The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-22

alone. of all others, was reproached with Civ
ing away the protects of the slave properly
of the East. He could not now resist the gush
Of his feelings which prompted him to ac-
knowledge the patriotic continents lust ut
tered by representative OF .be West The
sign indicated that his former efforts ~ere not
mixdirectcd.
Mr.. NEBLETT also returned to the gen tlen1an
from Barbour his sincere thanks, in the name
of the people he represented, for his patriotic
ana eloq uent remarks
Mr.. HALL, cf Wetzei, thanked both gentle
men for their complimentary allusions To the
Northwest but he was afraid the Northwest
was not so sound as they thought. He came
from r Northwestern county, near the Uhio
river, and he would say that he was the only
man in that region whe was able TO get a po-
stion in this body upon the Crittenden COM
promise even. They pronounced him dis
unionist, per Sc, for defending that PROPOSE
tion. They will hear OF no compromise or
compact that recognizes the right to dissolve
the Union. He wonld say TO the gentleman
from Princess Anne that his oft-repeated sen
tment of fight ting in the Union was received
by his people with a thrill of joy. They We're,
however, sotind On the question of State
Rights but their locality did not favor the
owning of slave property. The terminus of
the underground railroad wac opposite his
county, and he had heard a man boasting that
he war one of the engineers, and that he had
liberia ted MANY slaves. IIe fMr IL } was in ia
vor of present ting an ultimatum TO the North
to last until the 1st of Iuly when. if it were
h
Cons titution with her.
Mr.. WISE regretted that his sentiment of
lighting in the Union had been the cause of
making any in the Northwest willing to sub
NIT to the wrongs which they now suffer-
He went on to show, from the Cons sttution of
the United States, that his position of fighting
in the Union vas right. When this State is
ready TO declare that she is in such imminent I
danger of invasion as VIII admit of no delay,
then she has the power to make war herself /:
and he would say to the gentleman from Wet
zel, that if his people preferred TO unite with
our enemies, he would bare his bosom to their
spear.
Mr.. WILEY of Monongalia, wished to cor
rect a serious misapprehcpsion of the public
sentiment of the Northwest. He was willing
to listen i'll silence when such expressions
came from the East alone; but when he heard
views from Western members going TO con-
firm the idea that there was any want of 10y
atty to the State and all her institutions, he
felt IL to be his duty To disabuse any nlnd
that may have been poisoned by such insinu
ations. No people were more loyal than those
of the Northwest; none more ready 10 light,
if necessary. He spoke for his own people,
and he believed suctt was the sentiment OF the
whole Trans Allegheny region. He alluded,
in eloquent terms, to their record of the past,
and said ii it was fault to love the Union,
they had learned it from the great men who
laid the foundati ton of the Government. Mr..
w. quoted with much effect, in enlarging
upon this point, from Washington's Farewell
Address, and from the words OF Clay after
me lbtSsAr Oh compromise iutasuieo VI
1856.
Mr.. GooDE, of Mecklenburg. made some re-
marks, in which he also dwslt upon the glorles
of the past; but said that his constituents,
smartng under the wrongs OF the Black Re
pub.ican party, We're prepared 10 resist
Mr. WOODS resolutions were then referred
to the Committee on Federal Relations.
wAsHISGToS'S BIRTHDAY.
Mr.. CARLILE said that as the Committee on
Federal Rela would not probably be- pre-
pared to report before Monday, previous to
which there was not much necessity for de-
bate; and to- morrow being the 22d OF Feb
ruary, when, he presumed some OF us would
like to have an opportunity to read the rare
we'll Address OF the Father of his Country, he
would offer the following resolution:
Reso'red That when this Convention adjourn, it
adjourn to meet again on Monday next
Mr.. FISHER moved to amend by inserting
Saturday in the place of Monday.
Mr.. HALL, of Wetzel, was opposed 10 ad-
journing over at all. 1t was rumored that the
Peace Conference was about to conclude It's
in view of that fact. Ii the gentleman from
Harrison tMr. Carlilel wanted 10 hear Wash
ington Farewell Address, he would agree 10
go to his room and read it TO him
Mr.. DoRMAS explained why he should vote
against adiourning over to Monday. A reso-
luton was laid on the table yesterday in con-
sidcration of the absence OF the gentleman
from jefferson, who would probably be III his
seat on Saturday, when the resolution could
be called up,
The amendment was adopted, and the reso-
luton, as amended, passed.
INVITATION.
A letter was read from Messrs. Ettenger &
Edmon d, inviting the members of the Con-
vention to witness 4 trial of a steam fTe-en-
CINE of their manufacture, at O'Clock j. Nj.
On motion of Mr. HALL, of WetZel, the Con-
veution adjourned TO meet again or Saturday
At II o'clock.