Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-30
p,bIjc Meeting In FIuvannn County.

PALMYRA on Monday, November 18th, 1860,
that being Court day, OH motion Of liobt- II.
poorc. DIR. A. L. Brent was called TO the Chair,
and on motion Of Il. K. WeisIgcr, \. W.
Strange was appointed Secretary.
Nr, Poorc moved that Committee Of ter be
amounted BY the Chair TO prepare business for
the meeting. This motion WIS adopted, ana
in pursuance thereof, Roht II. Poore, p. j.
Vim. D. ". X. Bowlcs, j. NJ. Daniel, Geo.
p Holman, John L. Scott, I. j. Clarke, NJ. u.
Sheppcrd, ". +. Cooke and Cary {. Cooke,
were appointed as said Committee.
Tho members Of the Committee retired to
consult, and while they were consulting, upon
= call, Rich'd. l.. Cooke addressed the meeting
Mr., Poore reported rs the unanimous sentl'
ment OF the Committee, the following pream-
bile and resolutions, which were adopted with
but two dissenting voices:
The election Of President and Eicc-Presi.
dent by a party organized on purely sectional
PRINCIPLES, and supported entirely by one sec
lion of this confedcracy, the Northern, Is q
fact that calls the people of each o!thc South
ern States to consider gravely the position
in which they stand. The one great leading
idea originating the formation and determining
the policy If this party is 4 bitter, determined
and unrclcnting hatred of the institution OF
slavery. Carrying out this idea, by one means
or another, it has drivsn US out Of the Terrific
ries: damaged Ills in the District Of Columbia;
untitled laws made for our protection; doing
so in open violation nf the Constitution. and
bv constant agitation f~carfully disturbed the
oI1iet of our people. Not content with the
wrong and injustice already done the South,
this party still pcrsevcres in its warfare, and,
to day, proclaims in a hundred forms, that Its
great mission is to eradicate from the Rcpub'
lie all traces of that which it dcnoninatcS, the
enormous sin of slavery" This sum at all
rillainicS."
Il is TRUE, there may be different factions OF
this party, proposing somewhat different means
for obtaining the end aimed at. One faction
beialv proclaims thar there is Il higher law
than the Constitution, and, in obedience 10 tt!is,
they propose TO trample OH this instrument,
and, marching straight forward, by direct legis-
lation sweep away the sin oil slavery. Another
faction writes and ci;culates Helpers books
breaches to the slave tina; it is his right and
auty 10 rise in rebellion against his master and
bound through IL sea Of blood to his position as
"a man and a brother" this sends forth John
Browns to murder Iirginians on quiet Sabbath
evenings, and inrcntS curious colnbustlbleS,
easy of Transportation. whereby their emissarics
may sci on fire the whole Northern border OF
Texas. And still another faction, composed Of
the cool, cautious, willy politicians, who, fearing
that even the poor worms Of the South might
turn and sting, if too recklcsSly trodden upon,
propose 10 observe somewhat the outward dc.
cencies Of warfare, but always to agltate--to
keep apparently within the letter, while they
violate the spirit Of the Constitution; to attack
all the outpoSts and external delenceS OF the III
s%titution, while protesting 4 willingness 10 leave
it undistnrbcd where it actually exists. This
last is the most dangerous faction Of 'Il, be-
cause its advances are Stcalthy and corcrt-ac-
complisiiing by quiet indircction its fell pur-
pose, making our ruin an accomplished fact be.
fore we are aware Of or danger. But howev-
er these factions may differ as 10 the means,
they are all united in the purpose of finally ac-
comrlishing the destruction Of the Southern
system. They all concur, from Gcrrltt Smith
20 Lincoln, in prOclaimirg the negro slave the
equal Of his white master, and TINT the spirit OF
our system requires the recognition of this
equality.
Though all this we have long seen und Known,
and although we have earnestly protested
against the wrongs actually donc-yct We
have borne them. sustained by the hope that
enough sense q! right and justice remained at
the North, TO vei throw the party before II OBJ
tanned The power fully to accomplish It's purpo.
scS. INou this hope has departed the issue has
been clearly made up and the dominant sec
ton has declared against us-thc great battle
has been fought and we have been utterly
ovcr,hrown the " Of the Government
will soon be in the hands OF our enemies -Ex-
~ccutivc, Legislature, Judiciary-all Black Re
publican. Army, Navy-patronage all 10 be
welded against us. Noe, therefore, the tins
has come for the South to make n determined,
uncolnpronising resistance.
AS expressing the opinions VI the people OF
Fluranna, be it Resolved,
1St. That Il convention CT the people Of \irgi.
nia should be called at as earl y n day as p~ii'ttl-
cable.
I'd. That We most respectfully request the
Governor to convene tic Legislature early in
December.
Sd. That The South has the right TO and
should assert. rs the only conditions, Substan.
tally, On which the Union Of these States ran
or ought to be preserved.
lst. The repeal Of all laws nulliiYing or OBJ
structing The execution Of the Fugitive Slave
Act, and guarantees for The prompt enforce
ment Of the same;
I'd. The admission that The Sldvch0ldmg
States have equal rights in the Union and that
all Tie rights Of the Southern people, Of person
| and property, must be maintained always aud
eeerychGe.
Unless the Northern States shall conccdc
| the above and furnish reliable guarantees that
| these demands will always be respected, every
| instinct Of selErcSpcct and Sclf-prcservatlon,
| requires tho Southern States TO dissolve this
Ccnfederacy.
18th. That the South should take its position
so promptly us TO induces the North, il i; is
Willing to furnish thercquired guarantees, 10 do
so ciihvut dtlay-delay npu being, I'll all
things, the most dangerous.
9Th. That in any event the State Of Virginia
should cast her lot with her Southern sisters.
9Th. That q copy Of these proceedings be
sent to the Governor Of Virginia, and TO the
Richmond and charlottesville papers.
This meeting was composed Of the county's
best men, and was une OF the largest ever held
in the county.
Messrs. ". D. Lake, Of Gnochlanj, L. K
| Watson and i. II. Magruder, of Albemarc,
were s~evernliy railr! OH and addressed the
meeting. The most intense interest in the pro.
credings was manifested.
The Chairman was a Wing, the Secretary II
Democrat, and the coA,nittes that reported the
resolutions were equally divided in their roii'
tics. y. LEE HhENl,
a.. ". STRANGE, Sccy.
Richmond and charlottesville papers please
copy.
from the Madison CourtIioise VA Ci:.zea.!
Letter from Ex-Governor Wise.
RoLLlsros. NEAR NonroLE, VA,!
November lg, lSGU.
GcnIl.m,n-I"urs Of the 9th was late COLI
ing 10 ha:,d, und | nnw can hut regret that it
was not in my power, had 1t been received
earlier, 10 have a%cccp,c'! yOmr call. Domestic
duties oblige me to be a, h"mc Tor a week or
two from the 10Th, tomorrow.
The '.irnpendirs crisis" is fall Of danger on
erery side. There is no election now bnt to