The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-28

sec0on q the State especially exposed 70 uueh 80.
/ TSs.a = t1at Of which Parsons had 'complained-
| ~ s.ns .sns had been diregafded precisely IN
~h,.s ssLs "a manner. He spoke Of the progress
Mnicn nad eeen made in encroaefments or soueh.
I'll ngns,, until what had been the rayfnr ~ q.
/ form.I;,;aa - pecone the enactments and solemn
. Slave wss nars ~ an attempt now 70 reeapture
son, put Dioodshed He cited the c.sss ~ Fsr. -
ana Gorsuch whose blood was q $3.50. - -
Pennsyysnis eI0e1ROf Ro e recover their property in
considered the only remedy. He rsSer-ss sscn e ne
ooia action Of Maryland when one a. ~. s* ~ sno
nad been imprisoned for six months in Penrsssa
~ The a, J.ct wss only brought 70 the knowiedee
Oh tne people OF Maryland, some time aftcr bis ~
carceration but such was the chsrsctar - IN ~
measures adopted by the Legislature of that Et.te
that the Pennsvlvania jury dared not cor Wet hsr
| cinzen. ne was tried and acquitted Let Virginia
follow this noble example and protect her cifixer
in like manner. He hoped the bill would mot so
on the table but that they would act before the
sun went down-that they would meet the subject
as became yirginians with all these revolutionary
precedents before them
Mr.. SEDDoE urged the immediate action ON the
subject. He considered that Messrs HIETr and
GARsETT occupied delicate positons-the former
Tor having been the agent In bringing tho subject
before the House, and the latter from hs relation
to the bill They might be reasonably enough in
disposed to press it upon the Legislature after what
occurred But the House was under no such re-
strains, and he hoped it would act 1T onco. The
coustitueug OF tho gonu6mQn from Hampshire con-
sidered the Senate bin an insult and had gone on
like q man to redeem his pledges and relieve his
friends who had become responsible for his return
HUT let the House stand by its action and release
that citizen not only from his bail but from his OBJ
legation Mr.. Seddon contended that the rights
and interests of tidewater Virginia were peculiar
y involved in the questions presented to the spe-
c1al COMMITTEES raised the subject of the abduc-
ton OF slaves from our Eastern ports. That COM
mittee would soon bring in bill, and how could
the west and north be expected to vote for it the
east did not stand up for the protection of their
equal rights on the present occasion. Mr.. s.
earnestly opposed the Senate bill-invited discus
slon-hoped if there was a man who approved it
he would say SO. He, Mr. s. was prepared to stand
az the champion of the House.
We are compelled to postpone the sketches of the
balance of the debate, in which number of gen.
tlemen participated. The motion to disagree with
tho Senate was carried, ayes l0l noes 12.
After the question was disposed of, Mr.. GARRETT
moved the following joint resolution, which was
adopted. He stated that if it were passed carly
on Monday by the Senate 3 Commissioner might
be telegraphed to act at the opening of the trial
OF Parsons and thus Virginia would be present,
through her agent, silently but vigilantIy watch
ing the course pursued towards her citizen:
Be 1t Resolved By the General assembly, That the
Governor of the Commonwealth be authorized and
requested to appoint and employ commissioner to
be present the part the State of Virginia at the
trial of James Parsons, Jr, of Hampshire county,
on the charge of kidnapping, at the Court of Quar-.
ter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Blair
In the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday next;
and the said commissioner be instructed to see
that the testimony in the said case be spread upon
the records, or preserved in writing in some au-
thentic form, and to report to the Governor