The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-02

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| unhesitatingly, go with the South
| Mr. lREDwAY closed by reterating the as &.
| surance that IT any man could present n fea .
sihie plan for the reconstruction OF the Union.
| willingly accept it.
| MT MoSTAaUE, of Middlesex took the floor
| ana said he had some views to offer but -
would be utterly impossible for him to close
| this evening He wonld, however if there
| was no objection, commence his remarks and
| conclude to o-morrow ~
no oblecti being made Mr.. Mon1ague
meai on 10 congratulate the gentleman who
| had last spoken, for he believed he would
| soon De ready to go with him South All the
| gentlemen who had spoken on the other side
admitted that the Governments, as it now
| the South "
| Mr BALpWIS.-As l am one of those re-
M aealeu 10 AS having taken that position. de-
sire 10 pace myself right. l assumed that
the South was safe under the Constitution
with that Constitution under her control
! MT MONTAGUE said that there was then n
olHerence OF opinion upon that side. All the
| otheis had assumed that the crisis had ar
| rlFeu When these questions must be settled
ana settled forever. The speaker proceeded
| 10 examine the principles upon which the
government WAS formed, and then to COM
neht upon the positions assumed by Mr.
| BALDWIN, and asked, if this Government had
| Always been administered on Virginia princi-
| pies, how it happened that he had ALWAYS
oeeh warring against il, and denouncing these
with him, and went on to show that Virginia
| had not always sanctioned the measures OF the
reuerai administration, mentioning, among
other things, the alien and sedition law
Mr.. BALDWIN said the gentleman had
strangely misapprehended his position. He
had alluded solely to the measures of the Gov
ernment IN regard to the institution of slave
ry, and he had yet to learn that the alien and
sedltion law had anything to do with that in
Stitution.
Mr.. MONTAGUE con tended that he assumed a
more general view, because he wrote the re-
marx down at the time. Still, if the gentle
man denied it, that denial would go forth to
the country as an answer to the arguments he
had advanced previously. MIR. Montague
then rapidly glanced at various acts of the
Federal Government, which Virginia did not
approve or ratify, including the sQuanderinr
of the public lands, on account of which
there was now 81, 200 to her credit, which she
refused TO receive; and after a brief argument
TO show that the theory advanced bv Mr.
Baldwin, that the majority should rule, was
erroneous and untenable, he submitted mo-
ton that the Committee rise
The motion was agreed to, and the Com
mlttee rose and reported progress.
IN CONVENTION
Mr. GooDB, of Bedford, said that in obe-
dience TO the request of n portion of his con-
stituents, he would present the proceedings
Of two public meetings in his county. One
which was held at the Court House, he had
been informed was very large and enthusi-
astic, and the resolu tions Were adopted with
only five dissenting voices. The officers of
the meeting were among the most respectable
gentlemen of the county and it gave him
pleasure to announce that so far as he was
concerned, his course would conform to the
sentiments there expressed.
The resolutions (Which favor immediate Sc
cession and protest against any change in the
system of taxation at this time &c) were, at
the request of Mr.. GOode, laid on the table
Mr.. HARvIE, OF Amelia, presented series of
resolutions adopted by a large meeting of the
tha ln },
saw there which resolutions favoring i'm
mediate secession, and opposing any adjourn
ment to future day without settling this
matter, were, he said, adopted with entire
unanimity.
Laid on the table and ordered 10 be printed.
MIR. HoLcoMBE, of Albemare, desired to
make statement rs an act of justice 10 his
colleague, Mr.. Southall. He understood that
gentlemans position during the canvass to be
precisely the same as that stated by him this
morning. He did not hear his speech at
ScottsYilie, but was satisfied, from the writ
ten rs well as oral addresses of Mr.. SouthaIl
that the highly respectable gentlemen who
composed that meeting were under :; misap-
prphension.
MIR. BLAKEY, of Madison, presented a series
of resolutions adopted by one of the largest
meetings ever held in that county. He said
the gentlemen who participated were of the
highest responsibility. They loved the [ nion
and would still adhere 10 il if it was to be ad
ministered in the spirit of the fathers but |
they would never submit to Black Republican |
rule. The resolutions go for immediate seces-
sion, and oppose the sending of representa-
tive TO the next Congress, DC. MIR. Blakey |
moved that they be referred TO the Committee |
on Federal Relations ard printed.
Mr.. EARLY, of Franklin, objected to bur |
denug the State with the expense of printing |
resolutions which contain no Instructions |
and ontemplate no action by this Con ven
ton. lie protested against any such practic
and after an alluson to the sentiments of the |
resolutions, asked if there was not Il citizen |
of Madison who was now candidate for a |
seat in the Black Republican Congress
Mr.. BLAKEY said that the gentleman from
Franklin seemed very anxious to economize,
but had just delivered a speech, the printing
of which would cost more than the printing
of the resolutions. He thought the gentle.
man was, in fact, averse to hearing the senti-
ments of his people and that he not only
wanted to gag the represen tatives on this
floor, but desired to gag the people themselves
In his own course here, he {Mr. b. did not
need ms tructious, for he knew the sentiments |
of his constituents.
Mr.. EARLY made a reply, and still protested
against the printing of matter which had
nothing to do with the business of this Com
vention
Mr.. BLAKEY merely asked that the resoIu-
Lions should take the course which others had
taken. With regard to the ques tion previous
" asked by the gentleman, he would say that
# there was a candidate for Congress in his
county, he was not aware of it.
Mr.. MORTON, of Orange, advocated the mo-
ton to print and refer.
Mr.. HALL, of Wetzel, called atten ton to the
fact that the gentleman from Franklin had
voted for the printing of a series of Black Re-
publican resolutions heretofore offered in this
Convention.
Mr.. EARLY was not aware that any such re-
solutions had been offered.
Mr.. HALL said he alluded to a series of re-
oiu tions offered by the mem Der from Mar
hall, (Mr. Burley).
Mr.. DoRAAS, of Rockbridge, said that as
he member from Madison had iucorpora ted |
q rk |
lave been print without motion.
Mr.. BoRsT of Page, advocated the motion
series of resolutions adopted in the city of
'etersburg were ordered to be printed, and |
et they contained no word of Instructions
The question was then put, and carried in
he Affirmative.
Mr.. NELSON, of Clark, desired to correct
ONE errors in the report OF his speech in the I
Enquirer. He pon ted out three or |
our one of which was the name of char
cter of Scott's, Trptolemus YeIlowley,
'hich was prin tied Triptolemus Yettoto8eg.-
mother, tstill jmore provoking, flor he had !
ome regard for mis- position a scholar } was ,
quotation from Virgil, "Tuntde, ne frae ce-
sttbus," the concluding word of which was q
rinted celestip. As it related to the ladies, |
e hoped the bus would be added. Laugh I
Mr.. MONTAGUE, on behalf of the reporters
esired to say that the gentleman's speech was a
rinted from his own manuscript lGreat il
Mr.. NELSON acknowledged the fact, and ad-
itted that his chirography was hard to deci- !
ler.
These important matters having been dis I
)sed Of
On motion of Mr.. DoRaAN, the Convention
ljourned.
TExAs.-The Texas Convention confirmed &
e permanent Constitution of the Confeder- c
cd States, and adjourned sine die without =
ferring the question TO the people. Gen. II
Dustonts onpositiop IN saaasS;o, is ca;d | ii