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Convention Frocwdiugt, Concluded front fourth poge. 2. The State shall be laid off into 45 Senatorial districts, composed of counties contiguously situated, and in as com pact a form as practicable, and each Senate- 1 ’ beentilled toone Se-- mM M taore . -e. i'tie House of Representatives shall be composed of 123 members, based upon the census or enumeration of 1831, as follows: All counties which noware laid out in this State shall hare one member m the House of Representatives, and every county having a population of GOOO and upwards including all free white persons, and three-fifths of the peo ple of color, shall have two members, and every county hav ing a population of 12,000 and upwards, including all free white persons and three-fifths of the people of colour, shall have three members and no more. 4. The House of Representatives shall not, at any time, after tailing the next census or enumeration, be composed ol more than 111 members, based as follows: All counties which now are, or may he hereafter included in this, shall have one member ; and evi ry county having a population of 8,000. inclmling*all free white persons and three-filths of the people of colour, shall have two members : every couuty having a population of 12,000, including all free white per sons and three filths of the people of color, shall have three members, and no more. 5. And at the first session of the General Assembly, after taking of each census or enumeration, according to the Con stitution now of force in this Btate, the Senate shall assem ble iu the Representative chamber, and both branches of the General Assembly shall as 0110" body proceed to an appor tionment of the House of Representatives, so that all coun ties which now are or hereafter may be included in this *State, shall have one member each, and so that no couuty shall have more than three members, according to the above ratio, and so that the House of Representatives shall at no time thereafter be composed of more than 144 members. C. And in the event of any new comity being laid out and defined, before the taking of the next census or enumeration it shall have one member, and no more, and shall be allac’ted to the next contiguous senatorial district. 7. And iu the event of a ratification of this amendment of the Constitution of Georgia, in relation to “areduction and equalization of the General Assembly by the good people thereof, that his excellency do issue his proclamation an nouncing the fact of such ratification,” as contemplated by the act of the General Assembly, passed on the 21th De cember, 1832. The substitute of Mr. Brown, being the last proposed, was the first in order, the President so announced it; when Mr. Harris of Walton, rose and proposed the following resolution, by way of substitute. llaolved, That in the contemplated amendments of the Constitution the House of Representatives shall for the pre sent be composed of members, and never hereatter shall exceed members, and shatl be based on the free white population of this State, permitting each county to have one member. The Senate shall consist of members, and the Slate shall he divided into Senatorial districts of not more than contiguous counties. Mr. Blackshear of Lauretta, offered the following as a substitute : MR. BLACKSHEAR’S SUBSTITUTE. The Senate shall consist of 30 members and no more; and for the purpose of apportioning the Senators among the different counties of the. Slate, both branches of the ensuing. Legislature shall convene in the Representative chamber on the second Monday in November next, and proceed, as one body, to divide the State into Senatorial districts, each dis trict to be composed of three counties to be contiguous to rach other, and the respective districts lobe in as compacts form as practicable : Provided houtver. That the counties of Murray and Floyd, shall, for the present compose one dis trict ; but should another county he hereafter formed (roin either of those counting or parts thereof, it shall be added to and form a part of the same district. The House of Representatives shall consist of not exceed ing 140 members, and shall he apportioned in the following manner: The five counties having the highest representative population, to he computed according to the rule embraced in the constitution as now existing, shall have three members each : The thirty-five counties having the next highest repre sentative population to be computed hy the same rule, shall have two members each : and the remaining counties shall have one member each. This apportionment shall he made among the respective counties, hy the two branches of the Legislature in General Convention