Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-12-04
'Agr. Tim. Rives and Irr. Summers.

ar. IGH le1Ues and MIR. Summers.
In the discussion between these gentlemen at
Petersburg, Mr.. Rives made his chief assault up
on the course Of Mr.. Summers in 1882, on tho
emancipation question: charging that, because of
the sentiments he then avowed, he was not to be
trusted by the Shareholders Of Virginia, and insn-
uating, by asking when Mr.. Summers had
changed his views on the subject, that tie change
he protested was not sincere.
Now, we have it in our power to show that Mr.
Rives himself, before this State canvass conn.,
menced, believed that Mr.. Summers had changed
the opinions of 1882, believed him to be entirely
worthy of the confidence of shareholders, and
freely acknowledged that he himself was will
| ling to trust him to the utmost extent.
| Those who heard Mr.. Rves at petersbur q, or
who have seen the accounts of his speech, may
be surprised to learn that all this can be estab-
lished; but it is, nevertheless, the fact.
On the 2lst, of April 1851, in the State Con
venton Mr.. Bolts was delivering his main speech
on the Basis Question, and had pressed earnestly
the view that it was "injustice to the West, in
justice to ourselves, injustice to the whole South,
and injustice to the whole great question of slave
| ~ to manifest this distrust towards the Vest
He welded the floor, at the request of Mr..
Timothy Ripes, Of Prince George, who began by
saying, 81 rise for the purpose of stating or rath.
er of re-stating my position before this body
Mr.. Rives, then briefly stated the history of the
different propositions which were considered and
voted upon in the House OF Delegates in 1882,
800, ru
ana proceeaeo as loiloWs:
s.When the vote was taken eyerv member West of
the ALLEGHENY mouAtalns thirty-one in number voted
that it was expedpnt T.o pass some legsla We enact,
ment for The abolition of slayerv,l eTnteen ont al
twentyfour. ia the Valley voted that il was expedent
and nnlv ~ nambers Nv, of ,ha ST. f 1880
aa s.. Of the Blue hdge. voted with the West. This
sperches Of The dstignsbed aanIgn fron, ' Kann.
'sha, (Mr summers) and from the oisi guished gem
dine to show aha n mace q, he
tlme, but question. Of power.--the one party con-
with he provi,ion Of the Conent,;on' nu que
n the face, which provides that property shall be
thew assunrd to themselves bv thsi rue
can sho~ my trieod, from Henrco, (Mr Bons) the
that no) pronery which had been made Inc
tore oy the the L =, Isl11,
MAN NOW HERE TTPOV rHAT STTRTFC r.
AZ a !, FAX AIS 4, As an CONCERNED, OUR WEST
Would NOT BE AFRAiD ' TO TRT fsifN TE 4 =
aae point make is this and they cannot escape it.
it, Iyou san gow entertain these opinions nom NO East
c,'I mar oN S'ef you 10 haue control OF the majority
TAIN THESE OPINIONS Now Which, IBE
L dsd.l I " DO NoI-yet If make ont case,
claimed on one occasion, to be exercised hv tb.
Los sat nv, department, with tn. Constu iona rrovi-
a statesmen, necessary for US to guard against
That a o. such sf1f OF things III the future
my. friend upon that subject because he knows too
nformatin 81 ai,aa "loie Ilansactlen 10 need any
myself to state it, SO that may not be n1isunder
:, s.r, ~, ''' '''o iepof's p"oiishea
~pp'0''0''' 'le aiiip'iluoe ana accuracy
;a,'n '.0 -, a"9u -. we nave no DOUBT,
As,7' ',''e'' leViseu TINS very
oe n.;, ".'o "in' M vi '''e Als'
'' 'ro.' '"' ,o'po"''o'i' as man ana as
"a ." I"s'0'n constituency =
ltniaeoiately AFTER special reference to the "dis-
tinouisbed gentleman from Kanau,ba ~ bo so,o,,,,-
= ' " o''i
~ oec'afea uathe d1Sct0snled The right to diStruS
ann man n0D here 7ipon tboi s,,b,oc, viz, bo,,L-
80 e Io .lt
Ject vi slavery; tpat as lar as ne was concerned
his Western friends 1includinU Mr. Sumr,ers i
/. nm e., - y
might take his slaves; HE WOULD NOT BE
! AFRAID TO TRUST THEM :" that if Was
tou,> .o,.bo
terh iheilioefs now entertained the opinions OF
! 1882, no Eastern man would trust them IN b.u,
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contFoi ol Tue hiaJoriy' pul for MS part, he sad
| in express words. 81 DO NOT RELIEVE THAT
YOJJ ENTERTAIN THESE Op1MroN
NONn
These emphatic declarations meet everv tittya
IF tho c,se ha noada arai,s+ NJ
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o'' III ''e NohVehlioh'
iie 'o'uh'eefeo ssthi'ar assurances or his conf
'eo9 III ''o 'o''iu''0'' vi l'ie VeSterh members