Mr. Davis offered the following amendment:
That no member of this Convention or General Assembly of the State be chosen to be a Delegate to said Convention.
Upon the yeas and nays being called for, the amendment was lost:
Mr. Davis moved that the rules be waived and the resolution be put on its passage.
Mr. Daniel of Duval offered as a substitute for the resolution the following:
Resolved, That this Convention go forthwith into an election of three Delegates to represent this State in the Convention of such slaveholding States as may be represented in the proposed Convention to be held in Montgomery.
Which was adopted.
On motion, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Ward until to-morrow.
Mr. Pelot moved a call of the House and absentees sent for;
Which was agreed to.
The roll being called the following members answered to their names:
Mr. President, Messrs. Allison Barrington, Beard, Bethel, Chandler, Coon, Daniel, Davis, Dawkins, Devall, Finegan, Folsom, Gary, Gettis, Glazier, Hendricks, Henry, Hunter, Irwin, Jones, Kirksey, Ladd, Lamar, Lamb, Lea of Madison, Leigh of Sumpter, Lewis, Love, McCaskill, McGahagin, McLean, McIntosh, McNeally, Mays, Morrison, Morton, Newman, Nicholson, Owens, Palmer, Pelot, Pinckney, Rutland, Sanderson, Saxon, Sever, Solana, Stephens, Thomas, Tift, Turman, Woodruff and Yates.
On motion of Mr. Davis, Mr. Dilworth was excused for not being present.
On motion, it was agreed to vote for three Delegates at a time.
Messrs. Allison and Lea were appointed Tellers by the President.
Mr. Stephens moved that a majority of the whole Convention be necessary to elect;
Which was agreed to.
The Convention proceeded to a first ballot which resulted as follows:
T. B. Lamar 11, J. B. Owens 23, J. J. Finley 14, J. P. Sanderson 27, G. T. Ward 28, J. M. Daniel 2, Jackson Morton 23, S. R. Mallory 6, Mays 2, McIntosh 4, Hilton 2, Dawkins 1, J. P. Anderson 2, W. G. M. Davis 1, B. C. Pope 4, G. W. Call 3, A. E. Maxwell 2, J. Wayles Baker 1, G. W. Parkhill 1, B. A. Putnam 1, J. E. Broome 2, E. C. Love 1.
The President decided that there was no election, none of the candidates receiving a majority of the Whole House.
