in his seat, himself gave him the money to go
South.
He states further that be is perfectly able to
prove by as high and as distinguished men a
can be found in the county of Talbot or else
where, that the speech which he made was no
of the character described by the gentleman
The people of Talbot know the gentleman
they know the transactions; audit is befitting
that these matters should there be settled.
have performed my duty by making the rep
resentation which I have received at the hands
of Mr. Williams, and producing the certificate
which may be examined by the gentleman i
he desires it.
Mr. VALLIANT. I would like to reply to the
additional charge; and I will do it in a mo-
ment.
Mr. CHAMBERS. One thing further, if the
gentleman will allow me. I am desired by
Mr. Williams to say that it would be gratify-
ing to him to have a committee appointed by
this body to inquire into the facts and report
upon them. He is prepared for that.
Mr. VALLIANT, I am charged by the gen-
tleman—I cannot say directly by the gentle-
man from Kent, for he takes it upon the as-
sertion of his friend—with having furnished
my brother with the money to go South. I
remember distinctly giving my brother a draft
upon a friend of mine for $25, not presuming
that he was going to use it for that purpose.
It was given sometime prior to his leaving.
Immediately upon giving that order, I left
my home, and was absent from home some
ten days or two weeks; and it was during my
absence that my brother left. I did not know
at the time that he was going to use it for
that purpose. I knew he wanted to go; that
his inclinations were all that way. But when
I left him at home I left with a tolerable hope
that my brother would eventually decline go-
ing. But when I returned home I was un-
happy enough to learn that be had gone. I
knew my brother wanted money. He was at
that time out of a situation, and had had no
situation for some weeks. I knew he wanted
money, and I gave him the small sum of $25,
scarcely presuming that would besufficient to
take him down South, independent of the ex-
penses and the difficulties he would beobliged
to surmount alter he got there. I gave it to
him because it was due to him, and not to go
South. On the contrary, when he asked for
money to go South, I positively declined to
furnish it; and it was my declining to give
him money that led him too say that this gen-
tleman would give him money and that he
was independent of me. These are the facts
of the case as exactly as lean state them.
FOLDING THE DEBATES.
Mr. VALLIANT withdrew the amendment
submitted by him on yesterday to the order
submitted by Mr. HEBB, in relation to folding |
•) and mailing the journal of debates after the
adjournment of the convention.
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
On motion of Mr. HEBB,
The convention proceeded to the considera-
tion of the report of the committee on revi-
sion and engrossment in reference to amend-
ments to the declaration of rights, as fol-
lows :
"The committee on engrossment and re-
vision report, that they have examined the
engrossed copy of the declaration of rights.
"The word 'at' should be inserted' after
the word 'and ' in the first line of the thir-
tieth article.
"And the word 'persons,' in the thir-
teenth line of the thirty-sixth article should
be 'person.'
"The committee recommend that the forty-
sixth article be united with the fortieth art-
icle.
"The fortieth article would then read,
' that the liberty of the press ought to be in-
violably preserved, and every citizen ought to
be allowed to speak, write and publish his
sentiments, being responsible for the abuse of
that liberty.' "
On motion of Mr. HEBB,
The report was concurred in.
THE SCHEDULE.
The convention resumed the consideration
of the report of the committee on the sched-
ule, on its second reading. The next section
in order was the second section on voting on
the constitution, which was read as fol-
lows :
"Sec. 2. At the said election, the vote shall
be by ballot, and each ballot shall describe
thereon the words for the constitution ' or
'against the constitution,' as the voter may
elect, and it shall be conducted in all respects
as the general elections of this State are now
conducted. The judges of election shall ad-
minister to every person offering to vote, the
oath or affirmation prescribed by this consti-
tution, and should any person offering to vote
refuse or decline lo take said oath, he shall
not be permitted to vote at such election, but
the taking of such oath or affirmation, shall
not be deemed conclusive evidence of the
right of such person to vote; and it shall be
the duty of the return judges of said city, and
of the several counties of the State, having
counted the votes given for or against the
adoption of this constitution, to certify the
result thereof in the manner now prescribed
by law, accompanied with a special statement
that every person, who has voted, has taken
the oath or affirmation prescribed by the con-
stitution; and the governor upon receiving
such result and ascertaining the aggregate
vote throughout the State, shall by his proc-
lamation make known the same, and if a ma-
jority of the votes cast shall be for the adop- |
