fore the convention; and I therefore vote
"no."
Mr. PUGH said: Seeing that it is impossi-
ble to get any nearer approach to my view of
this subject, I shall be obliged to vote for this
My idea was that parties contracting should
certainly be allowed to contract to pay a
much interest as the government of the United
States allows to its creditors. For this rea-
son I vote " aye."
The amendment was accordingly rejected
The question recurred upon ordering the
report to be read a third time, which was
agreed to.
On motion of Mr. STOCKBRIDGE,
The rules were suspended to permit the
third reading to take place immediately.
The report was then read a third time, and
the question was elated upon its passage.
Mr. STIRLING. This provision is the same
as the law now stands upon the statute hooks
and has stood since 1845, to allow six per
cent. interest and no more. As I think it is
the safest plan to let the whole matter stand
as it is in the code, I shall vote against intro-
ducing this provision into the constitution.
Mr. SANDS. I hope that this convention
having expressed so decidedly its conviction
that that ought to be the rate of interest, we
shall not leave it to the legislature to bandy
up and down under the influence of capital
The question being taken upon the passage
of the report, by yeas and nays, under the
rule, the result 'was—yeas 32, nays 27—as
follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Annan, Audoun, Carter,
Crawford, Davis, of Washington, Dent, Du-
vall, Ecker, Farrow, Galloway, Henkle, Hor-
sey, Jones, of Cecil, Keefer, Kennard, King,
Marbury, McComas, Mitchell, Mullikin, Mur-
ray, Nyman, Parran, Purnell, Russell, Sands,
Swope, Thomas, Todd, Valliant, Wood-
en—32.
Nays—Messrs. Abbott, Baker, Belt, Brooks
Brown, Cushing, Daniel, Dellinger, Greene,
Hatch, Hebb, Hoffman, Hopper, Larsh, Lee,
Markey, Negley, Parker, Pugh, Ridgely,
Schley, Scott, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge,
Sykes, Wickard—27.
The report was accordingly passed.
SHERMAN IN ATLANTA.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE read the following tele-
gram :
" Office. Annapolis Telegraph Company.
The following message was received at this
office at—o'clock, Sept. 2nd, 1864, dated
Baltimore, Sept. 2nd, 1864 :
JOHN MCGARIGLE, of Baltimore American :
Official announcement just received, that
Sherman's advance entered Atlanta, Georgia,
to-day. ALEXANDER FULTON."
[Enthusiastic applause.]
On motion of Mr. MULLIKIN,
The convention adjourned. |
e EIGHTY-NINTH DAY.
MONDAY, September 5,1864.
f The convention met at 12 o'clock, M.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Owen.
I The roll was called, and the following'
i members answered to their names :
Messrs. Goldsborough, President; Abbott,
- Annan, Audoun, Baker, Belt, Berry, of Bal-
timore county, Bond, Brooks, Brown, Carter,
Chambers, Clarke, Crawford, Cunningham,
Cushing, Dail, Daniel, Davis, of Charles,
Davis, of Washington, Dellinger, Dent, Du-
vall, Earle, Ecker, Farrow, Galloway, Greene,
Hatch, Hebb, Hoffman, Hollyday, Horsey,
Jones, of Cecil, Jones, of Somerset, Keefer,
Kennard, King, Lansdale, Larsh, Lee, Mar-
key, Mayhugh, Mitchell, Miller, Morgan, Mul-
likin, Murray, Negley, Nyman, Parker, Par-
ran, Purnell, Ridgely, Russell, Schley, Schlos-
ser, Scott, Smith, of Dorchester, Sneary,
Stirling, Stockbridge, Swope, Thomas, Todd,
Turner, Valliant, Wickard Wilmer, Wooden
—70.
The journal of Friday was read and ap-
proved.
PUBLISHING THE CONSTITUTION.
Mr. WICKARD submitted the following
order:
' ' Ordered, That the special committee on
publishing the new constitution, beinstructed
to authorize the publication of the same in
two newspapers in each county of the State, (in
which there are two printed, ) and in three in
the city of Baltimore, at least three times be-
fore the day on which it shall be submitted
to the people for their ratification or rejec-
tion; provided it can be done at a cost of
one dollar per square."
Mr. NEGLEY. Would it not be better to
leave the amount to be paid open for negoti-
ation? I have heard some gentlemen suggest
fifty cents per square.
Mr. RIDGELY. I do not think that that
order ought to pass. The whole object of
the order adopted by the convention author-
izing the publication of 60,000 copies of the
constitution in the English and German lan-
guages, was to supersede the necessity of this
sort of publication. The idea was that a
single paper should publish a supplemental
edition of the constitution, and distribute to
the newspapers throughout the State as many
copies as they might require to supply their
subscribers. In that manner the constitu-
tion would be distributed over the State in
every direction, and abundant information
conveyed to the people, and this mode of
publication will be rendered unnecessary.
Mr. NEGLEY. I understand from my col-
league (Mr. Sneary) who was a printer at
the time the last constitution was adopted,
that a similar provision was made to that
adopted here; that the newspapers of the
county were not engaged to publish the |
