Mr. S. said, that he had voted against the section both in committee of the whole and in the convention, on the ground that he thought it an improper one. We were now on the third reading of the amendments, and must therefore consider all the principles as settled. He was oppo

sed to making any change, except as to matters of form. The language used, had been borrowed from the constitution of another state, which, perhaps, had been made in great haste, and it required some little alteration.

He agreed with the gentleman from Lancaster, (Mr. Hiester) in his remark that the words he proposed to have stricker: out were unnecessary and superfluous. They ought to be struck from the section. If we looked further into the section, we wou'd find the language there somewhat exceptionable. We found it laid down that no one, in any manner connected with a duel, shall hold any office of 'honor or profit in this Blate."

Now, he maintained that there are not in Pennsylvania, offices of honor, nor are there any honors of nobility conferred. But there are offices of trust both under the state and general government; and if there was any exclusion at all to a man's holding office, it was to an office of profit. The proposed change was to substitute truth for honor. His amendment embraced the language of the old constitution, relating to impeachments. The concluding sentence of the section, as it now stood, was in these words-" but the executive may reinit the said offence and all its disqualifications."

He (Mr. S.) confessed that he did not exactly understand this language. The governor might remit the disqualification, but he could not remit the offence.

Mr. S. asked for the reading of his amendment, so as to compare the language with that of the section.

Mr. READ, of Susquehanna, asked for the previous question, and the call was sustained.

The question being, "shall the main question be now put?"

It was decided in the affirmative.

And the question being,

Will the convention agree to the amendments made in the sixth article ?"

Mr. REIGART asked for the yeas and nays, which were ordered.

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

YEAS-Messrs. Agnew, Banks, Barndollar, Barnitz, Bedford, Bell, Bigelow, Bonham, Brown, of Lancaster, Brown, of Northampton, Brown, of Philadelphia, Butler, Carey, Clapp, Clarke, f Beaver, Clark. of Dauphin, Clark, of Indiana, Cleavenger, Cline, Cochran, Crawford Cunningham, Curll, Darrah, Denny. Dickey, Dickerson, Dillinger, Donagan, Donnell, Doran Earle. Fleming Forward Foulkrod, Fry, Fuller, Gamble, Gearhart, Gilmore, Grenell, Harris Hastings. Hayhurst, Hays, Helffenstein, Henderson, of Allegheny, Henderson. of Dauphin, Hiester, High, Hyde, Ingersoll, Jenks, Keim, Kennedy, Konigmacher, Krebs. Lyons, Magee, Mann, Martin, M'Cahen, M'Dowell, Merrill, Me kel, Miller, Montgomery, Myers, Nevin, Overfield, Payne, l'urviance, Reigart, Read, Riter, Ritter, Rogers, Saeger, Scheetz, Sellers, Shellito, Smith of Columbia. Smyth, of entre, Snively, Sterigere, Stickel, Sturdevant, Taggart, Todd, Weaver, White, Woodward, Young -93.

NAYS-Messrs. Baldwin, Chandler, of Philadelphia, Chauncey, Coates, Cope, Crain, Crum, Cummin, Darlington, Hopkinson, Long, Meredith, Pennypacker, Porter, of Lancaster, Porter of Northampton, Royer, Russell, Scott, Serrill, Tho mas, Weidman, Sergeant, President-22.

So the question was determined in the affirmative.

SEVENTH ARTICLE.

The amendment made in the seventh article, was read a third time, an follows, viz:

SECT. 4. The legislature shall not invest any corporate body or indi vidual with the privilege of taking private property for public use, without requiring such corporation or individual to make compensation to the owners of said property, or give adequate security therefor, before such property shall be taken.

And the question being,

"Will the committee agree to the said amendment?"

Mr. MEREDITH, of Philadelphia, explained some remarks which he had made, and which had been misconstrued by the gentleman from Luzerne, (Mr. Woodward) who had charged him (Mr. M.) and those who acted with him, with wishing to make the amendments as odious as possible, in order that they might disgust the people. He would say in reply, that they might have been more justly charged with voting too constantly against amendments.

Mr. WouDWArd, said :

I will a second time explain. Some days since a gentleman from the city of Philadelphia, (Mr. Chandler) declared, if I understood him correctly, that the reliance of the party with which he acted, was on the hope that the people would be so disgusted with the amendments of this convention, as to reject them.

Yesterday, a colleague of that gentleman. (Mr Scott) introduced a proposition to this body, and I, in speaking to that proposition, made allusion to the other gentleman from the city, (Mr. Chandler) and remarked that the hope on which he had said his party relied, was a forlorn hope; but, at the same time, that if it even had been the design of any one to bring forward a measure by which to disgust the people of Pennsylvania, the wisdom of the city delegation could not have designed any thing more effectual for that purpose, than the very proposition then under consideration. But I expressly acquitted the author of that proposition, of any such design. I sp. ke hypothetically.

