Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-26
RICHMOND, W
Friday Morning, February TO- lo'..

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F,idav Morning, February 20, le4.
pEpuBLlcAN STATE CoNvENIlo '
Ala o'clock on Tuesday The 33i' 'ne Io
,on me, in the Hall Of the House o. 80
,orceatly to adjournment. The ques'''" us ,,s
- -. .dnnrion Of The substitute offered y w.,
rIovd Of Wylhe Tor all the resolutions 'er
bv Gen. Wallace from The commnee y 10
sy,ep, The frs; after some excHlhs ~,
,u.,., Messfs. Voolfolk, Scott ol Rich'''o"' ~,
and Cox Of Chesterfield, Gen. Wd'l@o' ,na
c,ncIu,.el his defence Of The Ieso'"''o IA
,..n.,,;,,se ~ which Messrs. Bocock anu o"sn'e
,~nI,,a Nlessrs. Voolfolk and Wallace ~ ~
- n ,ew remarks and the question was 'a"en
.,r;l,;no IN, The resolutions, Oh mo'''N "
con Carson. an which motion The yeas anu haS'
,,. ,,..,,.rded a nd were recorded, yeas 10, nays
Il The resolution Of thanks 10 INC r'e''N'"'
~. limited States Tor his slIlct auhe'e".e :"
rons,;,,,;on and The ability with ~hieh he 'a'
,,,,ed ,nr foreign relations, was lheh P"''sa
~ an overwhelming, II not an uhd'''"i'.'
,.. ssyeral OF The peculiar friends Of VII
Calhoun Withdrawing tom the @o''"'''"
,o,e me vote was taken. Oi The NUMBER, "e'e
Al, Lewis f. Harve OF Amelia; MI hoila-
day ., Spol,sylvania; Mr.. William NJ mp'e''
s.an.,o, from The Louisa District, and Mr. Gas
,;a II The City Of Richmond; all oil whom du-
,,assed a few remarks 10 The Convention, decia-
rim. ,ba, in retiring from il, they did mol mean 10
oni, The Republican party. They expressed 'he''
firm devotion TO their principles, and said u'eS
would not be driven from their support ~ 'he
sdicr Of s.se..conslluIed" Convention.
On motion Of Mr. Cox OF Chesterfield, Two
rsso,ptons were substituted Tor Two reported "
he Committee; and iwo OF The resolutions me
hfst and second, offered BY Mr. Floyd were
adopted; the second being FIRST amended Oh NO,
ZION Of General Wallace, By striking ous PAL
ii il Alter the retirement OF the aooVe-hauleu
gentlemen. we have no recollection that el'her OF
the remaining resolutions which were auop'eu
was opposed Mr. Anderson OF Prince Edwaiu'
before The close oi the proceedings, delivered
speech, in which, while he proteslei aga'hs' 'i'e
proceedings, he paid an eloquent Tribute 10 'he
ability. purity and fidelity 10 The principles oil Vii-
ginla, eXniUNeC Uy wi yin >
Twin be perceived that The resolutions wh'ch
were adopted (Which will be found eeiow,) nave
firmly bul with moderation maintained Inc Prln-
,iples and usaees Of The patty. Less ihah ms
,Lsy couId no, do-and We are satisfied they give
MI me slightest cause 10 any man Of The party Tor
Dissatisfaction The friends OF Mr. Calhoun
vcfv ,.w in numbers should uot expect 10 dictate
/, The great parry in The Stale, or ha' auy ''ifoi
ran, measure heretofore pursued should be ADAM
toned while il is deemed necessary 10 Inc sue
cess OF Inc party, because Of their oPpos'''o"
This would be invering the order Of 'hihs'' !"
would I've substituting The will oil Inc minority ~
.hal ui The majority; and il seemed 70 " oi"' w.
was in effect The principle conended LOT oY W.
pocock On sublrcls involving fundamental
n,ncipIes. whether Of Government OF lhed>N'oS'
!; would be the duty OF The minority 70 No''
ao,;rs, violation OF them rs long a. 'he'e
:, mia w. hone II success, provided me c"'i''-
,,y d;d moi suffer by their resistance; anu =
-. mich, say IN regard 10 minor ques''ons'
=. ~, ,,so ~ The measures heretofore re-
a.,.d - bv he Republican parry, we conceive
.nd success have demonstrated Inc ap-
..,;on n The overwhelming mass oil lhe party
49,, no wisdom Of their adoption Il IS III VAN,
hill, for \ lew members Of The party al ms
lane day. 10 auemp, TO resist 'hem' anu VIC
.,..,,l iu,rber say, that when they became mem
bare ., the party, these usases prevailed, ana oe
,.ori resistance 10 them by reason and afSu-
nan, all else will end in mischief. The whole
marry concurrug in The same principles ana 'he
:, me leading measures, il appears 10 us 10 oe
entirely right 10 give effect to The common views
nj al by adopting such rules Of ACTON as VIII
rmbody the united strength oil all IN lheir sup
mort l. moi such, as Gen. Wallace, contend
Il The course pursued by all bodies or com
munilies of men while engaged IN any confess
wha,eyer-and why shall we depart from II
There is every reason why We shall adhere
tolnem; ami the minority in regard lothem as wen
a. IN All other matters in which The whole must
act must acouiesce, in order TO attain The common
oh,ec, |, is nevertheless, conlended in effect, il
il be- mol in words that all the great principles ao
yocated by the Republican parry are 10 be aoah-
,oned and those OF the Federaliss permitted 10
ho established lor our Government, because gen.
lemen oppose Ibis or that question: oil compare
6velv no importance To break down the force
If The party. is but 10 lei our opponents Triumph;
and when a portion oil The party refuse 10 co-oPe.
,are win their friends in measures Of common
defence what is il, in effect, bull permitting ouT
oanonen,s 10 nteyail, and aiding 10 sci up their
principles
The resolutions adopted will, we have no
doub, NEE, with lie hearty appreciation OF ne
| Republicans throughout The Stale and country.
| Those mon The war, and The vote OF thanks 10
tse President, ale especially wise at The present
4 ,nnclure. The war and The President are assall-
"a As means Of breaking down The parry and
On that account as we'll as for the honor Of me
country. We must stand by themi and here we VIII
take occasion 10 express our regret that lhe
friends of Mr. Calhoun should have declined 10
unite in The second resolution oi The committee,
Giving The thanks oil The Convention 10 The Pfesi-
dent or should have Withdrawn from Inc meet
ing before the action II the Convention upon The
resolutions. which were afterwards modified, and
which they might have lurher moved 10 amend
We laY The following resolutions before The Re
rublicans OF Virginia, satisfied that they VIII
meet their hearty appreciation. The policy re-
commended is The sam me- under which we rallied
and secured The nmPhanl election ot James X
Polk the fearless champion oil Virginia pflncl-
ples. We can see nothing in them which should
force any gentleman hitherto acting WIN US &c
sever himself from our parry. Lei Inc resoin
lions be fairly ard canddIy examined without
commentaries rom any quarter, and they pre-
Sent no cause Tor schism in The ranks ol Ihost
who avuw The great principles OF Virginia l.
i! objected, that The Convention have 'housn' pro