be the will of the high tribunal, to whose unappealable decree you have wisely determined to submit the renewed charter of constitutional law, to reject its provisions, the decision which annuls your labors and reverses your judgment, will carry with it no rebukes against the motives that have guided and governed you in its formation and adoption. A generous public (and such we may justly call that people whose servants we are) will not too severely censure and condemn errors and misapprehensions, which do not proceed from corruption or inexcusable ig‐ norance. Let us, then, gentlemen, with conscious integrity, await the coming verdict of our fellow-citizens, fully satisfied, that having the intelligence to judge for themselves, without a motive to err, they will not be likely to determine with inconsiderate rashness, on a subject of such exclusive importance to their future political welfare.

Gentlemen of the Convention: Invited by your partialities to fill the Chair and rule your deliberations, I have never failed to bear in mind, the great delicacy of my task, and my inadequacy to the duties required at my hands. On your politeness and forbearance I have continued to rely, and to that kind source, feel that I am indebted for the little success which in your estimation, has crowned my exertions. For so much unmerited goodness, I am not able sufficiently to express my thanks. Suffer me in return, to wish you individually a speedy and happy journey to the embraces of your families and the smiles and approbation of your constituents; and there in the rich banquet of feeling, forgetting the cares and the perplexities through which you have toiled here, I trust you may live long in the enjoyments of the precious immunities secured by that Constitution, which it will be your proud distinction to have signed.

Mr BLOUNT then submitted the following:

"Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention are hereby presented to WM. K. HILL, the Secretary to this body, for the correct, neat and elegant manner he has engrossed the amended Constitution of this State on parchment as to be enrolled, agreeably to the order of this Convention."

Which was read and unanimously adopted.

Mr FOGG submitted the following:

"Resolved, That the Secretary of State be requested to superintend the printing of the Constitution and the ordinances and to have the same distributed as has before been ordered."

Which was read and adopted.

The report of the Committee on Finance was presented by Mr DOUGLASS of said Committee, in the following words; to wit:

The Committee of Finance, who were charged to inquire into and audit the expenses of the Convention, beg leave to make the following

REPORT.

DR. THE STATE OF TENNESSEE,

IN ACCOUNT CURRENT AS FOLLOWS: For sundry expenses incurred by the Convention assembled at Nashville on the nineteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, for the purpose of revising, amending or forming anew the Constitution of said State.

NAMES OF MEMBERS, &c.

No. of Am't milage.||No. of
Miles. $ C. Days.

Amt of per Aggregate. diem. $ с

Carter, William B. (President) 640 102 40 104 520 00

Ditto,

Allen, Robert

Postages,

Armstrong, Hugh C.
Alexander, Adam R.

$

C.

Bradshaw, Richard.

489 60

Hill, William K., Secretary, 104 days at $6
Morrow, William I. I., Assistant do. 103 days at $6

624 00

618 00

McDowell, James, Doorkeeper,

104 66 at $4

416 00

Robertson, Alfred C., Assistant do. 104"

at $4

416 00

William K. Hill, for completing the journals and superintending printing,

120 00

2589 00

W. Hasell Hunt & Co., 60 copies Banner & Whig,

120 00

3147 93

Louis, (colored man) hauling 165 barrels water,
Ditto, sweeping and bringing water, &c.

John Austin, cleaning house, &c. for reception,
Robert I. Moore, carpeting,

100

30.00

James McDowell, removing furniture, &c. after adjournment,

10 00

69 56

$32,772 07

Thirty-two thousand, seven hundred and seventy-two dollars and seven

cents.

All of which is respectfully submitted

On motion of Mr BURTON,

BURCHETT DOUGLASS,

Chairman of the Committee of Finance.

Ordered, That the Ordinance adopted by the Convention be published and appended to the Amended Constitution; and that it be signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary of this Convention.

Mr CAHAL moved that the session of the Convention be closed by prayer; which motion prevailing, a fervent and appropriate prayer was offered to the throne of grace, by the Reverend Mr HESS of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

And thereupon the Convention, on motion of Mr ALLEN,

Attest:

Adjourned without day.

WILLIAM B. CARTER, President.

WILLIAM K. HILL, Secretary.