assembled, as provided for in the preceding section—and the apportionment so made shall continue until the session of the I.egisiature succeeding the taking of the nexteensus as required bv the Constitution, when the legislature shall hy law, again apportion the repre sentatives among the respective counties agreeably to the ra tio herein prescribed, and at each session of the I.egisiature immediately succeeding the taking of the census as required by the constitution a similar apportionment shall he made and in conformity with the same rule. On the formation of anew county, it shall be added to one of the senatorial districts most contiguous ; and shall bart ons representative until the next ensuing apportionment of of the representatives shall be made as required hy the pre ceding section. MR. PORTER’S SUBSTITUTE. Mr. Porter of Baker, ofl'ereil the following resolution as a substitute: Resolved, That the Senate shall consist of forty-five members anti no more, allowing to each two counties one senator, to he divided by this convention, and that each county shall be entitled to one member, without regard to federal numbers or white population : that the Houseof Representatives shall consist of J2O members, and that after allowing to each county in the State one member, the remaining thirty-one members shall be di vided amongst the counties hating tho highest popula tion, agreeably to the federal numbers. Mr. Mays of DeKalb, offered the following as a sub stitute for the whole. Mr. MAY’S SUBSTITUTE. 1. The Senate shall be elected annually on the first Mon day in October, until such day of election be altered by law, and shall be composed of one member from each Senatorial district to be chosen hy the electors thereof, which said Sen atorial dirtricts shall be formed by adding two contiguous counties together throughout the State, without regard to population as is hereafter specified and defined, the county of Murray excepted, which shall constitute■ together with such county or counties as tnay he hereafter formed nut of the territory now composing said county of Murray one senatori al district, the whole number of districts shall be 45 and no more; and iu the event of the formation of any new county or counties, the Legislature at the time of such formation shall attach the same to some contiguous senatorial district. 2. The House of Representatives shall he composed of members from all the counties which now are or hereafter muv be included within the State, according to their respec tive number of free white persons. 3. Each county containing 4000 white persons shall he entitled to 2 members and 2000 to three and no more, but each county shall have at least one and not more than three members. The whole number of members in the House of Represen tatives shall never exceed 144, and if at aay time by an in crease of the number of free white persons within the Stale tho whole number of members of the House of Representa tives, according to the. ratio herem-before specified would ex ceed 144, the Legislature may increase the ratio by law so as to prevent any excess of members beyond the said number of 144. 5. The census shall betaken as heretofore, once in seven years, and the Legislature shall at its first session after the taking of each census, apportion the members among the several counties of this Statu as is herein before provided, ac cording to the number of free white persons in each county. Mr. Springer of Carroll, offered an amendment to the substitute proposed by Mr. May’s, rescinding ull pro perty qualifications in cither house. The President then stated that there were originally nine (one, Mr. Iverson’s withdrawn) now eight substi tutes before the house, for the report of the committee of the whole. Mr. Mays being first in order, it was moved to take it up, which was agreed to. Mb Harris enquired if the substitute were adopted, would that substitute he amendable 1 The President an swered in the affirmative. Previous to taking tho question, Mr. Hudson of Pul warn, moved that the substitute of Mr. Mays lie on the table for the balance of the session ; afterwards with drawn. _ Mr. Wofford was desirous to know the effect of laying it on the table for the balance of the session ; w ou |j it Dot be preventing what we had coin*’ her* lor 1 He **• answered it wculJ, so far ae that propeaition ini Holed, 1 but not of other substitutes. f Mr. Rvan, of Warren, opposed the views of the ~ itemsn from Habersham, and hr***";* ,f c " ... . • mat something would be ac"'“ — .. . r . . , in, which, if not entirely acccpta ole to lbe whole people, that it would so nearly ap proach to it, that the people would yield and acquiesce in what might be determined on here. Mr. Ryan, ar