The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-05

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! meni, were lad on the table.
| The Commissioner from Missi>S,ppr--The
| PRESIDENT read the following communica-
! tion from the Executive enclosing a letter
! from Gen T. t. SrARKE, Commissioners from
| Mississippi, concerning the object of his mis-
| sion TO tins STATE
! EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
RICHMOND, March Sd, 1860.
| r, III, General Assembly 0f Ffrginta
| t;entIemen II transmit herewith a commune ics-
tn. the day 70 from a ~ 'ss s,as 'a n"
sssupl commend II to your early console rat n,
| and ifust ina, | may he pardoned for suggesting
thai a response due To the States whose CommiS
| stouers YOU have received. IL rs for you To deter
nine what shall he the character of that
promp,ed by due regard for the rights. interests
and honor OF Virginia and the south; ,,,
Respectfully, JOHN LETCHER.
RfcuMoxp. Va. March Isl. 1860.
| To his Excellenc, JoHN LETCBKk,
| Governor OF the CoMhionwe ealth OF Va
! Sir:-In ", previous communication. did not al
yeTt tie limitation OF ths session of the General
Assembly oi NiTgInIa to ninety days. and Its cXten
sI,n for the perlod of only thirteen days more ad
unplshes me that up to the expiration q! the time To
which the session primarily limited no response
IA. heen made b, this Con orwealth to the sou-
, tlons either OF South Carolina or MISSISSIPPI. IN
! yi,,ns corporation IN a proposeI Convention OF
! .nn,erencs of the slavsholdIng States and that if
| a response Is to lie made to either II Will necessa
rils be made within The next re lew uass.
Your Exceency cannot but perceive that this
places me IN a state OF anxiety and compels me.
with the protoundest eiersnce, YET with candor
r,Sonnss 10 the resolutions Of the State which has
deputed me Commissioner TO ms reyered Com
uionwealth If the General Assembly OF lIrgi-
ma shall adjourn, leaving me here waiting for an
! answer [ shall be very much embarrassed IN the
| report v hch must make 70 the State OF Missis
sipp, and my res pect for both states will per
| nit me To leave the LEGISLATURE of your State In
| session. without RECEIVING response to the mes
| s,ge winch | have borne from my own State.
/ beg yor Ia he Ieve that IEmaton is not dictate Il
4. any ohtrusiva desire 10 hasten the action of the
| General Assembly. On the contrary. my purpose
is SIMPLY tendsr the respectful request that some
| action may bs taken previous u an ADJOURNMENT,
and to FURNISH you fully WIN the reasons Tor my
| raquest motive Tor which is my earnest de
sire to he enabled to make a definite report to the
| Government ct my State. so tar as my personal
convenience is involved. ii is considered entire
| ly devoted TO the COED pleasure OF the Executive
| cheerfuiness the longest time which may be re-
| CURED for the most deliberate action. only re-
| questlns that within tbe time limited by the au-
thorles of Vrs ina, definite action may he taken
| Having declared this. the main purpose of this
but. sir. have an additional reason for claiming
the attention OF your Exce,lency. When arrived
AL ths capital as matters then stood. | found 10
recessit. to submit further reasons than had al
ready been submitted. urXlnC the instructions CIV
en- me h. NV State, 10 invite YOUR 60 operation
with her IN the convention proposed by the Srste
ot South CArolna. The Commissioner from South
Carolina having full, areued the reasons for the
conference. conteatet yseH with the mere pre-
sentaton of my credentials rs Commissioner
from MIssssippI with the resolutions adopted bv
her Government and n brief recital of my lnstrlc-
tons. Bar events have occurred since my arrival
here, winch render douhiy Imperative the duty
Comnonwehlth III the invitation to conference with
which am charged.
come here. sir. not only TO bear "A message of
~ ,n @ n ,h ul ~ nhhh ~ tie ne
the largest stakes of interest in the extreme South
1tn as wei ~ III ia ,ne Id'de' m siVsh"cihs S,stes
vital to cotton and sugar planters. well to
patriots loving me fepuhi;c "i The 'nlted states
Il Impossible for slavery IA he invaded and for
the Constitution oi the United States to he nfrac-
tod s n lyly3 SItp " hpriS VIII tplr,
ing our property ana enuanEerns our liberties AS
well as Your own. FER as to inquire anXi"usiy,
behalf. IS not IL nterneHdle win what DOES not
concern us but N seeking 70 guard you we but Sc
e>ts oi nN own state. lhen ts well as ny patht
with yours, h'Ye m"St anA"usl! incurred i"r alt
most authentic recital Of facts has been furnished
under the au! horitafIVe SANCTION aid attestati"n
oi your own leslsi1IiFs acts a ssiect J4int com
mittee of the Two Houses Il the General Assem-
by OF VIr-inIa has lately made a report by which
| an renewed ol much lnquir, ana argument which
ni2 2ht ether"iSe nave beeh I,'Gnu necessary. Ilis
report IHpllediy recommends conference in tie
most elaborate ana iorclbe terms, not IN express
form. II is very anle very dispasslonate. and. tn
me implicitly reliable IL enters fully into those
hIstoricai detais, winch more than any other
source oi argument furnish the most startling rea-
sons Tor the lh4uit! is 10 hol luI tune, nor, tn
unite IN cohsuitttioh upon lhe proper ana pest
means 1i p'"tectI9h ioI Ourselves ana 4I saTinS
the eue.hl constitution anu l hioh LOT the Whole
country
When | am informed by the ma lority of the joint
ol the 10Th of October last. band of armed con
splraora from the Northern States, III fnlhlnien 1t
of "A ,esIan which had long been entertained and
deliberately matured. made an lncui sion INTO the
state oi VIrslnla Tor the purpose OF melting s aves
to insurrectl6n. OF p'acns arms III their hands, OF
alulnS thenl III pluhuefins the property eol tneIr
masters OF ihutueIlnS thehi aud theiI irmilles
ana oi @ ,nt a.e VI the f9in
ihoh"ealth, ll'l' Tug eeat ot ieHoeZNous Oh this
was IN q ,oIeisn pi ihce on tiie great
the N"rthern border of Vlrsinis. With net network
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the ohtea states hau 10 can our oolh m!iitia
anu IesulhIs 10 suppress the lnNasioh lhft
with immunity anu success they made rendezvous
IN WAND that the crimes committed We're SO
nas! aiu captt tt. ~ paIqot III uou not oe eA
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the e eA'stehce IN number oi Nofthern states oil
"lue SPREAD hspfacs ii"t i'eleis asaAst ' tr- :
inia, nut asainst te peace ana secuIt. OF ail the
southern States that lh's was Z. Iuehceu os the
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disposition 10 rescue theh ON tne CUSTODY Oh the
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hnu ns prayers ior patuoh ihdt INC AecutlVe hau
hecesaai! u, anu p.oPeI{ ~ call out nov sdnus oi
iiitarS loce. ana Ior the exercise Oh act9ai mar
iai "a" most M IA IN ~ tii,,e VI peace'
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Iation OF me Lesisla'uie ana tne pe"pie ~ oi tne
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