The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-29

Re,olysd, That. in tho opinion Of this .msetins
on es. before that time rusrantse should b
tho q me ef these Tniea STATE: from isl
ing into the hasds Of . sectional majority. and .
.eeurisy. TO- the p,acticsi snjo' msst Of ali tn
rights Of the reople Of the South. that the SAT-
Gnion before ui the ash day Of Mach next. ~
X. I. DANIEL, Esq, was called for. and rs
spon ded at length in favor OF the resolu tom
OF the Commit and in opposition to thos'
| OF Mr.. Crenshaw. He was opposed to rash
hasty action. The grievances of the Soutf
| were great, and not TO be endured bnt th'
question before us was one Of too much i'm
portance to be acted upon precipitately. HI
| was in favor Of q Convention of all the Sta tes
and then, if our rights could not be secured
and ensured, we would march ont of the
| Union, bearing our por tion of the publ deb
and demanding our portion of the property
Mr.. ID. was In fsvor OF demanding for the
South her rights in the Territories, protection
OF slaves in all the States. and a repeal of the
Personal Liberty bills, wherever they were
passed His great objection to Mr.. Crenehaw'a q
resolutions consisted in the fact that they were
too precipitate, and did not allow time for re.
Election and for such action as would put the
| South right in the eyes of the world.
JOHN M. PATTON, Esq, seconded the resolu-
| tions of Mr.. CTenshaT, and urged prompt,
immediate action. Virginia owed 1t to her.
| self to act at once, and abide the conseQ uences
The South had already Lost enough by com.
promises, which have made patch work of the
iConstitut ton, and led to other sggressions
| from the BLACK hepn DllCa0S OF the n Ortn. MI.
| Patton defended the course pursued by South
Carolina, applauded her Independence and
| tlrmness and concluded by an appeal to the
South to stand together as a band of brothers,
as the only hope OF averting the horrors OF
civil war.
Judge JOHN ROBERTSON, at the call of the
| meeting, followed Mr.. Daniel In q speech Of
| marked ability. He supported the resolutions
| OF the committee because they We're calm, firm
| and carefully prepared, and because they
| would ensure unity IN the South. As an in d.
vidual he might have gone farther, but acting
In concert with gentlemen OF ali parties, he
was willing to adopt and stand by them. He
| reminded his hearers that they were not the
! Convent ton. and had no power to precipita IA te
| matters. Other portions OF Virginia had O
voice in this great issue, and it did not become
any, other than very young men, TO go for
precipitation. Civil war was no pastime, and
| ii 1t could be ayerted with honor to the South.
| il should be. 1t would cause vast deal of
| suffering and misery; bur if brought on in
| defence OF our rights and our institu tions let
| it GOMEZ BE was for unity of sentiment in
| the Stats and The South, aud that unity the
| resolutions of the committee promised to
cure. He did not believe there was any diff
| ference of opinion among the people to the
| true policy Of the South in this important
| crisis II he believed there were submissionists
| In Ricnmond-any number of men who were
| willing to bear longer the aggressions Of the
| Black kRepublicans-he would be willing TO see
every building in the city RACED to the ground.
For one, he never wished his neck should pass
| under the yoke Of Abraham Lincoln but he
| was for unity Of sentiment and action, and
| was therefore willing that his friends shonld
| make the effort TO settle honoraby all nation.
| al difficulties. For himself, he did not fear
| coercions Where was the Black Republican
| army to- come from Where the money to
| support them, Already the national Treasury
| was bankrupt. Who was to raise the army
| Who 10 compose it! Thousands of foreign
| paupers, spewed out from the iails, peniten-
| tiaries and poOr-houses of Europe, and cast
| upon our shores, might be purchased in the
httf hos IN "A
easily as the Black Republicans and could
pay them as readily. Judge II. then alluded
| In appropriate terms 10 he great conservative
| eiement of the North. who were friends of the
| South. aid would be side by side with us in a
| sectional.coD flict, and declared that he had
fears Oft invasion.o or OF any attempt at blu
| CATION. After showing that Lincoln had neither
the poWeT nor the means to raise an army he
play fully asked, where such an army, if ii
| could be raised, were to get officers from -
Burlingame, said he, will fight nowhere but
| Ia Canada! Then. who will command the
| Satanic army VIII Sumner take command
| Not he Shake rattan at him, and he would
| be gone! Then, there is Seward, Giddings,
| Hale--are they The officers TO subjugate us /
| Surely uOt. Il has been whispered that Gen.
