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

tin3tlv wnat tho opinion OF my people is as to
| wn., IL 5 t'cIiSeiti"u should do both with re.
ference to dissoirins their connection with the
Present Eiach Republican Government Mt
Washington. and also, ms 10 what they should
do in ret: retce 10 their connection with the
Confcoe,ate,i State, oi America am sorry
TO !reSrass upcu the patience Of the Conven-
tion 40 much
wil! correct the gentlemen in another re-
snlct j'ne gentleman says that there is a
cqn.!it;ate from the county Of Madison to repre-.
s1nt tha District inCongrcss. Now sir, if that
bc SO, The se..,eman IS better informed in that
respect than an From information which |
Lave the gentleman must certainly be mistaken
abou; is. Thcrs is no candidate fer Congress
from the county Of Madison that know OF.
ilr Monr3S.-Thc disposition which the
gentleman from Madison, asks that these reso.
iutions may take is the same that the resolu.
tnns from the county Of Orange and every
OTTER county from which proceedings have
been presented, nave taken. can sec no rea.
son Why The people Of the county Ct Madison
than whom no ;rucr and more patriotic peo.
pie exist III th: Commonwealth of Virginia
--shoI! not he entitled to the same respect
ltist - constituents Of the gentleman from
Franklin should receive That these resolutions
IRE unacceptable 10 the gentleman from Frank
lin is Il fact by no tncans remarkable. because
if there is gentleman upon this floor who
would br Union man under all circumstances.
look upon the gentleman from Franklin as
that man; and although he represents, as un-
Jcrsland, one Of the largest slaveho,dlng cor.
stituencics east Of the Blue Ridge, regard him
as even more determined to stick 10 this No,tl.-
era Union than my distinguished friend from
the ccuutv ol kanawha, (Alr. SCNNEEs)
These resolutions refer to the very questions
Which arc uphcaviag this Union. They ox.
press tie sentiments Of u patriotic and indig-
nant constituency. They express the opinion
that Virgin and Eirgnans, should never rest
satisfied with Union with the North 10 the
exclusion Of the South, and although lney say
! that they will EeSrr submit to whatever Llli
mGtuin mag Ec presented to and accepted by
tie North, which detachcs them from the Get.
ten States Of the South they du rot say they
! will enter INTO any revolution but they
say they will appeal TO the hearts and patriot
! ism Of Virgins, Until tire is kiniled in every
bosom that will consume the bands that bind
: lis i" the North. Ii i, be so very rxctrtiona
/ Die 10 the gentleman from franklin that re-
! solu'inn, in reference to Congressional cleo
: ton. should be embodied in these resolutions :;
! if hc is SO ecaEoniicn Of the monies Of the
/ C"mTo1weaI!, and is afraid of the expense
| that will be eniai!ed upon it by the publication
Of these proceedings in the usual form, pre-.
slmr it Will y. be . mater OF ,vr, great mo
mcnt 10 my hierd from Madison, 10 iiagc thai
resolution stricken out Shall not, however.
make the motion. take it for granted tina;
tue constituents Of Ihr gentleman from Ma.li-
tl.t ~ III,
constituents o. any other gentleman upon this
floor
I NJ. HALL, Of Weiz IL Was not present
wien tins question came up first. hope the
gentleman from franklin, in his z. a. 10 exclude
any matter going before the people Of lIrgIni-.
IaT"!vin; those important questions discussed
~ III, people Of Madison, will not attempt to
make Objection. after voting, as understand
it, for Back Republican resolutions to be
. printed, which were presented by the gentle
man from Marshall, (Mr BrRLEY.)
! Mr. EAkaY.-i am rot aware that any such
! resolutions were presented by any member u
this b2dy.
! Mr. uALL--If the gentleman will refer to
! the proceedings 4 few days since. he will find
! them. The gentleman froIn Marshall present.
: cd vrso'ui;'.IS t'rr, which were ordered to be
,
phstic:iiy, that Firginia desired no additional
guarantees.
! Mr.. D1ENAS.-l understood the gentleman
froa. Madison as reading his resolutions in the
course Of li!S remarks. They wonld, as u mat.
, Ter Of course, hare been incorporated in l.iS
rcuarkS and been published in the "Enqui.
rer," and X. therefore, seems to lie an unnc.
ccSsary objection to The motion that these pro-
! L., 1 4 4
hope ail opposition to the motion, therefore,
will be Withdrawn ard that we shall now ad-
johrn.
llr. DoGsT.--I wish to call the attention Of
the Convention to the fact that the gentlemen
from the neishboring town OF Petersburg
shoit timc ugn stated that lie was in.
; structcd Us to what course he should
pursue in this Convention, and | here
| tell tho gentleman from Franklin that
!! he will read the resolutions adopted ir.
that Town and the resolutions there voted upon
he will not find one word Of instruction to the
gentleman representing that district. Were
not these resolutions brought here and presented
for the consideration Of this Convention! AND
were they not ordered 10 be printed, us oi
right they should be? And shall We not print
the resolutions presented from the county OF
Madison, which breathe the spirit Of freedom
and which express their views of our Federal
Relations? And shall wc discard the views OF
thlt noblc, brave and generous people, who
know their rights and who knowing them,
have no doubt will maintain them? hope that
these resolutvns will take the same course that
resolutions Of a similar character have already
taken and that this Convention will order them
10 be printed.
Tic resolutions were then laid on the table
and ordered to be printed
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
". NELsoS-l desire to make correction
Of my remarks as they appear published in
the "EnIuIrer.' The Reporters have not only
made me use bad grammar in English-that |
ccuiI haze s:ood-but they have made me also
To appear somewhat ignorant They have
made me say that ! have read Adam Smiths
essay. lspoke Of Adam Smith, Say, and other
works On political economy
Bat worse than this, they make lie say:
Like Triptolemus IclIowlegs, in one Of
SCOTS novels. the carts and tho cart horses
make it al, but the carts and the cart horses
eat it all" Laughter
When it should read:
The carries and the cart harcrs make it all,
but the carcs and the cart harcrs eat it all"
Again: They make me use bad Latin, in an
appeal which make to the ladies and being
Il Master Of Ats rf the University Of Virginia,
indcpcnden, f ANY personal feeling may have
il the matlcr, have some regard, at least, lo,
the reputation Of my Alma Mater.
Il! til. quotation which give from Virgil,
they make it read:
"YaatGrs ira animus cNlestib," cutting ell
The "1s." In connection with such celestial
beings, insist, as always Co. on claiming the
"jss" [Laugitcr
Mr.. MoSTA6rE-At the request Of ore OF
the reporters, aud as matter Of justice 10
them, desire simply to remark that the speech
Of the gentleman was set FROM manuscript fur.
nished by himself. Laughter.
,1r NELsoS-l know that write very bad
hand indeed, but took good care to 80 to the
printing Office, and caution the printers to take
care OF the L1tin and French. Laughter.
On motion, the Convention then adj jourued.