Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-12-11

mere quoted 4 remark from the speech Of IN,
gentleman from Brooke-and observed, that i,
was oil s"ch character, that he could not con-
strce IL INTO any thing else than TIN eat OF the
pDysica' force of the West gathering against
the East about the year 1850 and tina, il would
require heroic boldness in the East to vote 4.
ga'nstt he new Constitution. Mir. g. said tina
twas true this remark was not couched in the
, repuis'ss ianguage ofwar, pcs,ilence aud famine
| but II was III much smoother language although
| II was as repuls;ve To him rs If war aud pesii-
lcnce had been threatened. He said he was We
~ lar from rcciprocating the language or the
| spirit ct the gentleman from Broo.e. And God
| i'roid The whole bent of the wishes o fhis o,yn
heart was conciation-but he could not DISGUISE
the effect of such language upon his mind He
| informed gentlemen that such lancuapc was no,
calculated to change the strong convictions OF
MS nihd.-And he warned gentlemen of the
effects winch 1T would produce two of them in
particular should constitute lessons of admoni.
ton To all. One was that the people below the
Ridge will have the heroic moral boldness nj
ways essential to meet the occasio,. another
was, that you compel them against their own
viii too to array to the utmost extent. the full
t"rce OF their Own fiscal and physical cncruies
against physical force. Thus one portion would
nc arrayed against another. And this'v;ew of the
matter i'npclled him TO notice the remarks of
the venerable gentleman from Loudoun mir.
honroc) lie had admonished us against the sep.
aration of the State; and his appeal was per
'ectly wise, proper and judicious And MIR. G.
SAID that when gentlemen talked of an array of
i"rce, and made comparisons of this sort the
danger was greater than gentlemen might sup
p'sc' The idea of the gentleman extended IT,
sell into various qualifications Does any gem
LEHMAN believe that the division of virginia
would lead to separation of the United States.
come when IT Will Have we no awful indica-
tons OF such.a spirit in this house-and more
without! The people are taking the business
OF the Committee into their own hands-Ipstruc-
IONS are getting up to gentlemen of high stand :
ing, directing them how to vote s,ronr ex-
citement exists in the country indicating pre-
paraton tor drawing n line of narcatinn, and
draw II where you will, the consequences are
awful. The passions already excited will be
SUI more so, the moment they get the debates
gong on here into their hands. He begped
gentlemen to consider these things and seriously
to ask themselves if they are not prepared f.
make mutual concessions If ever the division
OF the State is commenced, it must extend IN the
United States, and dissolution of the Union
will be inevitable In such an event, their des
TIMES are not TO be settled by their own pbysic.
al force, but foreign nations will be enlisted All
commercial nations are interested in the event
and gentlemen will find that New York has more
TO dread from separation than Richmond Have
gentlemen who make these threats, ever thought
of the douceurs they had to offer other nations
for assistance, if we should be so unwise. so
foolish as to try the experiment; of separation /?
What have the people of the Woste Nothing.
What have the lowlands' They have every
thing. Commerce, the richest agricultural pro-
ducts in the world, and free trade-not sacrifi ces
but benefits He wished not to be nlisunder-
stood. He meant to apply his observations to
existing causes, and he could not shut his eyes
to them. He deprecated either event as much
as any man in the House. But the gentleman
from Loudoun doubted whether a division of the
State could be effected without the Cooperation
of Congress
VI
the Constitution which prohibited it without the
consent Of Congress- but force puts at defiance a IL
laws How could the General Govern n,cut
prevent such catastrophe Would it be by
more tariff or more force These are the ONLY
means. But the destinies of this nation will no,
be thus settled. Mr.. Giles said he locked nj
the consequences with awe--with regret but
he knew them to be so. Excitemcnts already
exist, without our adding to them, and VIC are
not safe as long they continue. A gentleman
from Boston has examined this subject ably.
He Mr., Giles now extended his remarks, and
offered the suggestions he had done to the Com
ntiee, to bring about concession among our
selves. Let us begin herc-let us quiet ourselves,
and proceed calmly to adopt such amcnu,' ITS
as we can agree upon, by conccdlng something
to each other.-It was true, he had no specific
proposition to make, but he would throw out one
rule 10 govern Let us see how near an ap-
preach we can make to unanimity, and adopt
only such changes as have the sanction Of
something like it.-Let us interchange opinions
frankly, and tell how far each one is willing to
go.--NothiDg good, he repeated, could result
from lean majority, but much evil, and it rnust
be lean one, unless something was done in the
spirit he suggested. Dir G. said ho was willing
10 Go this. He wished to ascertain what amend.
ments were desirable to the great majority, and
TO adopt them ard reject the rcst.--Lct that be
| assertained, and he would agree to adopt amend
| meDts to which he was opposed, if sentIsme n
would DO So likewise. Let us take tbot which
has the sanction Of great majority, and let us
take nothing else. bet us endeavour TO make
concessions on both sides. Proceed in this spirit,
and good will come Of it. But if we act in a
different spirit, rely on lean msjoritios for sue
| cess, and boast Of li:tlo paluy triumphs OF
friend over friend, and no good could possibly
! result, &c.
Mr.. 6 said, that feeling himself very much