Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-12-17


which We love -o much: ba, unlr-s some such
steps we're taken to unite the South, TO strength
en- her and make her independent of the North.
the DAYS OF this Union were numbered.
He wa. no disunionist. hut merely wanted to
max the Suufh independent and prosperous.-
And he wa. not afraid TO talk Of the political as
poet of the country lie did not think commerce
had brought together 800 men here from differ
en-, portions Of the South. but the political condi-
ton Of the country. and he not afraid TO say
what h. thought about it, They had just gone
through an exciting political contest in which the
existence Of the Union itself was put in the scale
md they were now able to judge ut the danger
TINT threatened them. Look nj the formidable
proportions Of the Nor h. All the New England
States had gone against the South. And Of the
other States. Pennsylvania had been saved ly
but 700 votes. Indiana by but few thousand.
while Illinois had majority against their rights
md interests He was rot Tor dissnlving the
Tninp. though h. believed the South had a right
to do SO, and fit was tn be settled that the fug
tive slave compact was to he virtually null and
void at the North, that would warrant the South
in doing SO.
But the right to dissolve the Union and the pol
lev Of doing now. were two different things;
whit should done when he Union was Dissolved,
should be deferred until that deplorabe event
should take place. 1t were worse than use
less 10 consider that matter now. In the mean
time let the S,nih strengthen their offences, de-
velop their resources increase their prosperity
and forget their intestine feuds and struggles
remembering that though they can not expect
to be- in the majority. yet strong and united
minority BY throwing its weight on the one side
or the other of the contending parties of the North
as rolicy and prudence may dictate will enable
the South for many years TO come 10 govern the
country as they have heretofore done.
Vbia convention VIII = u mere advisory body.
bat it was not laws that govern people. Laws
were but the -'alization Of ideas arrived at
maturity in the minds Of the people. He belle
we'd that those who truly governed were the dead
the living hut ob"yed their teachngs.-The sp'r
it Of John G.. Calhoun governed those in that con-
veniion more than did any living men.
He hoped the convention would work. do some
thing practical and not be led inside To discuss
the diversitc- of politics Of South Carolina Ge"r
ein. Virginia. Mississippi, Arkansas. or other
s ates We are in the Union now We trust
ed we should ever remain it. But lei US act as if
while we may remain in it forever. we may soon
be compelled to act out IF the Union, and then
we shnll have nothing with which t. blame our
selves He said that as poet had a right to
quote himself, he would close in his own words;
The issues with God; to do
OF right belongs to u.s.
Justice is mghtier than ships
Right, than the lannon's brazen lips
And Truth, divertng dark eclipse,
Makes nations prosperous.
Mr.. Baldwin. of Va. asked that the vote upon
the indefinite po-tponement of the resolution be
taken by States.
The question being taken, resulted as follows:
In the affirmative none.