Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-11-19
pICHMOND ENQUIRER.
~. M.suy1LLE CONVENTION.

received
,oyed By Mr. Langdon Cheves land not CheeSer as
,hs telegraph had of South Carolina and brief sSe'c
W. h hours written speech. His resolution is IN the io'
lowing words ., r ~,
nResoyed That secession by the joint action OF .ne
holding States is only efficient remedy LOT lne a
wronps which they now endure and the enormous
events which threaten then in the future, ohi m
and now unrestricted power OF the Federal ooVe'n"c'
In his long and well considered speech, Mr. u apPe
Virginia 10 take the lead in the united secession III VIZ
,ina would lead no blood would be spilled and ne mao no
doubt that in little time Southern State "ouo oi
low eYcep perhaps Delaware whose interests wouo oe'e
hern Mr. Cbeyes is as venerable for his years sevene)
ne he is Justly distinguished for his fine talents ana oy IN
,eprity He was prominent member OF the House Oh hep
resentatyes then Speaker and afterwards the president
Of the Rank of tho United States His voice mighty IN
his own his appeals brought forward under such
eoem circumstances will arrest the attention oil the puohc
mind every where and merit special notice Inc telegraph
does not refer the effect of this ominous proposition ana
speech on the members of The Convention-but letter
written at Nashville the lih November the cay oil heh
convoca,ion and published in the Charleston Mercury has
the following:
Among the members here, there many stauch men
and true Southern spirits. Resolutions VIII De
the Convention that will affirm the right OF secession orc
pledge The States Of the South to sustain any Sa u y
think proper 10 exercise that right ~ Is hope1 lna S,h
solutions will pass In the vote by S'a,e Mssissippi will
Carolina Georgia, Alabama, Florida ana MisSi'S1pp 80
vote for them. Tennessee probably NOT. ,hob;l;,;es
could FIJI this sheet with conectures ana p;I s,a
II write again will endeavor to furnish you WIN ue
The Convention will do well to affirm the light oil seces-
,on-a conservative principle of our Confederacy WHICH
propery be denied and which alone save US from
consolidated tyranny Thus far the Convention may 60
h, we should deeply regret small BODY repre-
senting SO limited portion Of the Southern Staesa ooas
designed be advisory and consultative ano aS e"peSS
in the Virginia resolutions convoked 10 save the oho ao
not to break 1t upwe should deeply regret we repeat 10
see such body adopt extreme measure as uniung he
nag of secession and pdgng the Southern States 10 saho
by IT, The great State of Virginia is represented AT Nash
vile we are nfor med by one Delegate friend Gen. Cor
don of Albenare We know him 10 be honest and high
honor for his past services especially Tor the
prominent part performed in originating that great and
wise measure the Independent Treasury know him TO
be and impusive but we cannot believe that he vi"
be so blind public sentiment in Virginia, SO disregadiu
Of the instructions of her Legislature which surround his
action at Nashville thus hastily plunge the Old Domi
MON into The ireevabe abyss of secession and dsunion
on account of what has been done by Congress
Well may Mr.. Cheves appeal to Virginia TO become the
standard bearer in the work Of secession II she can be
brought into such attitude the work is DONE the Union
dissolved and glorious and stripes bloted by
The black cloud of disunon and oil its attendant horrors
We object that Virginia has thus solemny been made
The arite of the fate of the Union. She has given her
nobes blood and richest for its ornament and pre-
servaon-she has than saved II from destruction
with the help of Providence she will save again. if the
ianacsm of the North shall not mady sweep down all the
barriers of the Constitution The position of Virginia we
have often defined in broad and urmsakabe Characters
She will stand upon the platform laid down last winter with
the almost unanimous Of all parties and I'LL sections
IN the State She does feel that any violation oil mat
platform has yet been enacted 10 call fer The ULTIMA Tdo OF
d.unionbu she ngsa warning voice into the ears OF the
North that should they mady rush in their agsressions
and violate the solemn compact her burning love Tor he
Union yield 10 the resstless spirit Of serespcct and
seEdefeDce We know what the future may binc forth
the North may continue its aggressions and then Viz
enla will sadly but sterny, plant herself as the leader in
withdrawal from confederacy, whose bond will be that Of
tyranny and Of fraternity as Mr. Cheves says, oppres
