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The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
and with the native majesty of his great intellect, heightened by just and manly indignation, exclaimed: "The noble Duke cannot look before "him, or behind him, or on either side of him, "without seeing some noble peer who owes "his seat in this House to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong. "Does he not feel that it is as honorable to owe "it to these as to being the accident of an accident? No man venerates the peerage more "than I do; but, my Lords, I must say that "the peerage solicited me, not I the peerage. "Nay, more. I can say, and will say, that as a "Peer of Parliament, as Speaker of this Right "Honorable House, as Keeper of the Great "Seal, as the Lord High Chancellor of England; nay, even in that character alone, in "which the noble Duke would think it an "affront to be considered, but which character "none can deny me,--as a man I am, at this "time, as much respected as the proudest peer "I now look down upon." Commenting upon a mode of in
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1865., [Electronic resource], General Assembly of Virginia. (search)
. "Third. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall so continue during the present session of this General Assembly, unless sooner altered, amended or repealed." The Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation reported back House bill to incorporate the Norfolk City railway. Mr. Bentley, from the Committee on Banks, reported a bill restraining the banks of the State from making any disposition of their assets until otherwise provided by law. Mr. Lee, from the mition, therefore. "Resolved, That the Committee on Propositions and Grievances be instructed to take into consideration the forlorn condition of the class of persons first herein before mentioned, to inquire what legislation, if any, is necessary to arrest the untold miseries that threaten them, and report by bill or otherwise." The Committee on Finance reported back, with an amendment by way of a substitute, House joint resolution relative to the United States land tax. Adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1865., [Electronic resource], President's message.--General Grant's report. (search)
was ordered to be printed. House bill authorizing the York River Railroad Company to borrow money was passed almost unanimously. The Senate adjourned. House of Delegates. The House met at the usual hour. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Taylor. Public arms. Senate bill authorizing the collection of public arms was read a first and second times. Subsequently taken up and passed. State specie. Mr. Joynes, from the Committee on Courts of Justice, to whom was referred House resolution relative to the report made to the Governor by. J. M. Bennett, late Auditor of Public Accounts, made a report concerning the specie ($21,000) borrowed by the State from the Bank of the Commonwealth in March, 1865.--The facts connected with the money in question and its subsequent disposal have already been laid before the public.] The Committee gave as their opinion that this money cannot be recovered by the State because the State has no title to it. The bonds upon which the
The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], Alleged robbery by a drayman. (search)
tes Senators. But the majority fear the powers at Washington. J. R. Tucker, R. M. T. Hunter, Governor Peirpoint, General Strother, John M. Botts, C. H. Lewis, A. H. H. Stuart, J. B. Baldwin and L. C. P. Cowper are, according to this correspondent, the candidates. Mr. Grattan, ("the leader of the House,") Mr. Sewell and Mr. Garnett are for Hunter and Tucker; Mercier, Stearns and Lemosy for Botts; Gilmer for Peirpoint.-- "Messrs. Segar and Underwood do not seem to have any friends in either House, though they deserve many." [We give this gossip for what it is worth. It is surely new to us.] The correspondent of the New York Times writes that a growing sentiment exists here in favor of so altering the Constitution of Virginia as to make the possession of a certain amount of property and a knowledge of the arts of reading and writing necessary qualifications in every voter. So that, even if negroes were allowed to vote, but few would be qualified, and these very "conservati
The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
the same. The Constitution says all powers not expressly granted by the States are withheld. This power certainly is not granted; but what of that. Congress, like the British Parliament, is omnipotent, and can do what it pleases. The Constitution give to the States the power to regulate the suffrage question, each within its own limits. Never mind; that clause is in the way of certain designs; pull it down. The Constitution decides what disqualifies a man from being a member of either House. Certain members — none of them laboring under any of these disqualifications — present themselves, relying on the Constitution. What of that? Constitutions were not made for members of Congress. An Indian will shoot a fine horse to get the bell from his neck. These men will destroy, without hesitation, the finest work of the Constitution to obtain a party advantage. We repeat it, that sort of legislation does not suit the people of the country, and the party pursuing it must, soon
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