The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-04
VIRGINIA STATE CONVENTION
FIFTEENTH DAY

y Attf
at Rockbriice, and that MIR. GoopR, OF Meck
tcuhurg WAS entitled 10 the floor
THE STATE CONSTITUTION
Mr. TrRNfR' OF Jackson, {Mr. GoopE hay
ing given way,l offered the following rssoI,
i,ous which, on his motion, We're laid unnn
the table
Se.s'prI, That it is expedieut aud prouer ,ba,
The ?S3 section OF the ih article Of the Coustitn
Ion II the State shall be modified Ina, isxs
l,kr other property, shall be taxed wifh.mt OK
tmp,,on aud according TO value, aud that no ex
smp.iNn Of any property from taxation shall he
had without the vote Of iaalorify of .Ii ,ba
members elected to each House OF the General
Reslrei Thats committee TO consist of ,li,,.or
member, {" be selected from the different sec
isu, Of the state, be appointed who shall ranort
tofa3s Convention such amendments 10 the CON
,uIaan II he II 'e a. will effect the objec. indi
PRINTING THE DEBATES
Mr.. WlcKHAN, of Heurico, asked the priyi-
Iege O. Offering the following resolution
Pr-erc3, hat a coinmittee of I'VE be appointad
bv the President Of the Convention to W hon sbs II
be referred the contract between the said presi
.eat ami the Pr0prietorS of the Richmond Enm,;
-, lu regard to the pub bcaiion of the drhs,as -
the CoureH'ioo-the said committee shall have
faAse report I" thls Convention.
Mr.. WICSHAA stated his object 10 be IN Of
ferln2 he resolution, TO clear up the differ
rpCeS ol opinion in regard to that clause of
she contract which related 10 the pauer used
IN printing the debaie Many members had
supposed that the contract stipulated for nav
!usnt only for the paper used in eXecutin+ tIo
he int
fa1Ion gwen 10 II by the editors OF the EDn,ij
rrr and others, the State paws for the on ,iro
paper nscd IN printing their daily and conn
tgy editions. He had made the following es-
innate ai the cost, per week, To the state nm
dr this Interpretation OF the contract allow
lHg the amount OF matter published per day
"a br eight columns Composition 1856: Press
Work, 99' Reporting, $500; Folding 81 20 60 !;
Paper, S-," total cost, per week aSg-; 60 -
Although the contract had been made thar.
existed difference Of opinion amonsauem
UrTs with respect to that clause: and he houed
aconmlUee would be appointed, composed of
men acquainted with the business If sucb
we're 70 be found in the Conventions and that
rhH matter would be definitely settled He
would have opposed the PROPOSE ton for print.
IlS the debates had he been in the hail when
u WAS offered, and did vote for its recon idar
alton; for he thought it's effect would be to
pTotTart the session intrrninablv while bo
doubted not that there was enoug n neI, ,paper
cAi"rp:IS" in RlchmOnd to print all thar was
necessary to be printed without burtlening
lac STATE with the expense
Nr- FISHER. of Northampton opposed the
resolution, and moved that II be laid upon The
table
On this motion the yeas and navs were
called, and resuited-yeas 80, nays g.
- lhe Convention refused to lay the reso.
luton upon the table.
Mr. MoNTAsUE, of Middesex, opposed the
resolution. Mr.. BRANCH, of Petersb burg, and
Mr.. EAXLY, of Franklin, adv oca ted it, after
which the vote WAS taken and the resolution
passed.
CONTESTED ELECTION
MI HAYAoNp, of Marion, By leave, present
ed some papers relative to the contested cleo
lion IN Lee county, which, on his motion
were referred TO the Committee on Elections
USFISlrHED BUSINESS.
Inc Convention then proceeded to the con
sId-rdtiou of the resolutions offered some days
ago by Mr.. MOoRE, of Rockbrid-e
Mr.. GooDE. of MeCklenbure, being entitled
10 the Ioor, resumed his remarks While
speeches had been made calculated to in flame
Ff.T u in. fhNSA ttl,
hoped we would soon be united he felt in
disposed, however little weight his remarks
might have, to b" silent. The gentleman
from Richmond had said Yesterday that this
body was not divided in "a ma ajority and mi
uority, bat events had shown that there was
majority, and nota very tolerant one.