gued for a better spirit than seemed to prevail—he be sought the members to divest themselves of party and local considerations. Let vour acts be as for to-rnorrow, and not to-day. Lay aside your combinations and meet in a spirit of honorable compromise. He said be had his favorite scheme, but being no more entitled to ge neral favor than the favorite one of every nu tuber, lie would not offer it—but select the best that might be offered. He was still proceeding, when the chair arrest ed him, anil said, too much latitude bad been given to debate. At this stage -Mr. Blackshear withdrew his motion for taking up his proposition by paragraphs, and that it be taken up en masse. Mr. Ryan then resumed, and Continued bis remarks. The substitute of Mr. Mays being read, Mr. Oliver of Elbert gave his views. He thought the convention was wielding power, and forgetting right. He advoca ted an obedience to our letters of instruction from the people, and an observance of the law and our oath. He said we came only authorised to reduce and equalize, and that any departure from the instructions would be arrogant, and assumptuous power. Wc are limited by the law and by the constitution, and if abiding by them, we cannot alter the basis of federal numbers, that any abiidgmentof that ratio, would be a daring infringment of the constitution. He was prepared to go fora terri torial basis for a Senate, if properly reduced—and for a basis of federal numbers for the 11. of Representa tives. This he would do and no more. Mr. Harris argued at length against the views of Mr. Oliver, be contended that under the law, and by instruc tions we were authorised to alter the 7th section of the 15th article of the constitution. He was followed, at length by Mr.Singleton of Jackson, who advocated the federal numbers basis, in a sensible speech. We should be glad to lay it before our readers, if the gentleman will favor us with it. Mr. Stewart next addressed the convention, and advo cated the substitute of Mr. Mays, “because he believed it would be a popular measure,” &c. Mr. Jackson of Chatham, rose, and said, be had not addressed the committee, fearful that any thing from him might not have force. He felt that if the proposi tion of the gentleman from DeKalb, were to succeed, that it would be a direct diversion of the dearest inter ests of the State. Ilia arguments were strong, ex pressed with candor, and enforced with eloquence, which distinguished his speech with excellence. lie advocated the substitute proposed by Mr. Blackshear. Mr. Keuan of Coweta, addressed the House, and in reply to the gentleman, said, that whilst he besought others to abandon their prejudices, lie Mr. K. desired him, and those acting with him to abandon their fears, lie advocated the white basis, and said lie admired the sentiment contained in our Declaration of Independence by the great apostle of Liberty and Republicanism, which said “all men are created equal.” lie said, that if it were left to his vote, he would send the black popu lation beyond the limits of the United States. Wc do not pretend to follow gentlemen in their arguments. He only here give a sketch—a brief sketch—and if in doing so, vve properly represent gentlemen, we shall have answered all we desire* We would not, and hope wc have not given any improper direction to the views of any gentleman. Mr. Wood of Mcl utosli, rose to repel any charges which might have been imputed to him, by the remarks ol the gentleman from Chatham, be wiped hissktrtsof any combination, &c. Mr. Wofford of Habersham, rose and said, he did not believe the gentleman from Chatham wished to impugn the motives, &c. of those who acted differently from him. Mr. W. directed bis remarks as a reply to an ob servation of the gentleman from Jones, Mr. Jourdan. Mr. Hudson withdrew his motion—and Mr. Mays’ substitute being then before the House. Mr. Hull of Clarke, moved to strike out “ two” and insert “ three contiguous.” Before the question was put on striking out, Mr. Fos ter addressed the House, and besought it to mutual for bearance, concession and indulgence, vVe. Ihe question was then put on striking out, and the yeas were 115, nays 129. Those who voted in the affirmative are Messrs. Acre, Allen, Bacon, Bailey, Blackshear of Laurens, Black shear of Thomas, Bond of Ilenrv, Bond of Lee, Bran ham, Byne, Carter, Chambers, Clark ofc Camden, Con nelly, Cooper of I’iitnailU Cox of Oglethorpe, Craw ford ot Columbia, Crawford of Hancock, Crawford of Newton, Crawford of Oglethorpe, Crane, Crocker, Cur ry 1 Daniel of Chatham, Dawson, Dennis, Ellis, Espy, Evans, Ezzard, Fannin, Flemming of Liberty, Fort of Baldwin, Foster, Freeman, Geradinc,tiilincr, B. Green, Thomas Green, Gould,Hall of