syc aud intolerable Such will surely be her position should
the occasion arsebu she ia yet ready for the last ex
tremity She be satisfied Of the hostility of the body
Of the Norh-she will try all honorable remedies within the
ITnion before resorting the last awful dssou
lion of the Unon with whose blessings and memory her
own fame and glory brightly associated Upon the
position of Virginia. soemny appealed she s through
the Nashville Convention we would comment at largebut
the Union has well treated the theme that
publish copous from its able article instead of
reflections:
In this ASPECT of The case us presented by one of the
sbest men in South Carolina il becomes them one of the
great and absorbing questions of The day. nhat nM lr-
ginia do in his emergency? We think know her pco-
voted regard for her rights and those Of all States
We think for her. that she will stand in 1850
where she stood in 1899 '33-on the Constitution, on the
Union of the States and the Rights Of the States She was
sheet both then She will be found changed
wanting now, under difficult circumsiances-when
the rights of the southern States seriously assaed
and the Union of the conederacy is therefore in greater
H. She then too, between Scyla and Chnrybdis She
protested then against the doctrines of the Proca
nation and the injustice of the protective Tariff while she al
the time dscountenanced the dscordan spirit of null
LITIGATION Aided by The wise the moderate and the patriot
Ol
then she is destined assist again in the
cause and by the same means Virginia has never been IN
the vanguard Of those who maintain the doctrine of State
rights. She will scarcely yield the post OF honor TO
South Carolina There she has ever stood and there if
need be- she will fall Eut Virginia does y, conceive
that the occasion has actually arrived for wagng
Union. AS far advised, she will acquesce the
Compromise provided il be faithfully observed by the North
and all further aggression upon her institutions shall
On the North therefore, rests the fate of the Union in the
opinion of the people OF Virginia. Should the Old Domin
ion unhappy b. driven to that extremyshould the ue
tive bill be repealed and further attacks be made her
nstitu,onsse viii be as prompt and IA determined to
maintain rights other State in the Union Fr
aina deeply the exhibitions of adverse feeling in the
North against the interest of the slave States but she has
yet confidence in our brethren OF the North She does
apprehend serious danger in The future; but she does not
despair OF having ueiice done the South and she is
therefore willing abandon the Union She still hopes
that the just aud moderate the North will rally
with her in supporting the rights OF every section OF the
country She is attempting TO save both The Union and The
Rights of the States. Certainly she will sacrifice the
latter the former precious the Union s to her As far
have been able TO gather the signs of the pub
lie sentiment oil the Via DOMINION she VIII De content
with the platform which has been, certain extent
sanctioned by the Union and Staeshts party of Georgia
Msssrs Pillow and Donelson, Of Tennessee--deegntcs
In the Nashville Convcntlon--so far collect
their views BY the telegraph, infinitely TO her
wise and moderate, and decided principles than the ultra
propositions of Mr. Cheyes BY these she will proba-
bly, stand She will avoid both She sub
mission 10 the encoachments Of the North the hand
and she shrnks the other hand from the dsunon
ses which are held out TO her by the uas Of South Caro-
lna Upon This pa,fOrm-,he justs miuin the midst of
the extremes which proposed her adoption
she viii plant her foot and attempt to save the Union with
sacrificing the essential rights South She owes
il TO hersef-shc owes II 10 the Union which
many blessings upon hershe 10 those sacred State
rights which she has cherished devo,rdy than any of
the Statesshe owes TO every consideration not TO des
parnot 10 fly at once 10 ex,reni,es the occasion
should demand -not march at into secession or
nonin,srcouse, until every appeal to her sister States
has been exhausted, and every anicabe redress has
been tried 10 vain. Upon this platform she will stand
unmoyed and mmovabe Buff the Union shall threaten to
crush herto strip her Of her sovereignty of her equality OF
rightsn the guarantees of the constitution be
temned- the fugitive bill is to be repealedf this harass.
ing agitation 10 connue-hen the knell has sounded and
the Union cannot be saved But taking her stand modest,
y wisely yet boldly she appeals all her sister States
assist saving this great from ruin She