Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-16

'Seyenty.0ne ana 'urSI uay oI
and in eighth line of same section Ill blank Win
sserenty.six;" and in the third section, second
line, after tho words Ordnance ofhcer, insert
the words ITO be countersigned hy the Uo'er-
nor"
Ordered for consideration tomorrow.
Mr.. W. e. Black moved that 1t be printed
Agreed to. .n
relation to Military contingencies.
Mr.. Lucas made the following report, which
was agreed to
"The Committee on the Military TO whom
was referred a resolution OF inquiry, rs TO
what sum Of money is necessary to place the
State in n proper attitude OF defence, ask
leave to report, that they have considered the
same, and have recommended the appropriation
of four hundred thousand (s40O, o00) dollars IN
q i Bill, entitled q Bill to Arm the State, 10 oe
expended as therein provided; the Committee
therefore, ask to be discharged from the lur-
Their consideration Of the resolution
Mr.. Mullins introduced n bill TO POSTPONE
the operation of the third section OF an Act
ratified 2lst December, 1867, IN relatloh u
specie in Banks, until the ISL OF 'aiu"'!'
1862.
Mr.. Trenholm called for the Special Order,
and the RESOLUTIONS oueieu -
when he offered q substitute
Mr.. Yeadon, OF Charleston, saio loeee WAS
an expression in one OF the resolutions Oh Ills
colleague, which seemed TO hun 1t 'u'ia'ct
with good taste and propriety' 1t was the phrase
BLACK Republican" The party "h'ch hau
inst succeeded in clecting q president, but ne
ysr he trusted, to be the President of these
JTn;ted States, had assumed to themselves the
r o..,t1,o,, np,y tho prIthpt "HIlCk
R.uublican'' was q soubriquet bestowed on
them BY their opponents In the olhciai ae-
! zion Of our Legislature OIL the grave and mo-
mentions issues now before US, he was unwil-
linz to indulge in anything like party slang,
He was equally unwilling, however, TO concedc
TO the ~insolent party in question the name Of
Rcpublicans. Their true and characteristic de'
sicnntion was that Of q Sectional Party. The
Union was about to split on the very rock
AGAINST which Washington had warned US IN
his farewell address-thc array Of section
acainst section. The party now triumph
ant had arrayed the North against the
South, and won the Presidency on the prln'
chile of sectional hostility to the South
Their organization had been sectional, and
the triumph had been sectional without a SIN
rle electoral vote in the entire South. lie,
! therefore, moved that tile words BLACK he
publican TO the Presidency be stricken out,
and the words, Sectional President be insert
ed in their place. The word sectional was at
once proper and significant, and becoming the
dirnity OF Legislative proceedings. In pursn-
ancc of a suggestion just made TO him, ne would
add that the term, Black Republican, was o.
iectionable in another aspect. 1t was calcu
lated to Inislcad q certain class in our midst
to produce false impressions among the lgno-
| rant in regard TO colorS, and in other more i'm
portant particulars.
Mr.. Trenholm accepted the amendment.
Mfr. Gerry spoke against Mr.. Trenhclm's
resolutions. lie thought they were cal
culatcd to throw GOODNESS opon the move
ment. lie was in favor Of = portion Of them,
but thought the practical operation Of them
would be to defeat speedy secession.
Mr.. MCGOWAN, Of Abberille, rose and al.
dressed the House Ms follows:
He said he was in favor Of the resolutions Of
his distinguished friend from Charleston (Mr.
position TO the call CT 4 Convention, but are
entirely consistent with it. We may take the
course indicated, and at the satne time call Il
Convention Of the people. They meet my ap-
probation mainly for the reason that they make
an caTDeSl tuOIl IOl piaSll1oi S0ppS'et'9' ~
the very time it is most likely to succeed.
Cooperation with our Southern sisters has
been the settled policy Of the State Of South
Carolina for at least ten years last past. We
have long been satisfied with the causes for 4
dissolution Of this Union. He thought we saw
long ago what was coming. and only awaited
the action Of our Southern sisters. This being
the case, it would seem strange now that the
issue is upon uS-when our need is the sorcst
that we should ignore our past policy, and,
in the very crisis Of the conflict, cease 10 ask
for cooperation.
Lincoln's election is taken as an occ0sion for
action, but with us it is not the only cause for
action. We have delayed for the last ten years
for nothing but cooperation. We thought it
the best and wisrst policy TO remain in the
| Union with our Southern sisters, in order to ar
range the time when and the manner how of
going out, and nothing else. The Ordinance
Of 1852 is in the following words:-[See the
| Ordnance OF Secession, 1852. Rules OF House
Of Representatives. page 1911
The resolutions Of 1859 were unanimously
PASSED BY both branches of this General AS
scnbly they are equally explicit They are
as follows See Preamble and three FIST Re-
solutions, 1859 Resolutions, page 5IS.l
linen ~ Is pcTicCLIy uIoIiiiSst SboI thS iSSO'N
ed policy Of this State for the last ten years
has been the policy of secession in co-opera-
ton with other Southern States.
But, is that not fortified by both history and
philosophy by the nature Of the thing itself
and the late of other ~nations2 Tile Southern
States Of this Union have more motives-lnore
inducements and more necessities for concert
and union than any people that has lived in the
Al. r. ,.,, fh., o.o onn IN coil onA nli,npfI.
one in productions, having a monopoly of the
Cotton region; one in institutions, and, more
than all, one in their wrong under the Consti-
tuition. Add to all this that they alone, Of all
the earth, have q peculiar INSTRUMENTATION
slavery, which is absolutely necessary for them;
without which they would cease 10 exist and
against which, under the influence Of fanat-
ical sentiment, the world is banded. Upon the
subject of this institution we are isolated from
the whole world, who are not only indifferent, but
inimical to it; and it would seem that the very
weight of this outside pressure would compel
US to unite.
Besides, the history Of the world is pregnant
with admonition Us to the necessity Of union.
The history Of classic Greece, and especially
that awful chapter upon the polyncsian war,
appeals to US. The history Of poor, dismem-
bered Poland, cries to us. The history Of the
Dutch Republic claims 10 be heard. Modern
Italy and the States Of Central America are now
at this moment crying to us to unite. All his.
tory teaches US that united we stand, divided
we fall. All the Southern States would not be
too many for our Confederacy, whose flag would
Goat, honored upon every sea, md under whose
folds every citizen would be sure of protection
and security. My God! what is the reason We
cannot unite? 1t seems to me, that we might,
with all propriety, address the whole South the
pregnant words Of Milton
Awake. arise. or be forever fallen I"
South Carolina has sometimes been accused
Of q prominent desire to lead or disturb the
councils Of the South. Let us make one last
effort for cooperation, and in doing so repel