Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-02-24
Legislature Of Virginia.
Tuesday, FEHRCAuT Il,
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SENATE.
At 4. NJ, In the absence Of the Lieutenant uoSeFaor'
Senator BRANNoN called the senate 70 Sauf n ,- ,,o,,
A communication was received from NV hou'e ~ 'He
Clerk that they had passed Senate bills, VIZ:
TO amend aud re.enaet the act 70 a. mu moi. !, ron n,no
associations Of individuals to fence Their amos w conninoh'
incornoratiup the Monopgalia Bank OF Morgahto%h; toln'
corporate Abrams Encampmeu', No. %i 'hs i'o'o't'
In the city Of Wheeling In The county o. "no'
-. a.. c.rsov from The committee of agriculture,
&c, a bill to incorporate the Front Eoya'@hFef anu copper
Iv nr CLNIGOrEE, by leave, 4 hill amending and re-
ensc,inr the 9Th section Of IN act passed March s'th, lS's.
to make Investments of the toEiih'n"s"n" '" ~" III, w" 80
tive by enforcing the payment al ihlelest u" "A'" '"'"
on loans to Internal Improvement cDihpaH'sS:
By Mr.. NEWMAN, by leave, a OIL 10 lncof,1ralc hocse,
No. l3a. l. q. o. F.. in the town oil h'l'cf III III c'""'' u
Hv Sir. NEAL. by leave, a Till for he rS.iE: OF the s:c"-
rIti:. Of ". u. Patton, late .heriI OF RIichis county
re- Nh. NELSON, by leave, 4 bill TO establish Il separate
LA ps W. nTarIuct n, The s,ore.bou.c Of J. G. Heaiy, in the
county Of Tyler-(Mr. NELSON presented 4 Fel'''r' o" The
S' nv Mr. SI 'TAsLLIArEEEo. ny leave, I Hill authorizing The
President Of the Board Of Trustees oi the town OF Fall
mouth to act as n justice OF the peace @hu me coiiscin,
NJ the taxes to act - = constable wiil!n ana AROUND SAID
town. pu,- .,r..
amend nuG re'enact the Is! section 0, a 20 mc"rporasG
snid Eank to that Of the liaa: Of the Commonwealth.
Rs MIR. ACGuST-By leave, a bill 10 AMEND 'ie charter
Of the city Of Richmond, an" 10 ''"s"""e VIC Jul"
Hastings Of said city:
Iy Nr. THOMAS. Of ralr:ax-py leave, a bill for the re-
lief OF Charity Casey. CIR. !. presented 4 petition on HE
'" Rr AIR, THOMAS. Of r, Uor Mr. Rrvrs}-By leave. a Lill
tn Incorporate the Sllndweil manufacturing Company III
nv Sir. LYSCH-Ry leave, a Hill Incorporating the Inefn.
her; OF the Pendle;nn Division, No. -; ana ahn.r ticpion
Division, No. gG, Soas OF Temperance IN the city c' Lynch
burg;
porating the Scottsvilc Manufacturing Company;
re Nr ACLiCSr-By leave, n bill I" Incorporate HE
Merchants and Nilcrs' Savings Bank Of Virginia;
Rs Nh. PAXTON, from the cominittee oi road', 4 D'
authorizing the Bnydton and Petersburg plank ROAD com
many 20 coayerl their plank road into 4 railroad, ami 10 M
rrra.e their capital stock for that purpose; niso House bills,
viz: To uncai the charter Of The Wheeling creek iuFhpi"e
company; 10 amend The aci 81 APril -":n, iN'-, ~ tsa"t"h
to tile fredericksburg and "ythe TURNPIKE, ) u IL 1t a"'"''-
lie a change In the route thereof.
All the abuy. Senate bills were rcau lie lrst '"He 'h"
ordered 10 Il second rea'Hng.
Ry appropriate committees, were adopted b iolinws
by MIR. NEAL-of increasing the capital S.oes o. '5
shInnstown turnpike company for certain PURPOSES M"
directing the Board Of Public Works 70 subseriOe '"ee'
"i ES n iFRiESCu-or allowing Samuel NJ. wi,;en, late
denn,v sheriff Of Tazewell county, full commissions on Tie
revenue for the year 1851, for said county OF Taztweli
By Mr.. DICKESS0N-0 releasing The securities OF JOIN
II. Allen, late sheriff OF Lee county from rel'"'" "'"'=''
Hv Mr. DcoGIIILL-of reporting r bill far ;he re-a:ses''
mrnt of the loudoun and Virginia god and copper mining
company.
