Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-06
4 SUGGESTION.


y, tls Editor Of t.s Wing:
u IA time the silence ot tie Administration should be
resolved Under cover oil 10 a of night Il may be tha!
T.rr4u IS advancing, even now, with steadily steps, 90
r.yi,l ,sy gre ch's and hJior OF cur southern r'-'r~
T.ty ouea o s,l,ll Ef- sLj welded purposes seems 10
q i,,.. Zoo des,zus O. tr and Il PC on the rev.
Iropil,a south his. the b!uodflsly leap OF fury Uf
t,r fon the ina re on his fofcdoOm,d victim. What
an I'm government of the psoth, these secret move
~ aud sealed orders not private merely, but studI-
,r concealed from the people, "a 70 -hJw iJdecd
ao. ,hat lhc people ''hld a Government bus that the
Government had people, Is the lesson 10 be taught
d.. here and nov tcat tie people uust obey the Gov
ge;t and mo- the GOyegu.- -ht the peouef IL these
designs are mean; % conform, aiD afr OeAts 81 70 con
form Co the viii Of tie people, why TINS secfesyf II
i. to coust ain aud cOe!Ce tie popular vii, it's um,.
indeed TO teach rulers agiu, the revolutionary les
m p a, the ONLY Government free people can have or
,g tolerate is Government y tie People, Gnd not,
VT the SUI jsct peoples OF aiIos al! me rest Of tie
world are constrained 20 submit to- Government ODer
. sgUIs With us t1e Ecd the Distinguishing Char
riss of free government the uos.raH.et Of force
Is 5.er ufr,onS ogsr tie People Is Que OF consent.
Tfs time repeat that tins omiEOus silence was broken.
Let the people Of vi gnia in Convention resolve
=; Tray - now sitting lie the Douglas IN bis Hail.
they have said simcs. with oue voice. ho"eFeT GVdsH
I'm onon as 70 tuc tGeOretc question OF right, that tie
,,r,;va action cf She General Government The Sc
crdrd States j. in effect naTtha their secession - up
is c,ss o. wsrsud that this policy Of coercion must
Loo be pursued and # pursued, they viii resist l. Itis 10
mart. heir army their navy Heir money-GboSe al,
tL.ir o, soHv-that must be employed in carrying out
us polcv agsns, which they ave raised their almost
rnim9as voice Of warning which they have said al
ls,-t with one voice, Tetol And they have right IN
case VIII lu. precedent and affecting our INTERNAL not
external relations g speak They Lave right 10 be
b. ard. They have q GIT TO u a--seFed.
Lee the Convention, then, assert these right -nd de-
,,,sd 10 be answered Taey cannot Oe indifferent TO
-t ;hcv ust be parties TO- and is Of the highest m-
pert to know timely, ami knox at once.
Let them send Commissioner 10 -shlngtSn to knoV
from Nr Lincoln what his purposes. IL ID shame
,-d scandal tina. h. should have persisted SO long III
withholding them on q vital qaesiou-dcmestC, not io:-
IN from The people whose servant heis, however pow
efi Ike GONE Clseca dcspO, from his s4ves-or some
E.~- frcm his suit SETS. ia both having some warrant
IN lie principles OF such G0seruh.ni--Si different from
ours bG, which have 10 application aege
send them q Commissioner aud send him at once II
d. ,.r be satisfactory the Convention may well pro-
..ei iu tleir line OF pacific amendment aud ftAaoiua-
,foo of tbe Constitution aud The Government. II other
vi or none be youchsacd them address all the bo'-
der avehoid ng states sCd all Others that will unite ON
TIE au,icosoion ground and ass their immediate CON
vocation in council TO consider the state OF the country
sri determine their line OF policy aud OF duty
Il appears 10 me tue tine has come for his step to be
taken. H.