to sit every day, Sundays and all, as I have
said before, I will be here. But as it is the
desire of many members of this body to ad-
journ over fur one week, I shall vote "aye."
Mr. BERRY, of Baltimore county, it is
proper, perhaps, that I should explain my
vote on this motion. It is generally under-
stood, I have no doubt, that in pursuance of
an order recently issued by the Governor of
this State, a draft is to take place in the city
of Baltimore on Monday next; and it is also
further ordered that a portion of his staff shall
be there to hear and determine upon applica-
tions for exemption; of necessity I shall have
to be at headquarters in Baltimore, all next
week. For that reason, and also to gratify
gentlemen who desire to attend the Convention
in Baltimore, I shall vote "aye."
Mr. CHAMBERS. I desire to explain my
vote. I do not expect to be a member of the
Convention to nominate candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President, next week, therefore
an adjournment for that purpose would be no
avail to me. But I have business elsewhere
which I consider better business than that.
Now I cannot go home short of two days,
and if we do not adjourn until to-morrow, I
cannot leave here until Monday. It will take
me two days to go home, and two to return,
so that unless we adjourn from to-day over
next week, the adjournment will not be of
much practical use to me. I certainly desire
to sit all the time we can here; but that is a
responsibility which each gentleman must
share with his constituents. I have none,
and therefore every other gentleman here has
a heavier responsibility than I have to en-
counter. If there is to be an adjournment at
all, I want an adjournment for a week, so
that we can all have fair play. I, therefore,
vote "aye."
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. Reminded by my friend
from Baltimore county (Mr. Berry) that there
is to be a draft commenced in Baltimore next
Monday, and inasmuch as by that draft I
may be brought under his orders, and be
unable to come to this Convention at all, I
want to work all I can now, in addition to
that, I think such an adjournment as is now
proposed is very bad policy and worse morals.
I, therefore, vote " no."
The motion for an adjournment until Mon-
day, June 13, was accordingly rejected,
The question then recurred upon the motion
of Mr. Todd, that when the Convention ad-
journ to-day, it be till Thursday next.
Mr. STIRLING. If there is to be an adjourn-
ment at all, I move that it be from to-morrow
until Thursday next. I will not promise to
vote for that motion, but I prefer it to the one
now pending.
The PRESIDENT, The question will be first
taken upon the motion involving the longest
time, being the motion of the gentleman from
Caroline (Mr. Todd) that the adjournment be
from to-day till Thursday next. |
Upon this question Mr. HEBB called the yeas
and nays, which were ordered.
The question being then taken, by yeas and
nays, it resulted yeas 42, nays 43, as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Belt, Berry of Baltimore
county, Berry of Prince George's, Billingsley,
Blackiston, Bond, Briscoe, Carter, Chambers,
Clarke, Crawford, Dail, Davis of Charles,
Dennis, Duvall, Edelen, Gale, Galloway,
Harwood, Hatch, Henkle, Hopper, Horsey,
Johnson, Jones of Somerset, King, Lansdale,
Larsh, Lee, Marbury, Mitchell, Miller, Mor-
gan, Noble, Peter, Ridgely, Sands, Smith of
Dorchester. Smith of Worcester, Todd, Tur-
ner, Wilmer—42.
Nays—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Abbott, Annan, Audoun, Baker, Barron,
Brown, Cunningham, Cushing, Daniel, Davis
of Washington, Dellinger, Earle, Ecker, Far-
row, Greene, Hebb, Hoffman, Hopkins, Jones
of Cecil, Keefer, Kennard, Markey, Mullikin,
Murray, Negley, Nyman, Parker, Pugh, Rob-
inette, Russell, Schlosser, Scott, Smith of
Carroll, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge, Swope,
Sykes, Thomas, Valliant, Wickard, Wooden
—43.
The motion was accordingly rejected.
The question then recurred upon the mo-
tion of Mr. Stirling, that the adjournment be
from to-morrow until Thursday next.
Mr. HEBB moved that the whole subject of
adjournment over be laid on the table, which
was agreed to.
ORDERS.
On motion of Mr. Scott, it was
Ordered, That the Committee on Accounts
be requested to consider and report to this
Convention what compensation should be al-
lowed to the person whose duty it is, during
the sessions of the Convention, to hoist the
United States flag from the dome of the State
House.
On motion of Mr. Smith, of Carroll, it was
Ordered, That Thomas Tipton, a Committee
Clerk, have leave of absence until Monday next.
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS—ALLEGIANCE.
The Convention then resumed the consid-
eration of the order of the day, being the re-
port of the Committee on the Declaration of
Rights.
The pending question was upon the motion
of Mr. BRISCOE to amend article four, by
striking out the word "paramount." in the
third line, so that the article would then read .
''The Constitution of the United States,
and the laws made in pursuance thereof, be-
ing the supreme law of the land, every citizen
of this State owes allegiance to the Constitu-
tion and Government of the United States
and is not bound by any law or ordinance of
this State in contravention or subversion
thereof."
Upon this question, being entitled to the
floor—
Mr. BELT addressed the Convention as
follows: |
