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thirty-three different subjects without light to guide them. Look at it with all the witticisms of the gentleman from Philadelphia, and the subject was done more justice to by that gentleman than it would have been by any one else, in this light, and when he calls in all those who live out of the city of Philadelphia to vote for recommitment, and consider the effects of these thirty-three ballot boxes. The gentleman told us the other day that the whole vote of the party with which he acted, so disgusted were they with the proceedings, would be thrown against the amendments, and that the people would reject them. This from his party was very candid. The whole delegation of Philadelphia could not have devised a mode more calculated to disgust the people of Pennsylvania than this. He was not disposed to disgust any one. He would wish to go according to law, which requires that the votes shall be given "For the amend ments," or Against the amendments." The proviso at the end of the law is this:-

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Provided, however, That if the said convention shall declare it to be most expedient to submit the amendments to the people in distinct and separate propositions, it shall be the duty of the said judges, inspectors and clerks, to receive ballots prepared accordingly, or in any way which said convention may direct."

He therefore dissented from the opinion of the gentleman from Philadelphia as to the mode in which the amendments shall be submitted. Therefore, he thought they should be submitted as amendments. The tickets should be marked, as designated by the act, "For," or "Against the amendments." This was not only the most reasonable mode of submitting the amendments to the people, but, viewing the vote on the amendments. in connexion with all the other subjects which would require the action of the people on that day, the only practicable mode of submitting them. For these reasons, then, he hoped that the motion to recommit the report would not prevail.

Mr. REIGART, of Lancaster, demanded the previous question, and, a sufficient number rising to sustain the call, the previous question was ordered.

The question being "Shall the main question be now put?"

Mr. DENNY asked for the yeas and nays on this question, and they were ordered.

And on the question,

Shall the main question be now put?

The yeas and nays were required by Mr. DENNY and Mr. HIESTER, and are as follow, viz:

YEAS.-Messrs. Banks, Barclay, Bedford, Bigelow, Bonham, Brown, of Lancaster, Brown, of Northampton, Brown, of Philadelphia, Cleavinger, Crain, Crawford, Cruin, Cummin, Curll, Darrah, Dillinger, Donagan, Donnell, Doran, Fleming, Foulkrod, Fuller, Gamble, Gearhart, Gilmore, Grenell, Harris, Hastings, Hayhurst, High, Hyde, Ingersoll, Keim, Kennedy, Kerr, Krebs, Lyons, Maclay, Magee, Mann, Merkel, Miller, Myers, Nevin, Overfield, Payne, Porter, of Northampton, Purviance, Reigart, Read, Riter, Ritter, Rogers, Royer, Scheetz, Sellers, Shellito, Smith, of Columbia, Smyth, of Centre, Snively, Sterigere, Stickel, Sturdevant, Taggart, Todd, Weaver-66.

NAYS.-Messrs Agnew, Baldwin, Barndollar, Barnitz, Carey, Chambers, Chandler, of Philadelphia, Chauncey, Clapp, Cline, Coates, Cochran, Cope, Cox, Cunningham, Darlington, Denny, Dickey, Dickerson, Dunlop, Farrelly, Hays, Henderson, of Alle

gheny, Henderson, of Dauphin, Hiester, Hopkinson, Jenks, Konigmacher, Long, M'Dowell, M'Sherry, Meredith, Merrill, Montgomery, Pennypacker, Porter, of Lancaster, Russell, Saeger, Scott, Serrill, Sergeant, President-41.

So the question was determined in the affirmative.

And the second resolution, as amended, was agreed to.

A motion was made by Mr. REigart,

That the convention proceed to the consideration of the amendments to the several articles of the constitution, as prepared and engrossed for final passage.

Which was agreed to.

The PRESIDEET in reply to an inquiry from Mr. Scorт, said the vote of the convention would not be upon each amended section separately, but upon the entire article, after it had been read, unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the convention.

A motion was then made by Mr. Scott,

That the question be taken on each amendment separately on the question of final passage.

Mr. STERIGERE said, the better plan would be to let all the amendments be read over, and if the gentleman from the city of Philadelphia, (Mr. Scott) or any other member of the convention wished to have the question on any amendment taken separately, it might be so taken.

A debate followed, in which Messrs. ScoTT, Kerr, HayHURST, and BROWN, of Philadelphia county, participated.