The PRESIDENT submitted u letter from Gov. Lttcher,
.ncIosinc n communication signed by J. 4. Hammond,
Chairman United states Senate Committee, and by L. NJ.
Krlit, Chairman United States House o: RepTrssH'ati'es
Committee, inviting the General Assembly OF Niri'nM u, %
INIT in The ceremonies for the dedication o, (Clarkc MlIs
Eours, rfan Statue Of Washington, on the tweniy-Seconn 81
February. in the City OF Washington. Tn: letter IRON me
committee Of invitation il addressed u GOV; Ly'cner; am"
the legislature Of your State, TO he present ON the occasion
md take part in the ceremonies. The ti"cu'aeh'' were
laid on the table, Oh motion o! Mr.. LtHCl.
PETITIONS. &c. PRESENTED ASb EEfCkEEh.
Dy Mr.. THOMAS. OF F.-of Mary Ann llisd"n and other,
citizen. Of Alrxaniria. asking that u pension NAV be
,t,.-.J lnr - ~ acrnun. 0f the Irnth OF tcr nNsDIuU, Causeu
nv e1nosurc At C!larlcs,ow,,: hy Mr.. C0fillll.L, The nletn".
rial of J. Powell. Sr., and other ciIizens Of AfalieFs: C'u''
House, prayinc for the Incorporation OF lie sh'u Town.
SPECIAL COMM. SioSkR From MISSISSIPPI.
The PRESIDENT submitted The following communication
'N' EXECUTIVE DErAR1&EsT,
RicnMnSD, Feb. 2lst, lsGh.
Gentlemen ofhe Senate end House o. De'eqatrh:
lay before you the credcnlial. Of the Hon. !. Il. S,arSe'
a commissioner dull appointed by the Governor Of Mss,s'
sippi. accompanied by certain resolutions n"or'e" ny 'mr
Legislature, and ais" a letter addressed 10 me ny ~ c"m.
nal feeling exhibited ny our sister States oil SCUM Cntp,nn
and Mississippi, will no Doubt be kindly al" appropriately
acknowledged by the General Assembly: r-or,,
Very respectfully, &c, JUN LEie"EH'
SIR al herewith present 70 your Exccl!cncy n serir' Of
resolutions adopted by the State OF Mississippi oil a suo'
iect n. vital Interest 10 the sla vcf0ldinG states particular
iy nnd Of no less irnrorlnncr to- The LAYERS nf our c"n,tilu-
,innal Union in the noE-slayeholiing states 81 ehis mo" no
The Legislature nf Mississippi lave been so e%p!ic!t IN
,hr declaration Of their views on the Important questions
| which now agilaic the whole people Of these coniederh,ed
States, disturb their peace, and threaten ihe very eS:..
eng or the Government itself, that hut ltiie More remains
10 be done by her Commissioner, Than 10 aE your hScti,
lrncy IN invite the Serious attention OF The Legi'la'are o,
| the great Commonwealth Of Virginia TO their import. TINS
Il done In the sincere Conviction that Virginia VII! r"cng'
nizc In these resolutions no principle, not 'sahcIinArah ny
her great statesmen in times past, and no susesS'ion' nm
warranted by sovereign States. whose safely, BON prescM
and future, IL rnenace,l by 'lr .eri;iou4 teachings anu lana
teal a=gressiGns Of the people "l otErr States:
African slavery has ever he"n regarded by 'hnSe at7'hEfl
whom IL eyiS.s as q question OF domestic llOllcF, u lHts'i"u
IN BIZ dealt with nv The States which have adopted j, nc.
cortljnr 10 their own views nf cxpedi-i,cy, md without mo.
I.statinn, or lat difference from other States, or even ne
General Government, except for IT, protection, rs provided
for nv the Constitution Of the United States.
