The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-11

49, iSaNf ~ proper. tn the iudXmf Mt a
mis- convention, that the former States should
cnnsuu together aud concert .uch ,neasu ss fnr
.heif ma action ~ the houor, the Interests and
ne safety "f the people thereof may demand, and
or that purpose fhe proper authorities al those
Hasss are rtqa"s'ed TO sppaiDt Commissioners to
meet Commissioners 90 be appointed by this Con.
ventloa on behalf Df the PEOPLE Of this state Al
,,fankiort. Ia the State Of Kentucky, the last
Monday Ia May next
On motion of Mr. cosgAp the report wa
laid on the table and ordered to be prin ted
CORRECTION.
Mr.. BRssT, of Alexandria, by leave. cor
r"cted some portion of his speech, as reported
N the Official newspaper.
voIcE TBE PEOPLE.
Mr.. MARYs. Of Spotsylvauia, by leave laid
before the Convention a series OF resolutions
tuopted by the citizens OF Frederick sburg
icnounciug the in tentious of the now Federal
Executive, ~nd counseiling immediats action
'owards the construction OF "A Government
with The slave States. The reporter was un-
BILE TO obtain copy of the resolutions
Mr.. MARYE addressed the Convention in op-
position TO coercion, and read resolutions ex-
nressiYe of his convictions. He wished the
Convention to take decided stand on this
question, as IN answer TO the Inaugural
showing that when what had there been de
Jared sbonld be acted on, Virginia would
also act The following are tie resolutions
read by Mr. MARIE.
Hhcreas Abraham Lincoln has announced in
hi, Inaugural Address, that he regards the Union
- still nabroken, and that he feels constrained
tbS philSiIlbHS OF mis- once, to assert the IN
uSdiction OF the Federal Government within the
,eceded states: Bc ii
hc'o,ed, By this conrentioa, That Virginia will re-
list any cmpt by the Federal arm 10 conrra those
states, aud that she Will regard the collection of
revcnne and the recaptnre of forts within the
limits of such states, AZ coerciye measures
Hesolrc3. That the legislature of virginia Is
hereby instructed =, adopt such measures a. will
III the most efectnal manner, enable the state 10
r"pel all cocrciVc movements Of the Federal Gov
erument against the seeded States.
hesoped, hat the foregoing resolutions be
erred Ia the Committee on Federal Relations,
% this body.
On bcing informed that the Committee had
'iready made "A report in part, Mr. MARYE did
not ask for the reference OF his resolutions and
no action was therefore taken upon theln.
MINORITY REPORTS.
Mr. WISE, OF Princess Anne as member of
the Committee on Federal Relations. asked
leave TO present a minority report. He was
not authorized 10 speak for some of his col
leagues who were absent, but embodied his
individual dissent 10 the views of the maiori-
", ia the following report:
The undersigned begs leave TO assign his res,
<ons for h!- dissent from the frat partial report Of
the Committee on Federal Relations sud presents
he toliowin as a substitute for the plan of mea-
snres recommended thereby 10 be adopted by the
Convention
This Convention called by the people Of the
Commonwealth Of Virginia. TO de!iberafe upon
the present exigencins Of their Federal relations.
md upon the redress Of their wrong. and rriev-
tu"@s in the Confeieracy nf the United States,
deems II necessary and proper, with q view pre-
'erye peace, TO defend the Federal CONSTITUTION.
iud 10 restore and perpcjnate the Federal Union
u an the states, on basis Vi just and equal
lights, Ia declare:
That for 4 long series Of years the propertv Of
h. eltlzeHs Of the slaveholdius States, n1 part
ru'ariv that Of her citizens, has been aasail-
I'd anf endangered, that the Constitution Of the
niiei States has been broken that the rights and
coIplt!es oi States and their equality in the Union,
nave been denied to the people Of the slavehold-
Ing States that the Federal laws have been nuili-
hed in respect 10 the protection Of their property
IN slaves; that the separate and indepelden right
Il self government by the border siaveholding
states ha- been seriously impaired. and in part,
practically annuiled; that ii cir domestic anQu
y an social safety have been endangered and
rrtLiesSly disturbed by actual invasion: that as
@0ciatod and systematic efforts have been con-
'.antly aud per-istently made to enforce upon
.Ieir people rules OF conscience and of mora Is by
. power without their borders. 10 control the
>mily governments OF their homes and their rela-
.tonS a. hsSteTs 10 their domestic slaves: that
htIr character rs people has been naiIsned
aud mis- eprc>ented to The world, in order to bring
-ons and their wills, rendering them odious, and
no ie<r fcu>iVe and in iurious to their sense Of
~e!f-rs>r ct, anl to their interests than the farce
II arms fhat the sancity Of the Federal Iudicia-
~ has been threatened and set at naught. in order
10 troy the only peaceful guard and guarantee
Il their rights of property and Federal equality:
aud that I. sectional hate whlch engeudered these
evils is continually magnityEs them by every
longer 81! irabe until the people actuaied nv il
have e3s siued the rciSns of Federal authority md
control t all the departments "f Government and
Federal COMPACT, have beeL compelled to resume
the powers granted ly them under the Federal
Constitution, and To form separate and fndepen-
dent Coufederacy, thereby dissolving the Union
o( the United states Of aulcrCa.
