Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-26

! lll;S laHSnage was iSed-"f Oh would be aston
ished To ste the change Of feeling, wonderful
to imagine, that is now going on in the Cock
adc City" And we are told TO wait Already
VOICE Is coming here from the country 10 TIL:
Convention, saying that the people are arouSing
that the people are already dissatisfied with
the slow coach movement which we havo beer
maEing.
AS said in the commencement of mi re
marks, fec! extremely gratiiicd at the resou
tIuns coming from the quarter they DO and
trust they vii! receive the earliest, deliberate
and immediate consideration Of the committee
to which .bey have been referred.
| Mr.. DRANcu-t rise to I question which
suppose is called i question ot privilege. an
most happy that | gave my friend from the
GrcenesTilIc district an opportunity Of making
sp beautiful and patriotic speech but beg
leave 10 say, that he is putting rnc in the iasr
coach rather too soon Uaughter.) II gen
tlemcn will notice the phrase0logy OF the reSo
luton, they will find that draw distinction
between The Confcdcrated States of North
America and the Southern States OF the United
States. do not concur with the gentleman,
that tho interests of this new confederacy and
lhe interests Of the Southern States III the
Union are to be perfectly analogous. cannot
agree to that. /, sir AIN not willing to place
the Southern States now in the contederacy in
the same position that our Southern States of
the new confeIrracy place us. II is foreign to
my object to irnpusn the motives Of the South.
crn Coniederacy, bnt | beg leave TO say, sir.
that have no sympathy with the action Of
the Southern Contederacy; for, through their
action, apprehend, Virginia this day ls placed
in n more delicate relation To the West, the
North and the South than was any State be-
fore We became nation CT thirteen. mean
TO say, that it is our duty to look to the nte-
rests Of the States now upon the border. Our
interests are one and the same.
These are my views, and only want my
friend 10 understand another thing: that my
resolution was drawn up this morning about
three o'clock, before I knew he mad got this
late intelligence from, rny city. do not feel
very mucn compl:mcntei tina! the change Of
vicSs Of my constituents should be introduced
through foreign element. should have felt
:ompIimcnted the more il my constituents
had changed their views, that they should have
made me their organ. was elected as their
organ, and was elected on a moderate plat
form. am now moderate man, and whilst
| 90 against coercion, whilst never mean to
give child Of mine TO cocrco the Southern
Confcdcracy, still, feel it to be the duty Of
Virginia TO cling 10 the Cnion as long as she
can, ard that she may maintain hcr prestige,
not only throughout North America, hut
throughout the civilized world, in bringing
back those who are now separated from us,
and who wCre once our brethren.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OK ELECTIONS.
II ipSirn In SuhDf rpn0rt
from the Committee on Elections. The re-.
turns from counties have not all come TO hand
The are sixteen counties from which no re.
turns have been received either by the Cover
nor of the Commonwealth o. the President Of
this Conventian. T'hc Convention has instr;o.
ted tie Committee on Elections 10 subn! re-
pert at their earliest convenience. The Conn
mi,.ce have e,npinvcd all the means in their
poker % make Il final report as early II; posi-
bic, bu, on account Of the absence Of rcturrnSs
from these sixteen counties. they Will not he
able at tbs time 20 make lina! and complete
report. They arc mule 10 present, however, I"
report which approxinates TO Shat Will i'e
the fuul result. The report is short, and
ask that 1t nlay be read
The report was then read bP the Clerk ss
follows
The CoS.s al tie iuii6tr' il -pctaNf, evaUhsVt
voted ;or :rd ngair.s; referring tho acton vi
this Convention 20 the pcop!c, AZ provided oY
the act oi the General Assembly, passed
January I4,h, 1861, entitled IAN act to provide
lor ricct,nc mclnbcrs Of Convention, end to
convene tie same" and beg leave to report that
in ali except the following counties lo-wlt -
Btrhour Boone, Braxton, Buchanan. Cabel,
Elizabeth City, Greene. Logan, Mcdowell,
Prince William, Putnam, Cpshur, Wayne, Wise,
Wyoming and York, from which returns have
not been received. the whole number Of votes
east was l40oll, Of which gG, GS4 were cas. Tor
referring To The pcoplc. and ~, S2T against re-
tcrrin. To the people showing majority as tar
As heard from Df -, s5T for referring to the
people 10,
Tic Committee will make further md final
rcpor: upon this suijrct on receiving the re-
turns from the delinquent counties.
The lorrgrng result is derived from the re-
turns received by the President Of the Convcn'
ton and the Governor Of the Commonwealth.
A. T. RAYMOND,
Chairman Of Committee on Elections.
On motion Of Mr.. PATRICK the report was
laid on the table ard ordered 10 oe printed.
| FEDERAL RELATIONS
| Mr., BorLpIS offered the following resolution
which was referred to the Committee on fedc'
| rul Relations:
Resolved, By this Convention, That any at.
tempt on the part OF the sdrral GoTeril,ne"
10 reclaim, by military force the forts and mr.
senals now held By the seeded States, or 10
collect, by force, federal revenue IRON tnosc
States, il rot itself war; must inevitably leao
TO war: and in such war, Virginia, with all hei
military strength, will sustain the seeded
States.
PERSONAL r1rLASATloN.
Mr. VISA rise to privileged qncStoh
and one which affects the debates ol the Ooh
rcn,ion. 1t is to correct un error IN Inc report
On Saturday last, MS you very well remember
made soue remarks in reply to my friend on
INV left, from Rockbridge, (Mr MooRE) lr
the course of those remarks asked sundry
ucslions-among others, this: whether II
! tho event the Wide Awakes should be sen
to garrison Gosport Navy Yard, and should h'
ouartered upon the surrounding country-n'
EXPRESSION wus-whrtEcr, in the event they
should rob the henroosls Of Princess Anne, HI
would help me TO drive them out. The ques
ton, as reported in the enquirer" is
"Will YOU IS list me 10 drive out parce!
Wide Awakcs who may be stationed IN Cos
port Navy Yard to ransacS the counties
| Princess Anrc and Norfolk, aI'd rob their hen
ruos!s Ter provisions Z
This is not correct report, und am in
formed By friend. this morning, that SOM
have Inferred that perhaps my meaning was u
cast an npute;iou upon the resident population
of Portsmouth and Guspor,. But my lr;en'
on the right. the representative from Ports
mouth, Or. uoLLADAT.j heard me nIst'ncII.
tbcn, as hope lie hears me now, and Appea
to h;:a to say that no such inputa''on WI
cast Upon that population or could be nierrs'
from what said | will tell you why It wa
that, at the time, that matter Of fact or OF Illus
,ra,i.n came to my mind. have Within In
past week received no less than three letter
from friends in Boston, informing me-to ''s
their own anguage-:f mysterious movement
in the militia Of Massachusetts. | am told
sir, that .hcv are not ouly enrolling, muster
ing. nr,nlny and training their militia, but
system oi tyranncal espionage is going on D.
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