The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-14
VIRGINIA PREPARING
Important Resolutions 50. Southern
Wrongs and Aggressions Vividly and
Graphically Portrayed!

A large and enthusiastic meeting was helc
lin Princess Anne county, Va, on the 25thult.
at which Gov Wise put in motion the ball o
resistance to further wrongs anda aggression.
upon the South. We received the Enquirer
last night containing full proceedings-of the
meeting, which we publish this morning to the
exclusion of much Interesting matters The
speech of Gov. Wise is represented as the
ablest of his life. 1t was divested Of all par.
tizan spirit. He dealt in no party politics.
He portrayed in the most vivid and eloquent
manner the wrongs of the South, and the ag.
gressions Of the North. The resolutions
submit a plan of thorough organization for
Southern defense. In speaking of the meet
ing, the Richmond Enquirer says:
From report in to-day's Enquirer, it will
be seen the county of Princess Anne, under
the lead of Gov. Wise, has initiated a company
Of Minute Men, and recommends to all the
cities and counties in the State the same ac-
ton. This is most important move for pro-
visional measures and should Lincoln be
elected, the State, from one end to the other,
will be rife with, Minute Men,. The report
made by Gov Wise will be read with great
interest throughoutthe country at this time.
When man like Gov. Wise. whose deyQ-
ton to the FedeSal Union has never been ques-
toned, deems the occasion important enough
for such course on his part the people Of Viz
ginia will be no laggards in the contest that
Lincoln's election must slfing upon the coun-
try.
The Minute Men are for the protection of
the State as well as to resist any attempt on
the part of the Federal Government to coerce
those States which. may determine upon Sc
cession, as, in their Judgment the properrem-
edy FOR violated Constitution.
A despatch says that on the Sd inst5 Gov.
Wise addressed an immense assemhlage at
Norfolk insbehalf of these resolutions, and
they were adopted by acclamation-men of all
parties voting in favor OF them:
We lhld the pleasure of attending on last
Wednesday the largest mass meeting ever held |
in the county Of Princess Anne There were
between eighteen hundred and two thousand
persons, including some four hundred ladies'. |
A sulnptuous feast was spread, and there was
enough to eat and drink fo4 everybody, and |
plenty to spare, although the crowd was much |
larger than any one could have anticipated. |
The day was lovely, and all nature seemed to |
contribute to the enjoyment of the OCCASION |
The presence of four hundred ladies, among |
them some of the loyeliest of Virginia sdaugh- |
ters, seemed to inspire the orators of the occa-
sion with unusual eloquenee.
The mass meeting was organized by calling |
Col. Edward II. Herbert to the chair, and ap- I
pointing Edgar B. Mason, Esq, Secretary.
The Hon. HENRY A. WISE (now a citi- I
zen of the county, was introduced with few /
appropriate remarks by the President. Gov
ernor Wise made one Of the most splendid
efforts of his life, rivetng the attention of his
and carrying them with him in his
soul-stirring appeals for union OF the South /
OR the safety Of the South. He discLaGpsed t
Darsy $500 ~ i 8,
SinDie snd resoiutisns, .wlieh he uffefgd.< We
VIII not attempt report of the Governors
speech, which was received with the greatest
enthusiasm;
We, a portion Of the people Of Princess
Anne county, here assembled desiring to con-
fer with our fellow citizens of the Common
wealth of Virginia generally, and to express
to them our views upon the impending dan
gers threatening our property, our lives, our
social safety our political equality, our char
acters as people, all the securities of our
peace, and the means of our common defence,
do earnestly appeal to their solemn considera-
ton of past present and coming events, touch
ing these dangers, and the protection of these
dearest rights ofa free people.
A large body of fanaGes has long been
formed in the United States, with the single |
intent Of abolshing property in slaves It is
needless to trace their origin history and pro-
gress. In the beginning they were, professed-
ly at least, of a religious and phianthropic or
der; and then were but few and Of little influ-
sace, not disturbing the public peace They
soon changed into a polilicoz element, and at
once became aggressive and sectional This
was easy and natural, as we'll from the cause
of climate as from the political status OF the
two great sections of the country.
Climate abolished slavery in all the North
ern States, simply because it made it unprofit-
able. 1t was abolished in the North by being
transferred to the Southern States, whose
slave labor is profitable. The people of the |
earrers a from Africa Il the Sotbern ssa,,.o states
b',t when their laws abol;sbad SIayer, - tha;r
o,vn limits Il was bv ,rocess 90 .;n,ai,, that
the owners oould sell and send 70 tbe South |
the most OF their slaves.
At about the same time that the slaves were
thus sent from the North and congregated in
the South, the great political divisions became
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