Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-12-19
CITY ITEMS.

SorrHERs RioHrs AssocIA rtox-An adjourned uee,.
Ing Of the Central Southern Rights Association was held
at the City Hall, Friday night-Presdent London in
Col Fontaine. from the committee OF ave appointed
the last meeting. presented lengthy memorial to the
legislature, which was read to the Association by Mr..
John Howard, q member OF the committee, Who had
drafted IT, The memorial recommends to the General
Assembly the passage Of laws removing all restrictions
upon the foreign commerce Of the State restricting the
sale and consumption Of Northern productions increas-
ing banking facilities; for the Of home
manufactures. and completion OF the leading lines Of In
ternal improvement Il also requests the Legislature TO
invite the cooperation of the other Souther staes In
these measures, so far the may be applicable
The reading OF the memorial attentively listened
gre:on- OF the North against the South vas cordially
spplauded:
This coalition Of Affairs cannot longer exist. When
the Consultation OF the United States 10 thus broken
down and odden under foot when all the ties of social
union and brotherhood thus asunder when NE
put In day peril OF our lives and jeopardy
our property and the pike Of the assassin and torch
OF the incendary bcset US In fields and our fire.
sides hbehooves the people Of Virginia and the peo-
pe Of all the Southern States to take prompt and tho
rough measures for remedy and the Con-
sa.aaoa ne can-above and beyond Il II we must
~ n. wm: Green moved that the report be accepted.
Mr.. Lewis X. Harvie explained Why the recommends.
ton for Southern Convention proposed In the reror,
OF original committee, repeated In this me.
mortal IL was not because they disposed to shrink
from that recommendation, but because Il deemed
premature. He willing TO wait until the time sbould
arrive when one and all In the South would heartily res
pond 70 the proposition.
Col Fontane said that he was not entirely satisfied
with the memorial tnasmuch as Il did not recommend
Southern Convention but for the reasons assigned by
MI harve, he would offer objection to its adoption
Ar Green stated why he preferred the memorial as il
was: " Its whole tenor CONTEMPLATED that "A We, we
snoud remain In that Union to which were all
20 much attached and under that American Eagle of
"nien once All OF US had been proud A time might
come, when the former would be DESTROYED and the lat
ter would cease to spread its protection over an united
ssterhood OF States Tho chief scope of the memorial
was to propose that should in,prore the time that
might intervene SO as to be better, than we are
prepared for meeting what, in that contingency we
should have to meet, with the sinews of war 9namelv
money To this end, among Others IL was proposed TO
build up an independent commerce and manufactures nj
the South, partly (and far the action was
cd OF the General Assembly which this memorial was
addressed, wholly by legislative assistance and as the
legislation OF any one State could not produce all the
desired effect therefore proposed that We should
seek the cooperation OF sister States of the South
oy IKE action. Now, what could a onyention doY IL
could not legislate IL could enact statutes that
would Affect the subject Of either commerce or manufac
lures IL could only dissolve the Union far as it
could accomplish anything equally well better 10
be accomplished through the ordinary channels of COM
municaton between the States. And as under existing
circumstances, he did not desire, but would teprecate
Dssoiunon therefore, he in favor of the memorial
when IN effect recommended that for the present no
resort should be had TO such an instrumentaityr
Mr. H. wexford. Jr coIdiilly concurred in the views
OF Col Fonta'ne. IL there time when the peo
pie OF the South should consult together their
ton, that time had more than come
M Harve reiterated his personal readiness TO urge
southern convention, but to avoid discord among our
from the memorial. He referred the Nashville Con
venuon, to show the result of that movement Let lis
oe ready, when we move to take no step backwards
premature action was worse than inaction.