Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-01-08
TuEspxr, january 5, 1908.

A communication from the Senate By
their cierk:C.E E AZ tr.g-
Phe Senate have passedth bill-"Con-
corning the road from the experimentation
of Eapawha to the upper navigation of
James River" with amendments, to which
they request the concurrence of the House
of Deiegates.s,
( They recede from their 1st amendment'
proposed to the bill" To continue and
snenei act Concerning James River
Company"-to which the House of Dele
gates isagreed---And they have agreed to
the amendment proposed by the House of
Delegates to their second amendment to
the said bill, with an amendment, to which
also they request the concurrence of the
House of Delegates. .,...,.
| The House proceeded to consider the
amendments proposed. by the Senate.to the
biL "Concerning the road from the up
per navigation Of Kanawha to the upper
navigation Of lanes River :" and the same
being twice read, were agreed. to bv the
| House. - -
MIR. Pope, from the committee to whom
were referred certain resolutions relating
TO the government of the United States,
reported, that the committee had accor-
ding to order had the said resolutions un-
der confederation and had made an amend
mept thereto by way of substitute, which
he handedin at the clerks table, where
the same was readsas fellows: avs
| s The General Assembly of Virginia, tax
ing INTO their most serious consideration,
the present crisis in our political AFFAIRS
and the circumstances which have tended
10 produce it, would be unpardonabiy neg
hgent, were they To remain silent. They
ideePly regret that they have been .djsap-
lpointed in their ardent wish that the y.
States might be forever exempt from those
tdIsastreuS commissions which have been so
long desolating Europe. In.the strict and
mpartiaineutraiity practised bv the Ame-
irican Government to all nations; i'm the
llnvlolable regard which it has so scrupu-
Eousy paid to justice and good faith, they
fondiyimaglned they had a firm qua PAN
tee TO the continuance of peace But from
the menacing aspect of a6yirs, it. seems but
TOO probable that this hhttering. anticipa-
ton IS about to Danish, and that we shall
nave TO act part in the melancholy dra-
ma ct the day. In revewingNhe series of
causes which are likely to- terminate in
/ this result, we derive great consolation
4 from the reflection that the Government
lot the United States has done every thing
Ion its part winch was calculated to pre-
iserve peace upon honorable ytcrnsQ and.
! with propriety be upbraided. The reca.
pitulation in detail of the insults and iniu-
ries received, weuld be tiresome and dis
| gusting Blockades established contrary
to former usage new and destructive
! principles interpolatedcin the laws of natl
ons our free-born citizens impressed on
board our own vessels, and torn from their
friends and country, have been doomed to
perpetual exile and captivity, whilst the
icry of, AN AN AMERICAN CITIzEN.
has becntreated with Contempt and dis
dain. I hese are some OF the outrares of
WHICH we complain, and for which, we
had demanded PREPARATION for the past, and
security against the future i1tD y
I Tn the midstof amicable conference npon
those subjects of.complaint, arrivedthe 22a
of June 1907 "A day which will he forever
memorable in the anhalsof America-His-
tory will record that, on that day, ship of
/ war belonging to Great Britain, made an
attack OFFENDED with circumstances the
most oaensiye) upon a national shin of the
I United States, reposing upon the pledged
security of public faith----and, that amids,
the groans of murdered citizens, the Gag az
the United S5ates----the sacred emblem of
| our liberty and ndependerce----was seen
| lnweriug beneath British audacity and Brit
| ish violence. The sensations arising from
this daring outrage pervaded with the rapa
lefty of lightning this vast continent, and
produced one uniform sentiment of indicna-
! tioR----under the influence Of which disap-
pe"red all party distinctions We exhibit
to the world the pleasing spectacle of a
widely extended nation, with one accord bu-
rying in the tomb ofits slaughtered citizens,
all party diifsrences---and with one voice
demanding ample vengeance or honorable
Preparation. The general assembly in view
ing the conduct Of the government of the
I United States in this trying exigencv, re-
ioice TO reflect upon the digniied attitude by
it assumed---.one that was supported by
| Srmness, tempered with moderation. 1thas
| ascertaincd to the world that if war ensue,
the United Suites are innocent Of the Gala
mites inseparafly incident to that state of
things. And with confidence in that pro-
whence, which seems to have made these
states so peculiarly its care, we firmly an
ticipate the aid Of heaven and a-propitious
result. We should be wanting in frankness,
were we to suppress our anxiety for the
preservation of peace, but it must be a
jpcace purchased with no sacrifice Of honor
The honor of nation, IT is believed on the
part Of the general assembly, is p jewel Of
nestimable value, % be maintained at eve
~ hazard. Inspired with this sentiment,
we have weighed it against every sacrifice,
and accept It as an equivalent. 1t is a duty
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