The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-04-13
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,,.n.. - ~. love- 70 amend By adding the last
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smenaeo on motion OF Mr. Wise, hystsikipg out
gu nom the word forts. to the last. sentence
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L. Leeke movod 70 amend, BY adding dec
lafauon, tnat the North must abstain from inter-
ference with slavery in the States, and abandon
m nostue political orEanixation. Rejected-40
70 ~.
The 9TH Resolution q amended was adopted.
The Sth Resolution was parsed BY FOR the pre-.
sent The 9th was taken up. M. Conrad
movsd 70 strike oct the 6fst line Of the words,
'exsrciss of this right. insert Withdrawal from
the Re6erai 0overnmenk" Agreed to. Other
amendments we're offered, pending which the
Convention adjourned. --'19
RICHMOND, April 6.-The Virginia State Con-
vsntioe reasssmbsed this morning. Secession
resolutions from the people q Charlotte aud
Norfolk counties were presented.
eAr. Holiday said that die sieners 70 the latter
constituted but . small minority OF theAeople of
the county. l'a7 q g s's'l' 9 - ''43
a. NJ. johnson presented petition for secession,
Ggnsd BY l, 500 people Of Richmond He said
shat the signers constituted but about one.third
Of the voters of the city, though It had been
weeks in preparation. -
The ninth resolution was taken up in Commit
tee Of tie W6ols,. aud ths amsndtasnts offered
yesterday we're defeated.
Mr.. Baldwin moved to strike out the whole
resolution, and insert substitute, embodying
declaration that the separate Independence Of
the seeded States ought to be acknowledged
without further delay, and such arrangements
made, and such laws passed d BY the separation
may be made necessary and proper.
The committee refused to strike out. by yeas
es, nays II. a.srs 70 assts hs'ssst 81
Other resolutions were rejscted, and the ninth
resolution adopted; % yeas TO ~ nsyh , ~ :1
The committee then moved back to the eighth
resolution, recognizing the right for Just causes
n. Carlisle moved 70 strike out the resolution
and insert . substitute embodyiDg Mr. 1adison's
language, justifying secession only in the event
and failure of every constitutional resort
The committee refused to strike out, by yeas
~, nays ia. ORG
This vote indicated the strength Of the ultra
Unionists.
Other amendments were then proposed and
rejected
PENDING the recess, several Arm conservatives
changed their votes and voted for Mr.. Baldwin's
substitute for the ninth resolution.
The eighth resolution, on reassemblpg, was
taken up in committee. On motion Of Mr.
Somers, the words, "they concede.n in the third
line. we're stricken out. and the resolution was
then adopted, and the committee rose
:. In the Convention, Mr.. Preston, q conserva-
tive, offered resolution, supposed to have been
occasioned by the late war movement, discover
ing that the Government has no power to subju.
gate q Southern State, protesting against any
such coercive policy, and authorizing the ap.
pointment of delegates to wait ON the President,
present him these resolutions and respectfully
ask him to communicate to the Convention the
policy the Government intends to pursue.
The resolution was modified, on the suggestion
of Mr.. Baldwin, and accepted by Mr.. Preston,
a. follows: :. i :. Ee-Vl
"WHkRxAs, In the opinion ofthis Convention,
the uncertainty which prevails in the public
mind, As to the policy the Government intends
pursuing toward the seeded States is extremely
injurious to the commercial and industrial inte-
rests of the country, and tends to keep up an
excitement which is unfavorable to an adjust
ment of the pending difficulties, and threatens
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