Mer. Hamilton of Troup, Jas. Ilemphiil, P. W. Hemphill, Hill of Jasper, Hill of Warren, Holt, tJlolscy, Hull, Hudson, Irwin of Cass, Iverson, Jackson, Janes, Johnson of ’Taliaferro, Jour dan of Jasper, Jourdan of Jones, Jones of Lincoln, Jones of Morgan, Jones of Scriven, Kendall, King of Glynn, King of Richmond, Lamar, Lewis, Ligon, Liv ingston, Lockhart, Lucki'P, Martin of Franklin, Mathis, M’Craven, M‘Calf, M’Rae, M-”:idc, .M’hityrc, M‘Far larid, Moore, Murphey, Nesbit, Neal, Ultvor, Paine, Parker, Perry, Pemberton, Porter of Greene, Powers. Ramsey, Ryan, Sains, Sayre, Scarborough, Simms 01 Decatur, Singleton, Story, Stokes, Tait of Elbert, Ter rell, Thompson of Elbert, Thompson of Taliaferro, Tig ner. Trammel, Underwood, Wahlhour of Effingham, Waldhour of Liberty, Wafer, Watson of Muscogee, Welborn of Harris, Welch, Wbighatn, White, Wittick, Wootan of Monroe, Young. I hose who voted in the negative, arc messrs. Adams, Adair of Carroll, Adair of Madison, Anderson, An drews, Bartlett, Barnes, Barksdale, Beall, Blair, Bowen ol Carroll, Botvan of Jackson, Brewster, Bracctvcll, Brcwton, Brown, Buich, Chastain of Habersham, Chat tain of Union, Clark of Ilall. Clark of Henry, (Joffec, Cone of Bibb, Cone of Bulloch,Cooper of G. Cox of Upson, Crowell, Daniel of Emanuel, Denmark, Dennard, Dis inukes, Dobbs, Dunham, Farmer, Farris, Flemming of Talbot, Fort ol Twiggs, Fulwood, Garrett, Garrison, Gresham, Griffin, Gray, Groves, Hall of Wilkinson, Hamilton of Randolph, Hand, Ilariis of Walton, Har ris of U avnc, Ilav, Henderson, Hendrick, Hilliard, Hol liday, Holcombe, Houghton, Irwin of Campbe l !, John son of Henry, Jourdan of Baldwin, Jones of Harris, Jones of Wilkinson, Kelley, Kenan, Key, Kendrick, King of Fayette, Knight, Lawson of Houston, Lindsey, Little. Lowtlier, Lumpkin, Mays, M'lntosh, M‘Coy, Mouglion, Morgan, Moseley. Montford, Nolan, Oquin, Park of Baldwin, Park of Gwinnett, Park of Walton, Pittman, Porter of Baker, Powell, Pope,Quiliian, Rein son, Riley, Roberts, Robertson, Rogers, Schley, Sellers, Sessions, Simms of Hall, Sioane, Smith of Lowndes] Smith of Stewart, Smith of Tattnall, Speak, Springer Stewart, Stricklank, Studefent, Sturges, Swain, Tait of Cherokee, Taylor, Tennillc, Thompson of Campbell, Ward, Waltlial, Wofford, Walker of Irwin, Walker of Richmond, Watson of Monroe, Welborn of Houston, Webb, West, Whitaker, Wilson of Early, Wilson of Hall, Williams, Wißingham, Wood, Worthy, Wootan of Wilkes, Wilcox. On motion,the House adjourned to 3 o'clock, P. M. 3 o’clock, P. M. Monday, May 14. The Convention met. Mr. May's resolution being tinder consideration, Mr. Bowen of Jackson, offered the following as a substitute for the first section of Mr. .May’s amendment, winch w*» derided in the negative, whereupon, the na -* • r#Te Called for. Previous to taking! w IC _ ~ir. Dawson advocated it as a honorable compro-1 mise. Mr. Harris of W alton, gave his views, in which 1 he advocated the white basis. MR. BOWEN’S SUBSTITUTE. “The senate shall consist of 36 members, to be elected from seperate senatorial districts, in the following manner : 22 districts of 2 counties each; 11 districts of 3 counties each; and 3 districts of four counties each, to be composed of con tiguous counties.” Which was lost. Yeas 93, Nays 149. Mr. Singleton said, we have been talking about con cession until lie was ashamed of it. He appealed to the lowcrcounty members,d*c. Mr. Nesbit spoke at length, and with pith and elo quence; The yeas were 93, nays 150. Mr. Cone of Bullock, moved that the House agree to the section, being the first of Mr. Mays. W’hereupon the yeas and nays were called for by Mr. Crawford of Oglethorpe ; which were taken, and resulted yeas 102. nays 81. The 2d section of rar. May’s resolution was read. Mr. Dawson moved toadl after “free white persons” “and in cluding” 3-sths of tie people of color,” according to the former Constitution, on the question, mr. Gould called for the yeas and nays, before taking them Mr. Gilmer, addressed the Convention, anii in a bold and forcible speech set forth the danger which might, which would arise, by the refusal to substitute Mr. D's. amendment. He warned the conven tion by facts, by reason, and by eloquence—but strange to say, yes we say it with sorrow, that a convention of delegates of thej State of Georgia, voted their own ruin, and destruc tion, by a vote of 12(3 yeas, to 123 nays. On motion of Dawson to strike out white persons, Yeas 123, Nays 120. Those who voted in the affirmative are messrs. Allen, Andrews, Bacon, Bailey, Bartlett, Barnes, Barksdale, Blackshear, of Laurens, Blackshear of Thomas, Bond, of Henry, Bond, of Lee, Branham, Brown, Byne, Carter, Chambers, Clark, of Camden, Connelly, Cooper, of Glynn, Cooper, of