Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-03-09

law nv Mr. MARTIN, 81 Henry. That re.oiu'inn prop0'MsI
to change the hour OF meeting from ~ 10 ~ % nO.in.ss to
! ronstlrr Sir. MARIiS'S resolution, ""a "r"i '"N'''e
it WAS adopted.
NJ, HOPKINS. from the CurnruIItre On Claims. presented
n r.port adv ers- 10 the PETITION uf john iro~h "' 1h'i'o'
county. sJ,,
rr,oIyrL. by The trncrAi As,eIaLly. That ne hnaru y,
Commissioners 10 settle the llarprr's Ferry ciai,,s, De :"
arr hereby ins,rurIci. 10y Pay masier ]. Newton hroMn' y,
a. a. ~ NJ actual SERVICE, unt Of the fund appropriated 10
pay said claims.
ON motion Of Mr. barbour, the hill Regulating special
E.rnsr,, wh;rl, wa. under consideration when the House
adjourned OH "Wednesday night. was made The 'Pee''' o'"e'
o! the day for Friday al i. u'cinck.
SOUTHERN cu>tEHEScE.
III. io:u, resolutions. from the Senate on the southern
Conference, which were under discu-slnn yeSIcrnaS' Chaue
up At half past / O'Clock as The order .. lie nay '"t'e =
,iuri,,. mr.. adverse 10 Il Southern Conference.
r,snIuI;uu. aud anrrndmrit. we're onere! by eeti''eine"
If every variety vi opinion when lie vote Oh u
ton was taken ard resulted as l"i!ows; ,r, ,.xL.,r
Iy..-Nr..r, AIl-r.on. Arnold, Ball, Ballard, barbour,
Easel, bentley, ri,bic, liorrDan, Il; L. brown, nm1iius
r""un ,rryrii C,rrrn,cr, Cu-,in. Chapman, Chrisiiah'
CT .inurne. Cnwau, Crane, havis,".J; p'ehen'on' !r,,,.n
rr".t, tar;n, u. Gibson. J. Gii!hrr' H""I!Goo"'- iiniiIwnv
iinma;n. Hunt, HnI,rr. johnson, Keen, knmtr, hh".'s'
Kyle .r:,wicl. Lock-. Lock ridge, Lucas, Lyntlr m ~. NM.
"S1' ur e i" I;r,drr. Mckinney, Mckenzie, Mslity,
Miles, d. Miller, Monr. Morris, Myers, Patterson, = Mt,lm'
Porter, prrllow, pritrir.rh. Iandulph. Eiei, hithaIuso"'
nilhirk, Wynlham I"''rris"n, Il II. Robinson; a Nv" <
Scnit. srsar. sliannon, sincit, 'InrS N. s'n,!n, "a W,Irh
! Saith, 1utNiirr. Wallace. Arthur NatH"H' "'E' 'N'
Wr.r, WILSON,, Wilcox. rerhy-9". -,
~NaYS-Mr..rs. Allen. Anderson. i~'askrrri'l, l'as-' i'ti'
blue, lioiSsrau. Garter, Chitis, Collier, \ u. picEIhsoh' Durh
vail, Earle. Evans. Fleming, Friend, tihrrci, !aii' :, raw
ford u. Jones. Warner I. .J"nrs, kaufman, krnprr, NM
cnvl"r, Lundy. Lynn, Mallory, McCaLna't, Mcdowell i.
,;.h.r. Mnuta cue, :rwiun, urfain, Hives. Sc'sd":' Henry
smith. Taylor, Tnnhin. Tyler. Walker, Edwin Watson, VIZ
len, Speaker ,;rGlclri.Ii-tj.
The hour ui three having arrived, the speaker d
Jlt WAS Mr.. EAEL.E,an not Mr. oMA "hn presented
The petition Of certain citizens OF Clarke county WIN re-
49, - r-nI ,,i., pf psFIliu pr,DE kuI tIh
""ie' W '""' s.qS.L-----
Southern Conference.
