Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-11-19

ent districts, and eighteen being the num-
Der to which, il ynu adopt the ratio Of 70 900,
the State would hc entitled, that lumber was
recommended hY the committee In order
also, to recoucile all these differences of opin.
ion su,cng gentlemen FROM the various Sec
tionS Of the State, and TO enable the Oonven-
ton to avail itself Of the talent and experience
of the delegates in the last Congress Of the
United States, ,ha committee recommended the
adoption Of that nr:nb"r.
Iyou adopt the number proposed by The
gentleman from Monroe, five and accepted
hy the gentleman from Bedford. (Mr GoopE)
you are introducing elements Of dscord and Of
difficulty. Already there are serious ,nurmurS,
and mutinurs which must be needed, with re-
gard to the conrso pursued in the matter Of
appointments here and elsewhere. Here com.
plants are, as think, we'll founded, and il not
needed here, they will be openly and decidedly
expressed and It is time that we should, Us
far as We can, apply remedy to the evils which
believe to exist. lC you reduce the number
to five, you will necessarily create tuuch d,tfi-
crlty ard dissatisfaction. have heard that
one Of these five is tu be chosen from my sec
tion of the country. a gentleman whose course
has rendered him obnoXiouS 10 incn in all my
section OF the country aud Il 'tc Ii brought
forward here, i, vii! hc against thu protest O'
every man in all my sectiau of the country, for
it will be an Outrage up"a my section IL you
force such man upon my people to represent
them anywhere. Sir, there is feeling which
you must not raise; aud If the attempt refer
TO is made here, Inat feeling must be displayed,
and it Will be displayed 10 the injury of the
cauc Vi. ch VIC ai advocate.
laptcai to gentlemen before they raise That
feeling to reflect we'll upon their action, and
avo~ r course which must, if carried out, re-
suit in division and embarrassment Sir, there
is o respect due to the wishes and tho feelings
of the people which cannot be dSrcgardcd,
and If It is d'sregardej, proper respect will bc
enforced by the people themselves. do beg
gentlemen TO pause before they commit thctu.
selves to course which must raise That feeling
aud produce serious injury.
Mr. MuRToS.-l confess thut have listened
with Sonc degree of surprise and much regret
to tho remarks of my friend from tao county
OF Louisa.
am decidedly in favor of the amendment
This morning. iu the public library, accdeT
tally laid my hands upon spceon II The Great
Irish Patriot, Henry Gratso, ami tho very
first sentence tha! | r.ai', commcnd 70 The
consideration Of this body.
l, is this: We would Go we'll t, keep in
mind that there is but one enemy, the French,
and tha. our best duiurlce against ti:at enemy
is our unan!mty."
am for unanlmity. wish the be-. Iacn,
the tri,st men, the most talented .nan that can
bo found in the State, having 'i,I: reference to
the great sectional divisions Of the Cculraon-
wealth, to be elected by this Convention.
fully concur in the p-nprety Of e!ec;iug
men from outside and not inside this body
The gentleman from Louisa has reiured To all
individual without naming hiIa but presume
know the individual to whom he refers. |
do not concur in that nomination if it should
be made. If the gentleman f,a.! waited for the
nominations, | presume tina. lie would have
found that nominations would have been made
which would receive the geneT4: assent Of this
Convention, and meet with Il patriotic cudoisc-
msnt throughout the Commonwealth. say
the time is past when We soal be locking 70
old party divisions We should elect men VINO
are true. At the same time we should have Il
man from tho Underwater section, from thc
Piedmont range, from the Valley, from tho
Northwest and from the South-W est Give Us
a man frou, each Of iheSo sections, and the gen.
ticnan will lind unaniulity beyond what he
will find If we send fifteen or eighteen dele.
gates to the Confederate States Congress II
| we determine 10 send eighteen. each mernber of
the last Congress will consider himself sighted
if he is 40. the hGnored choice OF this body !;
but if you reduce lie number to fi7e there is
NO man whose feelings ca,i be touched. 1t ne
is overlooked, ne must bc overlooked in CORE
mon with many az patriotic and talented as
himself So If you wish % promote unanlni-
! ity, aud prevent division, my houcst opi"ion
is, that you should first 60 outside OF this body
to choose delegates, and that tho number
should rot exceed five.
Mr. THoRNToH, OF Prince Edward.--I am
constrained to say something in opposition To
the resolutions offered by the gentlcrpsn from
Bedford, (Mr. GoopE.)
So far as his seifdenying ordinance" as be
has termed il, is c1nccrred, while 1t would b"
agreeable to me personally to vote for it Jet |
do not think that we ought at this time to ey.
clude from our consideration, in the seluctlon
OF these ielesnt, s, the l52 g.ntiemen vino ere
members OF this Convention. l suppose, sir,
our object ought 10 be to get ii o wlsesl and
best men We Gail to ill THIS position, aud ain
unwilling, either, rs indicated by the gentle.
man from Louisa (Mr. AMBLEH,) to elect every
representative that we had III the late Congress
Of the United States, or Us desired by the gen.
tlenar from Bedford, to elect entirely outside
OF this Convention. But want all the mate.
rial that is in tue State brought within the
range of selection, so that We may bs able I"
choose that mnn OF these mon from the whole
State, vino, think, would make the ahlest and
the wisest Councillors in the Congress Of the
Provisional (iogcri meut
Again, sir there scetns 10 me to he much
fo ;,,& -, ri, hn
of the Confederate S:nteS, that Virginia should
have larger delegation thaa five in that Con
gress. | propose the scheme originally sug-
ges.ed by the gentleman from Bedford, (Mf
GooDE) uf SenuDg fifteen; and when vote for
that would not consider. myself pied scd to
support all the gen.lcInen who represented us
in the late Congress Of the United States; but
I conceive that am at liberty to look ever the
whole State, and wherever can find man
possessing eminent ability for the office, wheth'
er he was in the late Congress, whether nc is
in this Convention or whether he fills any
other of6ce desire 10 give my vote Tor him
Mr. VIZ. J. NEsLETT, OF Lunenburg.-i
do not intend 10 make 4 speech. ko0w ton
well tho temper OF this House 10 impose such
an sfh ction npon them at this tine; out must
take occasion to say that am utterly opposed
to selecting any gentleman from this body tn
represent lis in the Confederate States Con
gress, for the reason that there is no necessity,
nor is there any propriely in such COURSE
We shall have business enough CT Importance
here to- deuant the undivided labor ard atten.
tion Of every member Of this body.
am olso utterly opposed t" thcsending ofcigh
teen members 20 this Cor gress. as recommended
by the committee; because consider that mum
Der too large; and am opposed to the number
(6ve) proposed hy the gentleman from Monroe,
(Mr. EcuoLS) and accepted by the gentleman
from Bedford (Mr. GoopE,) because : regard
that number too small. T;e best course for
us to pursue, IN my judgment, is TO send fl
teen delegates to Montgomery. We will thus
have an equa! representation with other States,