Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-03-29
MIR. AMBLER. OF LOUISA.

throw upon the fair fame of Virginia
MR. AMBLER, OF LOUISA.
The following is the substitute offered by this
gentleman in the Senate for the resolutions adop-
ted by the House of Delegates in response to the
communication from the Governor of South Caro-
lima:
Whereas the General Assembly ofVirginia has here:
olo!e declared that ''the Government of the United
States has control, directly indirectly mediaely
immediately over the institution OF slavery, and that in
taking any such control transcends the limits of its
legitimate functions, by destroying the internal organi.
zaon OF The severe 2nties who created it. and that in
disregard OF every consideration of justice, of conttu
tonal rights and fraerna feeling. the fearful issue
shall be torce upon the country which must result
from taking such control, che people of Virginia
have no difficulty in choosing between the only alter
native that will then remain OF ahject submission to
aggression and outrage the one hand determined
resistance the other at all hazards and to the last
extremity" and whereas the Government OF the United
States by its action, in relation to the State of Cao
uia has indirectly it not directly assumed the control
against which the State of Virginia then protested
ResoLued, That the action as had by the Govern
ment OF the United States, and the OF certain
non -savAholdng States "makes it the duty OF every
slaveholding State, and of all the citizens thereof as
they value their dearest privileges their sovereignty,
their Independence, their rights OF property, to take firm
united and concerted action in this emergency in
der to preserve the lights Of the Union Of these States
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wealth be and he is hereby requested to transmit copies
Of the foregoing preamble and resolutions to the Exc
cutive Department OF the States OF this Contederacy
Mr.. Ambler's preamble and first resolution are
an extremely awkward and garbled compound of
the phraseology of the resolutions adopted by the
Legislature in ls48, and readopted in 1S49.-
Those who are curious in tracking the tortuous
ways Of the Disunionists, will find, upon looking
to the record, that the first of these resolutions
contains the general proposition of Mr.. Ambler's
first quotation in his preamble as far the words
created it." The continuation of the quotation
is mis-quotaton of part of the third resolution,
which reads as follows:
Resoped, That it, in disregard alike of the spirit
and principles of the act OF Congress the admission
Of the State OF Missouri into the Union, generally
known as the Missouri Compromise, and of every con-
sderaton Of justice OF constitutional right, and OF fra
erna feeling the fear tul issue shall be forced upon the
country which must result from the adoption and at
tempted enforcement Of the Wmot Proviso as an act
of the General Government the people OF Virginia
have difficulty in choosing between the only alter
native that will then remain OF abIec submission to
aggression ard outrage the one hand determined
resistance the other at all hazards and to the fast
extremity.
1t will be observed that he abandons the text of
the resolution, and, by inserting new words, gives
it wholly new meaning The resolution de-
clared specifically, that 'lhe adoption and attempt
ed enforcement of the Wilmot Proviso" would
present to Virginia the alternative between sub
mission and disgrace on one hand, and resistance
on the other Mr.. Amber throws out al about
the Proviso and interpolates the words "such con-
ro 50 as entirely to change the issue, and after
wards makes the admission of California the con-
tngency in which Virginia had undertaken to re-
sist His main resolution displays an equal dis
regard of historical accuracy. 1t is altered from
the fifth resolution of lS48, which was in these
words
s. Resolved unanimously, That the passage of the
above mentioned provi'o makes it the duty OF every
they value their dearest privileges, their sovereignty
their independence, their rights OF property, to take
firm, united and concerted action in the emergency.
Instead of following the resolution, which
makes the passage of the Wilmot Proviso alone
the occasion for united Southern action, Mr. AM
bier substitutes an ungany, ungramm atical phrase
intended to signify the whole series of compro-
mise measures.
We are glad that this ridiculous substitute has
reached the light; for it furnishes happy oppor-
tunty of refuting the common impulalion that
Virginia has "backed OUT from her former posi-
ton. Her resolutions mustbe distorted, misquot :
ed, cut to pieces AMI arbitrarily reconstructed to
educe from them any sort of committal to Dsun-
ion on account of what has now taken place.
Gentlemen who can resort to this miserable patch
work for the purpose of throwing dishonour upon
their own State, or who like Mr.. Senator Deneale,
can openly proclaim before the world that she is
craven and deceased in character, will do we'll to
betake themselves to some more congenial land.
The Indignation ola virtuous people will assured
ly pursue them, and, if there be any backing out
in the case, we suspect it will be seen in their re-
of what they have said in the Capitol
Nh. Websters Speech at annapolis.