New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-14
UNuHsE VIRGINIA AND TIE sfR-
GINA WISE.

the State Convention now in session ut Rich
mond, desire to remain in tho Union, they have
a singular manner Of maDiiestiug their wishes.
As n Congress, more compliant than any which
is 70 follow il for at least two years, has just
adjourned, hitcr having turned deal ear a'l
Winter 10 the voice Of the many chamcrs who
have striyen to lure them into the pleasant and
Howcry paths of compromise; as that other body,
rIorc venerable for lis years than It's wisdom,
called the Peace Convention, has dispersed, ut
able TO do more than 10 make an accidental sug-
ges!iop, which nobody hcedcd; aud as the Pres
ldcot Las indicated lis positive intentions Of en-
forcing laws, collecting revenue, and occupying
forts, with. certainly, large public approval, 1t
would, ono would suppose, have become que'-
zion in tie Nirgiuian mind whether, under
these circumstances, it might not be well,
at least, TO take into consideration tho
propriety of lowering in some degree the
tore of arrogance with which they push the de.
nand of submission from tAc North, even If there
could be- no Abatement Of tie terms Of tho cub
mission which they hope TO exact There "a no
evidence that such On idea baS occurred 10 any
body in Richmond; but toEe i. adopted in the
reports Of the Coumttcc on FEDERAL Relations
in the Convention, that would lead m uunstfucs-
ed observer to believe that the whole North was
on is knees before Virginia, begging, in SUPPL
catory and broken accents, it, eyes overflow
ing with tears, its hands cla5pcd, and its hair
dishovoicd ia the violence Of IL grief, that II
may be permitted to EXIT little longer in the
shadow Of her greatness and the sunlight Of her
sInes to run ia grateful obedience at the sound
of her voice. or to ut at her feet the most vii.
ling Of her slaves. II may be that we are
wrcag Ia doubling that such are essentially the
relative attitudes Of Virginia AID thu North. 1t
may be that Virginia intcrprcts events more
wisely than we do; il may be that she better
understands tie temper Of the two sections, ard
knows better than We can ever hope Ia know,
how to play upon that Z" harp Of thousand
"strings, the popular will. BIT unless We utterly
misapprchend the sentiment Of our section of the
country, there are not many conceivable things
which We ape les likely 20 do, 8s people,
than to makc the monstrous concessions which
the majority OF tie Committee on Federal Rcla-
tons have proposed in the Virginia Convention.
The minority members of the Committee, who re-
ported resolution for immediately drawing up
an act of secession TOOK much the maulieT and
more sensible course for why spend time in
taking over al irreconclable difference, as this
difference IL, if the majority mean what they sny'
There is but one thing in favor Of this ma
joriy report, ard that is that Mr.. Wise did not
agree to it. Dir. Vice was in tho minOri!yj
nor would it have been the Wise We know, had
he not been in the minority Of the minority.
Three Of the dissentient5 20 the majority report
confined themselves to the proposition for imsre-
diatc secesSiOn; another proposes secession With
proyisO. Mr.. Wise disogoes with neither, while
be disagrees with both, and takes the liberty of
stating his reasons at greater length than the
three other reports occupy when taken together.
This aso, was perfectly natural il Wise. lie
always can and always does Outwrite aud out
talk any other given twenty men; nor con be-
wreak himself on expression and do himself
full justice with any thing short Of twenty-man
power. So also il bis report tie silliest ard the
most arrogant for tue same reason, that it Shy
Wite, whose capabilities in both those directions
are only equaled by his remark abe wind The
eX-UONeTnor ulthcs Hlt'cH IIopOsitlpiSi NH4'u W.
published yesterday, oil of which being granted,
he and Virginia will consent to remain in the
Union. But these fifteen proportions are no.
ali, though they are Ill wo had room for, for
they arc followed BY Eight resolutions, embCdyiDg
a great variety Of preliminary propositions, which
propositions must be acceded TO While tie other
proposiious GRE under consideration. But We do
not mean to 10 understood as intending ~ con.
vey tie impression that the proportions premi'
nary, embraced 10 the eight resolutions, which
foreshadow the action Of the people Of Virginia,
wh.lo TIC fifteen propositions ore brought to the
due consideration Of Tie people at large OF the
Northern States, are leis 70 stand or iaA BY their
own weight. TO DO that would be very unjust
10 Mr. Wise. The fifteen propositions ore pre-.
eeded, We should think at u moderate conluta.
ton, BY about Two hundred other Proportions,
each one Of which includes recital oi the ter
iiblo wrongs and Outrsges which the South
10 ever ysEering OF tbe band, OF tho North.
Nor Il tbs ALI underlying the whole Ia
fxadpm of argument as impsnetrable /" an
oyster.sholl, Illuminated by an Imagination as
liycly as another stel.l,h proverbally ia at high
gasr. ~ 80 juto any critical examination ol