Putnam, Cox, of Oglethorpe, Crawford, of Columbia, Crawford, of Hancock, Crawford, of Newton, Crawford, of Ogle thorpe, Crane, Crocker, Curry, Daniel, of Chatham, Dawson, Dennis, Ellis, Evans, Ezzard, Fannin, Flem ming, of Liberty, Fort, of Baldw in, Foster, Freeman, Gerardine, Gilmer, B. Green, Thomas Green, Gray, Gould, Ilall, of Meriwether, Hamilton, of Troup, Ilay, P. W. Hemphill, Hill, of Jasper, Hill, of Warren, Holt, Holsey, Hull, Hudson, irwin, of Cass, Iver son, Jackson, Janes, Johnson, of Taliaferro, Jour dan, of Baldwin, Jourdan, of Jasper, Jourdan, of Jones, Jones, of Lincoln, Jones, of Morgan, Jones, of Scriven, Kendrick, Kendall, King, of Glynn, Lamar, Lewis, Ligon,Livingston, Lockhart, Luckie, Mathis, McCraven, McCall, Mclntyre, Moore, .Mouglion, Nesbit, Neal, Oliver, Paine, Parker, Perry, Pemberton, Porter, of Baker, Porter, of Greene, Powers, Ramsey, Rcmson, ltyan, Sayre, Scarborough, Simms of Decatur, Singleton, Story, Stokes, Tait, of Elbert, Taylor, Tennillc, Terrell, Thompson, of Elbert, Thompson, of Teliaferro, Tigner, Trammel, Underwood, Wafer, Waldhour, of Effingham, Waldhour, of Liberty. Walker, of Richmond, Welborn, of Harris, Welch, Wbighatn, White, Wittick, Wootan, of Monroe, Wootan, of Wilkes, Young. Those who voted in the negative are messrs. Adams, Acre, Adair, of Carroll, Adair, of Madison, Anderson, Beall, Blair, Bowen, of Carroll, Bowen, of J. Brewster, Brcwton, Bramlett, Burch, Camp, Chastain, of Habersham, Chastain, of Union, Clark of Ilall, Clark of Henry, Bartlett, Cone, of Bibb, Cone, of Bul loch, Cox, of Upson, Crowell, Daniel, of Emanuel, Denmark, Dennard, Dismukcs, Dobbs, Dunham, Espy, Farmer, Faris, Flemming, of Talbot, Fort, of Twiggs, Fulwood, Garrett, Garrison, Gresham, Griffin, Groves, Hall, of Wilkinson, Hamilton, of Randolph, Hand, Harris, of Walton, Harris, of Wayne, Jas. Hemphill, ■ Hendrick, Hilliard, Holliday, Holcombe, Houghton, Irwin, of Campbell, Johnson, of Henry, Jones of Harris, Jones of Wilkinson, Kelly, Kenan, Key, King, of Fay , ette, King, of Richmond, Knight, Lawson, of Houston, 1 Lindsey, 1 .ittle, Lowtlier, Lumpkin, Martin, of Franklin, . Mays, Maugham, Mclntosh, McCoy, Mcßae, Mcßride, McFarland, Morgan, Moseley,'Murphey, Montford, ’ Nolan, Oquin, Park, of Baldwin, Park, of Gwinnett, Park, of Walton, Pittman, Powell, Pope, Quiliian, | Riley, Roberts, Robertson, Rogers, Sjms, Schley, Sel lers, Sessions, Simms, of Ilall, Sioane, Smith of Lowndes, . Smith of Stewart, Smith of Tattnall, Speak, Springer, . Stewart, Strickland, Studefent, Sturges, Swain, Tait of Cherokee, Thompson of Campbell, Thompson of Coweta, u Ward, Walthal, Walker of Irwin, Watson of Monroe, Watson of Muscogee, Welborn of Houston, Webb, . West, Whitaker, Wilcox, Wilson of Early, Wilson of Hall, Williams, Willingham, Wofford, Wood, Worthy. May 15, 1833. The Convention met. Mr. Blackshear of Lau. moved to reconsider somuch of the Journal as related to the adoption of the first section of Mr. May’s a mendment, which established the white basis. Mr. B. strongly urged re-consideration, as did Mr. Dan iel of Chatham. Mr. King of Richmond opposed it. Many otiiers also spoke. Warm and unpleasant remarks passed between Messrs. King of Richmond, and Crawford of Ogle thorpe. Mr. Gilmer, in a conciliatory spirit invoked a calm review of what had been done, and to come to an understanding, hat what this body may do, may go to the people without division amongst them about it. lie wished a reduction, equalization and ratification. The question being had, it was determined not to * reconsider, by a vote of 131 to 114. The Jpurnal efyesterday was then toad, and the Convention adjourned to 2 o clock, P. W 3 O ’jock, P. nflWav J 4. Mr. Porter offered the following SUo»Jhute which was lost without a division. Resolved, That each county shall have one mem-- ber without regard to population or taxation ; that the House of Representatives shall be composed of 120 members and no more, until after the next cen sus shall be taken, or anew county formed ; in that event the new county or counties shall be .attached to the senatorial district most contiguous thereto, also that the thirty-one remaining members be di vided amongst the sevcrnl counties having the high est population and taxation. Mr. Brown offered the following as a substitute; 1 he House of Representatives shall be composed of one hundred and thirty numbers, from all the counties which now arc included within this State, according to their respective members of free white persons, according to the actual enumeration taken in 1831, and which may be taken in every subse quent term of seven years thereafter; at such time, and in such manner, as this Convention may di rect. Each county containing