| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| February 10, 1862 |
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| House of Delegates |
| Saturday, Feb. 8, 1862 |
| On motion of Mr. Ward, the House took up
the bill to construct a railroad connection for military purposes,
from the Manassas Gap Railroad, at or near Strasburg, to the
Winchester & Potomac Railroad, at or near Winchester. |
| Mr. Ward addressed the House in earnest
advocacy of the passage of the bill, urging its importance as a
military aid to the successful prosecution of the war. |
| Messrs. Hunter, Lynn, Anderson of Botetourt, Steger,
and Forges, also spoke in favor of the bill, and urged immediate
action. |
| Messrs. Collier and Barbour opposed some
of the provisions of the bill, and gave reasons why they should feel
constrained to vote against it. |
| Mr. Cazenove said that his predecessors
from Alexandria in the Legislature had always opposed this bill. He
explained how injuriously it affected the interests of Alexandria.
While under ordinary circumstances he should oppose it, yet, he could
not hesitate to support it now, in view of its importance as a
military necessity. He would forget the local interests of Alexandria
in the general interests of the Confederacy, and he hoped that this
sacrifice on the part of Alexandria would be remembered by the General
Assembly when in the future the city he represented should seek the
aid of the State to relieve her from some of the intolerable burdens
under which she now labored. |
| The previous question having been ordered,
the bill was put on its passage, with the following result: |
| Ayes -- Messrs. John T. Anderson, Francis
P. Anderson, Baker, Baskerville, Bass, Blue, Bouldin, Bradford, Burke,
Carter, Carpenter, Cazenove, Cecil, J. J. Coleman, Crockett, Curtis,
Dabney, Daniel, John D. Davis, R. J. Davis, Dice, Eggleston, Ewing,
Fleming, Fletcher, Forbes, Friend, Garrison, Gatewood, George,
Gillespie, Gilmer, Grattan, Green, Hopkins, Kerby, James, Johnson,
Jordan, Kaufman, Kyle, Lively, Lockridge, Lynn, Mallory, Matthews,
McCamant, A. W. McDonald, McKinney, McLaughlin, Minor, Montague, R. E.
Nelson, Newton, Noland, Orgald, Payne, Pitman, Reid, Richardson,
Riddick, Rives, Robertson, Robert C. Sanders, Sheffey, Sady, Steger,
Tate, Taylor, Thomas, Thrash, Tredway, Walker, Ward, William S.
Wilson, Woodson, Woottorn, Worsham, Wright, Wynne, and Mr. Speaker --
Total 83. |
| Nays -- Messrs. Brooks, Clark, Collier,
Franklin, Lundy, Prince, Peter C. Saunders, Staples, Veden, and West
-- Totla 10. |
| So the bill was passed by a vote of 83 to 10. |
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