Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-02-01
LRClSIATtRE OF VIRGINIA.
S,ruNr,Y. ~.Jt>rARy III. lsJi.
HORSE de: DELEGATES.

uumnshire county, and others, cniI''S W y" ri
nrnwrNith. in the nfn>'ca'!o' """
their constitutional rights. 80. D., wnulL
ILL., ~ 81 OF the amendments, II agree" W. lily
bc merely 10 empower the ""E''"ni :" ;m.urr,.I hi
p,rS,,.. and his sur,;ioS in any pei:i.,'''s '' ,..
linz f,rG.iturr of their rrc"-nizh'ce'' y. ~" w., .h.rr,
'"' 40 IN. former 10 answer ihr '''"~
: n,r;ur n.n,linr against INN III uo N""' "
Quarter Sessions OF Blair tHuna;i.n
The bin being under cons;ceI"'n'" ,v amid - Mr..
Nj. liitrI' on,n mo part in the discussi"n
opeahti, Ian mn to the present period nor "o l III
w." - make a long speech this morning. 4 was ~
~" 49,, state TO the llous. thai nm pH' nas peeT IN
nS y =, avail by the coordinate branch u inns
d.rtu u. ~ "nd | will inform the House that young
7"roaan, Sas cone on to Pennsylvania to STAND his tr1ai
y, y nnt dollars and cents we want OF ms iiouse; M, M
,,,,hinr more than the paltry sum OF S',uV"oIs ~"
WAS involved, We would have souHn' TWn' ~ :
,ac5;on. And what protection d." we get! lhe pro.
,sct;on that the vultureS give the lainoS-lo "e',o,
them. No, sir, we do not want aoilaIs nnu - ,n'i
we wanted that our princ'iies anu y" nh,,II ha
rirhts. which are far more uear W u '" 49,.
maintained. My object III rising Sill % ~ INV
the bill be laid upon the table. ,.. will onou;re
If the gentleman. whether it is his purpose 10 ca'i up
the bill at some other tline' A.. No ,bo dnl.cate
Mr.. Hlrrr. l will answer, that as '.e III ,n
So I.,nnsb;re county, | shall not eau that OIL up
until the resurrection gun cracks: ro,o
NJ Sr,x,pu. have no desire, sir, ny my Vo'e
or nv action, to force upon the peoPie U. h iiiiip ,sh;rh
~ The constituents of the gentleman Il oHi WINCH
VI .S :. dns;re hive no desire to do IT.. l
sbnuld desire, if it were proper under tne lnu.aIn
which has been made, to submit soue e " '. me 10
in rpsppct TO the character OF the aulehu"ient IL
I an not authorized to 40 tha', =" ~ n,t;nn co,nns
law the bill upon the table. AS th's " o :"
So = ,boso who nre specially interested IN thls mat
ter, | am perfectly content, 8" TAR as l. a, e"u ,Ii,m.
ad IN allow them to take the best COURSE 'heS 'i'"h
proper. r,..o,a Ouaap and Essex, snid,
7 taiisy. II ia not in order to debate the bill upon the
motion now pending.
Mr.. UIErr. withdraw the motion. IN
Mr.. GARRETT. The Senate has returned 'nls on'
in precisely the sume form III !. I ,o nnss II it on the day
haf,r. yesterday. 1t has been returned IN a shape IN
which it would be utterly worlhlcss. 4 smPy
proposes to pay the bill, without any lur'her aeeia'a,
ton, and thereby offers n premium " i! t ;,ann on W.
Pennsylvania, who chooses, when our eiu"shS 20
,baro ynon The same purpose that Parsons lau gone.
to arrest them, in order 10 OBTAIN money lloui LIE
Commonwealth, rs i'll the present ihst"hce.
Sir, without intending amy d'srespe'. W ~ IT,. :
d;nate bndy Of the Legislature, ! must say tha' !
Jeanly regret. in fact | feel mortified at Inc actioh
which tbey thought proper TO pursue III REGARD ~ Ills
bill. | regret it the more, from INC ene,;a ,f nrr
| fearit will have upon the feelings ot d por'ou w w.,
own neople who are Justly excited by wrongs "nie"
coma more Immediately home TO them, thai any Ih'ho
rl.e connected with their interests. MI. "PeuH1I'
tb. Senate, or any one else, VINO linhsi'ca tn' ".'
Parsons desired his bill to he pala, Is Mue,. m,s-
! taken. | have the pleasure OF knowing 'na' Sen'ie-
en-" en- I'D 7 cnn saw. with perfec; confidence, that he
was nc.uated by no such desire rs !ha' Vi securing
the payment of his bill His uncle Is a meihoer oi
this House, AMI no doubt. known 10 many W !oui.
They buy, both gone 10 Pennsylvania IN attend thiS
rial and ia abide lis consequences, anu, rs l nave
already said, they called upon you, not Tor any Iccu-
| mary aid, hut TO maintain them III lhe'r rlSh's' 80.
| inr that the Senate regarded II M Il mere inohey:mHn
ter, Parsons left Tor Pennsylvania, being unwilling
40 o.,;J tha nhi vatipus that he ltlCuTTtu Uu oSSpuii
of q mere pccuniary consideration. -. ,,
To has zone gallnntly forward to take his chances,
and. if need be, TO enter the Pennsylvania penitehtia'
~. Therefore, it would be q mere mockery 10 pass
10 Senate nil. or rather their substitute, which
merely authorizes the payment Off hne, wheh' before
this bin would reach his case, he would DC st"nc,'s
before a Pennsylvania jury on the .queSiion "i ns
liberty. Nor would the passage OF the House Di'i
nny y, NJ auv eyail-,hc Young man having lett 20
annerr before the court on Monday. Under these CIR
cuinstances, | concur in the motion maze ny 'ne zen,
.leman from Hampshire, Mr.. HIETT,l 10 lay tIe ohi
anon the table, not, however, TO allow II 10 sumner
,bara rnrexar- but 70 await the action of Pennsylva-
mia. II Parsons is acquitted, there Is an eiid 10 tnes"o-
iect. 1.-The is convicted, the issue VIII DE upon ,ne'''
rs to what they will do 10 restore the prisoner. Meah'
while, we can let the people Of Pennsylvania know
,bat this hill il slumbcring upon our table, to be Ia
ken M, when the action of that commonwealth IN
this matter, is ascertalned.
