Abbott, Annan, Baker, Barron, Brooks, Cun-
ningham, Cushing, Daniel, Davis, of Wash-
ington, Dellinger, Earle, Ecker, Farrow, Gal-
loway, Hatch, Hebb, Hoffman, Hopkins,
Hopper, Jones, of Cecil, Keefer, Kennard,
King, Larsh, Mace, McComas, Mullikin, Mur-
ray, Negley, Noble, Nyman, Parker, Pugh,
Purnell, Ridgely, Robinette, Russell, Sands,
Schley, Scott, Smith, of Carroll, Smith, of
Worcester, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge,
Swope, Sykes, Thomas, Todd, Valliant,
Wickard, Wooden—53.
Nays—Messrs. Belt, Berry, of P. George's,
Billingsley, Blackiston, Bond, Briscoe, Brown,
Chambers, Clarke, Crawford, Dail, Davis, of
Charles, Dennis, Duvall, Edelen, Gale, Har-
wood, Henkle, Hollyday, Horsey, Jones, of
Somerset, Lansdale, Lee, Marbury, Mitchell,
Miller, Morgan, Parran, Peter, Smith, of
Dorchester, Turner, Wilmer—32.
On motion of Mr. VALLIANT,
The Convention adjourned.
THIRTY-FIFTH DAY.
FRIDAY, June 17,1864.
The Convention met at 10 o'clock A. M.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. McNemar.
The roll was called, and the following
members answered to their names :
Messrs. Goldsborough, President, Abbott,
Annan, Audoun, Baker, Barron, Belt, Berry,
of Prince George's, Billingsley, Blackiston,
Bond, Briscoe, Brown, Carter, Chambers,
Clarke, Crawford, Cunningham, Cushing,
Dail, Davis, of Charles, Davis, of Washington,
Dellinger, Dennis, Duvall, Earle, Ecker, Ede-
len, Farrow, Gale, Galloway, Greene, Hatch,
Hebb, Hoffman, Hollyday, Hopkins, Hopper,
Horsey, Jones, of Cecil, Jones, of Somerset,
Keefer, King, Lansdale, Larsh, Lee, Mace,
Marbury, McComas, Mitchell, Miller, Morgan,
Mullikin, Murray, Negley, Noble, Nyman,
Parker, Parran, Peter, Pugh, Purnell, Ridge-
ly, Robinette, Russell, Sands, Schley, Scott,
Smith, of Carroll, Smith, of Dorchester, Smith,
of Worcester, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge,
Sykes, Todd, Turner, Valliant, Wickard, Wil-
mer, Wooden—81.
The proceedings of yesterday were read and
approved.
On motion of Mr. WOODEN,
It was ordered to be entered on the journal,
that Dr. John Swope, of Carroll county, is
absent from his seat on account of illness in
his family.
On motion of Mr. TODD,
Collins Tatman (folder) was allowed leave
of absence for a few days.
On motion of Mr. AUDOUN,
It was ordered to be entered on the journal,
that if Mr. Audoun had been present on
Thursday, June 16, he would have voted
against all amendments that were offered to
the fourth article of the Declaration of Rights, |
and that he would have voted for the article
as reported by the committee.
CORRECTION OF DEBATES.
Mr BRISCOE. I desire to make a correction
of the report of my remarks, on page 134 of
the "Debates," which as reported by the very
efficient and able reporter of this body, either
from the inaccuracy of my own language or
from the fallibility of the reporter, are sus-
ceptible of some misconstruction; for the lan-
guage as reported does not convey the mean-
ing I intended to convey to the Convention.
I ask that I may be permitted to substitute a
revised copy of those remarks in the place of
the report in the debates, as I should have
done if I had been present when that portion
of the debates was laid upon the tables of
members for correction. I desire merely to
correct the grammatical order and phrase-
ology of my remarks, and not in any manner
to vary their true meaning.
The PRESIDENT suggested that the better
way would be to submit the revised copy to
appear upon the debates of to-day,
Mr. BRISCOE. I desire to strike out and
insert.
Mr. HEBB. I should object to that; not
that I object to the correction, but that it de-
stroys the whole setting of the type.
The PRESIDENT. It would put the printer
to the necessity of reprinting that matter. It
would be better to offer the revised remarks
to appear in this place as of to-day.
Mr. STIRLING. I should not object to that;
but gentlemen should understand that if they
have any particular care how their remarks
appear, they can always have the opportunity
of seeing what the report is before it goes into
the Debates; and if they omit that, it is at
their own risk, excepting such correction as
can be made in the proof. But the gentleman
from Calvert, it seems, could not correct the
proof, being absent at the time.
Permission was granted to print the revised
remarks, which are as follows :
Mr. BRISCOE said: I move to insert after
the word "times," the words "in the mode
prescribed in this Constitution." This will
make it conform to the article in the bill of
rights as it now stands in the Constitution,
I do not know that it is necessary for me to
go into an argument or to give the reasons
why I am disposed to adhere to that article of
the bill of rights as it now exists. The rea-
sons for it will present themselves to gentlemen
on all sides. The construction of this article
gave rise to considerable discussion at the
time the Legislature was in the act of pro-
viding for the call of this Convention, I be-
lieve it has been conceded when any action
shall be taken to modify or change the or-
ganic law of the State, it should be preceded
by some legislative action directing the mode
and manner in which a Convention shall as-
semble. The precedents for it are uniform. |
