Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-01-12
MESSAGE or rms covsR soR op WIN.
GINA.


We lay before oar resdeB the Message Of Gov.
L.,eser. which SEGA, ia 70 both Hosseso Of the
Lssislatsrs, on sa,srtsy.
Sssas~<. 81 a. S<.sts s.i Rs~s % Dslsgs.ss
eeonsses ny term. .. cAi,f Magistrate 81
NE Ccoaohvesith OF YuEteis, Of an imPOTisbt
asd everuot psttve W Tee sW,cry 90 zoe sssts
esd a The Usioa. No one Of my ptedeee.ssrs
has oken spon Aiassli tie duties sud responsl
eiAte1Ds OF The once nder the same sirc m.sre,s
ues L<gislatafs and he p<ople sIpeet LON me,
berwtsfe, "a expression OF nv views upon The
ssssresss sus',,on OF the cay. AID some sugges.
Iva not,nE 10 the future
Tee Coasu,st,oa OF the uaiIsd States, as ofdais.
I'd Esd established By our fathers vas ce,ignsdato
fofs . MOTE perfect uaioo. ests bish iasiiee, 10.
eefs eones,'e usaaei,'y, promote the general
welfare and secure NE blessing. Of libery 10 oat.
selves and ar poslerny." They eon.lrued 1, with
ssieteaes 10 iht,e desirable otiect. aud q, might
have eeea expected, aotoa, haftnOay a nd brother.
hoed en- tsaed oe,seen 10, dihercaJ srcI,"ns-lsx
ssd order prevailed -jusliee and right we're ,e-
sPseted-ths rights OF persons aud property we're
Tally feeosntzsi-sad each STATE was permitted
w regulate We domestic INSTITUTIONS uhhOst ,nl-t-
'sfeaee HON si,irens VI ether STATES. Coadteaes
saa ifatefaAi affection existed betwcSn the people
of all the States ia those ear anG better dsys "
he Repubiic.
rhis happy eonditioa Of thiue. continued Tor
many pears, aud was Iaienogi'd only BY the IN
tsrierenee OF citizens OF the Nurinsfn = at-s With
the rights and "a s,ituttuUs 80 thr Seaih,Tl But
Tor the var which pa, heeG - Pctssssgiasy Vagei
against The insutSgtOu ot uutnrsuy ssaNtfyas
exists amosgst u, az tnstttution ~tb ~Htch gAty
have no rightto 'n'rrmeJri,, se sou1l have ecu.
uaue 10 live hsTmOniuusly Together. auc the ties
Of tTaietnAl feeling aud adsS,toa Woaia be a.
suone nov as ever bsio5S 10 the hisiufy Of thr
Confsdrraey. Thi, santuu interference ,ha.
eoomsneed, sad 80 cfeu.iv,,y persisted 40, has
presaeed the pfessot sistntug rI-n Aui has
eroaghI the UHioa OF .Be ssA'es to the verge ct
dssu octon.
The Northern people nov insis' that gAsrc na,s
q y. no
and the FugiIiss Save LaW must Re repealed 90
~ essentially notified % rrAdef o. vsiaeess iUt
tAe recovery OF save ptoPtrY
10 MauAchusxIis, W Wisconsin an Verne III and
psfAaps, other poa. slAy ehUIGIng Sjair, The FuE
tive Slave Aet has been pfsciicAtiy saI eEectuAI.
~ naliihed, and rendered ,nop-raiive. 1hc Mas
saessseis act declares that the wit OF AStsIs
yss may b isspeG BY ether 81 their cuutts and
evss oy "asy lusgioe OF the peace, :" "a term uule
90 vacation aud upon the Tcistn OF such writ
NE fueiIiEe slave may dcmaaC a iTiAl o. iufy
ss1 u 'he Iofy shall dsAgrse the issue may b.
sao0'urd 70 AnO;hef lary, OF ronunBed 10 tic ReKI
TERM 1T the discretion OF me court. Thai 10 con-
tesstops, sdmi,stsns, or declarations 81 III aIleI.