four thousand per sons agreeably to the foregoing Enumeration, shall have two members. Every county having nine thousand, three members, and no more. But each county shall have at least one member, and not more than three members. The House of Repre sentatives shall he chosen on the first Monday in October 1834, and annually thereafter, until such day of election be altered by law. Until such enu meration aforesaid, shall he made, the following counties shall be entitled to the following number of of representatives respectively. Bibb two, Columbia two, Coweta two, l’ayettc two, Greene two, Harris two, Pik* two, Talbot two. Twiggs two, Wilkinson two, Burke two, Chatham two, Llarkc two, Hancock two, .Vorgan two, Ojglcthorpc two, Putnam two, Richmond two, Troup two, War ren two. Washingtoirtwo, Wilkes two, Houston two, Jasper two, Jackson two, Jones two, Elbert two, Franklin two, Walton two,Henry two, N nvton two, DeKaib three, wWonroe three,Gwinnett three, Haber sham three, and Hall three—And, that the House of Representatives shall not at any time, after taking such enumeration, be composed of more than one hundred and forty-four members. The Legisla ture shall apportion the House of Representatives, so that the number shall not exceed one hundred and forty lour members, and so that no county shall have more than three members, upon the a bove basis. Andall'new counties which may heareafter be laid out and defined, shall have one member only until such enumeration and apportionment shall take place upon the above basis. The 3d and 4th sections of Mr. .May’s substitute being under consideration ; mr. Harris of Walton, moved the following in lieu thereof: “ The whole number of members in the House of Representatives shall be 144 and no more, except in the case of a newly created county or counties, such new county or counties, shall have one mem ber for each county, until the taking of the next census thereafter, and the whole number shall be apportioned in the following manner, to wit; the 15 counties having the highest number of free white persons, shall be entitled to 3 members each, the 25 counties having the next highest number of free white persons shall have 2 members] each, and the remaining 45 counties shall have 1 member each. Whenever from the creation of anew county, or counties, the whole number of members of the H. of Reps, shall exceed the number 144, it shall be the duty of the Legislature at its first session after the taking of the first census after the creation of such new county or counties, in apportioning the members, to take from one of the counties having three members to supply such newly created county, always beginning with the county that has the smal lest number of free w hite persons the.t may be enti tled to three members. The census shall be taken as heretofore, once in 7 years, and the Legislature shall at its first session alter the taking of each census, apportion the mem hers among the several counties of this State", as is herein before provided, provided each county shall have one member. On receiving mr. Harris’s substitute in lieu of said sections, it was determined in the affirmative— Yeas 13d—Nays 93. .Mr. Hull offered the following as a substitute for the whole, to wit: “ The Senate shall consist of 30 members only, to be elected from 30 senatorial districts, composed of 3 counties each, contigously situated, which dis tricts shall be laid out by the next general assembly, convened as one body in the Representative Chamber, on the second Monday in November next. “ The House of Representatives shall consist of 126 members only, viz : each county shall have one member, and the remaining number above that which gives each county one, shall be divided among the counties having the highest representative popu lation, computed according to the rule now existing in the Constitution, beginning at the highest, and giving to those highest counties, one additional mem ber, and no more. Any new county which may hereafter be made, shall have one member in the House of Representatives, and be attached to the nearest senatorial district, until the taking of the next census, and the Legislature meeting after the taking of the next census shall rc-apportion the Legislature according to the plan herein contained.” Jlfr. Hull’s substitute was lost—Yeas 98—Nays 139. mr. Gould moved an adjournment, which was lost. mr. Underwood then moved the following in lieu of the original subst : tute: “ The Senate shall consist of 36 members, to be chosen from each judicial circuit, in such manner as that no two shall be residents of the same coun ty at the time of the election or for one year previ ous. “The House of Representatives shall consist of 136 