Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-18
From the Lynchburg Virginian OF Aug. IL.

DISCUSSION AT CAMPBELL C. HOUSE.
The candidates for Congress in this district
met at Campbell Court House last Monday and
occupied four hours in discussing the public
questions of the day. We had the pleasure of
being present, and will endeavor to give our
readers an idea of the topics introduced, and the
manner in which they were considered. In
doing so, we shall not adopt the tactics of our
political adversaries, by proclaiming that the
Democratic candidate was demolished and de-
voured There may be persons, whose votes
can be influenced by indecent rejocings over
victories, real or pretended, but they are not the
readers of the Virginian.
Mr.. Bocock led off in the discussion. He said
| he did not know whether to regard it matter for
congratuation or anxiety, that the people of
| Campbell manifested so little interest in political
discussion, but that he would takeit as evidence
that they were content with him and his course.
He referred to the canvass between himself and his
honorable friend, Mr.. Irving, two years ago, and
the measures and principles which had formed
questions in their discussons-the tariff internal
improvements by the General Government, the
bank, &C., and desired to know the views of his
present competitor upon those subjects-whether
he was for disturbing the subtreasury and the Ia
riff. He alluded to the momenous questions which
had been acted upon by the last Congress and his
course in regard to Them He had endeavored to dis
Cara all party IeeS anu W dCl as te lHtereStSa ana
safety of his section and his constituents requreda
Occurrences of a most melancholy character had
prevented his being present when the vote was
taken upon the various Compromise measures;
had he been there he should have voted for the
Fugitive Slave bill, and would not have objected
to the Territorial bill for Utah, but should have
| opposed the admission OF Californa-the bill
| forbiddng the Slave trade in the District of Co
lumbia, and the bill settling the dispute between
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of money on the one hand, and the cession of ter
ritory on the other.
| Mr.. Bocock was engaged an hour and a half
enforcing these and other positions, and conclu-
ded by desiring to know of Col. Boiling whether
he had changed the views in regard to slavery ut
tered by him in the Virginia Legislature in 1882
if so, when and to what extent.
| COL Boiling, after some remarks relative to
| his nomination, said he would begin where the
gentleman ended. Mr. Bocock had inquired
whether he had changed his opinions upon the
subject of Slavery, as expressed in his speech of
| 1882? That speech, Col. B. said, was made in
the Legislature, just after the instruction in
Southampton, when the public mind of Virginia
was greatly excited upon the subject. He stated
distinctly in that speech, he had no sympathy
with Garrison, and he had then declared he
would only vote for law to provide funds for
sending away such slaves as should be voluntar-
called upon by the people of Cumberland, last
winter, to supply the place of his friend Mr..
Page, (who had ded) in the Legislature OF Vir-
ginia The people of that county, who had known
him from his infancy, amongst whom he had
been raised, who knew all his opinions upon Slaves
ry, called upon him to represent them. Cumberee
land contained about $500 inhabitants, of whom
about {, 500 are slaves and blacks. AS to slavery
he never had considered it a blessing but an evil,
hoJ to do - q
matter belonging wholly and exclusive to the
!. States He said he was stakeholder himself and
hadsbeen so, almost from boyhood, that his princi
pal resource was land and negroes; that all his
interests were identical with THEIRS and he would
only add if any doubted hist fidelity to the in
erests of the District, upon the Slavery question,
he would say to such, that he did not desire his
vote; take it, said Mr.. Boiling, and give it to some
body else.
= For the purpose of showing the views he en-
tertained as to the late action of Congress upon
the subject, he would read the preamble and reso-
lutions offered by him, as the representative of
lCumberond.
| SLAVERY RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Boiling thought that it time the true posi-
ton of Virginia should be made known, more espe-
cialy she had recently given utterance to doubtful
vote.
He accordingly offered the following resolutions:
Whereas the questions which lately agitated the Con-
gess OF the United States and threatened the peace of
the country anu the very existence OF the Union have
been happily terminated by the several acts known as
the Compromise measures and whereas, the ADJUST
ment OF those questions effected without
ming the position taken by Virginia the last session
of the Legislature; and whereas the said Compromise
measures regarded by Virginia as binding upon
all the States OF this Union, however they or indivdu-
ais may deem them short OF the full measure Of JUS.
tice to the slave States; and where Virginia considers
she ever has considered the Union great blessing;
aud whereas, also, Virginia regards the Compromise
measures III the nature OF treaty of peace between
the non-slaveholding and the slavehoding States
Therefore,
Be it Resolved by the General Assembly of Virginia,
That Virginia will stand to and abide by those mea.
sures in good faith and will sustain countenance
any State in the violation OF Them
Resolved That Virginia viii consider the repeal OF
the fugitive slave law dissolution of the Union and
will, in case is repealed, refuse any longer to recog
nize herself member thereof
Resolved, That Virginia looks with profound con-
tempt upon thai reckless and awess party the orh,
known abollhonlsts, and regards them persons
destitute OF all claim to the respect of liberation of
mankind, and that each State owes it to its sister
States to arrest all farther agitation OF the slavery
Question by them within their limits
Resolved, also, That our Senators in the Senate OF
the United States, be instructed, and our members OF
Congress be requested to sustain the Compromise
measures in good iah-and in case the law, generally
known as the fugitive slave law, is repealed-or ii
Congress shall pass any law abolshing slavery in the
District OF Columbia, aboshing slavery in, or the
slave trade between the States, that said Senators
and members OF Congress resign their seats in the
respective bodies of which they members, and re-
} turn home
Resolved, That the Governor of this Comm IN
wealth be requested send copy of these resou
to each State ofhis Union and also TO our Senator'S
7 and Representatives in Congress.
These resolutions had been indefinitely postponed by
a vote, almost strictly party, only two Wings, SO lar
as his memory served him. voting to postponed them;
Col. B. enquired 1.-THE preamble and resolutions did
not contain the sentiments OF the people OF Campbell.
II they did approve the Compromised they did
not think the states owed it to themselves and to each
ion-ought no! Virginia, ii the Fugitive Slave Law il