Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-10

REMARKS OF MR.. sIA y ismmonly eulleC
n. u. p.,or; of The Committee Of Eight, eo"'"''

ne nroposition the Convention "h merely put
p an nation of some five ten fh" desired 10 pre-
h Tpnvention in possession of the P ,hcir decision
ssn, and was content then 10 leave rbect made the
should again have entered hi from the discussion
nroposon because understood p lament OF one of the
M h I,ien nloce and from the sta'en'. h had sno
members of the Committee OF tls ,d nv amendment that
- fa,y moments before subnitteu ~. n,o tb.v nrn
Ken Jew CIV, S The committee in the scho'u ''ss "a
posed to give TO the West wa se If Delegates and
to upon the suffrage pass The representation that the East
would be entitled upon the Asa satisfied from the
Believing that to be their the attention of House. that
H; h;, ,,s not attained but mat inc @ s -,
socalled Compromise, not ony ffnpe basis but two
in the House OF IA lain even that bass-a fact which
'U, Conceded in all hands, iet my uu - ;t h
matter 10 me wished TO if we were prepared to go
Judgment npJm Committee themselves (asI understood them
designed go-if we we,t more in the House Of D.
sers-ana !" s n thcy intended the West should have i
egaes therefore modify the report as 10 maze Inc
proposeu ~ be House OF Delegates 81 west 10 W East
90 We.t TO 6s East-andit was upon proposion
~ ; td accompanied Us II was with pare explanation
of its character that gentlemen nave oee, az Which have
hhomt ca,euy abstained and to attempt 10 Justify the
own Course by arragnng the course OF ohc oo'
n I ~, NJ This hall. When shy "arralgnlng mean
H. have attempted to show that IN sustaining lns So
Lila COMPROMISE they have provided oetter Proectoh "
the rights and interests OF the Eastern people a au .e
If the Eastern committee oil conference, ana snch
n,har Eastern members may have concuIFea WIN ta
Committee in the propositions submitted oy the W u
brethren, and THIS 100, NOTWITHSTANDING iie
trstble fact that each and every one OF the
submitted was unanimously rejected by inc western con
mee and that rejection unanimously conculea IN Ny M
w.scrn caucus while respects this Compromise i"lc
ya orc told much better for the East ana SO c "o'
far the West the propositions thus made anu reec!eu
Western vote stands recorded in It's avor ana every
Eastern vote but seven, stands recorded against !a "
those seven three the members OF the committee VINO
reported It. D.u o,o,,;,,oe mon and even
u his scheme wouh be defeated And yet We are to be
told scheme thus sustained by the West ana
the East for The East and worse Tor tle ives. 81
the propositions submitted by the Eastern s""'
conference and unanimously rejected by the western co
mittec and the Western meeting Sir, must oe paIuo
for saying with all due respect that genteem - rs
ven 10 exemties indeed when they tnd u necesSdi h
sumo positions and 10 hazard assertions nhe ,hn hnv
have better TO otter Tor ,he suFrh GrnJ in
oiyen ~ This mis- called compromise than Is 10 DC ounu
Tho proceedings or of their Eastern assoclaes ee
or out of this hail. Them indeed, Is tne!r case
sry homeless have said sir that have made no aush
~ Tie proceedings either Eastern esten gentlemen
ont of this hall whether in committees OF conference eau
Gus or otherwise my purpose 10 aude 10 thein
!, INV the remote est manner they have been alluded
To- feel it TO be not only my right but duty TO meet and
to epe the positions that have been assumed WIN resp
10 them and to show think cam most concinSiVeV
that 80 far from this thing called compromise being oele
for the East propositions made by the Eastern com
mttee it is decidedly worse fSr me East . one =.
tee And feel il 10 be the more incumbent on ME 10 DO
this because positions have not only been taken by
the from Albemurle (r. Randolph) but as I'M
have been endorsed by the distinguished gentleman
from Kanawha (Mr Summers He, as well as the gentle.
man from Albsmare has found in the proposition submitted
by the Eastern committee Of conference to The Western
committee justification of the course OF those Eastern
members united with the West in The support oil
the proposition of the committee of eight.
Mr. SUMMERS. AZ that matter only referred 10 the
second proposition submitted BY the committee vi confer
ence having proposed larger majority upon Joint bhlo!
10 the West than the proposition before u.s. spoke OF
the proposition submitted In the House by the gentleman
from Fauquicr (r. Scott, containing the same principle
and the admission that The compromise itself ddhere
being merely difference as 10 time.
