The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-08
STATE CONVENTION.
NINETEENTH DAY.

TBrRspAr, March :, 1861 |
M. Convention was called to order al the |
=, Al hour and opened with prayer ly the |
- Dr MOORE, Of the lst Presby terian
church, -.
Nr HEowN, cs Preston. offered n resolution
.,, The appointment of a committee of -
,,s,,,hers. to be $ty led the Committee OF III
n4ace. whose duty it shall be TO take into
consideration all subjects referred 10 il, in
fua(ng State and county taxation.
ar Brown urged the exped,eney of the pas
saye Of such \ resolution, to meet possible
.,,stiugencies in the event of n war. If the
ae,,ssity should arise, every dollar that he
Iaa was at the service of the State to arm,
eouip and feed the brave men in the field -
He proceeded 10 contradict the allegation
made in local newspaper, that a bargain
visited bet ween Western and Eastern men
on the question OF taxation +: he At least knew
uothias of such bargain, and he hoped If
ether Western members did, they would let
,hr Convention know IT.
Mr. ECEoLs of Monroe moved that the reso
linton be laid upon the table, and on that mo
tion Mr BRowS called Tor the yeas and nays.
The roll was then called, and the vote re-
sulted-yeas e. nays IS.
80 the motion TO lay on the table was carried
n the Affirmative.
personal KxrIASArIoN.
MI EAKLy, of Franklin, fMr. CARLiLE hay-
,r- Welded the floor for that purpose pro-
ceedrG 20 correct some portion of his remarks,
a NesfFrUhN. RS EfHtFltt! III jiIb OLltltl
OF The Convention, the Richmond EaqtireF-
REFoRr OF COMMITTEE.
Mr. IIrGuKs, of Randolph, asked and OBJ
tanned leave 10 present "a report from the
special committee upon the subject of print
luE the debates ON separate sheet. On his
motion IL was laid on the table.
COERCION.
Mr. NELSON, of Clark. asked and obtain ed
leave 10 offer resolution, as follows;
Ly ne foDrenf,ou Of Tiy,i,;, VIZ
g.n:a entirely diSapproves ~, aud earnestly pro-
iess against, any attempt on the part of The Fed
erIy and places belonging TO the Government, and
g. collect the duties on imports within the limits
a. the seeding Stsies.
referred TO the Commit tee on Federal Re-
latous.
ORDER rHE DAY.
The President stated that the question
pending before the Convention was the
amendment offered by Mr.. HARvIE to the
amendment OF Mr.. LEAsE to the resolution of
instructions offered on Tuesday by Mr.. Cox,
OF Ches teTtield.
Mr. CARLILE, of Harrison, being entitled TO
the floor proceeded with his remarks. The
crisis was one requiring the patriotic efforts OF
every member The resolution, if adopted.
would have an effect to place Virginia in A
hostile attitude 10 the Federal Government t,
which at present was Virginia Government
The secession movement thus far had been
exactly in conformity with the programme
laid down by the editor of the Richmond
Enquirer. He proceeded TO pay his respects
to the editors of that paper, reading cOplou
extracts from its columns by way of iuustra-
ton He had no doubt they understood their
programme well, but they would never be
able TO succeed.
He believed these resolutions were. pre- pared
before Lincoln Inaugural made Is appear
ance and maintained that Virginia should
not be thus committed without consulting
with the people-that she should not be
plunged into the horrors Of civil war by a
mere act of this advisory power.
The speaker then read from GOV. Wise s
speech 10 the New York Seventh Regiment
when they brought hither the remains OF
Monroe-two years ago-declaratory of his
faith in the Union the work of God AL
mighty also, from another address, deliv.
cred by the Governor in this city, in MAY
1852 closing with Il toast to the Union and
the Constitution, rs they are.
