Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-12-17
RESOLUTIONS To BE OFFERED Al A MEETING OF
THE PEOPLE OF COUNTY, AT THEIR
NEXT COURT, (To BE ADOPTED BY OTHERS If
AppRCVEDl

APPROvED.)
10 the Editor o. the Wig:
Resolped l. That the election OF President by Sec
tonal msjOrity violates the spirit Of the original COM
pact OF Union destroys the equality OF the States and
reduces the slaveholdng states the condition Of pro-
Viuces.
Rssolved 2 That such an election being based on
platform avoHedly hostile the South and its institu
tons We regard the Federal agent instituted for the
welfare and protection of the whole converted into
foreign and hostile Government for our oppression-and
that our honor and safety alike demand the most
prompt aud energetic measures OF resistance.
Resolved 3 That Virginia in joining the Confedera-
cy expressly reserved to ITSELF and the other States the
right to the powers granted under the Constu-
ton whenever the shall be perverted to their In
ury or oppression"-and that any attempt by the Fed
era agent TO coerce Sovereign State would be fla
grant usurpiton and subversye OF Republican Con-
ederacy OF free, sovereign and independent States
Resolved t. That the claim Of authority by the Fed
era agent 20 suhugae a sovereign State by torce-now
that that agency Is about pass hands seectedby
section, and wholly foreign to ia, and avoWedly in
inlical admonishes OF the vital importance OF
thoroughly remoddeng the Federal agency or abolish
ing it altogether-and never sgain under any stue OF
permitting any foreign power to hold forts
arsenas, exercise any jurisdiction within the limits
of this Commonwealth.
Rsosed s. That the existing Union being the eve Of
dissolution by the secession of Of the South
ern States the relations Of Virginia IN the remaining aud
mutated Union viii DC seriously aHecteui anu tuat sue
should forthwith assume her sovereign attributes sr the
protection OF the rights and honor OF her citizens; and
that our representatives in the legislature be instructed
to introduce on the first day OF the session. PROPOSE
ton for q call Of a convention at an early day.
Resolved That while care willing to meet all the
States Of the ConedeIcy in General Convention to con.
slider of all grievances and complaints and to settle all
differences if possible, satisfactory basis our au-
thorities in the meantime should neglect opportuni
~ OF concerning, with sister Stctes Of the South,
measures for our common defence and weare-ior We
are painfully convinced and feel it duty to express the
conviction that all efforts to a satisfactory adjustment
between parties hostile each other, those of the
Eastern and Southern States, will prove fruess; and
tina, the question is reduced to the naked issue oil
prompt aud vigorous assertion Of separate ndepen-
dsnce or a submisson-a degrading, humilisting and
runous submission to the yoke Of foreign and hostile
government.
Resosed I. That the people of Virginia in this grave
crisis be entreated forget and forgive all past party
differences among themselves, and to rally as band Of
brothers around the standard OF our common mother.
Eesoirsd s. That the representation by the President
Of the United States in his late message that the people
Of the South 90 to bed every night with fear and tem
b.in, is 30 FAR know and believe, pure fiction.