Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-11

very decided improvement to tile scctior;
shall vote for il v.ry chceliullv. ond, As ir as
am concerned. hope it will he I'D p,'d
Mr. WGsE-l rise, sir. 10 of=r Il sug.tstirn.
Ncw, as 10 this word 'coEcedr, i: inai imply
hat | am ,rsn:oE e j right, Ms undtrst cl
him Clie gentleman from karsWha) 10 in.
Gicate, and in that sense it would be too s!rors
term, but in the sense in which it is obviously
used III this cuuncXion, as Qna'il! alton Ct Ita
phrase, /, is merely admitting the hight, ns's'y
an knnwlcGgmen;; acctdng to 4 corle'S.
Of the right That IS the only ,nesnlng II has
there, and i'll that sense. it is not too s'r'rg.
But, II proper 10 be stricken out, because iii.
plying more than It ought 10 import, then tho
question arises whether llic word "rccrguZ.'
is suiHcienc to inpiy enough What is 10 ie-
c"gn!Zc! 1t is merely term that takes cogni.
zaace VI an bcs. Dms il necessarily iinl ly tie
acknowledgment 0f right!
know thstin Cur ve,nacular. We scmeImts
luean, hy the wcri ''rrc, grze. TO imI ly that
Te sckno@l'nec the thing tu. literally it
means no such thing. II is mere verracu-
lar I'M licatlon, al not all implication derived
lrcm the root of llu wc,d. TIE word "iccrs.
tiizs' means only 60 kno% aca,n. Inu may re.
cosn:ze fact without achn"~h dsrrs it at ali.
You NAV rtc"sniza a righl because it is s,tup,
and you have hro~n il "a tc SET ur, bat lbas
does not express necessarily .i;at You ackncw-
ledge the I:g,t. | rec Gnz', loT tXamp|- tie
doctrine CT consolidation as a doctrine which
is held by T,ly high and respectable an ho::.
tics; but do not acknowledge it. more llsn
rec"gn ze the d crime Uf State sovereignty.
not only recognize II, but lacknuwl .Jse II, ard
conrpde it, and act on it.
X ls then s-p ar n mn RI, nF
which n,ght, Perhaps, Imply, IN soue ,cr>",
rathtr too stiorg meaning, We "iSht 10 be-
cautious, il sctn:s 70 iur. not 10 fall back tr:
the oihaI COS srni"g wo.d "reccgn;z=" which
might be ehoit Ui What il meant. submit io
my riel.d from K,n1wha, that ii Tor lhe w.rl
"conc, de- We substitute tie word &c.
knowledge" that wvu!i :aeet every iicui,v.
But If he means ur relv 10 recognize the iiglt,
without acknoa luisins it, / canro, 90 alorC
wsth him. | wisi. 10 70 with hni, b,csuSe
think his criticism un the VOID ccnc.ie IS
right.
Mr. SrMNEFs-It occurred 20 ne, n. Clair.
man, that It Woull not tc .eccSsa,, 10 ins,it
any VOID pace 81 the words lr' posed 10 10
struck Out. The gt;.!l, IAN from Princes
ANNE appears To ll.ink that The word "I,rrs.
niZc' is not quite strong enough and l.r ,rg-
sestS the insertion Of lie word "u,knov l:d.v'
instead Of the word "cynceGe" |, is clear 10
me, hoS eYsr, that VI hen wesay "wc recognize
Lh" American principle &c. and the right #
secrss'n. that il equivalent; TO the word nc
ku"" ledge d. s"u ':ehn siml.ly TO use tao
wold "rrcognizo" as yuu would use ii 10 e
friend from "l0in you had been l0tg parted
.h,t You rccogniz. hs features OH meeting EEl
again? In its APPLICATION hr:e lou ma" %
lay that lon Ino@lgdge the American vs.
TEN. What do We mean when We say We
recognize the independence OF Greece, ol tho
South American Republics, Of Sar1iriI: We
mean that VIC acknowledge their ind, rcad,n'c
II is equivalent 10 the use Of the word "ac.
hnowedge' and would bc so understood by all
here think we n>e'! not employ any s'io"gr
or d dfrrent woId in etEer scnt,Lcc. iesa,d
It As tant"legy; and in adopting amendments
10 the Constitution We should do so in as !ew
words As pts,itle. | Think there can bt 10
objection to he,strking out Of these words; It
Tlll mike the sentence more Feat and g'g:A-
lnatlcal aud would be better in every way.
The question was trken en- Mr. Summers
alnc ndtucnt and it was agreed TO.