After a few words in reference to the proper course of proceeding, by Messrs. BROWN, of Philadelphia county, FULLER, Sterigere, MEREDITH, READ, DICKEY, and Merrill,

The PRESIDENT said :

It will be recollected that there was a committee appointed originally consisting of nine members, on the motion of the gentleman from the city of Philadelphia, (Mr. Hopkinson) to whom the amendments made on second reading were sent, to be examined and arranged-with what power the chair cannot say, as that was a matter of doubt. Subsequently, that committee was discharged, and a committee, consisting of three members, was appointed in their place; and after the amendments had had their second reading they were sent to the committee to be prepared and engrossed for a third reading. That committee prepared, but did not engross them. They made a report of them to the convention, and, upon their coming into the convention, the committee also reported certain amendments which they thought necessary; some of which were verbal, and some more than verbal. To reach these amendments, it was necessary to go into committee of the whole. The convention then went into committee. The amendments generally were adopted, though some were not. They were then reported by the committee of the whole, were agreed to by the convention, and were ordered to be engrossed for the question of final passage. So that the articles are now on a third reading. It will thus be perceived that the difference between gentlemen on this point is more verbal than real. The amendments have never been engrossed until now.

The debate was further continued by Messrs. MERRILL and DENNY.

After which, the question on the amendment of Mr. Scott was taken, and rejected.

And the amendments to the first article having been then read by the secretary:

A motion was made by Mr. BROWN, of Philadelphia county, that the question be taken on the whole of the amendments to the entire constitution collectively.

Mr. B. said, he thought that as the convention had refused to give the amendments to the people in broken doses, for separate digestion, the convention ought to be willing to shew that this body was not afraid to swallow the whole in one dose.

The CHAIR decided that the motion of the gentleman from the county of Philadelphia could only be agreed to under a vote of two-thirds." Mr. BROWN thereupon withdrew his motion.

A motion was made by Mr. STERIGERE,

That the said first article be re-committed to the committee of the whole, for the purpose of amending the amendment made in the fourth seetion, by striking therefrom all after the word "hundred," in the eighth line, and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz :—

"Each county now erected which shall, at the time of making any apportionment of representatives, contain one half of the ratio of taxable inhabitants which shall then be established, shall have at least one representative."

The CHAIR said, that the motion of the gentleman from Montgomery, was not in order.

Mr. STERIGERE said, he would then move to postpone the further consideration of the amedments to the said article until to-morrow, for the purpose of making the amendment indicated by him. The amendment, continued Mr. S. as gentlemen will perceive, relates to the number of representatives given to the different counties.

The committee of which the gentleman from Luzerne, (Mr. Woodwaid) is chairman, have reported a provision that those parts of the present constitution which have not been altered are to take date, and to be considered as if passed at the time of the adoption of the constitution of 1790; and that the amendments to the present constitution, if ratified by the people, shall take effect from the time of their ratification, or some other special time mentioned in this report. We are thus about to give a construction or meaning to the constitution, different from what the words themselves imply; or in other words, we shall make one part of the constitution take effect at one time, and another at another. We have had votes enough here to satisfy us, that this provision will not be allowed to take effect at the same time as the other amendments to the constitution, in the same language in which it now stands.

He believed there was also some disposition to go to some extent beyond the report of the committee. His motion then was to correct the section so as t to allow each county, having half a ratio, one member at least. Now, if the amendment he proposed, should be made to the section, there would be no occasion to make the alteration recommended by the committee. It was not his intention to take up the time of the com

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mittee. The further consideration of the article might be postponed till to-morrow, if no objection was offered, or the amendment he had indicated, might be made at this time in about ten minutes.

Mr. PAYNE, of M'Kean county, thought inasmuch as article ten gave the power to the legislature to make future amendments to the constitution, they would every year become satisfied of the necessity of making some amendment in this respect, and would eventually make it.

The question being taken on the motion, it was negatived.

The question next recurring, was on the final passage of the amend

ments.

Mr. STERIGERE, ask for the yeas and nays thereon, which being taken were-yeas 90; nays 28.

YEAS-Messrs. Banks, Barclay, Barndollar, Bedford, Bell, Bonham, Brown, of Lancaster, Brown, of Northampton, Brown, of Philadelphia, Butler, Carey, Clapp, Clarke, of Beaver, Clark, of Dauphin, Clarke, of Indiana, Cleavenger, Cline, Cochran, Cox, Crain, Crawford, Cummin, Cunningham, Curll, Darrah, Dickerson, Dillinger, Donnagan, Donnell, Doran, Earle, Fleming, Forward, Foulkrod, Fry, Fuller, Gamble, Gearhart, Gilmore, Grenell, Hastings, Hayhurst, Hays, Henderson, of Allegheny, Henderson, of Dauphin, Hiester, High, Hyde, Ingersoll, Jenks, Keim, Kennedy, Kerr, Konigmacher, Krebs, Long, Lyons, Magee, Mann, M’Cahen, M’Dowell, Merkel, Miller, Montgomery, Myers, Nevin, Overfield, Payne, Porter, of Lancaster, Purviance, Reigart, Read, Riter, Ritter, Rogers, Seager, Scheetz, Sellers, Serrill, Shellito, Smith, of Columbia, Smyth, of Centre, Snively Serigere, Stckel, Sturdevant, Taggart, Weaver, Woodward, Young-90.

