The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-17

would adjourn, having done literally nothing =
lie hoped they would do something-sometiIj ne
Whicn might make its mariS. The speaker want
on to atiude TO the continued wrongs Of the No rth
on the SOUTH and closed by ying that If he co MID
not remain in the Union with onor he was vii lin
10 Withdraw from it. and then ii necessary. to ght
Mr. Blount, of Ala. said that merchants and
commercial men generally, were not all agreed un-
on the feasibility of Mr.. Mann's plan For the
nrst Time in the history of the world that expAri
ment IL about to be tried and the Great Eastern Ia
YET In her mission The ofone ofahese
steamers, launched, is SO0,0uO-such yessaeI az
VIII carry 10000 passengers and 20 600 tons freight
i mann scheme proposes the erection of IL ships
aha the speaker doubted uch whether a lepisatnre
IN the South could be found To identify II ;.t
does 800 900. .OgO "S aS IL
nr. Churchwell. The scheme of Mr.. Mann is not
understood tie only proposes building fou vessels
al a cost of s. 0O0, 900. ''''o''
Mr- Blount. Very well sir. But we ca nnot en-
aIh lt an enterprise Of this kind .swithout !, ntr
nG ~, al i.s details Now, who understar ds the Do
tails OF this magnificent one, II ia flI,- -;;.9
a we nave too little knowledge of it to endorse !,
-, ~ IN nus convention propose that it ne ref.rreS
" tHe business committee
Mr.. Marshall. The gentleman h,S ,
.iono' ' put favored us with no suggestion Ara yra
never 10 make tral-neyer to seize on any nro;ct
~. % oul reiease from commercial boElao 9 NJ tta
sen'Ieui'sh does not like this scheme WI AZ d. -
not propose one? You sneak of diSnn ,orI II 1 e
10 our safeguard, and here is our remedy III 80,
p nat gentleman has been sent to EneI and Inv th
-, '"' convention. but what he
re Is supported by few railroads oni . Will ~;
ochehe Is backed 10y the people HI stool ~
10 declare that the last prov ocation fro
ny rnu Noltn had been submitted to, a,nd the yery
mex heAt aggression would prove a cusas beU; NJ,
natedthe Northern people for their nun-comnIiona
WIN the compromise acts of 1850: he hated tha,
~ w., 'caiiuG our negroes, and he hated them for
bo,ai tTou' tb ~ afterwards and wi lat more he
n"'cu tnose VINO did not hate them BY acouiescinp
we continue losing; by resisting. We cease it Ee
'hIg w ~ IS the only cure for oppre ssion.
MT hunter, OF Virginia moved that the sneecb
OF lion. 4. Dudley Mann made at DID Point q fn,
days ago, be printed. ~ J"
Mr. r. b. Deane, of Virginia appealed to Mr.
tlournoy to let his resolution be referred tn tho
business committee ~
Mr. Churchwell, of Tennessee, m owed the admis
sion of ". tirayson Carter Mann son of hon A
Dudley Manu. which was agreed to.
Mr. Flournoy said he was win the resolution
shonld be referred 10 the COMMITTEES on business
which done.
| The Committee on Business reno rted in favor nj
the resolution offered by Mr.. Bry an, of South Ca
| rolina recommending withdra wal of the L. ;
squadron from the Coast of Africa
The question coming up on the adoption of tn,
resolution
Mr.. Bryan, of South Carolina, s:dd it was evident
that the world needed more of thu products of tro
| pical climes, and it equally evident that thu
want could only he supplied y additional African
| slave labor. 1t time for the South to stol
apologising, and until Shareholders are prepared t.
| acknowledge their slaves rs Ffunder, they mus
| uehf tidt sidNc tTalHE Is piracy Inc SentleIual
proceeded to speak of the great mass of labor which
wa5 locked up in Africa. until Providence gave !
field for its use in the United States. The speaker
| in consequence of indisposftion, discontinued hi
remarks, and his resolution was ms de the order o
| the day for the next morning, at ic O'Clock.
The next resolution reported frOui the committee
WAS that urging the United States Government t.
tortify the harbOrs of Port Royal South Carolina
and Mobile, Alabama, and making them cOalins
| stations for Government steamers
Mr. Elliott, Gt South Carolina, the patron of the
| resolution, delivered address in explanation q
it.
| Mr. Merriman, of North Carolina, moved tC
amend the resolution, by inserting. beaufort nar
| Dor, North Carolina" which was done, and the re-
soiutIon WAS then adopted.
| Mr. Pryor, of Virginia, offered resolution, de
caring it to be the opinion that ali laws granting
bounties to those engaged i'll the fisheries on oul
shores are oppressivean and nncqual,and should be
pealed: and that the Senators and Representative
of the South be- requested to secure their repeal
| Adopted.
Mr. Pope, Of South Carolina, offered a resolution
declaring the establishing Of steam lines to Europe
from southern ports to be essential to Our succcss
| and that they deserve Government aid as much Il,
| the railroads which have been built with it.
| The Convention then adjourned until . O'Clock
| "Wednesday morning.