The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-08
+0ENERAL ASSEMBLY or VIRGINIA.
tEITRA SESSION.
SENATE

SENATE.
RICHMOND, Jan. :, 1861.
The Senate assembled W DAY, IN the senate
Chamber, ut IL O'Clock
In the absence OF Lieut.. Gov. Montague,
the Senate was called to order oy MT. DAY, IN
W hose motion Mr.. JoHESSF, Oh Deoioru, was
the roll was called. and twenty.pight Sem
ators respouued to their nance A quorum
beiug present. the President pro tam announced
the fact aud stated that the Senate would pru-
ceed business
Tne proclamation Of the Governor, conven.
IL q the General Assembly, was then read by
the CLERK.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
On motion vi Mr. DOUGLASS, a committee
was appointed u wait upon the Governor, and
INFORM nam tnat the Senate was In session,
aud ready to receive aay communication that
ne fni9ht have To su bmit. Com IN, ttee--Me-srs.
u 'uslass. Thompson aud Hives. the Commit
tee discharged tue duty Assigned 10 them, and
r. Dried that the Governor would send la IA
commuDic lea tiuu la snort time. The Message
was soon after communicated aud read, " mere
| tpJb, on motion, the same Was iaid upon the
| laele aud ordered To- be printed.
| COEkCioN Dkk0uNCED.
After the Message Was disposed OF, mr..
DOUGLASS arose aud offered the following join !
| iesviuuSns, which, under the rules, were lalo
| over:
| R.so9red by the General Assembly Of Virginia,
hat In the Jaas III ,nG oi thus oenerai As-emoi,
the use OF 10 ce y tie Feuerai Government, by
land directly or Indirectly. ior the pur pose
of MAINTAIN n Ju'on an,ons the States OF our
oonfeuerac,, wou OF it-eh BE- destructive oil Tn 9
true spirt of tne iedeTative s, stem subveisve oi
| the nd tor whIon II was construoted and revo-
,utiohary in All natural and inevitable results
/ ktSosc>f, Tnat when aLy OF theAe STATES IN the
| ordert, exsrclse OF It's sovereign wall, snail sep
arste ltself from the rest, and 'esumlag The pow
ers heretofore delegated to the r de- nj OoverI-
| menI. at the same Ulme Tenoupces the Dement'S anu
obligation of tine sans, virginia Will bot conseni
that the sta separating IJseif sha'i De coerced
| Iuto reunion, either b. the exerc sc oI tne war
power directly aInst such stale, or by the q Oh
militia force against the Individual cil'%sns
I thereof :,
| Res iced, That Virginia ought to, and will, re-
sist ali attempts b. the Federal Government thus
| To overthrow and dettroy ths Union, anu VIII re
| gard any f,rcilne measures take n against any ol
| tue constituent members who shat have Dissolve
their eunHeotiun with 1t. a. ngerou' to her lree
dom ana hccuf ItF. aud demanding the most active
| preparations Tor Il 'fencr-
| MILITARY AFFAIRS.
| On motion oI Mr THOMPSON, the COMMITTEE
| OF Military Affairs was instructed to report a
| plan for putting the State IN the pest possible
| condition of defence.
Ga motion Of mr. WICKHAM, the same COM
| m,ttea was instructed TO inquire into the eIpe-
| diency of making additional appropriations
| for the military defences OF The STATE.
FEDERAL RELATIONS.
MI THOMAS offered The following, winch,
ON motion OF Mr. DOUGLASS was laid upon the
| table:
| Rsso1red That so much OF the Governors mes
| sage az relates to our Federal relations oe -
| terred to Select Comm itee OF hlteen, % ne
| chu en- from Tn hfteen kiectofai aiStfio'' Vi 'S
| State by the Senate.
| After resolutions of respect 10 the memories
| Of Fred W Coleman and Alex Jones Sena-
| tors who have died since the last session,
| were adopted
The Senate adjourned.