Once for all I will say, that I never intended to intimate, because I never suspected, that any delegate from the city of Philadelphia, or clsewhere, would so far forget what was due to his own haracter, as to propose to insert in the fundamental law of the land any provision, calcula ted to disgust the people of this commonwealth. I alluded merely to the expression of the hope to which the gentleman from the city of Philadel phia, (Mr. Chandler) admited that he and his party were reduced, in relation to the whole subject of constitutional reform, and which hope, I went on to say, if realized at all, could only be realized by some such measure as was then proposed. I am sorry that my words gave any offence, for they were not intended to do so.

Mr. MEREDITH. I do not wish the gentleman from Luzerne, (Mr. Woodward) to suppose that I have taken any offence. I have no idea of that kind. But I thought that what I had said on a former occasion, had not been altogether understood.

Mr. Scorт said. The explanation given by the gentleman from Luzerne, (Mr. Woodward) half an hour ago, was perfectly satis. factory.

I rise now merely for the purpose of making a single remark as to the amendment introduced here yesterday by myself; I mean that, as to submitting the amendments separately and apart. I want to call the recollection of the gentleman from Luzerne to the fact, that that idea, although not borrowed from, followed closely upon the action of this body on the tenth article. The convention have declared, in the tenth article, that when the legislature shall propose more than one amendinent, they shall be submitted in such manner and form, that the people may vote sepa rately and distinctly upon them. So that if my proposition yesterday, could even hypothetically have the effect of disgusting the people, I take occasion to say, that the example was set by the action of the majority of the convention on the tenth article.

And the question on the final passage of the said amendment was then taken.

And on the question,

Will the convention agree to the said amendment?

The yeas and nays were required by Mr. M'CAHEN, and Mr. DarlingTON, and are as follow, viz:

YEAS-Messrs. Agnew, Banks, Barndollar, Barni'z, Bedford. Bell. Bige'ow, Bonham, Brown, of Lancaster, Brown, of Northampton, Brown, of Philadelphia, Butler, Carey, Clapp, Clarke, of Beaver. Clark, of Dauphin, Clarke, of Indiana, Cleavinger, Cline, Coates, Crain, Crawford, Crum, Cummin, Cunningham, Curll, Darlington, Darrah, Denny, Dickey, Dickerson, Dillinger. Donagan, Donnell Doran, Earle, Fleming, Forward, Foulkrod, Fry. Fuller, Gamble, Gearhart, Gilmore, Grenell, Hastings, Hayhurst, Hays, Helffenstein, Henderson, of Allegheny, Henderson, of Dauphin, Hiester, High, Hyde, Ingersoll, Jenks, Keim, Kennedy, Konigmacher, Krebs, Long. Lyons, Magee, Mann, Martin, M'Cahen, M'Dowell. M'Sherry, Meredith Merrill, Merkel, Miller, Montgomery, Myers, Nevin, Overfield, Payne, Porter, of Lancaster, Porter, of Northampton, Purviance, Reigart. Ral, Riter. Ritter, Rogers, Royer. Russell, Seager, Scheetz, Sellers, Serrill, Shellito, Smith, of Columbia, Smyth, of Centre, Snively, Sterigere, Stickel, Sturdevant, Taggart, Thomas, Todd, Weaver, White, Woodward, Young-105.

NAYS-Messrs. Baldwin, Chandler, of Philadelphia. Chauncey, Cochran, Cope, Harris, Hopkinson, Pennypacker, Weidman, Sergeant, President-10.

So the amendment was passed.

The amendment in the tenth article of the constitution, were then read a third time, in the words following, viz:

ARTICLE TEN.

Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate or house of representatives, and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the meinbers elected to each house, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the secretary of the commonwealth

shall cause the same to be published three months before the next election, in at least one newspaper in every county in which a newspaper shall be published; and if in the legislature next afterwards chosen, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each house, the secretary of the commonwealth shall cause the same again to be published in manner aforesaid, and such proposed amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people in Buch manner and at such time, at least three months after being so agreed to by the two houses, as the legislature shalt prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the qualified voters of this state voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the constitution, but no amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people oftener than once in five years: Provided, That if more than one amendment be submitted, they hall be submitted in such manner and form, that the people may vote for or against each amendment separately and distinctly.

And on the question,

Will the convention agree to the said amendment?

