Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-22
ALEXANDRIA, Cd. c.
TUESDAY MORNING, LaSUaRY %. 1858.
VIRGINIA.

The long agony is over. in the House OF
Delegates. After resolving. re-resolsing, adopt
ing and rejecting, debating and wransi'ns' reso-
lutions have been agreed to with almost unexam'
pied unanimity. On Friday last, when inc
House seemed almos, ou' Of patience, MIR. Moore
of Rockbridse seized some lucky mcment-of.
fered conciiiatory resolutiuns-had them 'mme-
diately referred 10 a select committee; that com
m,ttee Immediately reported them, and they
were ~adopted-Ayes LEI. Naysi! The 'p'lo"-
ing are the resolutions as they passed:
The General Assembly IT Virginia. aSturted
by an ardent desire TO preserve the peace aud
harmony Of our common country. relyin. uPeu
the sense Of justice of the people OF each aud every
State Of this Union, as a guarantee that their rep
resen,atiyes in Congress will 50 modify the laws
usually called the 81 Tariff Laws" t~hatthey will
no longer be a source Of complaint to the people
Of any particular State-beiie'ing that the people
of South Carolina are mistaken in surprising that
Congress will afford them no relief from the laws
10 question. especially upon the suspicious an
proach of the extinguishment Of the public debt
confident that they are too strongly attached
to the Union of these States to e%nIanger or
OISeOlte liz WnIist tnty uuNC duy hVpS w W.
tanning the relief which they desire. by reg
uiar aud peaceful measures-persuaded that they
will listen willingly and respectfully TO the voice
Of Virginia, afecnonately and earnestly urged.
that they would await The result of a concerted
and vigorous effort Of the friends of union and
peace, TO effect a reconciliation of public difiereo'
ces, now unhappily existing regarding a resorI
to force on the part of the General Government,
or on the part OF the Government of ). Carolina,
as a measure, which nothing but extreme neces.
sity can justify or excuse in either: but appre.
hensiye at the same time that violence NAV event.
ua'e in consequences that all will deplore. unless
South Carolina aiil consent to rescind her late
Ordinance, or TO suspend its operatiun:-
l.. Resolved. therefore, by This General .7ssem.
bly,. in the name, aad on behalf Of the people q
Virginia, That the competent authorities OF
South Carolina BE-, and they are hereby. earnest.
ly and respectfully requested to rescind the Or
dinance of their late Convention. or to suspend
its operation. until the close Of the first session
Of The next Congress.
9. RESOLVED, That the Congress Of the United
States be. and they are hereby, earnestly and
respectfully requested so to modify the Tariff
Laws, a, to effect a gradual but early reduction
Of the s venue Of the General Government TO
the necessary andproper expenditures thereof.
s. RESOLVED, That the people Of Virginia ex-
peel. and in the opinion Of this General Assem-
bly,. have a right TO expect, that the General Co
vernment, and The Government Of South Caro-
lima, and all persons acting under the authority
Of either, will abstain from all acts calculated to
disturb the tranquility of ahe county, or endanger
the existence Of the Union.
These resolutions are to be appended TO Mr..
Brokers resolutions, which simply re-adirm the
resolutions of '98, and declare that the Carolina
doctrines and certain parts Of the proclamation
are both contrary to The doctrines then avowed
The whole subject is now before the Senate Of the
State, -