Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-10-17


I1inn- at the several places Of voting in their
scverul counties and cities. shall op'n separ
ate poll to take the sense Of the 1raI'l9d va
terS on the question aforesaid.
9. The poil book shall be headet, Upon s'lc
question, OF cooperation nr separate secession,
and shall contain two columns, one hca6cf
For co operation among the slavehcltirg
States vet remaining in the Union" and the
other "For separate and immediate secession, "
and the names OF those ~ho vote for co-opera-
ton shall be written under the former headng
and the names Of those who vote for separate
and immediate secession shall be written ,iu
der the latter heading
g. The said commissioners shall make re-
turn OF the number OF persons voting for each
proposition at the time and in the manner pro-
viled by law in the case of other elections, and
shall forthwith deliver the returns to the clerks
OF their respective COUNTIES and corporations,
ard i, shah be tie duty nf such clerks respect
tively to transmit Immediately to the Cover
nor of the Commonwealth copies Of the said
returns so delivered to them Respectively
1 The Governor shall mako proclamation of
| tie result, and f It a7pca- .;lat / majority Of
air the legal votes cast upon the said question
| be in favor Of separate and immediate srccssiou
|
this Convention, within thirty days thereafter.
to re-assemhe at the Captol. in the city of
Richmond, on day specified, and such vote
shall be taken to be instructions to this Con-
vcntnn to pass m ordinance Of immediate Sc
cassion dissolvirg the connection existing BE-.
tween The State of Virginia and the Federal
| Union, known rs "thc United States OF Amerl.
Ca"
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cause TO besent to the clerks Of each county
| and corporation rs many copies Of this order
as there are precincts therein, using Special
messengers for that purpose, when necessary;
! and il sl:all be The duty OF the said clerks TO
deliver the same to the sheriHi for Distribution
whose duty it shall be forthwith to post the
sn.l copies at some public places in e;:c! elct:
| ticn district.
6. The expenses incurred in providing pali
books and in procuring writer's 70 enter tlic
names of The voters therein shall be fetraEet
As in the case Of election Of members of the
General Assembly.
Mr.. WIsE-T do not rise to debate This ones
ton, sir. | am too sick to do 50. Grrcly
rise IL move the previous question.
The motion was subsequently withdrawn.
Mr.. GEO. W. RANnoLrn.-i desire to say
few words in regard tp the military prepara-
tons of the State ! feel il duty TO say
something on this subject. nasmnch as | was
member Of the commission appointed by the
State 10 purchase arms for her defence
am much surprised to hear the yentirman
from Fauqu.er (sir. ScoTTj say that this State
iad made no preparations for war and was IN
no con'ii'ion to enter upon campaign.
Ny own belief is thar this State is far better
prepared thar any Northern State in the
Union She can arm, ut least, 25,060 men
with arms now in hcr ursenals and in the hands
rt har troops and she has sufficient arms-th,
worst OF them equal 70 the arms used by the
United States army in Mexico-for upwards Of
=. GJD infantry and not less than 5000 cavai.
rY.
She has powder f1r at least two campaigns
for e train Of artillery Her supply Of mus
! ttt powder is hY nn means Sufiic;eht; hnt
there " ii! be magazine in this city conducted
pn uriga:c account which will manufacture
large scppy nj this kind Of powder, and the
State caT. have nat sue wants have been
informed ty the agent for the Dupont Mills
Lha. at say time powder is needed, Ihry ram
supply lis To al Unlimited extent Ne ~..'!id
have had 4 much larger supply on hand wvre
it not i1r 4 failure Of the appropriation ne
cessary fJr that and kindred purposes.
The arms that our tronTs have, are PRECISE.
Il the arms that will be B.ough. against U.s.
They were purchased ont Of the United States
.irnory, and are not at ai interior to those
which the Is 0D0 men called for ny the PreSi-
dent will have, If they come here; and, 80 Tar ~
drills concerned tho State has several ;naUsard
men in drill since the lIarper's Ferry affair,
who can challenge comparison win any s'lni
lar number North or South. | believe there
IS no State in the country that ran hiring such
All efficiently drilled !urce III the field to-day
as Virginia can know nos whether the Penn
sylvanians have any cavalry. Certainly their
urrparg' ions for it wcIr most nicagrr. We nave
about 90 troors Of cavalry Of the finest mate.
rial on Lne continent Df America \ y late
! cncamplnent oi cavalry in this city, heard
Col u.Ide.. say that he never had seem q finer
h;,ir m ,nen. UmquesfOnahiy we need EI"r,:
p,su.yatlul, but We have itot been idle. We
n;vr been pIshlng our preparations as far AZ
! the appropriations would permit. F',a srcr'st
appropriations made by Inc last Gene!aI As
scInnly viii now ne expended, and By the time
the dict Games, have no fear that onr
SIate viii be found unprepared. | do mast
earnestly hope and trust that, under the film
sv idea of making preparations. this Cnnvnn.
ton p',ll not determine to keep the State under
| an obligation not in make these preparations
that il will not keep her III POSITION ':hrn 90
mak. these preparations IS trca:nn. w'''ch
/ woul,i bring upon our heas the arm; Ct The
i Federal authorities
/ Do not rIrude yourselves. Do yoa believe
| that this disguise cannot he seen ihrou. h by
! the Administration a. Washington Sir, it.
is treason, in it,; llosl odous form, without the
bold, manly design winch would hTrl defiance ut
the ncad OF that Government. Il mas. TO my
! y es, the appearance ofhyproerisy-pretending
! hat yuu nte not going out, IN order 10 avoid
the shack ti arms, anl all the time pushing
| Your prcp;l atiuns In "a cut. 1T the world
! believe That you are going TO engage in This
wariLre. THIS will hr ,nure manly, white it
| will lnvolrc no worse Consequences :han would
resn, Ircm the F"'cy indicated BY the gentle
man froWl FauquIcr. That guisc will be easily
Seen through hy the authorities ut ashiHg-
| ton, and their preparations will he just rs cz-
tcnsive as though we took bold and open
stand. Let Us, then, come boldly out and pro-
claim our purpose to unite with our Southern
friends, instead OF going into consultation With
| States, which the gentleman tells us are not
prepared tn aid rs IN doing what is necessary
for our safety.
Why did not prudence govern ycu when you
were voting these resolutions through? Re
icrri1g, The reporter believes to the anti.cncr-
| cion resolutions). How came it That yot did
no. use p,udencc III making the declarations,
which you seem now to iIavn rererScd-"he
bold in your declarations, but prudent III ac-
ton - How came il that this is only Il local
wary ]! between the Southern border States
and the State Of Virginia there is final con-
s,itation, how can you determine how can
you say that if Virginia goes Suuth, the fight
will bc confined to the South: | should like
TO hear the grounds Tor these assumptions. and
crust that the gentleman will furnish them.
The people will naturally ask us, what d. ynu
want TO do? We sent you there to test the