Mr. MoArAGcE-l uv:e:o insert in ne b'a.k
just created, the words 't!cy acknowledge"
and on that call for The y,us and nays.
Il
man fron Mddes,x and the Committee hut
the insertion of the words proposed would bo
obnoxious TO the same q ,clicn liza: made
10 the other words. As the >pn,srcc Row
stands, We recognize the rights Of all the S!riss,
;re:udIrg this SIa:c.
Mr. MVHTAGtE-That il exactly the O. ct
which have in view. ] know enough ah.us
men and things to knox that that gent lena,
,,I 20 i. 81
you have fixed it by this vote, will qucrc Iii;
rs a declssn # this Convention that Virginia
did not conctd- The great right Of 5 .;,;e .eccs.
SION. AK. il iS 10 l,st l. C sci.s9 u lie Con.
rcntlon On this question That ! move to insert
the words they acknow ledge" 10 it. npt
with the view CT dccci,ing r,Loiv, tat 'i
SEEING. whelAer tins Convention are, Gy tEeiT
votes 10 day, ready To s,ultify themselves hy
lakIi back everything ,l.y lave sad.
MI iloLCoMBE-l p,cicr the word ''recog-
nizc' TO The word "acknow Ieag"," :nd shall
vote against the amendment, but do not c. n.
cede al all that am yielding cr surreuG.r'ug
the right Oi secession.
The yeas and nays Wcre ordered.
The question was taken aLd It was decided
in The negative eas Is, RAYS 90-as fl on,:
Ar-s M--irL Auhl'r. At VI. Bsrbolr. James Far.
~ u,
Conn, Fl her, alr, hunon, .sL,. Krhi Kindred L,aE,
MoItti, Munfssu", N"rr, !shsr son, serl, Shvr.!.
sper't, Rob-. q. Turn = wi.r, "",do. W,s.r-2S.
hois.-Nrs rs JJhn J.. hi.y, irreiJ,uij Arr,t-orE,
Ast"l B.dsIn B.,Icr, lrlin, l,cylvs., LOud!u yr,
Bient, BrUsn, Bruce, Euris'r ru'ry rJrnr. CruIiv,
Csrle Garter, Chapman. Is. c.ursd Hvhe't Y. C"nr d,
F"u:roy, Fukate, GulsnJ, Giles. ts. Gnrey. u:ni..
John G.oir Jr Adu.on II III, klh,nin t,n l. h'!i,
Hughes, Jacks", M-rmadukr J,hLs"n: i'rr Jin'on.
Knby, Lewis. Mec' mas. M.Gr~. M.H.ii, M-,tIsnd.
Marye, Sr M..In. Mas,e.,, MEIcr Mor,on Web M,",r
Srbl-;r O,hur, Park, Inrlcr, Porter frHon. Pii,r,
siau,h'-'. spu lock, II II. s'u.: 'harm'n f,s;s,
s;rnrre suI.rl;u TAR, 1sy.oe al!er, Waie,
Wicth.iu Willy, WlIsuu-g ~.
So The amendment was j"ctcd
During the ro;! call
Mr. Cg1cHER stated that Mr.. Richard n.
Cox having been called home hy indl> position
in his family, had req le,td him TO Isi- &c
with him.
Mr.. SiTlISaToS stated that he had pairtd cE
with Mr. BRANCH.
Mr.. STABLES stated that he Lad PARED CT
with Mr.. BuIssEAu.
Mr.. FKAAKLIs p. Turner stated that he had
pared { fl With Mr.. GRAY, oIhtr~ise be should
have voted aye"
The result Has aHncuucedn ns above recorded.
Mr. Jons GcoDE, Jr-ln order to meet tho
criticism Of my friend from kanawhs on the
words "conccde" and "acknowlcdge," | pre-
pose, in The hlabk left by striking cut the
word "concede," to insert tie wo;d assert"
The gentleman argued that it was inapprop,;.
ale 10 employ the word ''concede," as 10 the
rights Of our own leol lc admit lie fc.ce :.
Of the argument, and therefore propose the
word assert" There certainly can lie no %.
.ction TO that. ] lhilk that in times Ike
these il is highly appropriate that this C.nvrn-
ton should assert this right on the part Of tie
people Of Virginia. /: is the prevailing IDEA
in The Northern mind, that the people tf VIZ.
ginia have 10 such right as We do asser, here.
AS understand that these resolutions arc TO be
sent to tie Northern people, To be responded
10 by 'heEn it is certainly proper and arpro-
priate that they should understand this ssser
tion Of rights which believe TO be the ground.