H- alluded TO the past unity OF the people
OF this land. Now all was changed We
were in the midst of revolution, which
threatens ere long to light up the flames OF
civil war. The property and lives of South
ern people We're to be put III jeopardy He
deprecated the sentiments of the gentleman
from kockbrldge, coutem plating party issues
On this fioor To the Democratic party he
world say that it had been swept down by the
power which had swept away the old Wing
party. They all went down before the an IT,
slavery party of the North History would
bear 10 after times no sublmer record than
that Of the gallant band of Breckenridge men,
who refused At Charles ton to sell their birth
right for the spoils Of party. He denied the
position of the gentleman from ROckbridge
T.
glnia for 4 selfish purpose.
1t was 4 question for some days where the !
gentleman from Rockbridge would like TO 20 ;
bat on yesterday he defined his position. He
believed II was now generally unders TODD that !
he would not go with the South He would |
sooner see Virginia 20 down among the break |
rrs than have her unite her destinies with her |
Southern sisters. He then went ON to show |
that the hObgoblins OF direct taxation and Z re- |
opening OF the African slave trade, had been |
rfrciually put down by the proceedings Of the |
Congress ut Montgomery. Even if the slave !
trade were TO be- re-Opened, how could the |
slave property of Virginia be III a worse posi- |
ton than in Northern Confederacy?
Ihr speaker proceeded to reply 10 the posi- |
uohs q! MI Gosgin, III regard to the tobacco |
interest OF lrglnli, ana showed that III |
CohtederaCy with the North the res ults to the |
planter would be ruinous. He charged that |
all the disa ters had been brought upon the |
country by long series Of systematic aggres-
tlona by the Northern people upon the South,
commencing in 1920. Subseq uently Abolition
societies were organized throughout all the
Northern States. Their remlssaries under every
sulse were sent among us 10 incite our slaves
10 insurreet ton and rebellion. None could
ever forget the excitement consequent upon
NE southampton tragedy in 1881. But anti
slavery even then did not retrace its steps
a lew years later the National halls were
hooded with petitions for the abolition OF
slavery, ana peace was only restored by con-
.tsaIoAs OF Southern men. In 1850, after |
southern blood had watered the plains of
AtAlco, the agitation Mas again rene wed, and |
10 quiet II, the South received California into
Hr mon, with acons stitution which virtually
t1e4uded rs forever from that valuable terri
'oIy In la5g Il band OF Northern men, in pur-
iuAnee OF a plan that had long been on foot-a
Sahd oI armed men-mdde an lncurslOn into
'Hs'nia, 10 excite insurrection, murder her
pT"ttihf citizens, and overthrow the COnsu-
'uHoh OF the State, But this did not arouse
N' conservative feelings of the North. The
majority oi the people there regarded the hero
y. mai vasIon AS a martyr And now vast
pd't', called the Republican party, had Sc
tu'tu the National councils, and elevated
Aofahan Lincoln TO the Presidency and i'll
II" more revolutions of the wheel they
n TOoAd nave every department OF government.
te speaker then analyzed the Chicago plat ;
IN upon which the party rested. lie IN
aoli"d whether that party would now consid-
iIS uuly done and its mission ended lie
pP'ehtAded that il would not but would go
va III It's career of madness aud folly and
s,'Ht, uAtl II struck deadly blow to the IN
IIa'UNon OF slavery in the Southern States
~ NVAhecton with this point, he alluded TO
~ V Hshef law and irrepressible conflict doc ]
h. 'Nss-the la of which had been proclaimed
o. p'dhaln Lincoln, in his speeches, Two ,
!, ago. Lincoln had told the people that
an ,e were IN Congress, and the ques non OF the
80, - llinaiion OF slavery was To come up, he {
dect.'I No'n ior II, III spite of the Dred Scott {
ni,Ch mus, through its chosen cham ;
sn1 H. a1d I'dd the party presented 10 the South
o. ihatife of submission and huiniliatlo j
r. VAu OVAu mann tenaDCe of her rights. He hoped
rs,duid d"ouid choose the latter. The North had y
:k kntsfed verdict ia favor of the doctrines of S
80, ~ heiper book, and in that verdict would I
W. uIas those doctrines into power at [
s,,~asihSton on Monday next. Thus the q
,,,,s Vns arm would be uplifted against the Con $
on Sa1ro Df the country and against the peace a
,ou lheFn society.
neeing that one by one the constitutional
S'iteIs had been eveut away some of our I,