Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-03-13
Speeche. on the Conference,

Speeche. on the Conference.
We nope that those gentlemen who made
speeches on The Conference and Special License
Bill will favor US with copies Of their speeches.
We shall take pleasure in laying these speeches
before cur renders Many Of them are very
highly spoken Of and especially those Of james
l.. kcmpcr, Charles f. Collier, Geo. F.. RiveS
and others.
Let these speeches 80 to the country, that
Virginia may not he misreprcsented; that her
action rlay be understood; that her devotion 10
the institution of slavery, and her fixed deter
mination to Stand or fall with the South, may be
comprchcndrd at the North. In this conncc-
ton we call attention TO the following extract
from the New York Tribune. which we find
in the Charleston IS. c. Mercury:
THE New YohE ",SxruNE" AND VIRGINIA
We give below an extract IRON the New York
"Trihuur,' commenting the course Of Tir-
ginia. A. indicated 10y the Committees Report,
towards tlI, South Carolina Mission. Our
readers will ste the sources of comfort to the
Tribune" the course of Firg ginia affords, and
the pusiton she is supposed to have assumed
towards the Southern STATES. Our enemies are
often our best friends. by teaching US = know
! lelsc Of ourselves
The lesson hereby taught is significant one
Not only has the stability Of public sentiment
been uIShakcn 10y all the demonstrations made,
but The sohrr common scnsr Of Virginia stands
firm. The Legislative body, uf that State has
refused TO commit any follies. The only ridrue
which. arachcs TO Virginia, is the result of The
kni.il,rrrantry Of hcr luSsy Ex-Governor -
Let ms hope that even that will he speedily
forgotten. The action ot lhe Legislature .!
Tia; State ,iScl0Ses the fact that the bor'le!
slave States will not, and cannot. concur iii the
menacing NOV cments Of the slave States further
South. now Or at any time. The debate in the
! Virginia Legislature this proposition q
South Carolina, sud Of t'ov. Lc;chcr himself,
10 hold Dsunion Convention 0l the slave
States, show this plainly enough. Members OF
that hoIiv planted themselves. in debate, dis.
.inct!y on the ground, that in the event OF
difficulty or disturbance between the free and
slave States the border slave States would have
20 bear the hrunt Of tc difficulty, ard they
shGuid therefore have nothing whatever to do
with fomenting anything of the sort. We all
! know that this is sensible conclusion, and
,hat ever, body viewing the subject dispassion'
atelr must see the wisdom Of il. IL is emf
neatly satisfactory to know, however, that the
people on the spot see the subject III the same
light that others view it, We are glad 10 know
that reason regnS on the scene Of agitation,
and no, folly and passion
AS it is with Virginia, so is it with Maryland,
with Kentucky. with delaware, with Missouri.
4 q 49,, !, 2;
with most CT them in 4 much more eminent
degree When We hear talk Of the secession
Of the slave States. when we contemplate any
Threatened separation Of the sIareholdlng
communities, therefore the States which We
/ have nulncd must br cnilnted out at the start.
! They will not. and they cannot, from position,
! iHSligate ur encourage, or cOuntcnance. direct
: Is VI indirectly. any Of the misunderstanding
propositions with which Southern tireeaters
are wont to disturb our politics. And this is
the lesson which, above all others, is taught by
the action Of Virginia on Mr.. Menmingers S
mission. TIL" only disturbing, threatening
clement in tie South IN the slavery question is
10 be found in The States Of South Carolina,
/ Georgia. Alabama and Mississippi. We may
! throw in Louisiana and Arkansas if anybody
! plcases but while the sugar duties last, We
| will guarantee the continuance OF that perfectly
peaccahlc ard conservative character which
Louisiana has always maintained with regard
10 slavery, as well other nationa! TOPICS
And when we reflect that in the iillbuStcring
! slave States, which we have given to the naiSy
malcontents, as afording their only Theatre OF
! operations under any circumstances, there IS
, powerful and probably predominant Union
;arty at all times, the absolute emptiness "i
all the threats of disuilion which come ircul
the slave States, becomes but too ludlcrously
apparent Wcs there is but the nerest shell
of disunion party to Ge brought into action
ut any time: and that if ever the day comes
! that a hand has 10 he raised tu qncll the hot.
headed disturbcrs Of the public peace, it will
! fall upon Iliminutive and contemplate ioc.
, Black Ncpuhlicansm is congratulating il.
self upon the defeat of the Conference, and the
+! filings" made mt Gov Wise for hls advocacy
Of that measure should rouse the people ot
! Virginia.
The position Of all those who opposed the
Conference is misunderstood. The opponents
Of the Conference in many Instances. were III
1ue;cal hy the belief that the time for the Ts-
,alrtions of Conferences snd Conventions had
passed that action by the States was the pro-
per REMEDY. The Black Republicans will find
the friends and opponents Of Conference.-The
Whole people of virsina-wiil rally /" tic de-
, le,,c. or that "Jiminutirt and r"a!cmpti5fc
Jae" whenever they a:c ;iSSailed. The "Tri-
bunc' mi>rcirv<cris the loss ofthc Conference,
and need not 'iay thc liaitering junction. 10 its
soul tia, Virginia. either in feeling or inter,
es!, will ever separate her destiny from South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
or the whole S"nt!!.