Tn. Joint resolution communicated from the Senate c"iI-
t,:nin. a r,.pnn,sr ir rlr States Of South Carolina and
| Mississippi. being under confederation ia the House OF Dele
! gu,r-, on "Wednesday, Match ''l',
Mr. GiiMEi:, 81 rit;-y!varia. said:
lie wouiI unl al TIL. late stage Of III: session.. when sd
maur li.s were brinre the House, have Felt 1t his 'iu'y to
ut,>.1t In. ,irws on thr subject Of u southern Conference,
i,a! he hui been Instructed by u number uf hs constituents,
wlo-r opinion. We're ci.ii,!cd 10 high consideration, to favor
tha, wra. urr; aIp! tr would not now enter mo : General
DISCUSSION ui the subject, because he was Il! The position Of
an officer in the French ARMY, who had seventeen rrhsVlIs
for not iirIUg Il salute ~ tunLlt ir. the irst "i wl'ri was
that lie had 10 powder. IN equally sufficient reason pre-
vented him from uhcyin: the instructions he h:i rrcrired,
ana would urcyrri Inn rYri had they bceu given by i III.
Iori,y Of hi. constituents. Il VAS 4 conviction thai "a, coulI
! bot obey .h,a, wi;Euut Il violation OF his oath.
Th. ,hirri CLAUSE %: The 9Th article III thu Federal CnhSil-
,uriou pruyiir-, hat, 'ihr neIInrt, Of the several State
Leg, .aall b. hUnhi by Ohtli ur ahifmait"n 10 sap
mort Ills Cor.ttut!nn"-n an oath 10 abstain from Il riU-
| Iftlu al n SplIt al rs lrltrE, III ~ sHyJ'Uil XIX lhStlu-
mcni. That cuh had been administered 10 him. lie had
,aS-u il, ku"wiiic shat lie did; bad taken it voluntarily
! and deliberately. actin: under -" c"rru!siot. " hhtrrsr; bu:
lie would .-yrr have taken sic'i an oath hIH lie believed
that il conlicIrL with any paramount duty lie owed 10 the
COMMONWEALTH u! Virginia.
In The Irll, ..,t.on Of HE st artic!. NJ that Consultations.
! Il i, provided that mo stat. shall, without the c"isrtl u
| Congress, enter into any acrrcnicnt or compact with AN
other STATE" y" friend III u S"u;hrrn Conference. lac pre-.
surlcd, pretended 10 deny that its object waste brin. about
AZ asrr-Erm; ui srle aUrt between the Southern stats -
on. PARTON OF ihr friends Of Ia" measure drsIrr'l snch
0 --. A, Ito a. ~. ,Ilr ,a-;.,
l"r The rnI po-. If crmrr:ir't; and strengthening the uai"n
! of the : aVrs. IN agrr-uHrut brlwtrf. ihi, State anal any
Other state "r Stat, Tor rthc: purpose Is expressly pro-
l,iti,.aI hv thi- section al the Constitution, Which iurhids
! ann a.rccIurn. H." !ia! searched, %itlI sumo care, f"- au.
tbnritirs bearing on the construction "i thi. clause, hut
could g; vr' little .sn: ;r"in .urh Il source, own: Ia lie
fact. inul;lr.s. rinr il l. 10" plain To admit Of niis:rusirnc-
tinn. There w"uli probably hr the sam" difficulty Ia iiHI'
tm ,p,L"r;,irs rru-iru;ns Ia. .:h yrr,. ur the .urI cl:r,.r
! ri EyoIus. which sa,@, "IhuG rhil: not make unto thee
! .tug craven Image i"r divine in all age and all Chris.
tian and la Sc !oab,l, IS c"ncurrr'I In the opinion that his
portion oC the lcc.i' cue, not only prohibited all ihoinrry,
int ali things iGclIiru u> IN ihc,r irml-ncirs.
Ti. ,!ctair. in The Virginia Lpnv=nti"n, which adopted
IL. fc:rral Constitution, cont iii not "Er word about that
clause "I It ui.hrr rOCs!dcratl oil; rot only hcGnu'c there was
| no Ambiguity ., To- IL. mrT!iEg, sGi hcchG-r there WIS nD Oh
ic:riuu Ia liz. Prohibition: "l>, that. IKE every other cllEsr,
wnuLI lruy. la ru .i.ci..rG. H. had bern able t. find but
nu. decision it, the supreme truiI uT ;mr Cuiir,! States
rnu.rruinsr nj. clause. That WIS ia The casc of Grrrn ct
I A. y. linic. reported! IN si Whatt"n L Mr. Clay. III
! The argument nr that ra.r, said, after quoting tie riUuss,
VIA: /, yer, "!'i"''"iy F; ae, ~ rA''i'I>i" al h.irc'n' MS
ur coInpucrS. Ia" a,nr:-~ VIA, i. HE subject a. ;i'cra. 1t Is
/ iuIiuatrriii, ilI."rlrTr, whether 10" el'J"Et ~" drl'l" Ut
dan cr"I, to The Union Tr"re y he " "a" room for inter.
prrt,;i.rl '.inY aeTrr:irit or coGp"c;' are I'm aorls
and al cct;rart, between the sfhi"r. without The c"!i.cht
/ ,f C-arr,:s. ar Int! '!g;crl."
