and choose their masters too, and they do it
with the hope of affording the child that sort
of education, and teaching him that sort of
handicraft, which will make him a good citi-
zen in the future. I am perfectly willing to
guard the master; but I think that fairness
and justice require us to go no further than
the proposition I offer. And I hope the ma-
jority of this house, who hive hitherto borne
the heat and the burden of the day in this
struggle for emancipation, are not going to
mar their work. I hope they will not go be-
yond what is fair and right. I know that
the sun has its spots; and this constitu-
tion—
(At this moment the hammer fell.)
Mr. SWOPE moved the previous question.
Mr. CHAMBERS demanded the yeas and nays,
and they were ordered.
The question being taken upon sustaining
the demand for the previous question, the re-
sult was—yeas 33, nays 36—as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, Annan, Belt, Bond,
Brooks, Cunningham, Cushing, Davis, of
Washington, Ecker, Farrow, Galloway, Greene,
Hebb, Hoffman, Hopkins, Keefer, Kennard,
King, Murray, Negley, Nyman, Pugh, Ridge-
ly, Russell, Schley, Schlosser, Smith, of Car-
roll, Smith, of Worcester, Sneary, Swope,
Sykes, Wickard, Wooden—33.
Nays—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Audoun, Billingsley, Blackiston, Briscoe,
Crawford, Daniel, Dellinger, Dent, Duvall,
Edelen, Hodson, Hollyday, Hopper, Horsey,
Lansdale, Larsh, Lee, Markey, McComas,
Mitchell, Miller, Morgan, Mullikin, Parker,
Parran, Peter, Purnell, Smith, of Dorchester,
Stirling, Stockbridge, Thomas, Todd, Turner,
Valliant, Wilmer—36.
The call for the previous question therefore
was not sustained.
Mr. MCCOMAS moved to reconsider the vote
last taken.
Mr. MILLER and Mr. AUDOUN seconded the
motion.
Mr. KENNARD. Is that motion in order ?
Mr, HEBB. I rise to a question of order.—
The object of moving the previous question
is to ascertain whether the house is ready to
take a vote on the question. If the question
had been decided affirmatively there would
have been some propriety in it,
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Daniel.) It is the de-
cision of the chair that any vote of the house
can be reconsidered, A conclusion in the
negative is as much a conclusion as if it were
in the affirmative. The motion to reconsider
is in order.
Mr. WOODEN demanded the yeas and nays,
and they were ordered.
The question being taken upon reconsider-
ation, the result was—yeas 45, nays 23—as
follows:
Yeas—Messrs, Abbott, Annan, Bond, Bris-
coe, Chambers, Crawford, Cunningham,
Cushing, Davis, of Washing'n, Duvall', Edelen, |
Galloway, Greene, Hebb, Henkle, Hollyday,
Hopkins, Hopper, Horsey, Keefer, Kennard,
King, Lansdale, Larsh, McComas, Miller,
Mullikin, Murray, Negley, Nyman, Parran,
Peter, Pugh, Ridgely, Russell, Schley, Schlos-
ser, Smith, of Carroll, Sneary, Stirling,
Swope, Sykes, Valliant, Wickard, Wood-
en—45.
Nays—Messrs. Goldsborough, President;
Audoun, Billingsley, Blackiston, Brooks,
Daniel, Dellinger, Dent, Farrow, Hodson,
Lee, Markey, Mitchell, Morgan, Parker, Pur-
nell, Sands, Smith, of Dorchester Smith, of
Worcester, Stockbridge, Todd, Turner, Wil-
mer—23.
The motion to reconsider accordingly pre-
vailed.
The question recurring upon sustaining the
call for the previous question; the call was
sustained.
The question recurred on the adoption of
the amendment submitted by Mr. STOCKBRIDGE
to the section submitted by Mr, TODD.
Mr. MORGAN demanded the yeas and nays,
and they were ordered.
The question being taken, the result was
—yeas 31, nays 39—as follows :
Yeas—Messrs, Abbott, Annan, Audoun,
Brooks, Cunningham, Cushing, Daniel, Davis,
of Washington, Dellinger, Ecker, Farrow,
Greene, Hebb, Hopkins, Hopper, Keefer,
Kennard, McComas, Murray, Nyman, Pugh,
Russell, Sands, Schley, Schlosser, Smith, of
Carroll, Stirling, Stockbridge, Sykes, Thom-
as, Wickard—31.
Nays—Messrs. Goldsborough, Pres't.; Belt,
Billingsley, Blackiston, Bond Briscoe, Cham-
bers, Crawford, Dent, Duvall, Edelen, Gallo-
way, Henkle, Hodson, Hoffman, Hollyday,
Horsey, King, Lansdale, Larsh, Lee, Markey,
Mitchell, Miller, Morgan, Negley, Parker,
Parran, Peter, Purnell, Ridgely, Smith, of
Dorchester, Smith, of Worcester, Sneary,
Swope, Todd, Turner, Valliant, Wilmer,
Wooden—39.
When their names were called,
Mr, NEGLEY said: If I could see any prac-
tical mode of carrying this amendment into
effect. I should vote for it; but under the ex-
isting state of society, or the state of society
that will be introduced by the liberation of the
negroes, fur the next five or ten years, I see
the utter impossibility of carrying this thing
out. It must go over to the legislature. The
legislature will have control over it. I there-
fore vote " no."
Mr. THOMAS said: While I am opposed, for
the reasons given by me on a former occa-
sion, to the free negroes emancipated by this
constitution, from being educated by the gen-
eral school system of the State, still, if this
proposition is to be carried in relation to ne-
gro apprenticeship, I am in favor of these
negro apprentices being educated by their
masters. I therefore vote "aye."
Mr, VALLIANT said: I am in favor of the |