members to be app»rtioned as follows: the three counties having the highest representative po pulation, shall have three members each; and the next 41 counties having the next highest shall have two members each ; and the other 45 counties shall have one member each ; and in case ofthe formation any newcaunty, it shaii be attached to the judicial of district to which the county from which its largest representation shall have been taken, and shall have one representative until the taking of the next cen sus alter the formation of such new county or coun ties, and that the Legislature shall, at its first session after the taking of the next census proceed to ap portion the members amongst the several counties according to the representative population of each county, so as that the number shall not exceed 144 members, allowing to each one member.” . mr. Underwood’s substitute was negatived— Yeas 77—Nays 153. mr. Harris of W alton, moved that the substi tute as amended, be now received in lieu of the ori ginal report of the committee of the whole, which | *y?ts agreed to. He also laid on the table a pro position to carry into effect the first section of the proposed amendments to the constitution ; which was read, and the Convention adjourned to 9 o’clock to-morrow. Wednesday, May 15, iSfiS. The report of the committee of the whole was again taken up, when Mr. Harris of Walton, moved the following additional section: Each senator shall be a resident of the district for which he may elected, as required by the pre sent constitution of residence in the countv, Ihe following shall be the senatorial districts, viz: [1 he same as published under our editorial head.] Mr. Hudson moved to amend the same by strik ing out Morgan in the 19th senatorial district, and insert Baldwin. Mr. Iverson then called for the previous question, to preclude all amendments, on which motion, the yeas were 140, nays 85. 1 lie main question was then put which was, on agreeing to mr. Harris’ arrangement of the senato rial districts, on which question the veas were 152 nays 80. Ihe question prevailed and the amendment was agreed to. Air. Daw-son of Greene, then presented the fol lowing resolution: Whereas, the proceedings of this Convention will not be binding until ratified by the people; and whereas a respectable minority of this body are in lavor of a plan of reduction, which diminishes the number n| the members of both branches of the General Assembly to a greater extent than that pro posed by the majority, and which reduces the ex |K?nsc oi the government 8 or 10,090 dollars annu ally below that which the majoritv proposes; and this convention recognising the right of the j-oojilej to judge ami determine for themselves what plan o* reduction they prefer; Resolved, That tlie scheme proposed by the majority, known as No. 1, and that of the minority proposed on yesterday by mr. Hull, as No. 2, be both submitted to the people with a request that thoy will endorse on their tickets “ Ratify No. 1” or “ Ratify No. 2,’’ or “ No ratification.” Mr. Wood then moved the question of considera tion, when after considerable debate, the President put the question, “ will the convention consider the resolution offered by the gentleman from Greene I” Or. which the yeas were 86, nays 143. So the resolution of mr. Dawson was not con sidered. Mr. Harris of Walton offered a preamble to the amendments made by the convention, which was accepted, and - ordered to be placed to the amend ments, and submitted to the people. On motion of mr. Sturges, a committee was ap pointed consisting of messrs. Sturges, Dawson, and Fort of B. to cause the proposed amendments to the constitution to be enrolled, signed by the Presi sident and Secretaries and placed in the Executive office; and that they cause to be printed a sufficient number of copies of the same, to furnish each mem ber with 10 copies and one copy for each clerk of the Inferior court of the respective counties. % Mr. Branham presented the following preamble and resolution: Whereas, by an act of the General Assembly ol the State of Georgia, passed on the 24th of Decem ber, 1832, entitled an act to provide for the call of a convention to reduce the members of the General Assembly - of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes therein named ; it is provided that each member returned as duly elected shall, previous to taking his sea* in said convention, take the following oath, viz : “ I, A. B. do solemnly swear that I will not attempt to add to, or take from the constitution or attempt to change or alter any other section, clause or article of the constitution of the State of Georgia, other than those touching the representa tion iu the General Assembly