The yeas and nays were required by Mr. CURLL, and Mr. CRAWFORD, and are as follow, viz:

YEAS-Messrs. Agnew. Banks, Barclay. Barndollar, Barni'z. Bedford, Bell, Bonham Brown, of Lancaster. Brown, of Northampton, Brown, of Philadelphia, Butler, Chambers, Clapp, Clark, of Dauphin, Clarke, of Indiana, Cleavinger. Cline, Cochran, Cox. Crain, Crawford, Crum, Cummin. Curll, Darrah, D) ck rson, Dillinger. Donagan, Donnell, Doran, Dunlop, Fleming. Foulkrod, Fry. Fuller, G mble, Gearhart. Gilmore, Grenell, Harris, Hastings, Hayhurst, Henderson, of Dauphin. Hiester, High, Hopkinson, Hyde. Ingersoll, Keim, Kennedy, Konigmacher, Krebs, Long. Lyons, Magee, Mann, M'Cahen,, M'Dowell, M'sherry, Merrill, Merkel. Miller. Myers, Nevin, Overfield, Payne Porter, of Lancaster, Purviance, Read, Ritter, Rogers, Russell, Scheetz, Fellers, Shellito, Smith, of Columbia. Smyth, of Centre, Snively, Sterigere, Stickel, Sturdevant, Taggart, Todd, Weaver, Woodward. Young-87.

NAYS-Messrs. Baldwin, Carey, Chandler, of Philadelphia, Chauncey, Clarke, of Beaver. Coates, Cope, Cunningham, Darlington, Denny, Dickey, Earle, F. rrelly, Forward, Henderson, of Allegheny. Maclay, Meredith, Montgomery, Ponnypacker, Rei gart, Royer, Saeger, Scott, Serrill, Thomas, Weidman, Sergeant, President-27. So the question was determined in the affimative.

A motion was made by Mr. REigart,

That the rule for going into committee of the whole, be in this case dispensed with, and that the convention proceed to the second reading and consideration of the report of the committee appointed to prepare and report a schedule to the amended constitution.

The said motion being under consideration,

A motion was made by Mr. Meredith,
That the the convention do now adjourn.

Which was agreed to.

And the convention adjourned until half past three o'clock this after

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 16, 1838.

Mr. COCHRAN, of Lancaster, moved that the convention proceed to the second reading and consideration of the resolution attached to the report of the committee to engross the amendments for the question of their final passage, which was made on yesterday, and which is as follows, viz :

Resolved. That the names of the President and Secretary of the convent on shall be endorsed, each in his own proper hand-writing, on each of the skins, with their certificates as evidence of the same.

The motion being agreed to, the resolution was considered and adopted.

SCHEDULE.

The convention proceeded in the consideration of the following motion submitted by Mr. REIGART, of Lancaster:

That the rule for going into committee of the whole be in this case dispensed with, and that the convention proceed to the second reading and consideration of the report of the committee appointed to prepare and report a schedule to the amended constitution.

Mr. BELL considered it important that this motion should prevail, and that the report should be at once considered. The object, he presumed, was to adopt the report promptly.

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

The question was then taken, and the motion (requiring a majority of two-thirds) was decided in the negative, as follows, viz:~

YEAS-Messrs. Banks, Barndollar, Bedford, Bigelow, Bonham, Brown, of Northampton, Clapp. Cleavinger, Crain. Crum, Cummin, Curll, Darrah, Dickerson Diilinger, Donnell, Fleming. Foulkrod, Ful er, Gamble, Gearhart, Gilmore. Grene l, Harris, Hastings Hayhurst, Hiester, High, Hyde. Ingersol, Keim. Kennedy, Krebs Lyons, Mages, Mann, M Cahen, M'Dowel, Merkel, Myers, Overfield. Payne, Porter, of Lancaster, Reigart, Riter Ritter. Rogers, Royer, Saerer Scheetz. Sellers, Shellito, Smyth, of Centre, Stickel, l'homas, Tod 1. Weaver, White, Woodward–59.

N、rs—Mes3r3. Aynew; Baldwin Bell, Chandler, of Philade'phia, Chauncey: Clarke, of Beaver. Clark of Dauphin. Clarke of Indiana. Cochran, Cope, Cox, Darlington, Denny. Dickey, Dorin, Hays. Henderson, of Alleghey. Hen lerson, of Dauphin, Hopkinson, Jeks, Konizmicher Long, M'Sherry, Meredith Merrill, Montgomery, Pennypacker, Purviane Ru3 ell, Scott Serri 1, Sergeant, President-32.

So the question was determined in the negative.

The convention then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. MERRILL of Union in the chair, on the report of the com nittee appointed to prepare and report a schedule to the amended constitution. The first section of the said report being under consideration, as fol· lows, viz:

1

First-All laws of this commonwealth in force at the time when the said alterations and amendments to the said constitution shall take effect, and not inconsistent therewith, and all rights, actions, claims and