Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-25

against any encroachgients that mar be here
sitter attempted upon our rights. confess
do not syNpatnizo with tine gentleman from
Orange, If / understood him right, iu the
qualification lie seemed TO express at the spill.
ing of the blIod of our o%n countrvmcn-
Sir, whose blood f,ws through the veins oi
Mi. .And"rson? Kindred blood with our
own, cou1ed up 10 Fort Sum;cr as he has
been. and denied by the authorities surround
ing him, OF the means 70 sustain life, where has
there been any tf1rt on the part Of the
administration 10 reinforce him, or furnish hlm
with supplies? When has there been any ef-
ors 10 crusi. these Confederate States, or even
q single member OF that assumed government
Vas not messenger after messer ger discharged
20 Charleston 70 implore and beg OF the author.
tiles there, ths poor privilege OF sending sup.
plies to Msjpr Anderson and his So men, but
the request Sas refused and supplies denied
And when ,aat galan. commander was called
upon to surrender, did he not say that he could
not !nsir,ai:, lis honor ard comply with the
rf;lucal, ahi s;...t lie would not be willing IL
disgrace his government, but lhat in t~o OF
three days he would be compelled 10 surren
der for want Of supplies; Upon The return oi
lhst answer 10 tie so-called War Department.
OF the assumed Confederate Government, or
drrs were issued 10 reduce the fort and at
once q fire was opened upon it by the
troops in the employ Of the seeded States -
These are the dispatches that are 10 be used as
arguments by gentlemen who endeavor to
throw d!scredit upon those whose sympa,hicS
are just as strong for the return Of the South
ern States, as are the sympathies Of the gen.
tlelnen from Orange and Green. There is
no sympathy here with the free States as agains.
them; but there is love for the union o our
| country; and, sir,
"Tou r.y bresk. YOU may ruin the v..e Il you will,
Ba; tho s:snt OF th- sill hans sOuud 1t SILL.
The seeded States have shcmn that they
have thrown %, Is far ss they can, al! allcgi
ance to the United States Government; they
have trampIed upon its flag, and erected the
standard Of rebellion in their midst; and
because we desire to provide for them such
guarantees rs they must know will save them
ir.'ul harm in the future and secure for them
all their just rights, We are to BIZ told that all
| this amounts TO nothing, and that we are 10
place upon the record our recognition Of the
independence OF these seeded States; which.
in effect, would DC saying we bavc no interest
in you but we, Ike Garrison and Phil p.
desire to slough you CT, and We are determined
TO separate ourselves from you. II will be
tilre enough to recognize their independence,
when you are willing TO give up the Union OF
your country. and when you fee! that Union
with them is your only destiny outside Of tie
Union that has heretofore bound you to them.
would appeal 10 the Committee, aud !
trust it will be their pleasure to strike out this
amendment, since il has been amended by this
p, oposition which, in itself, is AZ Gcknuw
ledgment oil the destruction OF the government,
and desire on The part OF this Committee 10
perpetuate the separation, and to Iaralyzc eli
cEJrtj for The maintenance Of the Union and
the preservation Of our institutions.
Mr.. WI>E-l move to amend the amendment
Of the gentleman from Harrison, (Mr. CAgLILE,) J
By Inserting at the end of the fifth seclicn
the following: "Providsd that nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to ap.
ply to the Southern States which have de.
clared, or may hereafter declare their separa'
,oa from this Coufederacy, in case their sepa.
rate independence shall be Acknowledged and
continued" That differs from the other propo.
sitipn, which voted for inadvertently. find
thai the proposition added 10 The 9th -esolu
ton. which requires that il shall be inserted
in the Constitution. ard Of course would thus
become the supreme law Of the land. provides
that slaves shall be admitted into MasSachu
sc.ls tie Southern States, or anywhere else.
Now, the proposition which make secures the
| object of the amendment to the first amend
,ncnt upon which we voted, and docs it, too,
in the most deferential manner, and without
introducing the words slave States" or mon
sareholdlng States"
Mr. MoRToS-Tne gentleman from Harrison,
| &c, \ I bnr
undue sympa by for tho Confederated States,
whilst think that he has rather too much re.
gard for The free States and when express
The sentiment that the independence Of the
Confederate States was established; when this
| Convention had, by vote Of l07 to 90
acknowledged, in fact that independence tr
tells Us Of his e ,rts, and the ciiDrts of this
Committee to devise means by which TO gather
in one harmonious Union the Cotton States OF
the South, and the States Of the North. | put
it TO the candor Of that gentleman to say
whether ne has the shadow Of shade Of a
hope Of any such result. Is there man in
this Convention who honestly believes at this
hour that there is The slightest hope Of q re.
construction of the Union as it was. If there
is such man, nope has absorbed Judgment and
he has neither read history, nor has he read
the heart OF man. There was time when
there might have been reconstruction, and
if Virginia had acted as Virginia should have
acted, and if Virginia with one voice had head
el the column OF the Southern States, this day
We would have had Confederated Republic VI
fifteen States We would have been respected
By the North, and then, if these fifteen States
had organic ID constitution with guarant ees,
We would have secured all our rights and il
We had made provision in that constitution for
the admission of free States, we would have had
as many as we desired, and rs much re con
struction rs would be healthy.
Bat, III. Chairman, tho gentleman has
soug ght to awaken the sympathy Of this Con
vention, ard suppose, Of the country, in "a.
vor OF Major Anderson Far be it from mo to
cast the slghlest reflection upon that gallant
fh:er and that gallant Southern man. My
sympatbies have always been in favor Of Major
Anderson, as gallant man, whose wife is the
daughter Of tie lamented General Cllnch, OF
Georgia, known in our historic annals Whilst
nave sympathy for him, ] scorn, as | trust
every honest man upon this hJor scorns the
Republican administration that has not the
nerve and boldness to reinforce him in time, or
Withdraw him. No, Abraham Lincoln, who
stands at The head, as he claims, Of thirty one
millions OF ireemen, cannot sleep at night in
his palace unless he IS guarded BY the Lieu
tenant General OF the Army, with his Pre,o-
rian bsnd-and here is his gallant officer aban.
doned at Furt Sumter. without provisions and
withou, reinforcement a; to the attitude oil
| the Confederated States, they have manifested
s degree Of fortearancs unprecedented, and
beyond what trust Virginia *ould have done
urd4r like circumstances. The gen.Iemao
from Harrison. (Mr. CARLILE ike the head
Of tho Republican party, denies that South
Carolina is independent; notwithstanding the
United States Gag does not hoat upon an inch
Of her SOIL
Dir. GAaLrLE-Till the gentleman give way
FOR rnorneE.?
Mr. MokyoH-l cannot, as ny time is limited.
do no, wish to reject upon the gentleman.
see the point at which the shoe pinches.
do not wish ~ CO hrm any injustice. Whilst
! ho dooc ,nt -, VII na tbi7e With hra hem Tincnln