| Winfield Scott would take command of an
| army Lo coerce the South. Said the speaker,
| l do not believe ii. Brave ana gallant as he
| ID, ne does not emulate the fate OF arnold. If
| ne could ne induced to attempt the suhjuga-
| ton OF hi5 native State, he would deserve aud
| receive u traitors doom. Judge urged the
passage of the committees resolutions, as Il
| fair and hon orable compromise, and concluded
| by an appeal for unity of action throughout
the South.
| j. Il. AYLETT, Esq, opposed the resolu-
tioDs of the committee because they did not
| meet the emergency of the times. The Ian
| guage in them was not sufficiently emphatic
| and expressive. He spoke in eloquent terms
| of the pr9ud, noble aud defiant position of
| South Carolina-was opposed TO advising her
| AS to her action in regard TO the forts within
| her bOrdar-aIluded to the stirring times in
that State-to the disgrace which Virginia had
| brought upon herself in refusing 10 confer
| with her last winter, and declared that the
hour might speedily arrive when the young
man Of this city might deem 1t necessary, US
An act of safety, 10 take possession of the
| forts within our border. Mr.. A. approved
| Mr.. Crenshaws resolutions as far they
| went; bat believing they did not 60 far enough,
| presented q series of resolutions, which he
| had compiled and prepared, and which in
| cluded the entire ground of grievances and
| complaints. He, however. Withdrew them
afterwards, and supported those offered by
| Mr.. Crenehaw.
| Gen. T. =. AUGUST supported the resoIn tions
| OF the cummittee, and defended the State
| against tae charge OF disgrace made by Mr.
| Aylett. As d member of The Legislature, be
| favored the Conference; but other counsels
| prevailed The resolutions of the committee
| declared that Virginia was deter mined 10 sub
| nit no longer TO aggreSslons-thet she would
| now have her rights in or ont of the nion-
| and that was all he asked. lie was sure no
l
| Convention.
| A. JUDs,oN CRANE, Esq, desired to submit
| competing proposition 10 the meeting. He
had declated two months ago that the Union
| conld nos be saved, and time had only con-
| firmed that opinion. He objected to the reso-
| lutions of the committee, first, because they
| main tanned, by implication, the doctrine OF
| secession--a doctrine which had been repudI-
1 ated by the political fathers OF the STATE more
| than twenty years ago. Second, because Sou tn
| Carolina had not asked our advice as TO the
| propriety Of taking the forts, and he did not
choose 10 thrust advice upon her /; and third
because the Legislature was to meet in a few
days,-the members fresh from the people-to
sonsider The policy OF calling Convention,
and the manner aud time had better be left 10
| them. Mr.. y. then read his proposition as
| follows:
The peopls Of the city of Richmond, in pr hiic
meeting assembled to deliberate upoa the CO. il
ton of our national affairs, ieeing profoundly sen
slbs of the importance of m oderaton wisdom, pa
trlotIsm and firm rel ance upon truth and justioe
and the Almighty Ruler of human destiny 81 ali
| times, but especially IN the juacturs of events
| which now enyirons US, do hereby declare and
avow their undated aud sincere attachment 10
the Federal UnlOn, so long that Union can he
| maintained and practiced upon and dwelt under,
IN the spirit whch possesse It's wise and patriotic
| founders. But thai such Union can 10 preserved
ana oushtlo endure, oaiy so long as the Constitu-
ton and tae awsshai be IN letter and in substance
| honor OF each State and every individual in the
endowment OF the rights and PRIVILEGES that we re
| contemplated and mutually eoTenanted for at its
| foundation: And they further declare that while
they naturally and most sn cerely sympathlse with
| such states or people OF the Union IS NAV nave
| been aggrisyed b., the adverse action OF other
st.tes or other peoples of tie Union, and viii q
they unite Ia depreoatinz eisctons of Federal of
hees lpon sectional grounds. and the passage & 4
| iooai lava IN deprivation OF the rights OF other
| states and sections ther yet hope. even ii il bs
| AGAINST hope, that tee future msy develop some
| happy mode by which the State. OF the union NAV
| be brought TO a recos snitlon and faithful obseT
| vance Of ths obligations which they mutualiy I'VE
70 the CopstitntioB, the laws, aud tneIr countr.
| but II IN :ais they aha be di.appo,ntsd--lf All
hope OF reconciliation of conf ctiag view. nd in
| terests has Departed aud the Union shall hs bnsi
| lJ severed then and in thar event, vh,ls ,as1s