Yet we were called TO pledge ourselves TO {
support of rebelious States against our IA
tive land or TO participate in a foreign ALI
ance against that land. He declared he wa.
ayreeabiy disappointed in The pacific tont
which braHthes throughout the whole of Lin
coins Inaugural Address 1t was wen tina
the people could read II, and Judge 1or them
selves without taking newspaper comment
for their guide in forming & judgment. HI
went on to read from Buchanan's specia
message in December last, TO show that the,
stood alike upon the Constitution. ana ye
because Lincoln had expressed his coGstltu
tional views OF the action OF States which IA
MIR CT believed We're in open rebellion
be dragged into rebellion and civil war. Ii
was not here as apologist for Mr.. Lincoln
but believed that he would not have dared +
acknowledge the right of The secession o
States.
He next alluded to Mr.. Goggin as a meInbe
of the Wing Convention which adopted
platform for the preservation of the tnio
and the Constitution-and he believed tn
gentleman from Halifax (Nr. Flournoy) stoo
there also. They backed up Mr.. Fillmore, a
he did in enforcing the laws in Boston bu
now when they We're to be enforced on thi
side of the line, it wasa very different thing
HIS people were Il law abiding people; de
voted to the ins titu tion of slavery, because
was, as they and rs he believed, the bulwar
of Republican liberty. Yet they were not q
be driven from the Union because one ha
been elevated TO the Presidency, through on
divisions, who was oblec tionable to them
They had yet the Constitution 10 protect them
The Government had never yet brought u
anything but good, and no act had bee
placed there upon the subject of shaver
which the Southern States did not assent to
We were called upon to destroy Govern
ment that protects us against the conse
quences of our own mistake. We had ha
the right to increase the number of S1ay
States since 1S45, but had now only fifteen
and yet we wanted expansion Slavery wa
governed by soil, by climate, by interests
and where those Were adverse, 1T would no
South Carolina spurned the causes whic
were alleged here for 4 dissolution of IN
in1On. he present etCeSS1OH movement "d
initiated ia South Carolina, where they neye
lost a slave. South Carolina tells you frank
lY il is because Of the "irrepressible conflict
between free and slave labor. The doctrin
of the right OF a State to seCede originated i
Massach husetts, the hot bed OF all the ''isms,
in 1897, because of the embargo In 1893 tn
electors met III this city to east their votes 70
Madison President, and one of the regul;i
toasts at the elec toral dinner was, ''The Unio
of the Statps-the majority must goyern--'ti ii
treason 10 secede.h But the doctrine of st
cesslon was still agitated In the New Englan
States, and the Richmond Enquirer held tina
it was treason TO all intents and purposes
Madison's letters We're referred 10 as pu1
ting his heel upon the poisonous doctrin
of secession. He alluded to the doctrine
Of the leading secessionlsts III this body
The people OF Virginia were a moral and Law
abiding people, and before they would Ell
d)rse the doc trine they must be convinced
the morality and the legality OF the act. Nj
Calhoun never held to such rlght-he sai
in the Senate that it's exercise would be
breach of the compact--a violation OF faith
The Supreme Court OF South Carolina ma
also denied the legality and consutn ntlohant
of the right in the case or McCrady III
legislature of South Carolina III lS2s, III
provision said to have been written by III
Calhoun, also held the same doctrine. In
Constitution itself, which provides metho
for its own amendment, plainly SHOWS tI
absurdity Of the right of secession Nirglhi
was called upon to say 10 the GoVefnIhent l.
you must not enforce your laws in this or Ina
State, bat you must enforce them IN others
that you must collect your revenues In Ne'
York. but must not collect them IN Soui
Carolina. He then read from the writings [
Henry Clay, TO show that he looked upon st
cesson treason.
Secession was Yankee notion. Sout
Carolina had given the true definition--it wa
the doctrine of the irrepressib1e conflict
Seward had abandoned it, and the Black Re
pnblcans We're afraid to enforce it /; but tn
South had taken il up. Virginia was far bt