Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-05-01

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let us address ourselves
preservation.
| Preambleand ResolpiioRs
| cgered By M. Scot, Of
| Fau9Hier.
| Whereas the States of
New Hampshire, Mary
land and Indiana, thro'
their Conventions, and
the State of Illinois
through her Legislature,
have expressed their ap-
| probation of the series of
acts of the late Congress
commonly known us the
Compromise Measures
and declared their de-
termination to support
the same as a final adj
| justment of the sectional
controversy that has SO
long agitated the Union;
and whereas the State of
South Carolina has OK
pressed opposition to
those measures, and
through her Legislature
taken steps to send depu-
ties to the Congress of
the Southern States pro-
posed by the late Nash
viii Convention, and, in
connection Herewith, has
| provided for the assemb-
ling of a State Convcn-
ton to take into consid-
Grafton the proceedings
and recommendation of
the said Congress; and
for the further purpose
of taking iAto considera-
ton the general welfare
of that State in view of
her relation to the laws
and government of the
United States; and these
| acts y, n,nving been formal
" cou,,au,.. 'rated to this
General Assem-. 1t !.
is deemed proper tina.
this State should make
known to her sisterStates
her sentiments respect
ing the same
BE atheyJorc Pcsolred
by tie General Assem6}y
Of Virginia, Tha; re-
garding the said acts of
the Congress Of the Uni
ted States as n final ad-
justment of the exciting
questions to which they
relate, this State is will
ling to ncquiesce in the
same, and chcrishes the
hope that ffairly cxecu-
ted, they viii restore to
the contrary that harmo-
ny and confidence be-
tween its parts which of
late have been so unhop-
ply disturbed.
>. That whilst this
State sincerely sympa-
thises with South Carroll.
ma in the feelings excited
by the unwarrantable in
reference of the people
ofsomc ofthc States with
our domestic institutions;
and whilst she cannot
approve of all the Legis-
ton of Congress touch
ing the same,yet she per-
ceives in the present con-
dition of the country no.
thing to justify any ac-
ton calculated to cndan-
ger the integrity of the
federal Union.
3. That in the Ian
guage of the farewell adj
dress ofthe father Of our
country, she regards the
unity OF Government
which constitutes us one
people as Il main pillar
OF our real independence;
the support Of our tran
guilty at home, our
peace abroad of our safe
ty, OF our prosperity, Of
that very liberty which
we so highly prize - and
watching for its safety
with jealous anxiety"
this State deems it n du-
ty to declare that she
cannot unite in the
Southern Cor gress, nor |
IN any way commit her
self to the evident con-
sequences Of such a mea-
sure ; and she is con-
strained respectfully but
earnestly to demonstrate |
with her sister State n
gainst any meditatcd Sc
cession on her part,
which cannot but tend to
tho destruction of the
Union and the loss of ll
the countless blessings
that spring from it.
a. Thatthc legislation
of Vermont and other
Non-slavehold ding States,
designed to deprive the |
South of the only meas
urc of the Compromise
conceded for its protec- |
ton, deserves the sever
est Reproduction, as pecu- |
LARRY offensive to the |
Southern States. as de-
rogatory to their rights, |
and fraught with immi-
nent danger to the I'm
ion.
5. That the Governor |
be requested to transmit
copies of these resolu-
tions to the Executive of |
each Of the other States,
with a request that they