Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-05-28

Nay ali such yilIaaous schemes end just
50 riAiculoas!y.
n Nashville, as We have stated, lho
Soa,hern Convcuuon IS rePudlated by the
Who's on the ground that no STATE has
the constitutional !ightto seccde from the
Union
On the other hand, the Wings Of Rich
mond also rcpudiated The Southern Con-
yention, but they eagerly voted for The
secession resolutions of Judge Robertson.
Bv such totally adverse modes do the oP-
poncnls Of the Nashville Convention seek
10 defeat IT.
The Shcpherdstown lYa.) Register
agrees " with tie Nashville men; they
take the right ground-ground that they
will never have reason TO retrace or ahan-
don The Same paper, lhcrrnPon, open,
ny censurcs the Wing press and party Of
Richmond for having placed themselves
in such false position Had They not,
they would have beaten TO death. even in
this Gibraltar Of Whiggery. '-Richm0nd
Enquirer.
And we should like to know how mach
better off the Wings are now in Virginia
than they would have been if the delegate
elect from Richmond City had been clec-
ted by few more votes? For ourselves,
if beaten At all. we wonld as soon be beat
en- to death in 4 good cause, as any other
way, so that a chance is left us for rcsur-
rection. If the Richmond Wings are Sc.
ccssionists then we say that we and they
are antipodcan; and what is more, ",
believe Richmond to stand SOLITARY and
alone in Virginia, in her opinions on that
subject. Out of South Carolina as it
seems TO us, there is not in the Union 4
City which includes a greater amount Of
mistaken opinion on many momcntous
topics than the Capital Of this State. The
proposed Nashville Convention ought far
rather 10 be styled the Richmond Conven-
ton, for there more than any where else
reign the principles and feelings that
would alone give virtue and efficacy to
such gathering. And we have no doubt
that Richmond would have been the cho-
sen seat Of this 'WigEall' Conventions, but
the memories Of the showmcn and wircpul-
lers in Richmond suggested a faint rccol.
lection of the unpleasant odour wclluigh
inseparalle from the name Of the smart,
and thrifty City Of Hartford, and were
sufficiently cndued with the wisdom of
the serpent to keep off the danger Of q
similar fate from themselves.
The policy of fixing the place Of meet
ing Of Disunon Congress at Nashville
was therefore much the same as that Of
the monkey who employed the cats paw
to pull his chestnut out the fire. We adj
mire the action Of the Nashville Wings.
They speak and act like honest, rcasona-
bic and patriotic men. Their wisdom is
of the heart as well as Of the head They
indulge in no fantastic dreams about the
delights Of a Southern snuggcry in the
shape Of Confederation; they exhibit.
stcadiness as well as fidelity; their dcyo-
ton to the Union is paIpabIc, can be read
Of all men, and needs not tie e,crNnf dis
Chalmers which the Convcnsoais,s ars,
forced to make Of their Disunioaisyn, for
the one simple reason that their acfion
looks Ike nothing else.
As for secession, it mus be under the
present Constitution absurd anA impossi
bic. It's indeed within he limits of pos
sibiity that the General Government.
might dangerously invade the rights o.
one or more States. But the remedy by
disconnccton might be greater than tie