The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-12
RICHMOND, VA, FRIDAY, APRIL l2, 1861.

Mi w irE, IN urging his amendment an.
peaiea 10 gentlemen, If they Were determined
10 pursue this policy of consultatio to Il =
the time when Virginia should, some time or
other, adopt the ultima ratto. The nhvs;c, i
power Oh Virginia was nothing compared 10
ler moral power, and such a declara tinn nov
would tend towards pacification.
Mr. ScoTT could see no necessity Tor repeat =.
ing aeciaratton which was already made in
.ne lItn resolution. If the proposed consul.
tation fails, does it not follow that tbe state
VIII resume her powers The oantIe,n.u,s
proposition looked to still further DELAY. He
""s opposed 10 the consultation because it
pp proposeu NC definite time; and the nostrum
proposed was TO take the State ont of the
ohioh, not to join the Confederate States but
20 occupy months, perhaps, to adopt Con
sutution Tor all the States OF course that
SSonsu'utlon must be submitted TO all the
States how long time does the gentleman
from ffincess Anne suppose this would take D.?
rae would nave to count, not by mon tbs, but
Dy years The gen ntleman was getting over to
UT. SeWard's plan. Mr.. Scott thought that
while ne was indulging in hyper criticism
upon the schemes of others, he blind TO
the monstTons defee is OF his own scheme
Mr. WISE replied that the gentleman did
ing but lawyer like sophistry. Mr.. w. then
went on to detail his own plan, which he
thought was the best for preserving the peace
ana recohs tructing the Union. All that the
south had ever lost was lost by compromise
with these conservative Black Repubii-
cans, IAN animal of whose exis tence he could
scarcely conceive,) like VIM. H. Sc eward.
The vote was taken upon Mr. Wise's amend
ment, ana 1t was re)ected-yeas 4S nays so.
Mr.. THORNTON, of Prince Edward, moved to
amend Mr. Scotts amendment by striking
out all after the word body" and inserting
the following
" The State Of Virginia will Immediately re-
sume tn5 powers which she has delegated TO the
Federal Government under the Constitution and
the Convention would earnestly recommend TO
the slaveholding States yet remaining in the
Union to assemble at once in CONVENTIONS and
provide for similar resumption of their granted
powers and 1t is also the opinion of this Conven-
iion that in the contingency which has been indi-
Gated, all the slave States, as we'll those in the
Union those forming the Confederate States
snoulu -eInble iu Congress for the formation of
perIna nent Constitution OF Government"
Mr.. THORNTON urged that Il Constitution
formed by the Border States, MS contended for
by the gentleman from Fauu uier could not
be acceptable to the Southern Confederate
States. Unless they had Il voice and a vote in
the matter, the result would be Il division of
sentiment among those whom it was sought
TO reconcile.
Mr.. BALDWIN was not surprised to find
gen ntleman who had voted for immediate Sc
cesslon making objections to conference,
wherever II was proposed to be held. This
BODY had determined to make an appeal to he
non -slayehoiding States, and suppose that
they We're TO give us all we demanded Does
the gentleman from Prince Edward propose
that, IN such an event, we shall turn our backs
upon them? If we did, Mr.. b. thought it
would be treating their oyertures with sipgu-
lar unkindness and discourtesy. He went on
TO comment upon The probability that the
confederate States, who we're so we'll satisfied
with their new government, would refuse to
come into convention with us if they We're
invited He was not ready to give up the
Border Free States, with whose business in
terestS lrginla was intimately connected -
1t must be remem bered that Eastern Virginia
is not the half of this Common wealth The
West has interests that must be consulted
MI IHoKSroN deprecated the cons tant ap-
peal to sect tions on this floor. He claimed the
Wnole commonwealth AS his mother, and re-
garded every portion with equal affection
lie replied to the positions assumed by Mr.
Baldwin, and maintained that it was the duty
OF Virginia TO give the Confederate States II
fair hearing, which she refused previous 10 the
present difficulties when Commissioners from
two OF the States came here to ask it.
Inc 'ole was taken, and Mr.. TH0RyToN's
amendment defeated, as follows
IEAs.-Messrs. Amber, Jas. Barbour, BIakev,
BoiSseau, Borst, Bouldin. Branch, Bruce Ca
bell, Cecil, Chambliss, Chapman Conn. Flour
GeSy eSy5s eaFan 9l fhe.n 6asSs @ @eofs shp
Hammond, Harvie, Holcumbe, Hunton, Isbeu
Kent. Leake; Charles h Mallory, James B. NAL
Parks, Richardson, Seawel. Shefey, Slaughter
southsll, Speed. strange, sutherlin, Thornton,
Williams Wise, and wysor.-:is! was. ie' n''neia'
fred n N: n Barbour; B.yiof;.ssriIn Blox. Bggssss
Campbell, Caperton, Carlle, Carter, Clemens,
Gofmsn, Z: b. Conrad, Roberl Y. Conrad, Couch,
Crtcher, Custis, Dent. Deskins Dorman, Du.
Jsny, Early Esh0is, French FuEa{s, Gillespie,
hoSe, Holiday Hu bbs I'd iiughes Hull, Jackson,
McComas, McGrew., Maefarlaud. Marshall, Mas,
lin, Masters, Mofett, Moore, osbnrn. Patrick,
F. scott, sharp, sitlington, spaElock, Staples, G
j.. Stuart, Summers, Tarr, Tayloe, Waller
White. Wckham, Wiley, and wilson.-77.
Mr.. BouLDIN moved, as further amend
ment to Mr.. Scott's amendment, to strike out
the word "concurring,' i'll the last line but
one, proposing if agreed to, to follow it up by
another amendment.
Debated by Messrs. BouLDIN and Scorr of
Fauquier, and agreed to-yeas 10, nays 6l
MIR. BoULDIS then moved to farther amend
by inserting after the word "States'' in the
same line, the words "who concur in the
amendments TO the Federal Constitution pro-
posed by this Convention" Agreed to-
Mr. CARLILE, of Harrison, moved to fur
ther amend Mr. Scott's amendment by
striking out the words "time appointed for
the re-assembling OF this body" and insert
ing "the 4th day of March. 1865
mr. CARLILE spoke i'll favor of his amend
ment until the hour for recess arrived.