Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-09


fugitive slaves" In this new aspect Of the
subject, it was desirable that Virginia should
modify her original resolutions, and therefore
Mr.. Pendleton moved TO amend the second res
olution (above copied by striking out the
words or the sIaUe trade" 80 that the resolu-
ton, as amended, would read as above copied,
emitting the words "or the slave trade" as
itaIicisod in the above resolution. The motion
was carried by vote of 93 ayes to 81 noes.
SO the words "or the slGUe trade" were strick-
en- out by vote of nearly three to one, in the
House of Delegates, Of Virginia, and in that
shape the resolution passed See Journal II.
of d. for 1850, pages 22l-2.
Now, is there one living man, who will as
sert, with this record before him, that Mr..
Beale was not directly authorized by the Lee
gislature of Virginia in February, 1860, to dis
regard the precious action of that body3 Was
he not, to all intents and purposes, instructed
by this plain and undeniable change in the &C
ton of the Assembly, to vote for this ono Of
the series of Compromise measures The
amendment Of the original resolution was
made, &as we are expressly informed, by a
gentleman who was himself member OF the
Joint committee, and who voted for the motion
Of Mr.. Pendleton,) TO aooid making an issue
Of 7" Union or disunion " upon the passage Of
such a lao. That gentleman to whom we re-
fer, is resident of Eastern Virginia, and the
owner Of twenty or thirty slaves, and pro-
slavery man Of the strongest feelings
As the record then stood, when Mr.. Beale
gave his vote in September, 1850, he was au-
thorized to give, and justified in giving the
vote which rendered him, in the present opin-
ion of the Enquirer, and Its allies, "rotten" on
the slave question. Nay, as friend Of the
Union, he was even more than justified in CIV
ing that vote, and in thus carrying out the
original design Of the authors Of the Compro-
mise of 1850; and surely, when sustained by
Senators Douglas, Dickinson, Clay, Cass, Hous-
ton, Dodge, Jones' Sturgeon, Wales, Spruance
and Underwood, five of whom were from slave
States, and majority of whom are national
Democrats, and all Of whom voted for this
same bill, and when, too, he was cheered on
and encouraged in this holy work, of SAVING
the Union, by the eloquent appeals of the ven
cradle patriot Thomas Richie, who then con-
Quoted the Washington Union, the charge that
Mr.. Bsale was "rotten" on the slave question,
comes ungracefully and ungenerously, not to
say maliciously, from the 6eardless boys who
now assail him
But we shall present, if possible, still more
conclusive, an. undeniable and irrefutable vim
dication of Mr. Beale's vote on the bill referred
to- II it be not enough to show, that he was
authorized by the terms of the resolutions Of
February, 1850, to vote for the bill-if it be
not enough to show, that five prominent Sena-
tors from the South, and dozen national anti
abolition Democratic Senators from different
sections of the country, voted for the same
bill--if be not enough to show, that Thomas
Richie, who for nearly half century, had
controlled the action Of the Democracy OF Vr-
gnia, sanctioned and approved the course Of
Mr.. Beale, If all this DO not enough, we viii
adduce the record Of the House Of Delegates of
Virginia, of March, 1861, Showing distinct
subsequent approval of Mr.. Beale's cote By that
6ody, and which vote has been so loudly and
violently condemned for electionecring pur-
poses, by the present Richmond junto, and their
satellites.
The proceedings to which we now refer, are
found in the journal of the House of Delegates
of Virginia, for March 25th, 1851, at page
1870.
The preamble to these resolutions sets forth,
that the Legislature of South Carolina had
passed an act to appoint delegates to South
,ern Congress, &c, DC.
The 1st resolution of the series expresses
deep sympathy with South Carolina ain
the feelings excited by the unwarrantable
interference Of the non-slaveholding States with
the common institutions Of the South" and says
that, whilst diversity Of opinion exists amongst
the people of this Commonwealth, in regard TO
the wisdom, justice, and constitutionality of the
measures of the late Congress of the United
States taken az a rhoie, and commonly knoton
az the Compromise n,edntres yet the Legislature
Of Virginia deems II duty to declare TO her sister
State Of South Carolina that the people of this
State are unwilling 70 take any action Gin conse-
ouence of the same) calculated TO destroy the in
tegrity Of this Union"
The second resolution we copy entire:
/" Hosolved, I'd. That regarding the said acts Of
Congress of the United States taken together,
adjustment of the ereiting grestions 20 which they
relate, and cherishing the hope that IL FIRMLY ere
cuted, they win restore to the country that har-
mony and confidence which Of late have been 80
unhappily disturbed, the State Of Virginia deems
Il unwise Gin the present condition Of the country
to send delegates TO the proposed Southern Con-
gress"
The third resolution earnestly appealed to
South Carolina to desist from secession.
The fourth resolution expressed the belief,
that the Constitution Of the United States pro-
vides adequate protection to the rights Of all
the States and invoked all to adhere strictly to
its provisions, and to preserve its safeguards
inviolate.
The fifth resolution denounced all combina-
tons and proceedings, designed to affect the
institutions Of the South, and declared that IL
persisted in, peace and harmony could not be
maintained.
These, then, we're the resolutions Of Virginia
in 1851.
The first resolution was adopted In the House
Ii = a..