Tat cas- arnSr in r-.rr;cr tn TIL r"inI'ar: entered int"
hrtwc.r N::inis AID III" i.""rir 81 Kentucky, which. a.
viii l.. sch from ;Ir hi "win. Ir"visu. contained in til,
.Its, ,lan.r, va c~oi,lii"n.! ni"I the antccrlcnt cuirseii'
! Of Congress. :l.I; cfau.: Is IN :hcS. words
yy. rrnvIdrG. however. .haI prior 10 the lirst day Of No
y,u,i,rr 1877, IT," G.r,"rai tiuv-rnuI-nt II the L. :. -h,ll
as.-ut 10 the erection .; Ia" said district into an indrprn-
,irat state, Hail reels a,r hi. Commonwealth ir"n all its
=" 4, Il - All 80, G.r, t1. sni1 ii sris. a. l,sIt,
bart thereof. .ui shall agree Ila; the PROPOSED :imtr shall
Immediately after in". ,,t I" l. fixed Il, Aforesaid, postrfinr
I 10 IA. fr-t ,ny az November. l,9!. W n s1n"r convenient
tim" ruiurr thereto. b. ai'"!Itrd i"!" the Federal ""v"'i-
Erii.
|, WA, ,irr;ir,I Icy ltr SupfCIrr Corr, ;ha; his compact
W.. constitutional, alone upon the .rouHh that The c"riSrnt
az Congress Ea- cr1at.!: ahI Justice Washington. in de-
! liyrriuc il- opinion Of The Court, alter quoting the last
clam. ~ The .r,r ,cc;InI If the lr article If the frr!rral
! Constitution, said "Lrt II lie observed. in the first place,
,ha; ;!r Luls tuition makes u" provision Respecting: tie
,"na;, . r :,rr, In which IA. r0n.rnt Df Congress il Ia he
| ,i.nirri, very property leaving that matter 1" the wisdom
OF that i"iy. |" be- decided upon acr"rhingi" III" ordinary
rules of law and right reason. The c"ls question in ca IS
which iayoivr HAT point IL, has Congress. by ,ninr positive
nc, IN relation - such a2rrrFarrt, ieniitl the cni''e't 81
lila, h div TUFTS Y.!;ii;y. " = : , = : = The terms
and conditions. thea, ats which alone ;hr separation could
take place, OF the &c: al C"r'grrsS become valid che, were
necessarily as.rir rd tt" not iy Is rsrr tacit acTuic-rrncc,
hut by nn express declaration Of H.. legislative mind
According, therefore, 20 ih- hishrs; Judicial authority,
as wrII a. the plain meaning Of The Constitution, hu; Two
question, can ",sihiy ar.e in the consideration Of the
ui,Ii,u in 4 constitution lniu; nf view. First. Is an
arr, men; proposed to l- entered Into by Nirsiaiu with
any O,irr State ar sial,:; and SccoL;iy. II 70, h' me con
.eni o. Congress Been given 10 .rch agGcrlneni:
AS TO the srcond enquiry, there is u" diifcrrGcc Of "l:ir'
ion. &; Is mol pref irIrd that tie c"G.cit Of Congress has
h-rn m.sth "r "ht"inrl, 80 Tia; II only REMAINS 10 con-
.ihrr whr tiIrr 'any .grrrnnrni" j. proposed OF not. Tie
Trainers Of he Cons;i ufi"n. instead Of using The more
TECHNICAL word ]c0H;rr'ri, ar the terms employed In The ar.
