According to the previous
thread, here is the proposal, as put forward by the hon. CmdrWilkens:
Resolved that the segment of rule 2 ("One Senator, One Vote') reading "Who can nominate - Only Senators (no Governors, Chancellor, Executors or Emperor)" shall be changed to read as follows:
"Who can nominate - Every Senate member except the Chancellor"
I have recreated the poll, since it apparently closed too early for many honorable Senators to vote.
(Note: I did, in fact, vote in favor.)
A Government founded upon justice, and recognizing the equal rights of all men; claiming higher authority for existence, or sanction for its laws, that nature, reason, and the regularly ascertained will of the people; steadily refusing to put its sword and purse in the service of any religious creed or family is a standing offense to most of the Governments of the world, and to some narrow and bigoted people among ourselves.
F. Douglass