South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1861-02-01

direct trade with EuropeWcre read anu la!d
on the table. { .Gy-.-s o.t .. .. .
In the Senate, on the Oath, the joint re-
solution for an adjournment till February
18Th was Indefinitely postponed. The bill
to relieve the various schemes Of internal
improvement from Injurious competition,
was referred to the Committee on Roads.
In the House, a bill was reported for i'm
posing taxes for the. support of Govern
ment. The bill, en- motion of Mr.. Gibson,
of Hampshire, for the temporary relief of
the Banks of this Commonwealth, exempt
ing them from all penalties for suspending
snccie payments uutil the 1st of March,
1862, was oraere1 tte> its engrossment -
The resolution for referring the matter of a
STAY Law to special committee, was under
consideration when the House adjourned.
The Virginia Delegation in Congress-
The following are the views taken of national
affairs By majority of the Virginia delegation
in Congress, embracing their conclusion az to
the character of action that should be taken BY
our State Convention: 80 .'...h
TO THE PEOPLE OF, VIRGINIA. -.. T.
We deem it our duty, as your Repre-
sentatives at Washington, to lay before
YOU such information as we may possess
in regard to the riobable action of Con-
gsss, gss .,n.'t in r. ;''z'fseo4a!sies Of
At the beginning of this session, now
more than half ovlr, committees were ap.
pointed, in both houses of Congress, to
consider the state OF the Union. Neither
Committee has been able to agree upon
any mode of settlement Of the pending Is
sues between the North and the South.
The Republican members in both Cons
mittocs rejected Propositions acknowlcdg.
ing the icht of property in slaves, or
recommending the division of the terrific
ries between the slavcbolding and nom
slavcholding States by a geographical
line.
In the Senate, the prom positions common
ly known as Sir. S'ttenden's were voted
against By cvcry Republican Senator; and
the House, on Il vote by ayes and nays,
refused to consider. certain propositions,
moved by a;r. Ell Aige, which were even
less favorable to nc South than MIR. Crit
tcnden's. - - ~. "
A resolution gTsfng pledge to sustain
the President in the uso of force against
seeding States was adopted in the House
of representatives by large majority !;
and IN the Senate every Republican voted
to substitute for Mr.. Crittenden's propo,
sitions, resolutions. offered by Mr.. Clark, Of
n. Hampshire, drc:1ring that no new con-
ccssions, guarsntecs or amendments to
the Constitution were necessary that the
demands of the South were unreasonable,
and that the remedy for the present dam
ger was simply to enforce the laws, IN
other words, coercion and War. ..
IL this state of itcts our duty is to warn
you that il is vain to hope for any measures
of Cancellation or adjustment from Congress
Which you could accept. We are also sat
isied that the republican party designs by
civil war alCrc, II cocrce the Southern
States. under the Lketext of enforcing the
laws, unless - SnSl ~ ~ speedily appa-
rent that the seced ,esss.s'es are so nurpe-
rous, determined aud united as to make
such an attempt hopeless. s... i .
We are confirmed in these conclusions
by our general intercourse here, by the
speeches of the republican leaders here and
elsew here, ,bvthe recent refusals ofthe leg
isla.ures of Vermont, Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania to repeal th1fT >utbHozious personal
liberty laws, by the action of>the Illinois
Legislature on resolutions approving the
Crit,euden propositions, and by tho adoP-
tion of resolutions in the New York; and
Massachusetts Legislatures doubtless fp be
followed BY otheTs7;777 Offering men and m9n-
ey for tbe war CT coercion.
We have thus placed before you the facts
and conclusions which have become mani
fest to US from this post of observation
where you have placed u.s. There is noth-
ing to be hoped from Congress the rene.
dy is With you a.one, when you assemble
in sovereign conysn4lon.
We conclude by expressing our solemn
conviction that prompt and DECIDED action
by the people of Virginia in conT@tion will
afford the surest means. undeg the Pro:i-
dence of God, OF svcrting an impending
civil war, and preserving the hope ofNre-
constructing a Uuion already dissolved.
+. M Mason. E. S. Martin, /
+. NJ. T. Hunter, H. a. Edmunso1,
DC Del iarnette, Roger A. Pryor, 20
NJ. r. H. Garnett, Thomas S. Bocock, =
Shelton F. Leake, A. jenkins,
Washington City, 22nd January, 1861 q
HOW TO KEEP MEN AT HOME.
There would be fewer wretched mar
riaees. fewer dissiPated, degraded men, ii
women we're taught to feel the angel duty