Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-12-03

esssores and are all rcspou.ib, for the eon.sou.n..
sSSn ~ah'sn "eksdness- Aud now, here, standing b,
ne ,he ersue OF Washington and soil eonscvrates
by his grave aud mboed with his principles aud pa
trouc impulses We denounce the Tell spirit of mische
aea Irs.Soas soanse's neGcated by the Infamous doc
snes OF seward and taught by the bAsphemous and In
hdel creed Of the entire body of Northern Aboonsts
We proclaim them hostile TO the harmony and intee
OF the Southern peopiei
In view, therefore, OF these facts think Il become.
ns-u becomes the Commonwealth of virgnia-particu
"W AZ occupying, In part frontier position and mos
exposed TO insult and nvasonto resort TO such expe
dents as VIII best ourselves and our slaves from
further attack or molesation. The North has forfeited
and despised long suffering and forbear
anee We cannot therefore, expect yhing her mag
nanmlty or justice We remit next Legislature
SHORTY 20 assemble the responsibility of deyising the
most ueeisNe remedies for defence We pledge our.
selves 10 sustain them, whatever they be- Our
sovereignty professionally adequate protection
IN .ne meantime whilst our State Legislature Is DELHI
erauhg upon and devising complete remedies for our
great grievances, we recommend to people, and we
pledge ourselves to observe the following of
duet-provded NC the general cooperation
ana concurrence OF the other counties of the Common
wealth.
tirst-we viii adopt strict nonntereoursc in trade
and commerce with the citizens and merchants of all
nonsayeholdng States We will neither sell to them
any article of the growth manufacture of State
or ony from them or consume any article Of the growth
or manufacture OF their States
Second-We will cease travel amongst them or visit
them, except upon the urgent and unavoidable bu.
| sneSs.
Third-We will empox NO i.bor.rs mr. mechanic. from,
the North. ~ "'''
Fourthwe will arrest and send out Of the State in
the most summary manner all ineraut vendors of North
ern oooSs newspapers periodicals any other article
OF Northern growth manufacture; and all persons
who are suspected Of antsayery opinions
or VINO cannot give precise aud true account of them
selves as engaged in lawful business will treat
Migrants and iucendiaries
We not sure that these remedies will succeed We
will try them least Should these and such our GEN
eral Assembly may enact, fail of the desired effect why
them We have but other alternative that Is NAV
be resort TO the ultimate remedya of all POI
ieal connection with communities fahless all the
obligations that bud together christian and civilized So
cietiesso wicked and unust and the North
ern people have proved themselves We live in
perpetual uneasiness and alarm Better disunion with
all its melancholy train of consequences, than Union
without peace aud security to life or property whose
most sacred constitutional guarantees violated; where
our territory is exposed ruthless INVASION the slave
is armed with the TORCH and the revolver and nike bv
Abolition ncendiares; where the knows not when
nor how soon his house be burned his head or
his throat cut by his slave and where wives and
daughters may fall helpless victims to the brutal uss of
mcrcess ravishers.
These considerations come home TO our hearths and
hresdes and address themselves hearts and our
reasons with force paramount all the bcnfts that can
possibly be derived from political confederation
great they are
We do not deem Inappropriate the occasion to ex
press admiration aud cordial approval of the prompt
action Of Governor Wise, in repairing with military
force to the recent of danger and of his energetic
measures TO suppress the invasoa and arrest the guilty
traitors aud bring them punishment The spirit that
animated him throughout the whole affair from its in
cePton to its close, has commended him warmest
applause and entities him the thanks of every Virgin
ian He proved himself vigant guardian of our rights
fully equal TO the emergency he would be any crisis
OF danger that the honor the interests or
safety OF our people and State
Nor can we, in conclusion omit a tribute TO the dig
nifty justice and impartiaty which marked the proceed.
ugs OF the court and jury that tried the feon at Charles
town They were, however, only the customary attr.
butes of Virginia judicial tribunals which, even un-
der the greatest popular excitement and to
wTest the law strain the evidence swerve from
the rigid line of propriety aud Justice VIII il be appre.
ciated the North? VIII not its effect be lost upon
the bgoed minds of besotted Abolitionisss
Upon review of the whole case il seems to us to
have been of doubtful policy to give these cul.
