Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-23


I appointed Has it been appoiEiedy Eo La!
: aHy Proposition Been made 10 appoint time
} No. ie gentlemen have assumed that thi
time not only Is 20 be appointed, hut that 1t has
! been appointed. SiE, might say, instead u
adding Tic words, ''to % appointed, 'hy TIC
time whicn may hn r2pniu;cd. Eo!, rom lbs
propagation, take il FOR granted that II Is posi-
lively hScL-that il Is q lorrGore CONCLUSION
that the ,irie is certainly fixed. Ao", When
Can any gentleman y no is better informed thar
am tall NE Shrn?
. M ScoTT, Of FauQncr would suppose
That the gentietDsn from Princess Anne could
!. have answered his inquiry without !niorma'
ton from me- have 10 doubt tie gentleman
has forgotten hi; minority report, because -
change srrrEs ic have come over lie spirit ol
!; his dTcaui" Bc the gcntlcinaa's own Ininnri.
" report, i is proposed that the propositions
e!nana!ing from this Convention shall be sub
mitted TO the other States and it gives till the
first ol octGbrr 10 receive responses. DID nol
the gentleman meai 10 indicate by tho! portion
o: his REPORT tho re-uSscinbng OF the Conven'
t;oay
ThY reial tine for recess u a'c!eck) ha7:ns
a.r,TrU, the GEa;ruinn vacated the chair
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention !e.ass:mbl,d 9! ) o'clock,
P. NJ.
! Mr Soon. ii Fauquer, being entitled IL the
f,or resumed bis remarks:
When the Committee took its recess was
about referring The gentleman from Princess
Anne, CIR. WiSE.) to his own minority report
ln- answers 10 the questions addressed 10 me-
4lrer Suggesting the pTopriety Of submitting
various propositions TO the Northern States,
! this r,rrvI.i.,;, p,I m inDud
"rhnt res poTsrs 10 these demands from the
respective States shall he requested within r
fixed and lin ted period, to wit: on or before
the lst Of OctChrr next, if possible"
! Itvould seem then, Lhat the gc1:letrar from
! Princess Ammo contemplated that rcspoEses
should DC tuadc to the propositions.
Now, 10 whom are heresponscs 10 be made
81 whom are tEcy to 90 received? luke il,
sir, that the gentleman eonteEp pla.ed responses
10 be made 10 this Convention because iu the
Tth sccton o: his report hc proceeds thus:
Tint this Convention will place itself in
immediate communication with the border anu
other slarchoidny States, still rene'Oins i'll
the Unicn, ior conference and Cooperation
whilst awaiting the responses oi the olSer
States 10 these requests and demands.
Now, it is perfectly clear that The gcnticman
must have contemplated one Of two things
cisher tina; tiits Convention should rclnainSin
sesson-tha. We should be kept here through
the dog days, until the lst oi October, CT else
he contemplate d an adj ,urnInent in the mean
time. lie certainly did not contemplate the
adjournment sine iie because ODE oi als propo.
sitiOns il, that we snail put ourselves in coulmu-
| nicaiicn with the Conventions 20 be assembled
| By the border States.
Now, sir, | take it that the gentleman from
Princess Anne, like 1nrseif, supposed that this
| body woul:i no. sdiourn fnally unti! II cxccu
| ;ed the his trust committed 10 il We nave
been elected 10 determine phat is prope: f"r
the State Of Virginia to DO 10 re$rec, 10 the
grave events which have happened and are 10
progress II happening That final action Oh
| the part nf this body was contemplated, ne
ccssariIy follows from the fact TINT BY our con
mission wc were fol bid to do anything 10 de-
termine the relations ia which we stand TO the
| Federal Government without submitting our
work to lhe sppro5a:ion Of Our people.
