Mr. BARTLETT then moved to amend the Order adopted yesterday, on the subject of closing the debate, by adding thereto the following: Amendments shall be admitted after debate upon the main question shall cease, and the mover of each amendment shall be allowed ten minutes to explain his amendment, and the same time shall be allowed to members of the Convention who shall obtain the floor to oppose such amendment, when the question thereon shall be taken without further debate. After debate, Mr. DANA, member for Manchester, moved the Previous Question; which was ordered, And the amendment of Mr. Bartlett was rejected, by a vote of one hundred and forty in the affirmative, to one hundred and forty-four in the negative. On motion of Mr. KNOWLTON, of Worcester, the Orders of the Day were laid upon the table. By leave of the Convention, Mr. KNOWLTON modified his amendment by inserting after the word 'years," in the fifth line, the words "and for the purpose of such confirmation, the governor shall have the power to convene the Senate from time to time at his discretion." Mr. HOOPER also modified his amendment by striking out the words "in districts," in the third and fourth lines of the second Resolve, (printed copy,) and by inserting a blank before the word "years," in the fourth line. The question was then stated upon adopting the amendment of Mr. Hooper, as modified; And the roll being called, one hundred and fifty members voted for the amendment, and two hundred and thirty-six against it. Messrs. George B. Crane, Oliver S. Cressy, Messrs. Abishai Lincoln, Otis Little, Justin E. Loomis, Charles Mason, Simeon Merritt, Henry W. Cushman, Thomas Cushman, Isaac Davis, Robert T. Davis, Henry L. Dawes, Gilman Day, Augustus Denton, Ezekiel W. Fitch, Rodney French, Samuel French, Richard Frothingham, Jr., Leonard Gooding, William B. Greene, Josiah W. Griswold, Whiting Griswold, Lyman W. Hapgood, Stephen E. Hawkes, Charles C. Hazewell, Ezra Heath, 2d, William H. Hewes, Nathaniel Holder, George Hood, Foster Hooper, Henry K. Hoyt, Benjamin D. Hyde, James L. Monroe, James M. Moore, Silas Rawson, Daniel Richardson, James C. Royce, Perez Simmons, John W. Simonds, Alfred L. Strong, Charles Sumner, Increase Sumner, Messrs. Amasa Walker, Andrew H. Ward, Gershom B. Weston, George White, Daniel S. Whitney, James S. Whitney, Daniel Wilbur, Joseph Wilbur, Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Josiah G. Abbott, Benjamin P. Adams, Shubael P. Adams, Charles Allen, Joel C. Allen, Eliakim A. Bates, Erasmus D. Beach, Henry Chapin, Rufus Choate, J. McKean Churchill, Messrs. Henry Williams, J. B. Williams, Willard Wilson, Levi M. Winslow, Charles C. Wood, Otis Wood, William H. Wood, Ezekiel Wright. Messrs. Ransom Clark, Nathaniel Cogswell, Ithamar Conkey, Francis B. Crowninshield, Joseph Cummings, Simeon N. Cutler, Richard H. Dana, Jr., Charles G. Davis, Ebenezer Davis, John Davis, Solomon Davis, Elijah S. Deming, Hiram S. Denison, James C. Doane, Moses Dorman, A. G. Farwell, Aaron Foster, Samuel Fowle, Samuel P. Fowler, Charles H. French, Luther Gale, Henry J. Gardner, Messrs. Johnson Gardner, Elbridge Gates, Wanton C. Gilbert, Joel Giles, Daniel W. Gooch, Robert Gould, John W. Graves, Elnathan P. Hathaway, George Hayward, Charles Heard, Samuel Henry, Henry Hersey, James Hewes, Levi Heywood, George S. Hillard, William Hinsdale, Aaron Hobart, Henry Hobart, Edwin Hobbs, Thomas Hopkinson, Abraham H. Howland, William J. Hubbard, William James, John Jenkins, Samuel H. Jenks, John Johnson, Giles C. Kellogg, Henry W. Kinsman, Hiram Knight, Messrs. Jefferson Knight, Joseph Knight, Charles L. Knowlton, George H. Kuhn, Gardner P. Ladd, John S. Ladd, Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., Isaac Livermore, Alfred Norton, Daniel Noyes, Joseph E. Ober, Samuel D. Parker, Jeremiah Pomroy, Jonathan Preston, George Putnam, Robert Rantoul, James Read, Luther Richards, Samuel H. Richardson, Messrs. Julius Rockwell, Joseph M. Rockwood, Messrs. Charles R. Train, David Turner, George R. Sampson, John Sargent, William Schouler, John Sherril, Chester Sikes, John S. Sleeper, John Souther, Caleb Stetson, J. Thomas Stevenson, Thomas Talbot, Ralph Taylor, Joseph Thayer, Charles Thompson, Edmund P. Tileston, Horatio W. Tilton, John S. Tyler, George B. Upton, George A. Vinton, Samuel Walker, Marshal Warner, Asa H. Waters, Milo Wilson, Mr. DAVIS, of Plymouth, moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Knowlton, by substituting the word "Council" for the word "Senate,” and by striking out the words "and for the purpose of such confirmation, the governor shall have the power to convene the Senate, from time to time, at his discretion." A division of the question was called for, and the question being taken upon substituting the word "Council" for the word "Senate, the amendment was adopted by a vote of two hundred and thirteen in the affirmative, to seventy-eight in the negative. The second branch of the amendment was then adopted. On motion of Mr. ALVORD, member for Montague, the amendment was further amended by adding the words, "and the judges now in office shall hold their offices according to their commissions." Mr. HUNTINGTON, of Northampton, moved to amend by striking out the word "seven" in the fifth line, (printed copy). But the amendment was rejected by a vote of one hundred and sixty-four in the affirmative to one hundred and seventy-nine in the negative. Mr. HALLETT, member for Wilbraham, moved to amend by inserting after the word "that," in the first line, (printed copy,) the words, "from and after seven years from the adoption of this Constitution "; But afterwards withdrew his amendment. |