These wrongs have b. - pcrpetrated in part hv
the Federal Government either by acts Of omis-
sion or commission, Ia a:1 by the ION Slavehold
ing states, and Ia part b: theirpeope Onrestrain-
I'd bv laws, snch as confedcr2tes are bound to IL
act in respec- To the rights and safety of each
other.
Aud the secession, consequent upon these
wrongs, now met bY eN cry Indication Of n
teutirn aud an attempt to c0erce the submission OF
sece,iiug states by the authorities of the Federal
Government, who are but the mere ageus Of the
sovereign PARTIES to the Federal compact, without
even appeal to them Tor the sanction OF any ul-
innate resort to force.
Tkns under the preiext of enforcing laws Of
the Federal Government, The jurisdiction Of " hich
il now denied and abJured by the seeding States,
the nation is imminentiy threatened by an uuna-
turat and unnecessary civi! war-equaiiy Uup2-
cessarv. VI hether the | MI u Is TO be nnaily dis
solved or restored.
These indications nade but too plainly
manifest by the failure OF the Conference, inau-
gUruted by the Legislature of this Common
wealth herself To agree on any terms of Id just
ment: by the disclaimer Of all power on the part
Of the Federal authorities to negotiate tor peace
with ths Commissioners of the seeded States ::
by the inaugural address If the incumbent Presi-
dent Of the United States declaring the policy
powers and purposes Of his administration Of the
Federal Government, and supposed 10 represent
the sentiments OF large majorities Of the States
States by his failure To suggest any mode, Mist
disciaiming All powers OF adjustment; by the
Peace Conference, or to recommend any other
plan OF peace and by the concentration of Fede-
er1l troops at various points, and the reinforcing
and holding of certain forts aud arsenals, with
the obvious intent aud purpose Of overcoming
any resistance to the execution Jf Federal laws
by the seeded States, and to overawe the further
secession and free action of the ayehoidinG
States,
Under these circumstances Of peril 70 every
thing precious to a State, this Commonwealth
feels compelled 10 appeal to her confederates still
remaining ia the Union. and TO ask for their de-
tartn 10 inSlD Of
difference and dissensiOn, as TO which she is
bound to demand, and seeks to obtain satisfactory
guarantees and assurances tor the future:
l. as to fuil recognition OF the hts OF prop
erty in African slaves.
.. As to slavery in the District Of Columbia
:. As to the powers of the Federal Government
over African slavery, and the employment of slave
places ceded by the States for Federal uses
4 As to protection against the pretension to lay
and collect excessive direct tares ON slaves
b. to the rend .tion Of fugitive slaves.
c. As TO protection Of the right aud comfy of
transit with slaves through The limits of the
portation oil slaves on the high seas
I. The protection of the right OF cItigens Of the
United states, owning slaves, I" sojourn tempora.
rily with their slaves in waiting, in the linus Of
ION -sia veholding States.
S. The protection Of equality of settlement ty
the common Territories of the United states.
y As TO the rights Of negroes or free persons OF
the African race to all the privileges and in,mu-
mites of citizens of the several States
IN. As 10 the eqnaiity of the African with
the white race, in the states where it may reside
and the protection OF that equality by State laws
and by the laws OF the United state-
IL. A. 10 the better security vi the indepen-
dcucc Of the Judicial Department nf the Goyeru-
gent of the United states, by changing the mode
OF appointing the Federal Judges.
IL As 10 the protection OF the slaveh0lGiug
States against the abduction of their slaves, by
peaiing such State or Federal laws as may coun-
tenance the wrong, or by passing such laws by
the states aud by the Federal Gov ern nent may
be necessary and proper to suppess H.
70. As 10 the protection Of the domestic tran
guilty of the people OF the United xaotstes by snp