The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-18

they should not commit him without fight
He implored Firginians not TO wrangle among
themselves. A submission to the oppressors
would drive away many of our best citizens,
and the result would be cheap lands and a new
population. Mr.. Wisg went to allude TO
the mineral treasures of Virginia. and asked il
it was the policy To &c: rid of the negroes. and
ahoitonize the State, by in Producing North
ern operatives to develop the mines. He then
expressed his belief that one object of the
party now concentrating armies to coerce us,
WAS to confederate with Canada, and thus ee-
nent an alliance between England and the
North. In alluding to the State Governments
beyond our border, countenaneng hostile ag-
sreSsions upon our property, he asked u any
Union could be found more oppressive
than this? This was question to be graveiy
considered. II required solemn consideration
and decisive action. Has the gentleman Mr..
Moore) not already decided which side he will
take He inferred that the gentleman from
Rockbridgc would 90 North.
Mr.. MooRE.-You have no authority to say
where / will 60
MIR. WISE said he stated it rs an inference
from his remarks. lie could correct him if he
was wrong. He supposed from his knowledge
Of the gentleman that he had decided to go
one way or the other. But let us suppose he
has his destiny with the North. HS would
tell him that his (dr w 81 des tiny was with
the South. II this is to be the case, let us
know il, ana let US make the separation peace
fai. II one marches North and the other
South, let us hope it will not be in the serred
ranks of hostile armies. lie would not wish
10 meet the gentleman thus not tfiat he WAS
afraid of any man, bat there was one thing
that would make bin trembe like Il woman,
and that was the prospect of meeting u broth
er \ lrgiuian in The hostile conflict of civil
war. He (Mr. w. could not aim his heart
bat would risk his life TO diSarm him. There
Is power driving us from the Union. The
seeded States are not dgaygiag Us, but the
Black Republicans are "ririay out. He
would stand by the side of the gentleman from
Rockbridge and help to drive MeDs out
Mr.. MooEE.-Agrced.
Mr.. WIsE.-Will he assist in driving ont
those who are now testing powder at Fortress
Monroe to shoot down our own people? Will
be assist in driving out from Gosport Navy
Yard the army which will be stationed there
10 stray over into Princess Anne and rob hen
roosts Tor provisions? Laughter ! 1t was
best to come to an understanding. He i'm
plored the gentleman us a Union man not to
aid i'll driving him ont of the Union. His peo-
pie would expect nun to submit TO no state OF
things that dish on orable. Ii those reso-
lutions would not keep the peace, he saw no
means OF preventing war, though they did not
go hall far enough for him. He thought the
bes way TO preserve the peace was to be pre-
pared for war; to let the enemies of the Con
stitu ton and of the Union know that we Will
fight, and will resist and that Virginia will
take tie res possibility of keeping the peace
Thus, he believed, could the Union be restored
and preserved III its integrity.
Mr. MOORE wished to notice one or two
points in the gentleman's remarks. He was
had any master but the God in Heaven. He
meant TO submit to neither the North nor the
South, but was determined TO maintain the
rights of Virginia. AS TO where should go,
he meant to wait till he found out, whether it
was before or after the fourth OF March.
Mr.. WIsE.-Too late.
Mr.. MOORE did not mean to be hurried The
| North may have the purse and the sword, but
! the purse has Hcthing i'll it. Laughter. He
meant TO wait and see what could be accom-
| plished by the Peace Conference. He was
! opposed 10 running away at the bidding of the
Yankee States as well as to being dragged out
by the Cotton States. The policy OF reopen
ing the African slave trade, and of free trade
and direct taxation, would be fuinous to Fir-
ginia Gentlemen had Inis.,pprehenGed the
course that the Conservatives mean 10 take in
this Convention. lie would go as far to resist t
coercion as any other man : but if the States
that have seeded, without consulting Nir-
ginia choose To assault the forts, let them take
the conSeq uenccs
The resolutions We're referred to the Com
nttee on Federal Relations.