NAYS-Messrs. Agnew, Baldwin, Barnitz, Chambers, Chandler, of Philadelphia, Chauncey, Coates, Cope, Crum, Darlington, Denny, Dickey, Dunlop, Farrelly, Harris, Hopkinson, Maclay, M'Sherry, Meredith, Merrill, Pennypacker, Royer, Russell, Scott, Thomas, Todd, Weidman, Sergeant, President-28.

So the amendments to the first article were agreed to.

The amendments to the third, eighth, fourteenth and fifteenth sections of the second article were then read a third time, and

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The question being will the convention agree to the amendments made in the second article?"

Mr. FULLER, of Fayette, asked for the yeas and nays on this qusetion, and they were ordered.

The question was then taken and decided in the affirmative as follows, viz:

YEAS-Messrs. Agnew, Banks, Barclay, Barndollar, Barnitz, Bedford, Bell, Bonham, Brown, of Lancaster, Brown, of Northampton, Brown, of Philadelphia, Butler, Carey, Chambers, Clapp, Clarke, of Beaver, Clark, of Dauphin, Clarke, of Indiana, Cleavinger, Cline, Cochran, Cox, Crain, Crawford, Cummin, Cunningham, Curll, Darrah, Dickey, Dickerson, Dillinger, Donagan, Donnell, Doran, Dunlop, Earle, Fleming, Foulkrod, Fry, Fuller, Gamble, Gearhart, Gilmore, Grenell, Hastings, Hayhurst, Hays, Henderson, of Allegheny, Henderson, of Dauphin, Hiester, High, Hyde, Ingersoll, Keim, Kennedy, Krebs, Long, Lyons, Magee, Mann, M'Cahen, M'Dowell, Merrill, Merkel, Miller, Montgomery, Myers, Nevin, Overfield, Payne, Purviance, Reigart, Read, Ritter, Rogers, Royer, Saeger, Scheetz, Sellers, Serrill, Shellito, Smith, of Columbia, Smyth, of Centre, Snively, Sterigere, Stickel, Sturdevant, Taggart, Weaver, Woodward, Young-91.

NAYS-Messrs. Baldwin, Chandler, of Philadelphia, Chauncey, Coates, Crum, Darlington, Denny, Farrelly, Forward, Harris, Hopkinson, Kerr, Konigmacher, Maclay, M'Sherry, Meredith, Pennypacker, Porter, of Lancaster, Russell, Scott, Thomas, Todd, Weidman, Sergeant, President-24.

So the question was determined in the affirmative.

THIRD ARTICLE.

The amedments to the first section of the third article were then read a third time, as follows, viz:

SECT. 1. In elections by the citizens, every white freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having resided in this state one year, and in the election district where he offers to vote, ten days immediately preceding such election, and within two years, paid a state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least ten days before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector. But a citizen of the United States, who had previously been a qualified voter of this state, and removed therefrom and returned, and who shall have resided in the election district, and paid taxes as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, after residing in the state six months: Provided, That white freemen, citizens of the United States, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-two years, and having resided in the state one year, and in the election district ten days as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, although they shall not have paid taxes.

Mr. REIGART, of Lancaster, asked for the yeas and nays on this section as amended.

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Mr. STERIGERE, said. The section as it has now been agreed to, alluding to persons being required to reside a year, contains the words immediately preceding such election ;" and so far as relates to the qualifications of persons between twenty-one and twenty-two years of age, it says having resided in the state one year, and in the election district ten days as aforesaid." Now, I apprehend it is the intention of the convention that persons who previously were qualified voters, but who have removed and returued, should also reside here six months immediately preceding an election. This would not be the construction of the section now, as I read it. And we ought to make it so plain that he who runs may read. I move, therefore, to amend the first section of the said article by inserting after the word "months," the words "immediately preceding any election."

The CHAIR said, that the amendment could not now be inserted without injury to the engrossment.

And objection having been made by Mr. DICKEY ;

Mr. STERIGERE, modified his motion to read as follows:

"That the convention resolve itself into a committee of the whole, for the purpose of amending the first section of the said article by inserting after the words "months," the word "immediately preceding any election."

Mr. DICKEY, hoped the convention would resist this motion, as it was altogether unnecessary.

And the question having been taken,

The amendment was rejected.

A motion was made by Mr. DArlington,

That the convention resolve itself into a committee of the whole, for the purpose of amending the first section of the said article, by striking

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