Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-11-05

! army. don't ti.i,.n he ;.ovc:nmeE, Ct tic
| State Of Nirgiui;. shonli appoint Tie officers
of these departments. | tsink these apGont-
IncntS should b: made hy the Convention, or the
Ccmmander.in chief, il we had one Il viii
be remembered that gave notice cn Saturday
last, that unless we had ascerancd that We
could get within tee lim;ts Of the Stl Of Eir.
sin!a head for the army Of the State,
should move to invite ihe President of lhs
Confederate States to cutIe here and take charge
ofthc aruy. a,n tnll that COL Lee will be here
to G.'r, hnt hold that it is not certain whether
he w;!l t!ltr his services or Tot 10 the STATE
Of Tng,aia.
sir. WILLIAM g. PREs,nS---l uIdolsend he
will.
Mr.. HARvlE---lf that be so, | aIn satisfied
| heard that he was coming. ] have not hea,i
whether he VII! accept tho commission IA he
| rendered ta hrm or not
Mr. WM. II. MaCfARLAvt--Wlil iho gcu.
tlem1n allow me say tina: Dooncl Leo has ra
signed his commission in thc United s;taiers
army.
bag leave "a m,ha This SGS,cslon, that
there is an obvious propriety in Col. Lees tot
showing his willingness TO accept hg n Tan!;
until he comes here, and it is properly ten-
dercd.
| MF llAtt ia--t HNtS tae Seiil!S'uA'i oVSS
rai ,.nG:. taEd m" SO casting any mputaton
un5.'.I. Zee. II he is cosoing here it is the
nloro ...cessary that we should consult him in
regard to the organic .tion Of the arny for he
viii necessarily desire 10 have it es
tablished upon footing in conformity With
his own predictions and ideas think Col.
Lee is more competent to suggest appointments
| 70 the Governor than the Governor is TO make
| them | (lo mi WuOt n these
pointments 10 the State Of Virginia. or 10 those
| United States officers who have tGntcrrd their
services TO Virginia. | hm, therefore, opposed
| TO any action uEon this question nos. With
out meauing TO cast the le.s, inpn'a!!ua upon
Col Lee or anv gentleman connected will. lhr
service Of the United States, believe now, rs
believed from the first, that the enrncistiGn Of
! FIrginia's policy in the passage al her ordi-
nance OF secession on Tuesday wGs inT!ta:ion
enough TO all her sons in tie service Of tie
United States TO rally IL ilcr standard; ard
now say that unless Col Lee Dies n. sccHpt
! this position Of Comm1ndcr-in-Cliie', IL - tnc
duty Of this Conccntion to act without any
further delay, and to call upon lhoss "!lo arc
already ia the field 10 come here anl organic"
this army. shall, Tomorrow. after Nj. Sic
phenS concludes his speech, bT!n. ~! riat;Gr
to point.
| came here YESTERDAY, (Sua,!:%,' hssitn.
you were in session, and when c1I i;:t. the
city, witnessed scene such in, 'l.:rH: W.T.
messed before, and such | trust as | shall Tc!eT
witness again. l saw the cit1cut Of Rich
| mond, without any cause, put il a s.s:e 81 cE-
element. saw old men with their shot guns,
hurryins down in the direction Of Rocketts. 10
meet tho United States steamer Pawn"r. which!
was supposed to be on her WY m t.e river,
with military force to attack Hchmo;:'! -
Had the report proved true Ga1 the forces
been landed, our citizens would i,acs been en-,
to pieces like sheep 10 the sham5lcS hG'l this.
because we have no military leader. ~ko would
establish order and cafo-ce disc pi;as. Oar
people were, yesterday, in q stste cf perito,
disorder, with no head to lead them, and the
consequence would have been, mad l.a cacn,l
landed, as eas arprehendsd, that Cur people
would have been deciosted sn1 cuC properly
ruined.
| Elm ticei Of this state Of ine flc;cnc5 in
| which Nt now are. I witnessed That spec acis
on yesterday, with shame and grief Snch
condition Of thing; ought a1t 10 BE- per;ni'a cd
to exist for one day. II there had lcen a"y
assault on yesterday, it wond have been better
that our whole population here were beyond
the Allegheny mountains, than lha: m attempt
at resistance should have been made. 10 the
latter instance they would have been spared
for future emergency. In the former, thci-
annihiia.ior would be almost certain.
Mr.. MAcFARLASD.--I confess, sir, that have
entire confidence in these who compose the
Military Committee, hut will beg leave To
make this suggestion, hoping it may command
the concurrence Of that committee Colonel
Lee will be hera at O'clock, and have Wit
= :. ~ L ~.
that there is disposition on the part OF this
Convention to confer upon him the highest
rank which it is in their power to confer in
connection with the military and naval organi-
zltion Of the State l desire to call the ut
tention Of the Convention distinctly to the
consideration Of fact which. in ny view. is a
very important one. Colonel Lee. as hare
said, will be here at 2 o'clock. We will have
an evening session. Between the time Ct his
| arrival and our meeting here, the Military
Committee will have an opportunity Of confer
ring with him, and submitting their protegs Of
bis opinion and appreciation. | submit if
something will not be gained by adopting that
course. 1t would seem 10 BE- due to the high
position intended fo- Colonel Lee, when his
arrival is so near at hand. that he should or
consulted upon the details ol any military
scheme thar we should adopt. would say to
all sides of the House. that, as Colonel Lee
will be here at 2 o'clock, nothing will he lost
really in point Of time. BY awaiting his arm
val We shall gain the o0unSelS OF mature SOL
der, while, at the same time, we will he show.
ing to him very becoming respect. may
add here, that gentlemen ought not TO hr Sur
priscd at tho failure OF any lutmatinn or the
part Of Colonel Lee that he will accept any
rank that may he rendered TO him Proprcty
required that he should seal his lips upon the
subject until tender came through s"na au
thorized channel. 1t is my privilege to know
! him. and what his merits are in other part'c
ulars. FIe is distinguished by modesty and
reserve, and could not, in my opinion. bring
himself to accept pns't!on rendered 10 hln
otherwise thaa in strict conformity 'Si; '.'iti'i
usage
think, that in yiew Of these simple a'insld.
erations. by common consent. thc matter
should br pussed over for tho present with
view to its being taken w in itc afternoon
session.
| snh,uit Il iuntion 10 pass II ''y
Mr.. Scurr, of powhatan. fully c3"c4r with
the gentleman in the views he has tax EN-. ne
committee Was not aware that Col. L'e would
be here to day; but whether ne coscs "r not,
it is all important, in my estimation. that these
| departments should he organized i! we arc TO
have an array in the field. v neither il ha con-
nectcd with the Southern army or not, repeat
| that VIC should have these departments. hn
Engineer corps is oil Important; ard 20" viii
find, when ne have rhe advice OF Col Lee that
be will agree 10 it, because IL is absolutely ne
ccssary. We would not have acted upon lhls
matter, believe, if We knew that Col. Lee
would be here to-day, and I shall therefore
concur in the motion: just .:adc.
Mr.. EARLY, Of Esanklin.-W" r.ses.' On
Yesterday, alnids: the stampede, AN o. d'ashcs
10 vrovii. :o- tic organic nion Of s;aIl Depart.
neuts for the military forces of the State. =
1, will be recolected that | was opposed 70
I this action in regard>so standing army. sly