Mr.. CARLILE said he had heard much about
coercion. Now, the President of the United
States had expressly denied the right of CO.
ercon. The only instance in which he had
heard it claimed was by II member of the A Ia
bama ConventlOn-a man OF national reputa-
tion-who said if the people did not yield
they should be coerced into secession. He
Would say for his own people, that il fell
harshly upon their ears to hear from Il brother
! Nirginian that they would submit to any
thing that was wrong or dlshonorable. He
| hoped gentlemen would partic icuiariZe when
| they said any portion of the people would
| crouch to Black Republican power. If the
| reflection Were cast upon his people he would
| hurl the charge back. But none of the acts
| of the National Government have ever been
! oppressive to the South. All acts touching
| slavery have been put upon the statutes by
| the South herself The Missouri Compro-
mise was put there by the South, and the
! Supreme Court of the United States pro
| uOunced it null and void.
Mr., MoKkIs.-Who put the Wilmot Provisc
! there?
! Mr.. CARLILE.--A Southern President signed
it, and Democratic Congress passed it. III
! (AIr. CO wanted gentlemen to enlighten us
| and not make wholesale charges. He had {
resolution 10 otler which he did not wish tt
| have referred, but merely to get into the hand:
of the reporters. He moved that it be laid mp
on the table. The resolution is rs follows:
| Resolred That since the decision OF the Suprem
Court Of the United States in the case of Chisholm
Us. the State of Georgia, and the adoption OF th'
eleventh amendment to the Constitution, we arr
at loss to understand how the impression tha
the Federal Government possessed the power t
| ooeTce "a state could have obtained credence.
| Mr.. MONTAGUE rose to point of order. II,
would not submit 10 this partial mode of pro
ceeding. He protested against the right of
| gentlemen TO introduce a resolution for bun
combe, and then indicate the course it shal
take
Mr.. CARLIIE had no objection TO withdraw
ing the resolution. lie had accomplished hi
object.
Mr.. MONTAGUE insisted that he could no
| withdraw ii without the consent of the Con
| vention.
Mr.. CARLILE then said he had no object tioi
10 its reference to the Committee on Fedora
Relations, and it was so referred.
! Mr.. LEAKE offered the following:
J Reso'red as The opinion Of this Conrcnt;o7 Of u.
peoy,e ef Iifgiaid, That if the Federal Govern
( ment AT Washington should undertake, forch!y
10 retake the forts within any OF the states tha
! have dissolved their connection with the Fedora
/ Union, Virginia viii regard such acts inva
sion Of the rights Of sovereign States aud shoul,
"a id authorities undertake To collect the duties
foreign importatons introduced, or about to b'
! Introduced, into any such States, Virginia vii
( regard any such acts coercion, aud that he
faith has been pledged, aud IS hereby again pledg
ed a. far ii be- to resist with all the mean
n her power, all such acts of Invasion and cper
eion.
/ Referred to the Committee on Federal Rea
( tions.
/ Mr. RIcHAEpsoN, of Hanover, submitted til,
( following
The people of the Sovereign State of Virginia
in general Convention assembled, do declare ant
publish the following resolutions
I /. That the compact by which the several sove
reightIes composing the United States OF Aortf
/ America were united iii confederacy, has heel
repeatedly Violated by individuals and States
composing the Northern part of the same.
! 2. That the said compact, having been thus re-
pudia.ed by parties 10 the same, 10 the injury anc
oppression Of other parties thereto, is not binding
upon the latter, and exists not OF right, but by
su1erance.
B. That not only are the sovereign States of thi,
Union the ri8httul judges Of the circumstances
! under which their honor aud safety require thei
Withdrawal T. thersfrom, but those who have peace
! invasions OF their just rights.
i l. That " i'll resist the coercion of The State
! which have SO withdrawn because there il n,
present circumstances; because their interest II
/ common with ours, aud because an impairment o
their safety is dangerous to our own.
! g. That in view of the grievances which th,
/ South bias sustained at the hands Of the North