Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-04-06
VIRGINIA AND NEW YORK-D.b.t, :. -.
.Nttr Ynrk H,nnt.


.Ntto York Senate.
The Virginia controversy has been ;n,rod,...;.
70 the Senate of New York by Mr. Paige. the Z o.,
f0eo leader OF that body, with what design MAJ,
be conjectured from the following notice n ,Lo AZ
oany Evening Journal of March 3Ist.
me VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.-The Hon. Mr.
aSg, VINO was SO exceedingly anxious TO s,o,,s,.,
1he virginia question, for the benefit Of W., Pa
Nnl o. the approaching elections in thai Co,n0oo
eaI'", ha' the Senate INDUCED him with an aCi.r
noon session, came out OF the debate a ns.d NJ
P,;s. W.. nc 'ong, woFdy, prepared speech of Mr.
sse was promptly and trumphantly an,wersd b.,
hessfs' NerPianek and Sibley who entireI, AZ
p $500 anu oIew away the fog and smoke with
Mhlch Loco Focoism has attempted TO surround .nd
envelope this question ' anu
-, hurried sketch Of the remarks of Mr. VernI,ncl
wlI be found in another column ~. IPI 'l'eA
WI SIOIey VIII appear 10 morrow MIR : 10 H.
Sou'se OF the debate, took a direct practic.I 49,
ca posing tue unsoundness and insnceritv of ,bs
$3.50 assumed by Mr. Paige, who, in a speech Of
i'o'e hah Two hours, maintained that Gov S.,w,I
IN refusing 10 surrender the three free me-, oC -
| 'ne Executive OF Virginia, had violated the 7 80
anu the Constitution. Here MIR S desi,eJ Vi 70
~ CT PLAIN question--'Had you occunied rho
Chair,' said Mr. s., when the demand for
'nese persons was made Dy the EXscn,,ve oc W;
ginia, would you have surrendered them,I Nj Ell
,ey paused Tor reply, but Mr. Paige ansversd no,
Nir - resJmedi Il ask the Senator IN eos, =; -;
pi-ce "hether, with all the lights that have heon
upon this question: he ioouiS noio were he
OF the state, surrender those persons ~,
the Executive OF VirglniaP MIR S. pprin n,',,SJ
/ TOT rspIy--but Mr. Paige was dumb
mere then, we have the leader Of the oonos;,;or
~ the SENATE, at the close OF his winters agita,ion
,h '"e controversy, refusing say that had
me demand of the Executive of Virginia been mad
upon himself, his decision would have been ndvess
10 that Of Gov. Seward -
rs thus apparent that Loco Foeoisn i,.rod,,..d
the subject from no affinity for yiygi,,, h,,, ,os
eiiate Virginia for Van Burenism. ,b,, chi. "A
rage as his silence pTostain,s, would have don.
80" Ne oeeh Governor, precisely as Gov Seward dip
Us anu ''al ne and his friends may be depended
UPo" 80 long as party interests are promoted. and
10 longer We excuse not Seward. but we eynoss
'he holo" professions Of Van Burenisn. and hold
up ITS leader in the New York Senate n, in ,s.c,
declaring that his object was to make party capital
not to right the wrong.
iOuching this matter, we conhde in New YORK
party politicians Of neither side. On, ,,,., +. =;
The People Of New York We do not Leli,v. ,h,,,
are Aboli'io1sts-or tired Of the Union-or disnos.
cd TO wrong Vrrgnia-oT 10 trample in the dus, IN,
painest provision in the whole Cons,i.u,on-tbs,
'usVes from crime and "fugitiyes from labor" NAV
o. right be demanded from the State to which ,bsy
fee.
| The debate in the senaLo continued second J,v
Mr. Foster supporting the resolutions Of Mr. P,igs
and Mr. Nicholas (son Of the late John Nicholas n
virginia. and another Senator opposing Them. II
was then postponed Tor ten days, in CONSEQUENCE n
the absence Of a Senator.
We publish Mr. Veplnnck's reply to Mr. Paige
ID inc hfst place TO show The tenor OF though, among
men Of rejection IN New York, amongst " bom non.
rank higher than Mr. Yerplanek, fwho Hksvi..
condemned Gov. ssward's deesion,) and in IN,
second place to exhibit the blundsr committed h,
the General Assembly Of Virginia in the stsps
has taken. Mr. vs. position is identical with tina
taken by Mr. Coles Of Albemarle-that the l,v n
Congress Of 1898 vested absolute discretion in IN,
respective Executives Of the States on the question
Of suuender-that Gov. seward had exercised tbi
discretion, unjus'Iy and oppressiveIy indeed bu
SUI not ranscending his pst0Sr II ho-obose 10 VIC
a'e The ConsttutIon-lhat the question OF the tire
'uguVes was 81 an end-that the defect was in IN
Vaguensss Of the lao Of I793-and that relinouisb
ing past claims, Virginia ought 10 eonsns her efor,
70 the Ju'~s, and appeal 70 Congress for such
''''"'o''Oh o' zoe laT - would make II avaIabl
Tor her future protection and security.
II " w. apprehension Tor their decision, !
Appealing 10 Virginia II this would no, have bee
the course Of dignity, wisdom and mod.rstion1
ihad mott been far preferable 70 that unhappy eour,
which was adopted under the combined insuene,
, Loco Pooo capital making and Wing hallueination
a plan ofseuon utterly and demonstrably impo,er
TO prevent the abstraction Of slaves from our water
but most effective 70 Iritate, incense, widen u
. bre1eh, and intsrpose new difficulties in the vaV
! amieabIe Adjustment a plan Of action Of mo
doubtful eonsti u'ionsIity, confounding the innocs
with the guilty, and exposing Virginia 10 more il
d jury than those against whom il was evelled.-
That this will be the ultimate decision Of the Stat
We feel lhue doubt.