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"''e'"'ucu. W sha' SHOULD be lost, Ia
support Gordon's plan. and that our
adversarie. were not 10 fer the pro-
oioi'ity oi their doing so, from their
known preference Of j, at our meet
ing. bat were III fact informed of this
DETERMINATION, so that thew might
shape their Course accordingly. Ar
ter this. we could have no well found.
ed hope of success. We knew that
some OF our eastern friends preferred
Gordon's plan to ours, while they
would prefer ours to separating with
ont doing any thing
MIR. Cooke asserts that in oar meet
'ngs he openly expressed his prefer
ence OF Gordon's scheme, and that IL
was known to us expressly, and tn
others by the strongest Implication
that he would vote for il If ours failed.
Our meetings. he says, were public and
not secret
have admitted Mr.. Cookies prefer.
enee at Gordon's plan. but when he
and Mr.. Henderson agreed with the
whole West In support ours, and Mr..
Cooke himself undertook to offer il. 1
knew nothing either expressly or by
implication. OF his determination even.
tualIy TO desert US. Had this been
known publicly before. "a he made il
known on the 10Th Of December. what
was the use of any further struggle (:
We knew before. that an union or all
our friends, the 40, was necessary 10
our success. and we perfectly knew
that several of them preferred Cor
don's plan If they could get it-,hai is
an arbitrary superintendent of rep;-.
sentation, twiihout any fixed practical
rule of future arrangement and this
arbitrary apportionment based on the
population as il was in 1890. MIR.
Cooke denies thar either I or MIR.
:owcli and Mason, were astonished at
his disclosure and determination. IL
these gentlemen we're not astonishsd.
IN fact, they each BETRAYED that feel
ing by their manner and their words.
why did they rise 10 declare what
they did? Why did Gen. M'Coy do
the same?
| most earnestly enlreat the reader
10 pernse with attention. the statement,
OF each ut us, Of the occurrences Of the
18th Of Dec. Whoever will do tins.
will perceive ihas the difference is on
y IN triiles. According to Mr.. Cooke.
the statement of MIR. Leigh. Of the dis
closure made to him. would seem to
have relation 60 his own scheme. The
speech of Mr.. Powell shows that he
considered II rs having relation 10 the
question To br taken on Gordon's plaD
or my proposed amendment TO il.
Every word Of Mr.. Powell, as given
bv MIR. Cooke. has reference 10 Cor
don's plan. And If the determination
OF Messrs. Cooke and Henderson
were, as he says. notorious in Rich.
mo1d from the time of our eeiings at
the Capitol III November, Why was il
necessary To communicate that deter
mino'ion 60 Mr.. Leigh on the morn
ing Of the 10Th Of December. through
MIR. Neair ? This communication ef
fact publicly known, could not be
necessary for his own government. ei
ther in relation 10 his own, or any other
scheme, If the fact communicated had
been known Ia him before. Again:
MIR. Neslc says. 1T was 10 me that
the gentleman from Chesterfield alIu
ded, when he said that n member Of
this House had this morning made a
communication 10 him as To the pro.
babe vote Of the western members on
the proposition Of the gentleman from
Albemarle. (GordSn. y This quotation
makes u evident, that for whatever
use intended. IL was the probable vote
on Gordon's plan which was the sub
ject of this private communication.
Md 80 far as Mr.. Cooke and MIR.
Henderson were concerned, il was n
pirate communication TO Mr.. Ncale
OF their ultimate intention, Rhich, &C
cOrdiug 10 MIR. Cooke, had been nOto.
nous ever since the 2sth Of November.
After stating that in 9 conversation
with two gentlemen. (Mr. Henderson
and Mr.. Cooke,) in which all parties
agreed that tho western plan had final.
w failed, aud ~ which they expressed
their fears that Mr.. Leieh's plan
would succeed, that ~ would blast our
hopes. and ihs' It's adoption would be
opposed by the whole west and by
some ~ the east, Mr.. Neale represents
them as saying, I" thai II = scheme 50
0diOus "a the vest could be defeated.
they had sanguine hopes and were ~
opinion that twenty o. more &c the
western members, now thar their "a.
Sofite plan vas LOST. would unite with
The east IN voting Tor the plan 81 the
gentleman from AlbcmaFls, Gordon,
which IN their opinion, was, in fact,
= more beneficial for the west than iheir
= own faVorite: tha, if The eastern gen
tlenen would be satisfied with The pro.
position Of che gentlemen FROM Abe
: marie. they would sdvoeate ~. r.,
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