Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-15

morning to see any man raise his voice
against the immediate and unanimous
adoption of that resolution.
| Why, sir, it has gone forth that this
body of Republicans here The people
| throughout the whole South proclaim it
aloud: Eastern Virginia asserts it, and the
South asserts it. have denied it private
! ly and publicly; and hope may be able
/ to 60 home TO my people and say this body
has denied it by their action. But, sir, ii
there is Il disposition here, right on the
eve of adopting and organizing a new State
Governmental we are to favor such pro-
/ positions rs Lovejoys, l want to know It
| us the gentleman from Harrison said. II
+ that is the disposition, as one trHirctire .rHh
/ regrets that I erer appeared here. am in
favor, and my people are, of division of
the State. because they look forward to
the hope and prosperity of this country
| depending on that; but if we are to be in-
I tercepted by such1d sentfmtht as has gone
/ abroad, will, and / know they will turn
/ their face, heart and soul, against any
\ further proceedings here towards divi-
! sion of the State. Now, sir, thisvery body,
/ ns here to-day will be the members of the
/ Convention that is to meet here in August;
Z Ia member, 'ony part Of themr;"1 and if
( there is a sentiment in that body like that
. utie against IL proposition OF luis klnQ, J
/ tell you now that SO long us Virginia is
/ Virginia, never will there be one inch of
/ soil taken from her territory.
/ want to see if this body will sustain
I tue arguments, propositions and assertions.
/ | have made before my people, that this
was body that never would interfere
with slavery in no shape nor no form, and
I that they were Yirginians so far as to re-
/ pudiate any attempt either in or out of
/ Congress for 10 encourage the abolish
ment of slavery. For have looked upon
that as the great charter of liberty
/ When that is botted ont, for one, as
! the gentleman from Harrison said, will
| seek home in another cline. No, sir, if
( that should be done, rather than submit 10
I it would, Timon like, go forth into the
desert where might rail with freedom
against my race. And sir, hope there is
not a solitary voice in this house that will
/ be raised against the adoption of the rcso-
| lntion. think with all due respect aud
I Kindness to the gentleman who opposed ac-
. tion upon it, that he certainly does not
desire tina: his remarks shall go forth to the
world in opposition to the fugitive slave
| law. That sir, has been the argument of the
Southern ScccsSionists, claiming as the
very foundation of their right to secede
/ from the general Government Will we
put the lever in their hands? Will we fore
shadow the sentiment favoring the argu-
mcnt of Secession? Never hope shall it
/ be said of Il Firginian that he entertained
such sentiments. Now sir, here are reSo-
Iutions offered the other morning and this
morning f;tvoring division of The State
They meet my hearty approval look
I forward to see that done with anxiety; but
! sir whenever this body are found even
hesitnting to give IL unanimous vote for
the resolution before the body, ! say you
put an eternal quictus on the prospect Of
/ dividing the State. As soon as you leave
! the borders you fall into the sentiment
distracted and ready to act; and just let
this body hesitate moment in passing that
resolution and sir you will at once confirm
( what las gone abroad, that this is Rcpub-
lcan body, and you will destroy at once
tue probability and hope of ever dividing
| this State. ! have believed that this ad-
miniStration, from the inaugural, from the
sentiment approved by it, have never de-
signed to interfere with slavery but that
| they wanted to execute the laws, and espe-
ciaIly the Fugitive Slave Law, to show the
South that they did not design anything
upon them; but to sec gentlemen, or any
person, hesitating to take up and pass that
resolution, which ought to have been never
laid on the tubIe-it comes with a bad
grace and in bad taste from Virginians and
l hope therefore that it will pass uuani-
mouSy, and that the gentleman after reflec-
tion will sanction by his vote its passage.
Mr.. RUFFNER, of KanOwha . dissent
| from the remarks of the gentleman from
I Lewis, for two reasons, and shall vote for
keeping these resolutions on the table.
am opposed to introducing such political
questions into this body, and 10 giving any
fictitious dignity to such heterogeneous
propositions as that introduced by Owen
Lovcj0y. Treat it as it has been treated
by Congress, with contempt.
Mr.. MINER, of fAlexandria-The position
taken hy the party who moved to take up
the resolution from the table, is one dis
sent from. | understand the question diff
ferently, l think, from what the gentleman
who addressed this body last. under
stand that the Fugitive Slave Lnw-that
the repeal of it, does in no manner. shape
| or form, interfere with the peculiar insti-
tutions of our State or the other States;
that it is merely au act to carry out, in a
certain way, the guarantees of that Con-
stitution which was given us by our faith
ers, which Constitution does protect the
institutions and which gives to every State
cf this Union, every individual and every
State holding that species of property, the
right to demand or recnpture it by virtue
of law. | am sorry that in this body such
Al resolution has been offered. I am sorry
this bone of contention, which has lighted
the fire of discord throughout the land,
has been brought into this body the first
| time it has convened-that we are now iu-
cIiued, the second week of our session, to
raise that question in this body and create
a distraction in our councils, from a mis-
understanding of the subject we have
brought here before us.
will quote tue language of Owen Love
| joy on that question, to show that the
name of Republican does not mean Aboli-