Scott, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge, Swope,
Sykes, Thomas, Thruston, Todd, Valliant,
Wickard, Wooden—49.
Nays—Messrs. Belt, Berry of Baltimore
county, Berry of Prince George's, Billings-
ley, Blackiston, Bond, Briscoe, Chambers,
Clarke, Crawford, Davis of Charles, Dennis,
Duvall, Edelen, Harwood, Henkle, Hollyday,
Horsey, Johnson, Jones of Somerset, Lee,
Mace, Marbury, Mitchell, Miller, Morgan,
Parran, Ridgely, Smith of Dorchester, Tur-
ner, Wilmer—31.
Pending the call of the yeas and nays, the
following explanations were made by gentle-
men, when their names were called :
Mr. PUGH. In explanation of my vote, I
desire to say that I vote "aye," because in
my judgment the traitor destroys the property
which should hive gone to his children, just
as the sot and profligate destroy the property
which should have gone to their children.
Mr, SCOTT. In explanation of my vote I
would say, that had the vote been taken im-
mediately upon my entering the hall this
morning, I should have voted "no" upon
this amendment. But after listening to about
three hours' discussion, mainly in opposition
to the amendment, I shall vote "aye."
The amendment was accordingly agreed to.
The question then recurred upon agreeing
to Article 26 of the Declaration of Rights as
amended.
Upon this question Mr. BERRY, of Prince
George's, called for the yeas and nays, which
were ordered.
The question being then taken, byyeas and
nays, it resulted—yeas 51, nays 28—as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Goldsborough, President;
Abbott, Annan, Baker, Barron, Berry of Bal-
timore county, Carter, Cunningham, Cush-
ing, Daniel, Davis of Washington, Dellinger,
Earle, Ecker, Farrow, Galloway, Greene,
Hebb, Hopkins, Jones of Cecil, Keefer, Ken-
nard, King, Larsh, Markey McComas, Mul-
likin, Murray, Negley, Noble, Nyman, Parker,
Pugh, Purnell, Ridgely, Robinette, Rus-
sell, Sands, Schlosser, Scott, Sneary, Stirling,
Stockbridge, Swope, Sykes, Thomas, Thrus-
ton, Todd, Valliant,' Wickard, Wooden—51.
Nays—Messrs. Belt, Berry of P. George's,
Billingsley, Blackiston, Bond, Briscoe, Cham-
bers, Clarke, Crawford, Davis of Charles,
Dennis, Duvall, Edelen, Harwood, Henkle,
Hollyday, Johnson, Jones of Somerset, Lee,
Mac?, Marbury, Mitchell, Miller, Morgan, Par-
ran, Smith of Dorchester, Turner, Wilmer—28.
On motion of Mr. DANIEL,
The Convention then adjourned.
TWENTY-FOURTH DAY.
WEDNESDAY, Jane 1,1864.
The Convention met. at 11 A. M.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Owen.
Present, at the call of the roll, the follow-
ing members: |
Messrs. Goldsborough, President; Abbott,
Annan, Audoun, Baker, Barron, Belt, Berry
of Baltimore county, Berry of Prince George's,
Billingsley, Blackiston, Bond, Briscoe, Brown,
Carter, Chambers, Clarke, Crawford, Cunningham,
Cushing, Dail, Daniel, Davis of Charles,
Davis of Washington, Dellinger, Dennis, Du-
vall, Earle, Ecker, Edelen, Farrow, Gale,
Galloway, Greene, Harwood, Hatch, Hebb,
Henkle, Hodson, Hoffman, Hollyday, Hop-
kills, Hopper, Horsey, Johnson, Jones of
Cecil, Jones of Somerset, Keefer, Kennard,
King, Lansdale, Larsh, Lee, Marbury, Markey,
Mayhugh, McComas, Mitchell, Miller, Morgan,
Mullikin, Murray, Negley, Noble, Nyman,
Parker, Parran, Peter, Pugh, Purnell, Ridgely,
Robinette, Russell, Sands, Schley, Schlos-
ser, Scott, Smith of Carroll, Smith of Dorches-
ter, Smith of Worcester, Sneary, Stirling,
Stockbridge, Swope, Sykes, Thomas, Thrus-
ton, Todd, Turner, Valliant, Wickard, Wil-
mer, Wooden—91.
The proceedings of yesterday were read and
approved.
HOUR OF MEETING.
Mr. HEBB submitted the following :
Ordered, That the Convention meet here-
after at 10 o'clock A. M., daily, until other-
wise ordered.
Upon the adoption of the order, Mr. BERRY,
of Prince George's, called the yeas and nays,
which were ordered,
The question being then taken by yeas and
nays, it resulted—yeas 50, nays 39, as fol-
lows :
Yeas.—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Abbott, Annan, Audoun, Baker, Barron,
Berry of Baltimore county, Blackiston, Brown,
Cunningham, Cushing, Davis of Washington,
Dellinger, Earle, Ecker, Farrow, Galloway,
Greene, Hatch, Hebb, Hoffman, Hopkins, Hop-
per, Jones of Cecil, Keefer, Kennard, Larsh,
McComas Mullikin, Murray, Negley, Noble,
Nyman, Parker, Pugh, Purnell, Robinette,
Russell, Sands, Schley, Schlosser, Scott, Smith
of Carroll, Smith of Worcester, Sneary, Stirl-
ing Swope, Sykes, Todd, Wickard, Wooden
—50.
Nays.—Messrs. Belt, Berry of Prince
George's; Billingsley, Bond, Briscoe, Carter,
Chambers, Clarke, Crawford, Dail, Daniel,
Davis of Charles. Dennis, Duvall, Edelen,
Gale, Harwood, Henkle, Hollyday, Horsey,
Johnson, Jones of Somerset, King, Lansdale,
Lee, Marbury, Markey, Mitchell, Morgan,
Parran, Ridgely, Smith of Dorchester, Stock-
bridge, Thomas, Thruston, Turner, Valliant
—39.
Pending the call of the yeas and nays, the
following explanations were made by mem-
bers, as their names were called :
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. I desire to state the
reasons for my vote. There are certain com-
mittees that still have a large amount of very
important work before them, and though I do
not think the hour named in this order is too |