Twill now offer the following resolution and renew
the motion 10 lay the bill upon tile taoie:
Bo it resolved by the General Assembly, mat inc
Governor of the Commonwealth, be authorized "ud
requested. TO appoint am. employ n COMMISSIONER, 10
be present, On the part OF the S;H'e VI , n-'"'"' u. !.
trial of James Parsons, Jr., % hampshire county ~"
the churce oi kidnapping, n the Court oil Quarter
Sessions of the Peace, for the county OF i'"ir' Ill Va
| State of PENNSYLVANIA, ON Monday next; ana me sal"
commissioner be instructed 10 see 'ha' ''e 'ts'"n""f
in s,id case, be s2rcad upon the record, or preserve"
in WIRING. in some authentic form, and TO report Il"
the Governor.
Mr.. INBupEy, of Augusta, after expressing MS con-
currence in the course Indicated ny hir' 'AhHht.,
and a determination 10 carry out AZ far rs liz f"'e
could do SO, the purposes of the bill, read a SUBSTITUTE
which he expressed All intention to oher wnen me
proper time came. The motion to lay on Ine thoIc
hejng still pending, it was not III orueF 10 o"e' 1t al
that time. ~ oo;d ,ho,
Mr.. L,yGFIrr, of Brooke and Hancock, sad 'ha'
he was in favor of appointing counsel 10 act IN oe.
| half of Parsons, and desired to know wne'her II was
intended that the commissioner sl"u,n e ~ ,n a
cnnarity. He also suggested that II select committee
of scven be appointed To take the case III manu- al'cr II
was disposed of, that they may mature some proper
plan Of action. ,o.
Mr.. HoGE Of Berkeley said MIR; speaker, l. hno"
40 little of Parliamentary law, that feel reluctant
oE.r amy opiuiou with reference to the disposition
| which should be made of the questions before ile
House. | desire to say one thing. ana II . INNS 'i"'
40 fur as l am concerned, l am iiiihs 10 ueno;G as
entire day, without any intermission, 10 the cons'dera-
tion of this subject. 1t does not matter wne'heT lh's
ouestion was properly or improperly introduced mo
the House. There is one thing perfectly CERTAIN 10
nv mind, and i. is this, that whatever might nave
hen the character Of this question before, rs Sc
r;ons an. nnw-serious because Of the fact that it has
been debated here. and your action upon IL nus gone
abroad to the world; mad II there Is any ihliure I" ~
low up, by action, that which has been snia mere II
will, not only affect ' irSnln IN respect D nv PoS'''"
cha bns assumed IN this matter, but manifest the ad-
djticnul fact, that n citizen OF Virginia cannon uc-
mand, n. the hands Of other States, that protection 70
which he ia entitled. ,
action that was taken in the Senate upon tins subject,
that the object was, that the State OF Virginia should
indemnify James Parsons, Jr, and his sure'les IN the
losses incurred by them in the forfeiture OF tneir re-.
co,uizance. Sir, il Parsons. or any other citiIen OF
,ls rnmmonwralth, came here asking that he may
he relieved from q mere penalty, !, Tor one w"uiG
have secuted him hence. | must confess SIT, th"' l
shared, in the feelings OF the gentleman IRON fl"n'p'
ab;re. iNr. liErrD when he stated, that never again
,rnuld tbis hill be called up by him., because the man
has zone 10 the State of Pennsylvania, 10 aoldc The
consequences of the unjust charge penang against
him. He has gone 10 save those iricnds oi MS VINO
came forward nobly, to stand between h'n unu .nc
nen,Ie who were pursuin. him-gone, feeling that
lis AVN Sr:. has no. sustained him ana gwen him
the sanction of her name.
I will not enter into any discussion about the gene
raj propositions. | was n ineInbcr OF the committee
from which the bill was reported, ana WINE mere
may h. some peculiar feature in the measure which
passcl here, that | might not exactly approve yet J
am willing now to sustain the acton OF tue House. ana
should have voted for the hill II | had been III Inc
House when the Foic WdH '"h'h "l"' " "'',tS -
now. that we will DO wrong if we lay 1t on the table,
and that We will also do wrong II we refer II Il" a Sc
lect commit &c, because | believe we have hhu ac'ioh
anou,b. 50 far as committees are concerned. am,
however, in favor OF the appointment OF a committee
of conference, il needs he.
Afer n few other remarks from MIR. ioGE, Ire
ferrinu to the murders OF Kennedy anu t'ofSGca'l ana
the imp isnnment OF Jonathan Little, in Pennsylva-
MIA, when lawfully pursuing fugitive slaves which
were delivered with peculiar force and effect
Mr.. Seldom of King George and Stafford, said -
Mr.. Speaker, | hope that this House will no; lay this
question upon the table. have nothing oSoy IN
opposition To the action Of the Gentleman from lamp
Shire, (Mr. lIiETrJ and OF the gentleman from Essex
Mr. GARxErr) / appreciate their position, and !
nLrnirr The IN zion MLirh the gentlemen have submit.