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ment of those laws ? That man—honoured at home
and abroad more than any man on earth ever was
honoured—did he go for enforcing the laws ?No ;
1 he went to resist laws that were oppressive against
a free people, and against the injustice of which
they rebelled. Did Lord Chatham go for enforcing
the laws ? No ;he gloried in defence of the liberties
of America. He made that memorable declaration
in the British Pavliament—' If I was an American
citizen, instead of, as I am, an Englishman, I never
would submit to such laws—never, never, never !'
Such is the spirit that arimates our Southern
brethren, and shall we war upon them for it ? No.
We must avert civil war
,if possible ; and I close by
exhorting my brethren to do all in their power to
avert civil war. Concession—conciliation—any-
thing but that ; and no man amongst us in his dying
hour will regret that his conscience is clear, anti
that he can lay his hand upon his heart and say, I
did all in my power to turn from the bosom of my
country the horrible blow of civil war.' "
Immense sensation followed the remarks of the
venerable Chancellor, and the deep silence that had
attended his remarks was followed by an enthusi-
astic outburst of applause. Mr. George, of Orange,
and Mr. Soutter, of Queens, both natives of Vir-
ginia, responded in touching terms to the remarks
of Chancellor Walworth, and EL large portion of the
Convention gave vent to their feelings in tears.
The scene was rendered yet more impressive and
affecting when Mr. W. H. Carroll took the floors,"
and with all the eloquence of deep feeling-appealed
to the North to stay its hand before' it dicl.any act
to plunge the country in civil war. The venerable
appearance of Mr. Carroll, and his allusion to his
ancestors, one of whom signed the Declaration of
Independence, while his grandfather, Daniel Car-
roll, ceded to the United States his manor on which
now stands the Federal Capitol, touched the heart
of the Convention, and when he had closed a
unanimous call was made for the adoption of a
second resolution against civil war by acclamation,
and it was carried with a burst of applause that
made the rafters of the building ring. This scene
was the great feature of the morning session. The
resolutions gave rise to some debate, but they were
ultimately' adopted without amendment.
The mass meeting, of which preliminary an-
nouncement had been made, was held in Baltimore
on the evening of the Ist. The call was to all
those favouring the restoration of the Union of
States, and the ostensible object was the endorse-
ment of the Crittenden plan of compromise; but
the proceedings showed very plainly that the real
intention was to exert a pressure towards the
calling of a State Convention. About 2,000 people
only attended. Messrs. Morris, Teakle, Wallace,
and R. M. M'Lean addressed the meeting. Reso-
lutions were passed denouncing the course of
Governor Hicks in refusing to call a State Conven-
tion ; denying his authority to send delegates to
Washington ; also, to make arrangements for
electing delegates to a city convention, called for
the purpose of electing delegates to a State
Convention, to give expression to the views of
Maryland,