Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-13

mare told our people that the President va
sale to be- trusted. We ask him nov To con
hrin that confidence, 0ad TO afford tranquility
, anu rtpnsc % the country; aud gentlemen rist
Win vchemencc, with temper, with feelings
, which did not exist in my own bosom then anc
DO not now, and declare that this IL III attempt
TO carry Us out Of the Union. Look, st wha
) work Of supcrerogs!iun aad folly We ari
, engaged IL il gentlemen suppose that TIC
Presidents answer is not to no prOpflo'Is
We inspired The hope in the bosom OF the
constituents Of Two thirds OF this body that
The North is ready and willing and anxious &c
shake han.ls with U.s. To accept those PROPOSE
tons, and to restore lIarnoEy. And when we
cotse to test II, the great ilnpersonatioE ot The
party. lhe great representative 0! the North,
ls Silent, ani you viii not permit US &c 5reai:
thai silence lest has answer might be adverse
lud the Union Sleull be dissolved We arc
going With demands OF justice. with proposl'
tons which we kno., conIront and oppose
some Of the strongest pre- judices of the North
and their most compact party organization,
and while We have the hore and expectation
that si:cir propositions will be nccefled to gen
Ileinan here refuse 10 permit their President to
speak the wcrds "peacc, be SILT"
~ l9e iitLI w C"o
lA!r. J.,cKsoS.) to the gentleman from uarri.
franklin, (lr. E,MT,) that when they
take tho ground that the President will
not proDptIy, Willingly, cheerfully avail
himself ot this opportunity TO initiate and
lead On thcsu gr.a: measures Of adjustment
which we propose 10 carry out during
the summer, then the game is hopeless
and the Work is one OF supcrerogation. II We
cannDt talk, wc cannot bargain. If VIC cannot
address the President of,he party, we certainly
cannot address tho subaltcrns ol the party
If we Cannot hold treaty with the general
in his tent, NC cannot subsidize lhc privates in
their ranks. The declaration, therefore, that
L'ncnlu ought not 10 be questioned, is decla.
ration which can rest only on the conviction OF
al uhlrelrdly answer, und il that untrcndy
answer is In his bosom, this reconstruction Is
in lis grave.
cume, Sir. ~ith altogether different feel
uga. / believe the President will answer. /
believe me will be glad to answer. | believe
he will find, iu this demand upon him, an OPP
portunity OF saying to the violent partisans
who are now holding him up to their party is.
sues, that the eXigency is So great tha; he must
speak or dissolve this nation. In the neces
slty which constrains him, lie will find jast-
icatlUr in their hcsoms for doing this work o!
justice and reconciliation. THIS is tie sen;.
ment in which offered the resolution.
Here tho ten minutes expired, bat, by com.
incn consent. Mc PgEsTuS vas permitted to
proceed
| c:n'.vt cnnscpL 10 The amendment suggest
I'd by the gc.!sinaa from Augusta, (Mr. STr-
ART hccausc II turs tot rtH:ct the temper OF
tins Convention or uf tie Commonwealth. My
resolutions us they were originally prepared,
DECLARED, in the very terms Of resolution
which the Committee had adopted not All hour
before, that Virginia would never consent that
the Federal po1cT, which is in part, her pow
er, Snail be exercised for the purpose OF SUBJ
jIsaling tie Scctdr:! States. NJ resolution puts
necil, not on the courtesy Or discretion OF the
IueInbtiS vi the Convention, Uut would send
the message TO the President in the language
Of Virginia count teOus firm, bold, wise, inyi.
ting III les; c.t.u terms his answer. thought,
after tho consultation which had with deIiDe.
rate aid wise friends, that here Was Columun
ground on which nil Of Us could stand.
thought there Was no member OF this Conren.
Lion wno td 10. icli the obligation and duty
Of c..iIins on tho pf.sidc5,t for information.
supposed ina; whtm ,nc call came from Our
side, o. w!!ci: :hv duty more properly dcyolv.
ed. oar Side :, cu.d consent 10 adopt it, and
know lh.t the o:nar side could not refuse TO
do 30. Tngt is ''tHe CT! in the meal tub"
say here, VITA confluence and assurance,
ttat u is the deliberate judgment Of nine.
tennis OF the Commonwcal..; of Virginia that
iii. silence i, :';i!inou! por;cutous, dangerous,
that IL oaght 10 be broken, that It must 5e bro.
krD, and L!:at. II tho President contlnurs TO ad-
minister the Government withou. declaring his
policy, it shall be broken. The gentleman
rom Aug usla, lMf, SrrAEr said this morning
that lbc Executive was not commissioned by
IL, ana iDst therefore hr was TO be treated DE-.
crsntiaily. -fcn cohstat. The reverse pTe.
clscY. lie is not in Our confidence; he is ad-
Verse TO our c.,n!urs; he is dangerous to our
institutions. We are hraring with him and
io-bearing, because we love the Government
more than W. bate him. Tnat is the sum and
substance y! Il.
Now, ask, deliberately, what on earth can in.
iluce tac President not 20 answer Who are we,
ne Representatives, Uf this Commonwealth Of
| iirGinia Occupying position the very front
and eyc ard virw Gt this administration, We
&;aad, us in truth %e are, The sentineis 90 the
outer wall. We see an adverse government
moving and approaching anu cJngregatlng
;orcrs Gln all humble sentinel from Mont
gomery. | hail the movement. say to the
man: Hail. stand fast, who are you-riend
or iue ?" ask him 10 give lne the countersign.
Let him say "peacc," and will PASS him
into the encampnpnt. Let him say war,
aud We then know what is 10 be done. VIII he
not give the counlcrSign To me, an humble and
earnest sentincI OIL The watch tower What
! would induce him 10 refuse itl Nothing but
e covert movement, or mere party oInb!ne-
ton, which President Of the United States is
not justified IN .esvr.ing 10 under any circum-
| s!ancGa.
i word more, Mr. President, and | have
done. There is onc difference between my
proposition and that OF the gentleman from
/ Frederick (Air. CoSRAp,) or that of the gentle.
man from Augusta (Mr. SIcAEr.) They pro.
pose that the Conmittrc Shall be appointed by
tho President. propose that they shall be
elected b. ;he Convention. proposed that
| because it il comnon ground on which we
ought III to stand, aad NO ought all 10 partici-
pate il. iile choice af the Cc:umi;tee. Tnc gen.
;iein2n from Nprioih coanly, tMr. UuLLADAr.)
is not willing 20 trust 10 three men appointed
by the President Ito thinks that dangerous
uuic Of appointment, and wants tho appoint
p:en: TO be made ii Il dift'.H: way.
iir. HoLlaDAT.-I hope the gentleman will
DOT regard r.y remark us q reflection on him.
sell, for, sLJ It vIth perfect cdudor and frank
ness if this rcaolu.ioH should pass, would
regard the arpr;1tlnent oi the gentleman hlin-
self Us absolutely essential; and there l5 10
gentleman OF this body 20. whom would vote
more cheeriul!y.
Mr.. PHEsTo%.-l see that the gentleman, in
stead of looking 81 The principle, is looking at
the man. am sorry io7 that. God forbid that
| should participate in that feeling. sir. STu-
ARTS amendment proposes that the President
SHALL communicate N any uanner he may THINK
proper--aither BY letter or Committee With the
Executive. Ay friend from Frederick, CIR. Con-
R,D,) proposes that the President shall appoint
The Coc,lniItee- Sir, you know, and it is un.