Prt regular trial 1t is than questionable whether
the forms of law should have been observed and whether
more summary execution of the miscreants was not
called for by the atrocity of the offence and the blood
stained guilt Of the offenders They caught with
the weapons of massacre in their hands recently rocking
with the blood of the nnocent victims of their treason
able and murderous attack Their treason murder and
nsurrectonary acts were proved by the dead corpses
they had slain, yet weltering in their smoking gore-by
the provisional government intended subvert the State
government. backed by warlike array-and BY the
1900 implements of destruction they had prepared 20
put into the hands of slaves carry their feudish
purposes. Monsters who could murder peaceful
citizens by wholesale slaughter, had title to ask
the regular forms Of criminal trial for themselves
1t demanded stoical justice and more than Or
binary degree of leniency under such intense pro-
vocation and deep excitement to stay the hands OF nm
outraged and incenscd people, and allow the villains
formal arragnment and trial for their crimes Such for
beaance would hardly have been practsed in any other
community, and only shows that we are Just and law
abiding people, and mercul even the guilty and
malignant wreichand do not fear appeal to the crim
nal tribunals of our country to vndicate the law 1t does
more. IL shows that although it foresccn that ma
teria would be manufactured of the trial for mawk
sh and hypOcriucal sympathy-to bapize the greatest
trlOn with the name of martyr, and embam his memory
A. heroic animate his abolition followers and strength
their hopes and encourage them in their deeds blood
yet Nirgnans did not shrink from the consequence
but resolved 10 administer Justice defy the
whole priesthood Of abOtioniss and their satanic devices
only promising that the next dturber Of peace NAV
eNpate his crimes after speedy administration of
the Law.
Upon the conclusion of the reading Of this paper so
replee with truths and earnest in tone aud which, is
deyOuiy TO be wished reach the ewes of all North
who every day disregard or ignore our rights
Feryid and eloquent speeches were made by Col Hen
~ I. Garnctt Ferdinand Blackwell and Hon. r. l.. T.
Bcae in appreciation Of the sentiments inculcated and
hoping that the spirit which animated them might
ire the bosoms Of all Vrgnans in resisting to the
most every such mad aud unholy scheme that lately
developed at Hpers Ferry and any future aggressions
in form against the lives and property Of our citizens
Mr. K b. Davis also favored the meeting with brief
but pertinent remarks
On motion Of Or. Jno Mayo, il was
iosoirsd, That the paper presented to this meeting
by Geo W. Lewis, ESD be adopted aud published ia the
papers Of this States the expression Of the opinions and
feelings Of the citizens Of Westmoreand regard to the
subject discussed remonstance against the aggres-
sons of the North, and appeal to the people of Yir-
On motion IL was
Resored That the proceedings OF this meeting pub
lished in the Richmond Wing, Enquirer aud Examiner
and in the papers Of the State generally aud also in the
National Inteligencer.
On motion of Col. Garnet, the meeting then adjourn.
! ed.
The other papers mentioned will please copy from the
Richmond Wing.
LAwREScE WASHINGTON Chairman.
J. b. JErT, Sec'y.
NEErtSG BRUNSWICK.
Alta meeting Of the citizens of Brunswick county Va
held in the Court House thereof Monday 27h Nov
1859 Court day Col James y. Mallory was called 70
the Chair and George G. Rves, appointed Secretary.
The Chairman, taking his seat in forcible and
very spirited speech, explained that the object OF the
meeting was for the purpose of endorsing the prompt ac
ton recently taken by the Governor in regard TO the
Hnrpcrs Ferry insurgents and aso for taking such steps
a. 10 the present condition of affairs may appear neces.
sary for the safety Of the community and for protec
| tou Of Southern interests
Mr. ID. Thomas POyner next addressed the meeting in
hrm aud manly manner, In which he boldly aud earn
esy advocated the necessity Of the extensive pre-
piration throughout the entire South to secure her
against the incendary torch aud the assassn pike Of
| the North
lie frequently and loudly Observation-Disclosures