And this view, 50 justly maintained hy the slaTsh"'dins
States, was, for the pat hUi! century OF the eSisirEcS ~
our Constitutional Union, recognized anil hcqul"sce' VI
by the MISUNDERSTANDING States. But these states, or ~
least very many nftheir people, In Disregard o., ihr ""l.Hh'
lions Of good ncirlihoriocd. in contempt OF III" t"hstt','
lion Of the United States, the supreme law Of the Lana,
| and In ~unrdiencc To the dictate, Of what they dcnointaat-
the "iirhcr law" (Which means the madness Of untrid!ed
power have recently denied the rights OF intivldGG pro-
n.r,r try,mrled upon the rights Of sovereign and inaepen-
dent STATES and In their inSnIence and wickedness have
actually she'd slavrhoIhing blond upon slaveholdlns SOIL,
for the avowed purpose Of destroying, withon; Their cen
sent. the relation Of master and slave.
Although, sir, II wa. not MIssissipri- soil, tina: was mus
pollufed by the invaders foot, nor Mis.issippis jurisdic-
lion that was thus drfied and aggresEcd upon by 'nsG'eiice
and wIckedncss, ! hog to assure your exccllency ana
through you, the people Of Virginia, that They whose ynlre
I this day speak, were not less Indignant, nor less WILING
"a aycnre the outrage, than II II had leen pcrpctrated upon
their nwn territory. Hut IL il consoling TO know, that the
same historic page tina; records the foul deed. will also
transmit To posteriiy the noble manner In which vircinia re.
uelled The insult, avenged the wrong, and vinGica'eu nrT
claim to the motto, sic semper tyrnnnfs, which She 20
proudly and justly wears. g.,
outraccs, than Virginia and the other border States, feels a
common interest In the institution of African slavery, az !;
exists in the Southern States Of this Union and n c"m'i"h
duty TO Join with them In the adoption Of all measures ne
cessary for its protection and pcrpeiuaiion. Actua:.ahy
this sense OF her obligation, and deeply sensible Of the va:
luc Of her elder sister (Hirginia) In council. Mississippi
vnitps with South Carolina in earnestly invoking Inc co.
operation OF Virginia in the convention proposed In the
third resolution OF the series already referred TO-.
Seeing as Mississippi doc.. that the Northern state! per
si.t in the denial OF our rights In the common Territories Of
the Union, and continue 10 repeat their aggrcisions with
more and more aggrayaN on-and, above all, experimenting
u the election of a President Of the United States by one
section Of The Union only, on the ground that there exists
an irrcconcilrable conflict between the two sections IN re-
ference TO their respective systems or labor, and wish nm
arowed purpose Of hostility to the Institution ri slavery
as Il, prevails in the Southern Sta,ss"-she thinks The time
has surely como when they should consult together AID
recommend what ,shail he done In an event boiling so
much mischief and calamity TO their rights and interests
She will deplorc. as, much as any. state In this Union, me
nece.sI,y OF dissolying The constitutional ties which hind
them Into one common government, and she hopes npd be.
lievcs that a timely council with her sister states OF the
South. will devise some remedy consistent with their in'c'
rest and honor In the Union.
even 4 desire to Withdraw from this sisterhood OF States.
I sm very sure that she would have selected ano;hcr agent
10 plead her cause before the State Of Virginia.
nut II in her sincere desire TO be enabled 10 enjoy nil the
rights of perfect equality In the Union: las she hopes !" d"
nv mcana Of this proposed rnnfercnce.) she shall he fisar-
pointed, then 7 have no hesitation in saying that she will
prefer, and will resort 10 independence ont of il.
This whole question has been recently 80 ably and 50
elnbnratcly discussed by the eminent and DISTINGUISHED
gentleman who presented the resolutions OF South Carolina.
that ] feel. to say more, would be m unnecessary and wan
ton intrusion.
I will only add. that The Legislature Of Mississippi, pur.
sunnt 10 the provisions OF the SRI resolution. have elected
seven delegates 10 the proposed Convention. all Of whom
are amongst the pblcst and most faithful Of her Citizens
and without regard to existing party organizations.
And now, sir, hoping That Virginia, the land Of my birth,
will Weld to the solicitation: OF Mississippi, the hnmc OF my
adoption. and send delegates 10 The proposed Convention
10 be held 1T Atlanta on the first Monday Of next June,
Ihayc the honor, 10 subscribe myself, your
Escelicncy's obedicnt servant.
T. Z. STAEKE.
February Goth, 1860.
EXECUTIVE OrFicE. ~JAcEgnS, Miss, Feb. II. 1850.
| HE Excellency Jony LE1cnrr, Governor Of the State Of
rtr,ipio I,ichtnbnd Va.