Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-18
The Virginia State Convention.
NINTH 4

The Contention met at 10 o'clock, 4. III.
PRAYER b$ the Res. Mr.. 'BossERMAS.
sMr. HAKvlE Is it in order now to present
the proceedings of meeting held in a county
that | represent?
The PREslDEST--T The gentleman can do 80 BY
general co,sen.
o>Mr. BgAsca-Does the gentleman rise 10 a
privileged question?
Mr.. HAgrIE-I rise TO ask To present the
proceedings OF a meeting which the gentleman
himself asked leave 10 do Il short time ago.
NOW beg leave TO present the proceedings
Of q meeting held in the county OF Nottoway.
Il was d very large meeting. mud tho reSolu-
tons, which I shall read, were adopted With
but one dissenting voice.
PCELIc MkgrlS0 IN suTTowAT.
st MEETING held at Nottoway Court House
on the 9TH April, lsGl, that belng Court day,
or, motion Of John +. Jones, Esq Richard IT.
By was chosen Chairman, and W. R. Carter
Secretary. The otjrct of'thc meeting being
70 express their opinion of the action of the
State Convention, on motion a committee OF
two was selected from each Aagisterial Dis
,rict to draft resolutions; wbereupon the
Chairman appointed John E. Jones, F. ".
Epes. NJ. W. Robertson, ". q. Dickinson, +
Connalley, j. N. Hrst, Col. J. II. Epes and l..
4. Hawkes.. During the absence OF the con-.
mittee, J. b. Campbell, being called for, came
forward and delivered an able and telling
speech, advocating immediate succession. Capt.
S. Eeisiger. Of Alpcliu, q Union candidate for
the Convention, IN tne late election, also spoke
in favor Of secession, alleging that the failure
of the Peace Conference had cured him oil all
his former Onion proclivities. The committee
thcn reported the following resolutions, winch
were adopted With only one dissenting voice:
Whereas, The dilatory proceedings OF the
Convention, now sitting in Richmond, demands
from the people Of Notioway, as well as Ct the
wiy,e State, & firm and deCaded expression oil
opinion in the present political crisis; there
fore lie It
]. Resolved, That the course Of our repre-.
sentative in said Convention, L. T. hART!E,
meets with our hearty approval.
.. That, in the opinion Of this meeting, the
Copyenti0n should Immediately pass nj oral
nance Of secession.
3. That We are opposed. 70 any proposition
looking 10 delay, and especially any propesl'
ton looking 10 q BoTisr Slave State Conference,
bernre Virginia shall have passed her ordinance
of secession, ani clearly declared her position
in favor or Il union Tith the Southern Confsd-
eracy.
+. That we are opposed 70 any other propo-
Si,ion being made by Virginia TO the Northern
States for a settlement CT the present Difficult
tles.
). That We do not believe that there is any
real conflict Of interest between Eastern and
Western Virginia, md we earnestly entreut
Western Virginia TO unite and make common
cause with us.
8. That nc approve the course Of our dele.
cale- Colonel e.. \. CFump, and Senstor 4. u.
Dickinson.
:. That we cordially endorse the course OF
our nhle representative in Congress, the Hon.
/. y. Pryor.
8. That the chairman appoint seven delegates
from each Magisteria! Dis;ric: t. meet dele
gates erom Amelia, al the junction OF the Da.i-
vile and South Side Railroads, on the 1871! OF
April, to selec, u suitable candidate for the
House OF Delegates; wheraupon, the chairman
appointed the following:
list District-Col. ". C.. Jetfress. ". ".
Gray, J. II. Campbell. John z. Jones, ". 7.
| Dickinson, s. i. Fowlkes, Sharp Carter.
Cd District Colonel G. a. Crump, l. y.
Fowlkes, Geo. Oscrt3n, P. @. Lipscomb, ".
&. Dickinson, W :. Robertson, 7. Fl. Vaughan
Sd Disl1ict-J. 6. Powell, E. 6. Gum. I.
r B:andy, r. Connalley, J. ". Hunt, F. Z.
Williams, VI. D.. Farley.
4th Disirict-Theo. Foster, L. 4. Hawkes., +.
+. Epes, ". r. Bland, Il E. BoEun, Capt. J.
E. Shore, G. 4. Cralle.
8. That these resolutions DC published III the
Richmond and Petersburg papers, and L copy
De transmitted 70 our representative IN the
| State Convention.
On motion, the neetlng adjourned.
RlcuAAD IRBY, Ciuu'n.
". r. CARTER. Sec'y.
Mr.. liAKvit-l ask that these proceedings
! DC laid upou the table and printed
The motion was agreed to.
TAXATION QUESTION.
Mr.. WILEY have leave Of the gentleman
from Petersburg. (Mr. BRANCH, who was enti-
tied to the foor.) 20 take the a,or to make .
statement.
| indicated 70 the Convention last night, that
although I offered the amendment 10 the
.~ncndIncn. Of the gentleman from Jackson,
tMr. TcgxEs,1 that | nevertheless felt it NY
duty 70 vote against ii, because | preferred
the original proposition rs offered by myself.
But | have received since that time so L,any
appeals froin Eastern gentlemen &nd from SO
many quarters entitled to such high respect,
that [ feel myself disposed to yield to THESE
appeals; and in u spirit OF concession, against
t'.e dictates Of my " Judgment, and Of the
Certain convictions OF M own mind that tic
proposition, as | offered it, ought 10 b. adopted,
[ ain disposed nevertheless. II gentlemen viii
do me the favor, 70 adopt the amendment TO
the original proposition ss It nom stands, TO
ask nv friends who think with Iuc 10 unit.
with them in doingsso.
The reason why ! desire that this PROPOSE.
ton should be adopted in the iorm in which /
presented it was, not as has been ALLEGED or
supposed by gentlemen upon this h3or, to
produce excitement; bat it was 10 sliay il
was to satisfy that deep md burning spirit OF
indignation reign:ng in almost every Western
mind and heart against tbs gross, unjust,
political, personal and obnoxious distinction
against their interests But, cir, I am this
morning willing to meet gentlemen from the
East in n spirit of concession and il they
will give rae this halfway proposition, 10 60
home to my people and say TO them, as have
had occasion 70 say before, be satisfied with
this hoping for justice in the future.
Mr.. BxANcn.-1 understand the gentleman
from Monongalia, (Mr. WILEY this morning,
as being willing to accept the amendment in
preference to the original resolution. | con-
graduate the gentleman upon his readiness to
meet the views Of the Convention. | would
say it was us much as he ought to have expect
ed, and am perfectly willing to grant MIN
that Justice, and | hope, if he finds his people
dissatisfied when he goes bone, that be will
tell them that they are receiving in license
taxes, $3.50, GOO, in lieu Of this exemption OF
negroes; and this amount Is more than the
whole amount paid by the Northwest. | hope
be will tell his people that they are fully com
pensayed in this license TAX, for all they lose
upon the darkies under IL gears Of age. He
can show them this by fair arithtnetical ca!cu-
lation. They have the advantage, sir, in this
question of taxation, if We only LOOK to the ex-
tent to which our poor merchants in the East
are taxed.
Mr. Cyrus HALL desire to submit few
remarks upon the resolution offered by the gen.
tlelnai from Monougalia, and il SO doing, !