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or ten dollars, or even fifty dollars, if the power is in the
hands of man who may have some object to accomplish.
His objection to a poll-tax was that it was not right, not
that it was not expedient, and he begged gentlemen to
cease in this Convention the cry of expediency. He be-
lieved that any constitution framed by this Convention
could be carried by the people of Maryland; that is if
there was no departure from truth and justice. He had
never feared defeat before any body when he was right,
and his only objection to laying this tax, was that it was
not right.
Mr. Hotter advocated the retention of the article.
The question was then taken on the amendment to
strike out, which was decided in the negative, as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Hall, Brown, Chambers, Howard, Cos-
grove, Stoddert, Devries, Keating, Ford and Tarr of Wor-
cester—10.
Nays—Messrs. Carmichael, Perry, Spates, Walsh, Ho-
blitzell, McKaig, Howison, Kilbourn, Giddings, Rennolds,
George, Vansant, Flaherty, Henderson, Gill, Carter,
Ritchie, Carey, Dobbin, Brewer of Baltimore city, Peters,
Franck, Buchanan, Wethered, Bell, Barry, Hardcastle,
Tarr of Caroline, Hubbard, Longwell, Gait, Hayden, Hod-
son, Nelson, McPherson, Johnson, Mackubin, Wickes,
Brewer of Montgomery, Riggs, Duvall, Lee, Marbury,
Finley, Bradley, Jamison, Toadvine, Jones, Goldsborough
of Talbot, Alvey, Murray, Cunningham, Motter, Pole,
Franklin and McMaster—56.
Absent or not voting—Messrs. Roman, Whitman,
Barnes, Pleasants, Ferry, Merryman, Benson, Wilkinson,
Kennedy, Starr, Nicolai, John Parran, C. S. Parran, Ire-
land, Watkins of Caroline, Manro, Bennett, Cover, Groom,
McCormick, Mitchell, Brent, Wallace, Goldsborough of
Dorchester, Austin, Maulsby, Dorsey, Horsey of Fred-
erick, Thomas, Farnandis, Archer, Evans, Rogers, Silver,
Merrick, Morris, Ringgold, Massey, Janvier, Watkins of
Montgomery, Brooke, Emack, Dent, Rider, Horsey of
Somerset, Payne, Hollyday, Bateman, Hammond, Seyster,
Parker and Covington—52.
Mr. Carter submitted the following as a substitute for
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