Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-02-27

TEE PEACE CONVENTION got sail at sea- again
In the course Of their first session Of yesterday and
adjourned for the day, after brief night sessio on
without mending matters.
1t seems that when they came to vote upon the
question Of the anal adoption Of the franklin
proposition, that had been sustained by maiorties
Of the Virginia, North Carolina, and Missouri
delegations, one delegate in each Of them changed
his position and allied himself to the opposition
to 1t; thus making the vote (by States stand-nays
II, yeas ;. Ere they separated for the mig hit ILL
nois msved to reconsider that vote; which motion
prevailed by a vote of-yeas Is, nays 5. Such was
the precise position of affairs when they came to-
gether again at 10 a. m. today
We do not know who the Missouri delegates
are whe were acting with the extreme anti.slaverv
men to defeat the reasonable and patriotic settle
ment that was yesterday so clearly within their
reach. From Virginia they Were Messrs. Seldom
Brockenorough, and Tyler; and from North
carolina, Messrs. Barringer, Reid, and Davis
Those fromeNorth Carolina who steadily voted for
the proposed settlement were Messrs Morehead
and Rufan; and from Virginia, Messrs Summers
and Rives
The friends OF the Union In those States will
not hesitate an Instant TO accept the issue (before
the people) thus forced upon them by the junction
OF the secessionists per in their delegations with
@AO SAhcNC one4-sAdNcly COnOn TN The confer
ence) under the lead Of Mr.. David Dudley Field
The weight Of the advice and views Of judge
KUHN and Gov. MOrehead, In North Carolina
more especially when backed by the appreciation
OF Tennessee, Maryland, Kentucky and Delaware.
Gas represented in the Convention,) will sweep
the State like whirlwind; the opposition OF
Messrs Barringer, Reid and Davis, to the con-
nary Notwithstanding. Virginia will accent the
settlement endorsed by MeSsrs. Rives and Sum-
mers, over the opposition Of Mr.. Seldom whose
great property interest In Louisiana is liable tn
be confscated, as the Governments property there
was recently connscated, the moment he proves
to be representative Of Virginia here. rather
than Of seeded Louisiana's ideas; of Mr. TvIer
whose shadow ever since he came here on this
business has been no other than Mr.. WigfaIl. Of
Texas, nearly always the Last man with him as he
goes to the meetings Of the Convention, and the
nrs' with him az ne returns from them; and Of Mr..
srocfenorough, whose brains are simply so be-
fnddled with abstractonist logic that he has no,
been able to take a common sense view of any one
thing arising In the course Of the Conventions
session.
twill take more than indi gnation meetings and
burnings In efigy under the auspices of the Rich
mond negro dealers, to induce the Virginia Con.
vention to pronounce the course Of Messrs Sum-
mers and Rives in the Peace Convention a wrong
one, and that Of their secession per Sc COLLEAGUES
the right one while, with their warning voice in
the popular ear, the secession press and stunp
speakers may print and howl at the top of tbsir
bent until the question goes to the people of the
Old Dominion In the Congressional election in
May, and the result will be In exact keeping with
that involved in the choice of the current Rich.
mond Convention. Viz: A popular majority of
ATTY thousand against those who seek TO make Viz
GINA simply an alder and abettor of South Caro-.
lina's policy Of reoPenIng the African slave trade
ana oanishing white labor from every slayehold
Ing State, 90 boldly and really ably announced bv
the Hon. Mr.. Spratt.
Nor have we the slightest fear that Missouri
wiz AL to-nguratively speaking-toss her seces-
nonin per % representatives here, In a blanket.
on their return home. Such is the lesson her
recent Convention election teaches; or no com.
mon sense deduction may be safely drawn from
palpable facts.
AZ we write, the final result Of the Peace Con.
vention IL involved In great doubt
The doubt arises wholly from the course of the
southern disunion element In its midst: the
northern disunion element having been routed
and defeated past any hope Of making successful
rally, until Its secret ally, facing about, came to
Ia rescue, a. explained above