% fashivs against hInseii SHAH Dc given IN evi-
esnee upon the uiai, lhaS the GoyrtaVr. by Snd
WIN the advice OF he Counc ", shall sppOlnt com
ntssioaers 10 each county to d.fend To- iuyts
vso are 10 pay al Witnesses, expenses, eleiAs, Of.
hcefs fees, ead OInsf SIpensvs; Aal Iasy are 10
havs hese and all Ieasoaable chAsgfs lot heir
services s attorney an4 counsel "a the case, paid
81 the STATE Treasurer; and the act a,o prohtbIts
tssif iatls prisoes or othsr places OF eohhnemea
nou oeiag used TOT the Imprisonment OF persons
claimed as fugttiye slaves.
(6ee Sess. ActS ir5j Page 92il The act OF Wis
ssosin 10 even more suin geutin ~ ptoysiOn, !or
The psesee,,on Of fugitive slaves tLap the scI o.
hAsNaehuseus- kSee Revised Statutes Is5s page
ss The act OF Vermont declares taat no per.
scns wlihia the Siste shall be considered az pro-
perry OF subjsct - such TO sale, purcha.e OF de-
livery tAst the iueiIive slave may have the bcas.
- OF uai ~ ISryi that every person who
nay have been held as slave, WhO shah come
or Be brought, or Be IN The Slae vilh OF without
ne nsent OF hiE master or mistress OF WIN
shall come or be bought. or be invoisnAIy or
IN any Other way, IN the State, shall he Tree ald
esnoonses, against any person who shall hold he
Ngtuve &c slave, she peBally VI impriscu u.rut
net less than one nor more than fifteen wears ana
hne net exceeding two ihOusAnd coilars See
eess Acis ls5S, page Al In cher Of the non.
eaa,saodias states, (iii am not mis1ken) simi.
lar legislation has been emplOyrd To drirat the
sxesation Of the iaS within their limits They
maiataia the doctrine Of an 4" ifIepTesaible con-
hiet' between free and slave labor, which. under
tetn prsaehinss, has produced ne hr,S fruits in
seeding % blood poo our Own soil
The friends OF this Kind OF trRislatian and ths
sapeefisn OF these misc kieyous d.etrinr, well,
tss EIeeuitEe. legislative add Judicial AuthUri.
" OF TIE non. slAEeholdinE SAFES wUh scarce an
sxespttoa. 10 he Senate OF the United Slatr,
tas hrpaoileah party numbeTs upEafes oityepTy
end 70 the Honse Of Representatives more tA.n
eAe eandied, all sleeted By the To<n Ct moo.
savehoiding slses. aud All endorsing and p
proving these obnoxious doctrines and measures
lev years ago this parry vas VeTysmalI IA each
osaeh OF Coegress and we Wrre assured that
shey represented comparatively small numb.r
Ishsnes- With whom The great body Of he
Northern people had DO sympaihy sHd uho en,e,
tained 90 priaeipiss and d0eItinss 10 common
win them or these qussiOns.
70 sesdhy sod ehssrfally conceded, that n Isrg,
are 10y 10 the Constitutes sDd Ihs Unos L, y,
sette BE aisgussd that lsrgsr nvmbsf arr ISrs.t
eoth asd vosid prefer dis'Oiutioa Of hs AGO 10
ne szsssiOa Of slave territory or the iseT,r,s ~
slave States. They desiTe eOA6as laVsTy 10 the
eh'ss Uhseh ~ eKs,s. ADD the ,yn patby mani
fssssd Tor Joan HToSa and hn s.soeiste. IN crime
ffSs ssAsea 40 tsas iAsi tArJ cot sFrsta - "A
= Pu'tsE down attempts 20 isteffets EIth the nsttu
aoss sves IN the States where Il L teeogalsed and
rsetsctsd ~ Lev.