Nos, sir. FOR oue, take t!lis occasion to
say that am not 10 be driven by this eternn
clamor of the minority upon this 15or from
/! ,ousu &C the PropT!c,S en1 the dignity WHICH
bo,.nue- this body. attn not to he drivrn py
4sssriioHs from any quarter, within ihit house
OF Outs tie QI IL, lllll W
cs and the opinions Of cur constituents.
| have said ths: we have been char gcG win
tish trust, and so far as my vote goes,
vii, rcrer consent TO abandon that trust ub;ii
1t s;iaN! he iiaally executed.
Gentlemen say thst We tu;srcfTaStut popular
opinion. ] take issue with theu. aver, upon
/; my ;,sr,. according to my best belief we are
| the tIu" rXpoarntI Of the popular srniinept
Of the people nf Virginia
When we shaii nave brought our present
la6ors To a close, and adjourned 10 meet again
a. future dle, SO vii! all have the oppOr.
ilTi;:y of retur:ng 20 our constituents. where,
with !:ee n.er changes CT opinion, We vii! IN
form ourstircs OF their wishes, GnG when We
rc,Hrn, k9psing those wishes, We will carry
them ou: / care not i7cn what motive the
ass .u. is ln.ie, rcpe, il, and maintain that
Sc represent truly tac sentiments and the
opinions CT the people. Those gentlemen who
1Ee 70 uIca exercised upon this point, who
d.irrs another rlectna to b. made, can eratry
that desire. SO ltT AZ they are concerned by
rcs;gang their seats and submitting ,hecl.
selves to another popular contest
lire thu ten minutes; expired.
Mr. WlSE-l ask you "iiat reply the gentle
ml: has given Inc to the question. when IS
yonr tine 7 Here ne has lubpred-- i
Sir. SC .TT-I take it .ha. the geotc;nau ca;i
rot dodge in this way.
NJ. WisE-i :clI the gentleman h. is dodg
my. and mean TO CATCH him. lie cannot
d,1cc mc, and he cannot escape the point Of
d.a gng which vi! make ssainst hum now.
The y.ni!vu asks Eac what Iiuc? lie
laborgd for five MINUTES, before two O'Clock,
upon the idea Of NY report He has no"
Al, 1,L..- hn l..
rally cool l-snd las ll.G!.cre'! a|ay again upon
ths report and shat :rss he m.de Of il 81
Fiat /. in ny rep9-:, ASH lor lime, and lhat
am aakiiig fJT time nos. 1T what time %
Won nrcpoie that lhis Convention shall assem-.
bic?
Mr.. So,rT-That Was not toe question.
Mr. WIss-ltis the question. | asked none
utuer. What was the question? II the gen.
lie,pAu uu.iel stocd any oiher re understood
inaccuratey. asked him again aud again,
when ne dii propose TO rc-assenIble this Con
seotiun? 10 name 10 TIE the time. For the
time was an clement that should corside: il,
giving NJ vote upon this question. And what
Is tho rep!yf Why, gs usual, an evasivn that
proposed tho lst uf October. The gentle.
rnau from Amelia CIR u.,RvIE,) teuder,d him
The lst of 0ctnbrr is tt:e iule lor Us to rr-as
Semoit, a5d ueiisFc IL "sssisu III Young 'ia'
proposition doSn?
Sir. SooTr-fes, Sir.
Mr. WIsr-Yes, he old Nov, ask, when
10 YOU propose that this Con7enticn shall re
assemble? asked him before in the very
words-i. it iu six monlhs? is it b7 the lst OF
Octob,r: is it by the lst of January is II
Annc. DdRu;, ls6! or ammo Dom;ni, 1862?
aid to him, "you krow; | assume that you
know, because YOU have assumed the feet that
tle Cuhrelt,on is - ;2hc rccess and to re-
assemble. sa i hat 10 did Not know that
presume ti'c g,n'.sm.n did not know il.
! %aw, aheH Is i tia! we ire 10 Tca:Eemble
When | made M report or tie 9th Of March,
| thought with so;nr confidence that the gen
teniaU 5 scheme OF National Convention was
killed. !h"ught that ihe snake bad been
! sco,ctr,l il uOl Killed. did no: dream ;hat