Mr. STANARp. understood the gentleman perfectly, and
had he allowed proceed he would have found that
should have his position in any respect As
CARDS the proposition of my friend from Fauqnier W Scot
that gentleman himself has avowed that he brought II for
ward Of necessity not as matter OF choice 10 use
his own language, sit not his choice, but Hohsnns
choice" And have already stated that that proposition DID
not my support except competing proposition
this report Of the committee vi eight 10 whlGl IN my
humble il has been showed 10 be decidedly prefer
able. But do not 10 be drawn oil into any discus
sion of this matter this time. considering the
attempt made by gentlemen shelter themselves behind the
PROPOSITIONS submitted by the Eastern Committee Of Con-
ference and beure advert 10 those propositions In detail
desire state the circumstance under which they were
submitted and the action Of the Eastern meeting with re-
spec 10 ter that my course and that ni Eastern
gentlemen who acted with lie, may be fully understood now
and hereafter do this OF sheer justice ~ dlsabuse
public mind of any impressions that may have been pro-
duced by the extraordinary course OF remark INDUCED In yes
terday and when shall have made brief and simple state
ment facts connected with this NATTER shall leave 10 the
country TO say by what of perverse ingenuity anything
like is be visited Eastern gentlemen for the
they have pursued throughout this affair." from It's De-
The facts are simply these on Tuesday the 9th inst,
taken in Committee OF the Whole on the prin
cplc of the mixed basis contained in proposition A. and
u motion strike out that proposition was lost by vote vi
55ayes 10 e. noes being majority OF four In fu House
every but one land that an Eastern ncmoe having
voted or paired off, On Saturday the 10Th insi after this
decisive exhibition the part of the advocates OF the mix
ed basis of their out the principles they were
pledged support If they only thought proper 10 stand by
those principles motion made by an Eastern gentle
men, without consultation, however so far as Know or be-
ieve with Eastern members generally and against the wish
cs feel assured of large portion of the adjourn over
Till Monday This motion was made and sustained doubt
not from the purest motives and under the strongest con-
vctions OF its oprety on the part OF the gentleman VINO
submitted it, but il done his own responsibility and
a believe, of twoothers with whom he consulted
The motion prevailed and the Convention adjourned.
immediately after the adjournment the Eastern members
me together in this hail. with feelings of strong dssaac
ton the part of large portion, if not much tie larger
POI lion of them In that meeting was finally agreed that
committee should DC appointed who were clothed with no
power beyond that Of simply comforting with such COM
might be appointed upon the part OF the Vest
The members of the Eastern committee of whom was not
one) came together, understand, and agreed among
themselves upon certain propositions, which were cnnlnun
Gated far know believe TO no one OF the Eastern
members until they had been submitted TO The Western COM
mee Of conference under the circumstances which have
been detailed the Convention by of the members Of
the respective committees the gentleman from Londoun
aIr. Janney) and the gentleman from kanawha (Mr Sum-
mers)
East was unanimously rejected by the Western committee
and the action vi that committee was UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED
by Western meeting When these facis were conmun-
the Eastern meciing and were then Tor the lrs
time informed what propositions had been submitted by our
committee Of conference and how those propositions had
been received thought ii best to pursue the course We
did PURSUE in not taking any vote or expressing any opinion
in relation propositions thus made and rejected And
if in this respect erred confess am wholly AT loss TO
conceive in what the conssted am al loss 10 ina
CINE in what respect it either necessary proper that
Eastern members should express any opinion to the pro-
priry improrrey of propositions which had been unan,
mousy rejected by The West They had been proposed and
rejected and there end OF hem No one entertain
idea Of imposing on the West as compromise, that
which Western gentlemen decidedly and unanimous
y opposed And until this report Of the COMMITTEE
Of Eight, oil perhaps, simple enough 10 sup
pose that compromise thing surrender another.
On the other hand proper express opinion with
respect III: propositions submitted by The Western
nttee because certain that they might prove
acceptable portion OF that Eastern meeting and So
they might form ground of Compromises; and accordingly
when the question about 10 DC propoundcd the
ing, with respect to the report of the Committee OF Confer
ence and before it propounded my colleague who
before inc, (r SCo and inquired whether he
understand tina, question US confined exclusively 10 the
ton of the Eastern Committee in rejecting the proposition
submitted by the Western Committed This enquiry
answered in the affirmative. The question then
put, the vote uken, and the meeting unun
n,ousy coucurred in the pursued by their