Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-28
Railg Wir9iaiau.
Meeting in Pittsylvania County.


On motion of James NJ. Terry. Esq Com.
mittee of Thirteen, consisting Of W. NJ. Tredway,
Chas Il, Dabney. W. II. Werih. Joseph NJ. Ter.
ry, David S. Graves, Richard Parker Tarply
White Chas L. Powell, VIM. Wimbish. Geo. A.
Carter, CheSlcy Martin, Edward lIatche,t, and y.
l.. W. Gravis, was appointed hy the Chairman to
prepare business for the meeting.
During the retirement OF the Committee. Colo.
mel Hughes billiard. of franklin was called
upon, and responded in an effective add,ess, de-
failing the grievances of the South aud advocating
the cxpcdiency of n Southern Conference.
At the conclusion Of Col. Dillard's address, tho
Committee. through their Chairman, reported
preamplc and resolutions for tho consideration OF
the meeting. Therenpon followed u discussion
upon the said preamble and observation-disclosures
Tredwny and Wiehcr advocating them, aud Mr.
G. W, Reid opposing them. Mr. A. =. Bporl
offered resolution rs II substitute for those pro.
posed hv the Committee, nnd earnestly advocated
tho passage thereof lie was answered by w.
NJ. Tredway. Esq, in brief but powerful effort,
The resolution offered hy Mr.. Blaniptd WIS then
put to the vnie aud defeated hy IL large majority ;
and the prcar,hc, being put separately was udopt.
cd unanimously. The snd preamble and resou
tions were in the words following, io-wi,:
9 WHEREAS. Tho course pursued towards the
South on the subject of slavery by the press, rc-
prescntu,ise bodies and no inconsilerable propor-
ton Of the religious associations OF tho Northern
States. forces upon our unwilling minds tho pnin
ful belief that vast majority of the citizens oi
said States have become tho Jealous converts Of u
dangerous and reasonable lunatlcsm, which is
not only incompatible with the existence and per
pctuntion of the Federal Union, but is destructive
of those essential rights of property and princi.
pies OF order which lie ut the foundation of every
well regulated society: And whercas. tho iannti-
cal spirit hus Of late years assumed tho form of
deadly hostility to the South, and has, through
tho mouth of it's accredited apostles assumed it's
determination Of wngng an unoeasing war upon
our rights and institution until slavery shall be
blottei Out Of existence. the existence of which
are most plninly to be seen in the faithful acton
of the Northern Reprcs ehtntives in tho Congress
Of 1850, whereby the South, In order to effect the
passage OF Il Fugitive Slave Act, which it was
titled to demand under the express provisions Of
the Constitution, was competed Ia surrender the
right of extending to the Pacific the line estnb.
ished by the Missousi Compromise; in the abo-
ition OF the slave trade in the District OF Column
hia; in the practical denial to the people of tho
South Of Heir undonbted right under the Consti-
tuition, and the decision Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States in the bred Scott case to imm,-
crate with their slaves into the common Terrific
ry Of the Union and to be protected in the Of
them by the Federal Government; in the passage
by twelve Of the Legislatures OF Northern States
of statutes directly conflicting with tho Fugitive
Slave Law in the practical support ot said law
by the State Legislatures aforesaid by the ne
iual resistance Of lnrse portion OF tie poo
rlc Of the Northern States to its execG-
ton, and by the refusal of the BALANCE OF
the population to aid in It's enforcement: in the
almost universal expression of sympathe ut the
North for the traitor Brown and his associates in
the late invasion Of Virginia; in the efforts of
many to justify and Of sast numbers to palliato
the acts If that baad OF c0nspirators in the pub
lie cndorsa,io ion by 6s members of tho present. Con
gress Of Helpers "lmpcnding CrIsis p" with the
disorganizing md detestable principles therein
contained in tho necessary presumption that tho
constituents Of these members by eecting them
to their present positions approve aud concur in
their sentiments; in the long continued and inso-
lent effort ol the Black Rerublicah Party which
is tho accredited exponent and fit embodiment of
the reasonable Ilnuticsm uiurcsal, 10 elect the
infamous John Sherman. Speaker oi the House of
Representatives. aud in tho triumph which they
finally gnined over the spirit Of tho Constitution
by the election 10 the Speakership of u member Of
that seci,0Hat organization And whereas the
Union which il grounded upon and supported by
the Constitution can he preserved aud pcrpetuatcd
only by II rigid and infexahle enforcement Of nll
its guarantees and provisions, which be eflrc-
ted in no other way than 10y complete md radl-
cal change i'll the public feeling Of the Northern
people tie sub bject of slavery by the repeal "
tho State laws passed in contrayention of the Flu.
gi,ive Slave Act by combination Of all conser-
yaive elements Of the N nth into an organization
which will be sufficiently powerful tn sweep from
the positions which they disgrace and prostitute to
the most reasonable purposes, every Representa-
tive of tho Black Republican party; by placing
tho members of said party under the ban Of public
opinon and social prescription AMI finally by
such management OF the Territories on the par
of the Federal Government as will secure to South
ern citizens emgratiDg thereto the right to carry
their slaves with them, and ample protection in
holding and using them so long rs the said Terri
tories remain under the control Of the Federal
Government, leaving the citizens thereof to decide
upon the question OF slavery when they apply for
admission into the Union States and not before.
And we the people In Pittsylvania in general
meeting assem- irrespective Of party, Icing Of
the opinion that the objects herein before specified
can in no way 80 e6ectually be attained us by q
conference of the delegates from all the Southern
States on the basis proposed by South Carolina.
through her commissioner COL q. q. MemmiDger
to Virginia that the effect of such Conference
will be most beneficial to both sections of 4he Con-
federacy-to the Southern States by furnishing
them with u common platform on which their re-
spective Legislative action for defence md com
mcrcial independence may be based. thus securing
unity Of design and execution; and to the North
ern States by rousing their citizens to a serious
and speedy consideration Of the imminent peril to
which the Union of those States is exposed in con.
sequence Of the existence and active operation of
the causes aforesaid, and by driving them to the
Immediate adoption of such . line Of policy ns
will result in complete reparation to the South
for the past violation of her constitutional rights
aud in the provision Of adequate securities for
their strict observance in the future-dO, therefore,
resolve. f
1st. That in our opinion free Conference Of
the Southern States furnishes the best means of
remedying the present disease in the body
polite; Of securing to the parties to the compact
an execution Of all the provisions and guarantees
therein contained; of preserving the Union to our
selves and Of transmitting its benefits and glories
unaiminished and untarnished to our posterity.
End. That our Representatives in both Houses