motion to lay the resolutions on the table, Mr. Slaughter declined to withdraw the motion. He believed that the resolutions were like a firebrand thrown into the midst of the Convention, to inflame excitement and produce di
Caperton (search for this): article 1
he contended, bore a proportion of the taxes more than equivalent to the taxes paid by the West, of which they so much complained. He was opposed to action upon the subject now. The Convention had no right to change the Constitution while Virginia remained in the Union.-- He believed, that in the event of withdrawal, every slaveholder in Eastern Virginia would willingly submit to an equalization of taxes. He decanted upon the law taxing the income of labor as unjust and oppressive. Mr. Caperton, of Monroe, alluded to the remark of the gentleman from Franklin, proposing to confide the subject to a committee, and postponing action thereupon to an adjourned session of the Convention. He conceived that such a course would show to the people of the North that we were involved in difficulty upon a domestic question, and consequently retard any action proposed by the Convention upon the National difficulties. He thought the subject of taxation should at once be laid upon the table,
E. F. Chambers (search for this): article 1
asion for such collision; and, with this view, we respectfully suggest such an alteration in the language of your resolution as will express its object to be that delegates to the proposed Convention shall be elected, either directly by the people, or through the agency of a sovereign State Convention. In the hope and expectation that this request will be favorably considered by your Convention, we have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servants, W. Mitchell, E. F. Chambers, Wm. Henry Norris, Isaac D. Jones, J. Hanson Thomas. Mr. Fisher, of Northampton, moved that the communication be laid on the table and printed. Mr. Samuel McDowell Moore, of Rockbridge, hoped the order to print would not be adopted. The Convention was already annoyed enough by the proceedings of county meetings and other matters, without being burdened by the printing of communications from other States. The Convention had received no information as to who had sent tho
Chambliss (search for this): article 1
Congress. With regard to the interest of labor, he spoke at some length, denouncing the doctrine of an "irrepressible conflict" as a base coinage for vile party purposes. He presented in a strong view to the people of the Western section of the State, the question of their true interest in a Southern Confederacy, where their labor would meet its full development, while in the North it would meet nothing but competition and oppression. Mr. Randolph was arguing this point, when Mr. Chambliss, of Greensville, said it was apparent that the gentleman from Richmond was physically unable to proceed, and as his argument was a very able and interesting one, he desired to give him an opportunity of going into it fully to-morrow. He therefore moved that the committee rise. Mr. Randolph expressed a sense of delicacy at throwing himself upon the indulgence of the Convention for another day; but Mr. Johnson, of Richmond, assured him that there was no necessity for being influenced
Clemens (search for this): article 1
the motion. He believed that the resolutions were like a firebrand thrown into the midst of the Convention, to inflame excitement and produce dissension. Mr. Clemens, of Ohio, rose to a question of order. He said there was no quorum present, and it was incompetent for the Convention to proceed to the transaction of any busiorth, the sceptre of manufacturing and commercial supremacy would saver be restored to her. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Randolph was interrogated by Mr. Clemens, and very promptly answered. Mr. Clemens indicated his purpose to reply hereafter to some of the positions assumed by the member from Richmond. The speakerMr. Clemens indicated his purpose to reply hereafter to some of the positions assumed by the member from Richmond. The speaker drew a distinction between a condition of free trade with the South and free trade with the North, showing that in the former we were in less danger from foreign competition. In the Southern Congress Virginia would have a larger representation than any other State; she would have a leading voice in the councils, but he hoped to G
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