| From the Richmond Examiner |
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| June 28, 1861 |
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| Virginia State Convention |
| Tenth Day |
| Monday, June 24, 1861 |
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| The Petersburg and Richmond Railroad
Connection |
| The President announced that
the subject now before the Convention was the report of the Committee on
Railroad Connections in the cities of Petersburg and Richmond, the
consideration of which had been cut short by the adjournment of the
Convention on Saturday afternoon. The question was upon the indefinite
postponement of the entire subject. |
| Mr. Maeye took the floor in
opposition to the motion, and proceeded to point out the necessities for
making the connections. His line of argument comprehended that already
urged before the Convention, on the occasion of the original report of
the committee, a few days ago. He thought that the persistent and
unreasonable opposition which had been made to this report was without a
type in the case of any other report that had come before the
Convention. |
| Mr. Slaughter rose to a
question of order before Mr. Marye had concluded, and called attention
to the fact that the previous question had been demanded on the motion,
before the adjournment on Saturday afternoon. |
| Mr. Marye said that he had no
desire, then to infringe upon the rules of the House; and the vote was
thereupon taken, resulting in the motion to postpone; was lost, by ayes
37, noes 53. |
| Mr. Slaughter proposed, as a
substitute to the ordinance of the committee, and ordinance that the
Richmond and Fredericksburg, and Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
Companies be authorized to make the connections through those cities
referred to, and if they should not establish the connections at once,
temporary connections might be made, if they were deemed military
necessities, and paid for in the general settlement between Virginia and
the Confederate Government, by the latter. |
| A brief debate succeeded, in
which Messrs. Johnson and Blakey, against the substitute, and Mr.
Montague, against both ordinance and substitute, took part. |
| Mr. Hull called for the
previous question, upon which the vote was taken upon the substitute,
resulting in its adoption, by ayes 61, noes 20. |
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