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Msetfng Of Citizens Of Henrico.-we raxe
ON y mohaay synopsis of the proceedings OF
AT their Court House Saturday to IN 10 in ~
| considerat1on the condition OF the country
ana insert to day the resolutions adopted -
II. n: =. Hle'!ruaer, county Delegate, who
"as eaiieu on 20 define his position Ia the pre-
| sent crisis, said he had voted for the paacs
| Conference as a final effort, and SO far as he
| was able to Judge, from the information before
| him, IL had, to his deep regret s,gnalIy tailed
| and that If he We're a member of the tJon,
| vention, with all the lights now before him he
| would vote for Virginia's resuming all power
delegated by her to the Federal Government I:
| and that he was, Ii need be, in favor of Vir-
| ginia's assuming an independent position, sup
| plicating to no section, North, South, East or
West, and thereby have voice in the forma-
| ton of any new Confederacy.
The committee of seven appointed to draft
resolutions for the meeting reported the fol.
lowing as the action of a ma ajority of said com.
nittee:
Whereas Black Republican Administration 10
now fully inaug rated, W hich not only gives us
every reason to spprehend all the evils which
must naturally flow from the application of their
principles to the affairs Of the Government and
the people, bat threatens TO exercise compu siv e
force against sovereign States, and thus to inau
gurate war with all It's horrors; and whereas, all
factory assurances and guarantees Tor the rights,
the peace. aud the safety OF the slaveholding
States nave sisnaIIy iaiied, and, whereas In our
Judgment, the time has come when Virgins
should determine whether she will unite th
her friends or her enemies; Therefore,
Resolved. That the state of Virginia should
now resume The powers which she delegated to
the General Government, and unite her fortunes
Win those OF her sister southern States who have
Withdrawn from the Federal Union.
Resolved, That To this end we earnestly desire
that the State Conversion in session should
without lnrther delay, adoptan Ordinance of Se-
eessiei. ana call upon the ether Border States to
do likewise.
Resolved That the delegate OF Henrico county
III the state Convention be most respectfully re-
quested 10 carry into effect our wishes. as herein
expressed.
Jas. 7. Redd, Esq, submitted q minority
report as a substitute for the resolu tions en-
braced III the majority report, as follows:
Resolved, the sense of this He eting That the
present interests aud future peace and welfare Of
this state require that we dissolve our connection
with the present Government of the United States
and that this State resume her full and entire SOW
ereiknty.
struct our delegate IN the State Convention To vote
tor an ordinance of immediate Secession. we
would suggest to him that it is the est desire
OF this meeting, and, we believe, of majority of
ton as viii tend to renvest State with her full
sovereignty.
Garland Hanes, Sr., of Henrico, offered the
following resolution as 4 substitute for the
minority report, viz
Resolved That We, citizens Of Henrico are per-
iectly willing TO abide the decision of the State
ohvention, believing that the Old Dominion has
Ights IN tne unlon and that they Will protect aud
defend them.
The vote was then taken upon Mr.. Haine.,
resolution, which was defeated by a large ma
Jorlty, and Mr.. Redd's minority report was
also lost The majority report of the Com
mlttee passed by large majority, several
persons giving their votes against the resolu-
tons.