thereof,and that I have been a citizen of this State for the last seven years, so help me God.” And the people of this State did elect their delegates ia pursuance of the provi sions of said act, for the purpose of amending the constitution of the State, so far as relates to the representation of the people in their General As sembly, and said convention did when assembled, take the before recited oath ; and whereas the act of said-convention in consenting to take the oath by the said act prescribed,may be construed into an admission on their part, that the Legislature of the State have the right of controuling the action of tlie people in their primary assemblies, and may bo. come a precedent, injuriously affecting the sovereign rights of the people : Therefore, Resolved, That this convention, whilst thev ad mit the right of the people to instruct their’dele gates, and limit their action when in convention as sembled, do expressly deny to the General Assembly of the State the right, by any act of that body, to instruct or controul the action of the people,'thro’ their delegates when in convention met. Mr. Fort of B. moved the consideration of the same, on which question, the yeas and nays were recorded. Yeas 64, nays 138.' So the convention refused to consider. On motion of mr. Iverson, the convention then agreed to the amendments in gross ; and on his mo tion, a vote of thanks and approbation was voted James M. Wayne; and the same was also voted messrs. Hunt and Gaither, as secretaries, on the mo* tion of mr. Sturges. 3 o'clock, May 15. The convention re-assembled. The following protest was presented, read and ordered to be entered on the Journals. The undersigned protest against the acts of this convention, on the following grounds, to-vrit: Tlie majority have determined to change the basis of re presentation ; and to establish a base different from that ol federal numbers. We believe this act to be wrong in itself—to be opposed to the interest of the great mass of the people, and especially of our immediate constituents, and calculated to invites change in our federal relations. They have, as we believe, given to territory undue influence in both branches of the General Assembly, whereby it will be in the power of the minority of tlie people to rule the majority. They have resolved to propose to the people of Georgia an amendment which as to reduction falls short of what we think the pub lic will require without gaining any tiling on the score of equalization, but with an eye as we are constrained to believe to party ascendency. This conclusion we have been driven to by the arrange ments of senatorial districts, proposed and adopted, and other circumstances. We believe that the fundamental law should Ire a rule of action, bty Calculated to secure equal rights on the one hand, and impose equal burdens on tlie other. Believing that the proposed amendments constitute a manifest departure from that rule we have withheld our as sent thereto, and whilst we are decidedly in favor of reduction and equalization, even greater than that proposed, we do for the reason here assigned, in the name of the good people we represent, enter tlli* protest against their adoption. Mark A. Cooper, J. W. Fannin, Thomas Levingston, W. T. Gould, Absalom Janes, Lewis A. Bond, r'. -A- Nesbit, David Irwin, Hamiiii Freeman, Wm. Jones, Henry Lockhart, Harmong Lamar, Nathan Crawford, V/ia. Terre!!, Nathan C. Sayre, 11. B. Thompson, Joseph Ligon, Josiah Perry, On motion of mr. Sturges, it was Resolved, That as many of the Journals of tßis convention be printed as of" the Journals of the of Representatives, and distributed by the G of-* 1 early as practicable ; and that a committee, consist ing of messrs. Sturges, Daw son, and Fort of and. be appointed to bring up the unfinished business of the convention. T hen adjourned sine die. FOREIGN NEWS. By the arrived of the packet David Brown , at Charles ton, from N. Y. >.ve are furnished with Liverpool accounts to the 2d April, brought by the ship Soutk Aviertet< We have only room for the following extract: The Irish coercion bill has passed the House of Com mons by a majority of 259, and had been returned »"n aroedmentr, to the House of l-ords, whence it originate* 1 , m which body there is no douht of its final passage is thought that its provisions will be immediately e* c cuted, and for that punpose 28,000 soldiers arc kept l Ireland by the British Government. Thus is a whiga"™ istry about to signalize its triumph by a measure o op prcssioti and atrocious injustice,scarcely paralleled in annals of lory ism—-a measure which denies to lre,an . the privilege of the British Constitution, and treaty* Irish people “as a horde of robber* and uwrdetW*'