Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-04-18
FRANKLIN COUNTY

The debate at Franklin Court House, on the April
Court day, between Judge Taiaferro Judge of the Su
peror Court of the Franklin District and Major Early
of the Virginia regiment of Volunteers which enlisted
in the war with Mexico, must have been spicy and in
teresting, il we may form opinion from report in
the Lynchburg Virginian. The Judge, it seems, mme-
diately after the people had organized themselves in
meeting, for the purpose of considering the poprety Of
sending delegates to the Nashville Convention, produced
set of resolutions which he had "hsly prepared the
previous day. They substantially like those offered
by friends of the Convention in other counties, and
without any reference to the admission of California
After approval of the Legislatures recommended
lion of the Nashville Convention it is proposed 10 be-
Resolved, That we do not intend hereby to empower
any delegate to the Nashville Convention to take any
step to dissolve the Union; it being our wish only
that the aid Convention should present the enemies
OF the Union the common and united sentiment OF the
South upon their course OF aggression rights and
then to abstain from further wrong and injustice; ap
peal to the true lovers of the Union seek defend
it to consult together upon the most efficient means for
our projections and to submit to the several States OF
the South the result OF their council for the respective
| action OF each.
Judge Taliaferro sustained his resolutions with
speech, in which he declared himself nuIlfer but he
said the resolutions had no notification in them He
predicted that the North "woud ultimately in all pro-
| liability, disrupt this Union"
Major Early then offered series of resolutions as
substitute to Judge disappearing strong
terms the of the Norh-expressng the hope that
patriotic members of Congress and Others from the
North and the South, would speedily compromise this
great question, and declaring that the meeting disap-
proved of the Nashville Convention. He advocated
his substitute with much earnestness avowng his par
amount devotion to the Union, and discaiming any
allegiance but that which he owed the Union and to
He J,ol in IF Nv
Foote'S speeches that the Nashville Convention would
have the ,chole subject Of final action beoreit
| Mr. Foote (he saiG) came from Mississippi which
| State had first proposed this Nashville Convention
| who could restrain the members of that body? who
could foresee what would be its course Could any
were its aims and objects we should be bound by it, it
went into it. Judge Taliaferro and others might
dscaim any improper motive, but had any guarantee
in regard to Others He saba spirit of compromise pre-
vailed in Congress. Let us wait. No law could pass
abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. The
Wilmot Proviso could not pass-no in the assem-
blage believed they could-he asked them why take
hasty and precpitae action He had for years. in the
public SERVICE looked with pride and pleasure upon the
proud flag OF his countryhe had star after
added to that ag-that there was still room for many
| more-he hoped to yet many more added-he had
the broad ocean, felt the protecting power of that
faghe had seen it float the battle fields of Bue
ma Vista-he had behed it when under the control of
the gallant veteran who has now been called to preside
South, and concluded by saying his right should
perish before he would lend himself to tash the banner
OF our happy and glorious Union"
Judge Taiaferro replied, and, admitting a parallel
drawn by Major Early between the professions Of de-
voton to the Union made by the of the Hart
ford Convention, and similar professions of the advo
Gates of the Nashville Convention denied the coneu
sion that the schemes would be regarded hereafter as
alike reasonable. He took occasion to do act Of
&C a.
Dental chair" by saying he was happy to know that
such thought that OF sending troops to watch the
Convention at Nashville entered his head We
copy the remainder of the sketch of Judge T's re-
| marks
"He asked if his Major E's) resolutions would pre-
the assembling of the Nashville Convention? by no
means it would be held any how. His resolutions pro-
posed to send prudent men to the Convention, who
would take decided step unless the North persisted
in her aggressions MAJ Early had said he had taken
oath to support the constutionhat he could not,
therefore, violate his OATH which would be the case if
he lent hms the purposes of this Convention Judge
L. said for himself he had almost forgotten in the
multiplicity OF oaths he had taken, that this oath had
been he had taken upon himself also he re-
minded, however, by friend that he had done
| Maj E. had remarked that what he complained Of
was that the Judge had been too prone to forget this
obligation support the constitution The Judge said
now, that there resting him, also then high OBJ
legation to do his duty and hence he was in favor OF the
course he had indicated. There notification in
his resolutions he repeated Gentlemen ne saw
around him, were once in favour OF notification
would be as they said, when it became necessary to
defend by its aid slave property where they
now? They say aDat longer 1t was the same craven
spirit that prompted men to particular course just be-
fore the resolution in regard to the tea axhe would
not say it the spirit, yet would have the e
feet at that time. He hoped they would not pass MAJ
Earlys resoutiOns-they amounted to nothing Let us
once to the North, abstain, keep away Let the
infamous Seward--or the more infamous Hale, or the
more Infamous Gott, the more infamous Giddngs,
others, Gt possibly more infamous than they can be
found understand position. lie tet an interest in
this question: much for himself his children
He repudated the views OF Gen Cas-; ii he had known
his views before the election, he would not have voted
for hm-General Foote was his school mate, he knew
him wel-he was no exponent OF his honor yet he had
spoken sentiments which he approved He referred to
the Missouri Compromise, the North had gotten more
than the South in that arrangement. Virginia had made
silly cession of immense Territory to be erected
into five free Sates-the North had gotten six we had
been cheated He concluded by expressing his hope
that his resolutions would be adopted
Finally, at late hour after an amusing episode be-
tween Major Early and Mr. Claiborne, Of the House of
Delegates, lin which the latter very telcitous)
and speech in behalf of the Nashville Convention from
| Col. Woods the Senator, motion was made by Mr.
Thos. S. Keene, friend of the Convention, to adjourn
to May Court, audit was rejected A second motion
to the effect shared the fate; when Major
Early moved to ioum sine die, and this motion was
carried the official minutes sate) by vote Of forty
fpe to forty-troo.
THE VOTE FOR COMPROMISE
The following is the decision in the Senate on
Thursday, Mr.. Douglass motion to lay the propo-
sition for Compromise Committee on the table, so as
to take up and dispose Of the California bill:
VEaS.-MpssrS Baldwin BenfOn Rradhurv Chaca