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s 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 by such a feeling. The Committee then rose, and the Chairman reported progress. Federal Relations. Mr. Dorman, of Rockbridge, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on Federal Relations inquire into the expediency of amendments to the Constitution of the United States being submitted by this State to the other States of the Union, providing and declaring, first, that Electors of President and Vice President shall be chosen on the District system; and second, that persons of African blood, in whole or in part, are not, and shall not be, citizens of the United States, o
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
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,
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ments 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 dissension. Mr. Clemens, of Ohio, rose to a question of order. He said tnce — sufficient to constitute a quorum. Several members, it was announced, were on the sick list; some were engaged in other duties at the Legislature; some were in the 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 k
om the much despised Northwest, and though he loved the Union, he did not love it well enough to be willing to lay down all his rights as a man — not well enough to say to Virginia, the good old mother, lay down your imperial robes, clothe yourself in sackcloth, and bend the suppliant knee to Abraham Lincoln. The President here announced that the hour had arrived for 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 others, Commissioners from Maryland. The communication was read by the Secretary, as follows: To the Honorable, the Presid
the member from Rockbridge. He at least knew enough of the character of the gentlemen composing the Commission, to say that they were entitled to respect. He suggested that the member from Northampton modify his motion, and let the communication be referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Fisher accepted the modification, and the paper was so referred and ordered to be printed. Committee of the Whole. The Convention resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, (Mr. Southall, of Albemarle in the chair,) and proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Randolph, of Richmond City, resumed his remarks. He read from the opinion of Judge Curtis, the exponent of Black Republicanism on the Supreme Bench of the United States, that slavery was only a creature of municipal law, and could have no existence beyond the circumference of the law so creating it; also, from the opinions of Lord Mansfield and Lord Stowell, showing how slav
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sion; 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 those Commissioners her
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mond. He repelled the statement that there was any abolitionism among the people whom he represented: One thing was certain — that, upon the poll-books of the section represented by the gentleman from Harrison were recorded votes for Abraham Lincoln, while the poll-books of Richmond exhibited no such record. He thought it a condescension in the Convention to be indulging in crimination and recrimination, and in appeals to local prejudice. There was a higher duty to perform.--The countthe Union, he did not love it well enough to be willing to lay down all his rights as a man — not well enough to say to Virginia, the good old mother, lay down your imperial robes, clothe yourself in sackcloth, and bend the suppliant knee to Abraham Lincoln. The President here announced that the hour had arrived for 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 t
he necessity of bread riots, such as would be witnessed in the streets of Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York within the next sixty days. Mr. Fisher renewed the motion to lay the resolutions on the table, but withdrew it at the request of Mr. Turner, of Jackson, who proceeded to relieve the Northwest from the charge of unfair dealing in introducing the question of taxation. He showed that the act calling the Convention contemplated a change in the organic law of the State. Mr. Turner raiMr. Turner raised a question of order, to the effect that similar resolutions, offered by himself, some time ago, were now upon the table; but the question was not pressed. Mr. Early, of Franklin, spoke of the newspaper report, that there existed a bargain among the members from the different sections; that if the Eastern men would vote on the side of Union, the Northwest would yield the question of taxation. He knew nothing of such a bargain. He was not prepared to vote for a change in the organic law
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he side of Union, the Northwest would yield the question of taxation. He knew nothing of such a bargain. He was not prepared to vote for a change in the organic law of the State, his people were interested in the great questions now agitating the nation; but he was willing to vote for a resolution to confide the subject to a committee. They could report at an adjourned session of the Convention, for it was pretty well understood that the Convention would adjourn over. Mr. Wilson, of Harrison, alluded to the constant charge of disloyalty and abolitionism, brought against the people of the Northwest. It was time it should be stopped. He admitted that there were abolitionists in that quarter of the State, but expressed his belief that there were more in the city of Richmond than in his whole Congressional district. It was his 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 d
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