The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-01-31

The virginia HorGer Conference.
correspondent OF the Chicago Tribune
speaks as follows Of the proposed Border
| State Conference inaugurated by the Legis
/ latufe Of Virginia and tho objects sought by
| TIM senessionlsts FROM the result Of the Con
i ference:
The disnnianists also controlled the time
/ when the commissioners 10 meet commission
/ ers from other States should meet together
at Washington. The 4th Of February is too
near, and does not give sufficient time for
the Legislatures OF the Northern States TO
consider tho proposition, and il wholly OK
i cludes two free Ssates Calgor and Ore
conform the Convention. The object Of
such preclpitanev Was for the purpose Of
rendering the meeting nueatory in it's action.
, Aud in order to make failure sure thing,
, they caused the |, gslature 10 pass resou-
tons for the government Of the Virginia
] Commi-si oners, making demands little short
Q OF those prepared by South Carolina. SO
/. far from being oencliatory, they preclude
all possibility OF adjustment. They not only
mako slave code for present Territories
= south OF 5000 an ulnmatum, but demand
u that all domain hereafter acquired shall also
; be dedicated to slavery. No Territory south
of $500 shnll ever be admitted into the
: Union as free soil No matter what the
d choice Of thu people may be who inhabi,
those regions; no matter what the climate OF
!, productions may be; no matter what the
character OF the people or the capabilities Of
= the country, from the moment it 10 recog-
- nzeh ns territory Of the United States slave,
- ~ Is legallzed, protected and established
"a throughout ia length and breadth. Th,
Virginia resolutions demand that slavery
shall be forced UPON an unwilling people
70 forced on them in defiance Of their wishe
IL and protests and powers 81 resistance! Cal
Al you this basis OF adjustment and terms 0
:, Cancellation? But the disunion conspirator
who engineered the thing went even farthe
u than shls; They instructed their Commits
K siuners TO demand that Shareholders shall
have the constitutional right to take thei
slaves into, through and out OF tho fire.
States.
hr The practical effect Of this demand, If con
~ ceded, would he to abolish the free State
ne and connect the whole Union with one sav
y, holding confederacy X would make Ne,
UT York the greatest slave mart ia the world
III tens Of thousands Of negroes would be kep
there in slave pens for sale to traders an
~ planters. A small pen or two would b
ef opened in Chicago, and some large ones i
u Cincinnati. Under the clause Of temporar
ia stJaurn, soHtherner could keep bis ne
- groer Mt least year 10 free State. II
50 might purchase prime farm IN Illinoi. an
We cultivate II with gang or slaves. Ever
to season be might return home with them an
spend the holidays and then 20 back wit
IL. them to Illinois for another years ''tempo
rary soleurn." IL tie free North ready I
:. tie titus insnlsed, spit upan aud have her 40
polluted by the tread Of Siaus? lio
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Chicago wiling to accept such dearadin,
dlshonoring scompromises And eve
are were the people of the North TO thus humi
ate Themselves in the dust at the feet OF III
'tu naughty oligarchy, il would not bring bac
ate one OF the secadlng Statcs-not one. Tho,
lei. who controlled those States took them 0,
10 Of the Union % stay, and for she purpose
erecting mn African Confederacy. Ii liz 70
slble that a number OF State Legislature
ro- may respond to the extent OF appointil
=. Commissioners to meet at Washington
- The lib Of February; but that any free Sta
an will accept the Virginia ul.imasum 10 hard
possible.