,irlrs IL rnu'rrlcr.;iur, treaty, confederation or alliance, "
and IL order q" prevent ANY possible Notwithstanding
cInu;nv.d 'ur ~" r>Irr..iri o! the Idea ihr most cnnprc-
h"ri.ivr term in tie language. All e";''rac's are agree
uru,s, All aur-..n-ii- arc not necessarily runtrarts.-
They. therefore. :~n;":dicied hot nnly every contract between
the Sintc>. but every cnuc"ivahi. Kind IL agreement. The
irirEb> II y :hrG:Lcrn E"Iicrchtr wi!i scarcely deny ilat
they desire and rr"l,n,- Tie contamination Of an agree.
;n"ut iri tween VIRGINIA AMI o'her STATES. Tie gentleman
fran, t~;.acLIurh 80 expressly declared. himself Hut little
rnn,. can H.. accommodated II Virginia i 10 disagree with
MI her sister State .! In" South, nor ran Il he commended
tina. The united acIipT Of liz: sprn'.rn States in conference
a.,rmlicl, wn,ih ir Ilr iI-s IN agreement between tlI"ul,
hrcaEsr 81 It's briGg ha! through TIA" insirnrHcntnlitr Of
agents. or Lrcar-c a.: il liii!iiig 4" ratification or r,jcriion
by the Legislature, "i the several Southern States. For u
contract is none he !,'t the contract o. ire principals Tor
:. helm. ci.icr-,l jll" by their agrn;s-fur having attached 10
IL 4 condition. rrrcrIrr.t ~ suhs"Incn:-fo helm. eSecut"ry
instead Of executed. IM; il it COULD he slr"wn that the
liability u. III" action 81 Il c"nIerrnc" In the rejection ni
The L"rl. lt,uGr nhvi4:c> Ia. constitutional objection % the
nppnin;nru: IL cnnTi'-i'n"r' Il cannot by possibility he
mad. 10 appear that thr Ratification Of ihr'I action making
"any agreement "i;II another State or States, w"Gli no.
he IL: violation nj HAT compact. f;lre present Legislature
ha. not il. power. ~ il clearly has not. Ia E,lkr ''any
unrrrlnrn; with another State, can il cWpnwcr II. aoents
10 ,n So: Snreiy moi. Cor no man. or body Il men, can
transfer or assign ether or greater rights and pos" r. than he
or they possess, unlr>- ~" agent he superior to the rriIi'
,ipuI-"ihr servant greater rhsn tmg MASTER II We can
T"k 'flIttE lHlo nay bpltVHiNl' ~" ''n W. Al'Hl 4'E
stature {. Li.riG an IErrumrit inah: by the agents OF Ibis:
villa, 60 nrriyaiir good ;hru could u, i:r from the appoint.
Inr,r Of commissioners. whose action mus, be utterly lu;ilc
or else i;I-. i!ab!: r,j-c:ci: u any nereencnt between this
state. and another he unconstitutional, az It unlnrsti"rably
:, can one. sworn to "HPi"'f the Constitution. couscleu-
li.usly DO any act fcHIi"y toward, the c"usumnaion Of
such ayr erinri;? lie ti"usit moi Lit; did net wish 10
he uuI-r:t"od Il. iinlr :nins, in Iie slightest hrcrEr, the
motives or sincerity -; rent!"i@rII who differed ir"m him,
but. Oh the contrary, gave thcm ctr"it fnr all the honesty
he claimed Ter iinsrif Paul thought hr wns doing God
service 10y I,-rsscu!ine the Church, aml gentlemen whn were
advocating "a southern conference Oh this ilGor, while they
were ~ sincc-r, we're l4bUrins under ~ great all hallucina-
ton in supp sing they are sHHr",Hng the Constitution, Is
WAY the great rr"uIuisator 81 christianity. before his eyes
we're open-G TO the light Of divine Truth.
H.. did not SUPPOSE i!rIr onc Ia zen Of the VOTERS, whom
he had The honor in part 20 represent. had had any voice
in She In>; :uCrinEs he had received. VIA: were the nnin-
io;. u the other Iinc-trt:h- un the ~sIhJrct lar ancT not.
hut was CONF lrnt that fo on whom he represented wUnld
desire lin IN violate The letter or the spirit nj an insira-
mcui liz was ~ ura 10 support. He thought the Legislature
WIS ~; ,h- proper tribunal before which questions infect.
ing the Integrity "f the Constitution .horli l- tried. That
body had resolved and rr.r"solrsi, Oh th- happening: o. CON
tiuprru.;r> WHICH Ru:G arisen auTr.!-:rI, To- resist the Frir-