Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-15

. Rcsoyrsd, That in the event of the passage of tn
Wilmot proviso or OF any law aboiiSh!hs slavery II
the District Of Columbia, or III any manner lnterle:
With the rights Of shareholders therein or abeshns
slavery in or the slave trade between the States Nr
rnia will be prepared to unite with her sister slave
holding States III convention otherwise i'll the a!op
ton of any that may be rnccsaarv to provide
FOR their mutual defence to their common
safety.
B. Resolred That in the cpiaon OF this general as
>, mbly Il Southern Convention, in which the States
States represented should consist of delegates elect
"a l." tie people Of the several States in Conv"ntu:
assembled who should carry with them ali the utkcr
" derived from such appointment and be PREPARED
t. act Tor those Wien. they represent.
L. Rssoired ther.tnre, That upon the happening o
either OF the contingencies contemplated in the ecoEt
resolution, the governor be authorized and requested
INSTEAD of converting the legature) to issue his pr"
ci;natiou for the election of delegates TO State Con
vertion, to take into consideration the mode and meas
of redress with power to appoint delegates 10
Southern Convention and adopt such measures as tho
crisis may demand The said delegates 10 be chosen D,
each ety. comfy erection district according 10 lis rTc
sen'atio IN tie hoHsr OF i>gces and to rtctire tht san
pay md mjisags mcmbers IF tie general assembly.
There another resolution which it Is not perhaps
necessary to read, but which recommended to the Pc"
PIE Of the State 10 appoint i'll each Congressional DIS,
trct two delegates, from eac OF the two poitca
parties to attend Convention, to be holden ut Nash
vile, i'll the State of Tennessee. have read these re'
solutions for the purpose of calling the attention ot The
committee to the position in which western Virginia has
already been placed by this governmental majority in
reference to the most comprehensive and most import
Of all the questions that can concern her. have
s: that Virginia, although she may not coi-
tribute the State treasury the amount of money con-
trihuted by eastern Virginia i. at least equally inter
estcd in the preservation Of this Union You perceive
what has been done here do not who voted for
this measure and vino against it. dare say many of
the western members voted for it. They vote for al
your resolutions. They will go for almost any thing on
this subject which YOU desire but here is set of reso-
buttons, passed by this general assembly in which il is
provided that i'll the event Of the passage of certain
MEASURES By the Congress Of the United Sltcs-with
the merits dement's Of which have nothing to do at
prcsta-n the event OF the passage of those
what was to DC do!c The governor sir, by his mere
proclamation require at the hands of the people
the election Of Convention to assemble i'll the city Of
| richmond How tn be composed Composed upon the
basis vi the House OF Delegates, and, therefore
tam twenty -three MA i"rty Of its members from eas Of
the Blue Ridge mountains What waa that Convention
| empowered to do To send delegates, whether from
its own body from the body of the people know not
10 Southern Convention. Where Heaven only
| llows-wicrcver it could he got up suppose. But
ihcr t" SELF: delegates 20 Il Southern ConvcnIou
- 10 what. Nobody can anticipate what might have
been done. But har. We're. If that Convention had
been called we should have been in for it. Western
Virginia ut that time with majority of 10000 Of
Tie white people OF the State represented in your
Southern Convention with majority of twentvthrce
members from TIE eastern side of the mountain against
ncr. Sir, is that the in which the gentleman from
Fauuuicr expects the mountain men and confer
with act with you. battle with YOU, ii need be. upon
these questions of union and disunion, of and Of
| pcace: Are yon to take into your Southern Con-
rcion the footing that bring US into the
hall Of the house OF delegates Do pay less this
Union than you dol Have fewer lives lose, less
blood TO she'd. less OF all that is dear the human
and homes defend luI
vide for, than you have:
Again there WAS that other rcsolution-to be ii
only of recomnrndationtn go to the Nashville
Convention Well, that Congress of the peo-
pie ni the United States. Why need delegates 90
h.t Nashville Convention the basis OF Congressional
districts That Convention OF Southern States
there were 10 Yankees represented there. Why not lc
your western brethren have full share i'll its cosut
tons Re. gentlemen insist that the west have no in
Il. this matter Of legislation and except tax
alton and appropriations y" interest in legislation
hen that legislator. absolutely assumes to itself The
power to send into other corfederacss, into other
| Unions, not BY the consent Of our people. but upon
Congressional. districts the Of Nils to six and
upon the basis of the house of delegates the tune Of
VENT three majority against u.s. so interest in that
You promised H., my friend Or. JASSEY,j that if
could show that had any interests that your mixed
basis aid not preserve r'It you would give II up. Does
YOU. mi.sd basis pres !rve us here Docs not y"in
mixed basis authorize future Legislature this last
Legislature has done to carry off into Southern Con
veniion with majority in that Convention correspond
ing with yc majority Of fourteen III tho house OF de
gates rom the !:dc OF the mountains. All these
iicutes grow oct OF questions connected With slavery
beg gent lemcn to remember that the Auditors report
shows that there only nifty thousand persons in the
whole State charged with taxes on slaves Is this
Der to be permitted to dissolve MS Union At their
pleas.lrvf Sir set up for guarantees, too have no
wish upcl being awakened some of these mornings. to
iud that my allegiance has been transferred from the
government Of the United States to Southern
iedcracv that know nothing about. | do not wish the
Cove. to ne authorized BY his proclamation call
Convention for such purposes Without any general no.
tcc to the people few persons assemble in county for
tn election OF del, gates. After While some Of our
friends disappear III. soT;.usly from amongst us. We
know not when they will return, where they have
gone; but we next hear of them jumping up in
Nashville Convention without constituents, pr,lsng H.
every hazard and the last extremity and trans
crrus the allegiance Of my people and of myself to
aew associations to new c0nIederacies, with which
have nothing to do. and OF which know nothing. |
have ason in these remarks to any gentlemen who
may have been present i'll ANY OF these Conventions
none whatever. / am speaking OF the future, not
OF the past.
Gentlemen. you cXcitable upoli this subject OF
slave property; YOU ought to be to 4 certain 1t
is all right that YOU should be vigant. But you
sometimes little exci;abc and you had better have
some cool men, with mountain air flaming their temples
to help YOU when you 20 into these consultations down
south Sir in the event Of conflict and of war, we have
been told here that the east would like very we'll to
have our help. We will give you help but must
come in as equals and brethrcn-cquals in the cabinet
~ we'll in the icd-cquals in the power to declare
the war well to wage it, want guarantees against
the nervous cxcabilitY of our friends in the east de-
sire guarantee against that prociivty to disun
ion sentiment III eastern Virginia" Of the existence of
which the gentleman from Fauquer hes notified and
warned u.s. do not want these things to be done with
out knowing something about it, aud having full hand
in it. cannot consent that you shall have power lone
TO Judge OF the mode and manner Of redress What |
guarantees have you to offer in your mixed basis that
it shall not be in the power of governmental majority
representing minority OF tho people to dissolve thi.
Union
An0 now have to ask my friend from Loudoun (llr.
JAySEY) whether have not pointed him to an interest
which western Erg GINA has in the great purposes Of
government, that not protected by his basis OF repre-
-cntHtonf He WAITS government for protcr;ion-wc
also want government fu- protection-ours is the
greater stake II is all You say our people have
shown disposition to wasteful appropriations OF the
public money, and you cannot trust We answer
that your people, is confessed have manifested II
rrocivitv to disllnon sentiment" they are
tive and cScitabc and cannot trust them with the
still greater issurs Of peace and war; Of union and die
union.
Have not made clear case, emitting 10 demand