This lsasaisbIe 1Lais Of thiaSs betu,,s The two
seeiioa. 81 equality. Ass its oTo IN the eos,ifseon
IAesd ~ the Nof'bsm people Vp0a the eoaat.ts,ioa
e he gaitsd States. rhey eoesifue % to the pts s
dss q The hOaor. night and asiitations oItbe, Son
efu bssthTsn. They iasist that The Cousttutt a.hr
sss iss sdeP'ee Of messsfss Tor the cEev,ior Of .
vefy hsm the TsrTitosies-tbr common prop.rty az
ell the State asd they spsTs effort tn sfiru, ih-i,
sssstfnetsoa by the legtshtiou Of Coarte.. IA IN.
ess'sf hhtoTy o. the SoSstansat lsrriiofy -. g..
1ai,sa, sad tsnhofal go'efnasuts we're osKaatEsd
wthozt isqaiTiag vheihsf ihsy we're nee 90 Law
nee sd slave STATES we're KdnHtrd iafo III. f's,oe
RsH pass the COasiitston euasirse al f,,ly "a
jss,iy Aseesd,Us 10 tsrsss sd - mt v i,'J,, -,
@asy, asd Oss PfssPsuiy nstiou Eas ste adv ,rs
ssPsEsilsiisd. wAsa the NoitheIs sossinse,,,s s,.
y rH 80
ested, sgta sssuoa sd focTiminatios fiov.d 80 %
Ne AaA tkat thr ties a bfafhsfka,S b.v. b,.v 800,
-, @stasl dhirs'' has soee-sdsd ssd ths u,ii, E
~ q ssestiss hsss be~s sauothef.d by bIit., 80 -,
81 bstrsd, tat nsS bids fsIr 80 ousiiv. a.. sv...
efte betos The Getty foandatisa So, go a..
ooFefaasat cas- Test tn Bcrsfifg "a IL. In,rtt "a
RasPls. ~ thts fosndatlae kas act lee, s,f. n, -
sog9tssd. it 10 80 sssry goas that II heroas. a. -.
ssrvHtiss patfiots bf tn ion o. ssits 49, f.,
sPeAs has ~ poisytaHt sks Govern tisf t,t.,.
I gfegtiv lear. hOusEsf. fhEi ths Dice sss b.. 49,
49, led vPva tAs Nsrthsrs atad tkat a 4, ~, :,
i@Possibs ace 20 eradicate o..
IN this dsplorsble condition of tbiog. al. "a
~ evtis inf idcnt % aiasoi iou 81 he rt,
tnently before us, The cB4uiry pfrseuts Il .lI
esn ~ done 10 sv~rs the danger Tbs $500
Cosft caanut setiis toe question 81 eanstff, 49,,
bscsaae "a ts aVt recognized ~ the partiA y. u.
eFoief. Tbs hss BEEN bot % lpaliV &C.,
u he utter fspufati9n 81 the Df.d scott a., -
~ ths zsPasIicsn Party.
TIE Oniy u0des thsr-fore, ~ fenleasr tb, cyl
tAet accnrs - me. Eadr ~ Cnashfsfsss 10 p,.,i
go ~ the Sob articis thereof summon y q Y, YEA,
ten e sh chs State, sbpt fui snd Tree ronsr-pr
nay - hal Detsusn The teF fess atstves 81 tt.s o.
sted ~ his pufPnee, sad thus sreftaip
1921 70 questions in cuutfnyfFfy tautaf D. .4f
tsa cps cons tasis niuiuslly satisfsetafv g. 40
sseeSas. Hsarh c1nventioa shall asssf,,i,s ssf
49, vi ssd lfec cghsaliation AMI comparison a
epte,esss tesy shall Era that she diTi. re,,~s. -
tyeea 80 slave hoiiiur and sau slave 1870,
--t-s' az lfrtcpn liable. lci thcfl rgnr.frr ~
Iaestr II prHrs iulss Faration. saf o. .fi,..t
saa ef Al gaestians foistiag % SO dfsrrz - =
~ eontir.n pruPefiy D. isrrn ths tvB sscttr,. =
10y faa - req me itI. lst tffui ad,tsf 49, f.t.
ee4 give thefl co. rfrrftln - a.Hf 80. III. 49,