Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-05-14
entertain the opinion-and I know

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1t all of the border slave States sever their co
d nections with tho present government m
t. unite themselves with tue Confcdera,ed State
d the States OF New jersey, Pennsylvania Obi,
r Indiana and Illinois will not long remain sep
is rated from them. Everything that toucht
Al their material interests nclnes in that Jjre
r ton.
e 10 dissipate our divisions, therefore, an
:, unite the people in entire harmony, we hsv
e only to proceed according TO the plan of tn
t; committeei for when the amendments are re
k Jectcd-and gentlemen on The other side tel
|. us they are sure to be rejccted-the bordc
t. States Will withdraw together and the work u
! reconstruction can instantly begin.
c But it is objected that this process is to.
: diiatory, and immediate secession il demanded
/. ! desire TO know IN what condition an ordi
, nance ot secession would place Us; and when
: appeal for information io the advocates of tn,
, measure hno them divided III counsel and IN
. Settled IN purpose Snne contemplate an
I Instant union with the Confederate States
I while others insist .hat any movement in that
direction must be delayed until the co opera,
tion Of ,he States Of North Carolina and Tcn
; nelsee can be obteined. They do not bowever.
: explain how this corporation is 70 bc 5rnue! +,
about, what liIie will be required to effect il,
or what the condition of the State will be while
Ihe experiment Is being msCe. THey contem-
; plate only tho final result, and Disregard en-.
tlrrly all intervening difficulties 70 this
class OF secessionsts beg leave 10 say-sirice
they find impedIments in the way whicl, can
only bs removed by the concerted action g;
other States, and the success Of their scheme
depends at last upon the concurrence Of Others
will it not be rs well to remove those i,np.d;
inents and secure that concurrence in advance
and so avoid the hazard to which premature
action might possibly expose us? understand
the gentleluan from Princess Anne iMr.
WIsE,) and the gentlema. from Bedford,
(MT. GocGE) 70 be OF this class nf secessior..
lists
, Mr. WIsE-I would rather that tho xehtle-
man should nos undertake 70 stste M pos:
ton now, because ara very suro ,hat nc bss
not my position in his mind correctly Or fully.
I will place myself in the attitude wheru
wish to stand when CAN ga. the floor with
lungs TO occupy it
While am up, permit lie TO Interrupt the
| gentleman further. did not interrupt hin at
the time because I dd not wish 10 cut the
! thread Of his Yer: strong, well linked present
alton OF views. He has twice asserted, and
| his name is authority for the assertion, both
in point Of moral and intellectual weight, tia,
there is no one member of this body, who in
debate here, in debate in the Committee Of 81,
Or elsewhere, within his knowledge, has avowcd
Or declared the doctrine OF submission Am j
| right in that?
! Mr.. ScoTT bowed assent
| Mr.. WlsE.-Thcn tia gentleman has heard
no such declaration. Let inc lforln lI:,n that
he would be in a bad predica.neat ii lie should
happen to go homo, und they who we're nr-
raignins his cause here should show him that
on the 10TH day Of March-this believe, is
the Sd day Of April-on the 9TH day or March.
- and 8, or IS days ago, q member Of this
body Inean the Hon. gentleman who repre-.
Sents the cpunty OF Marshall, Or. BraLEY, VI
!'as not only laid upon your table printed
document, which hold in NY hand, avowing
submission, but avowing the right OF coercion
20 submission; and not only that, but he has
;.vowed in print here, as his doctrine, the right
OF the minority of this STATE when she, in the
exercise of sovereign and independent power,
shall place herself in the attitude Of secession,
Hr Shall resume the poTecS granted oy her un.
urr Inc VvV'o.ItutioH-be claims even tho r:.lt
nst i"e'x the eHyrs!ss s hi 81 qEsps } Of this State
nu, the document into the gentleman haha',
the resolutions submitted ny Mr EcRLkf, on
the 10th Of March, 1861, AMI when the gentle
man reads it he will understaat; ihat ihere Is
! at least ore person on this hoor "ho aTets
! submission, aud who avo"s more than sub
,nssivn-tlie right cf revolution against the
Stale AGAINST secession. And | say here au-
,borl;atiycly, that there are others here who,
in INV opinion, are as bad, and Whit Is worse,
whu plart themselves upon the fact that they
claim their constituency are the sulne way.
do not believe K as to their constituents, but
,lo belieye il as to more than one member ol
this body.
Nr. Scor7, OF Fauquer.-I have Eot had my
attention drawn to the document alluded TO bJ
the gentleman from Princess anne aud there
fore will rot undertake 10 critIcise or charac'
,erize il. That gentleman is upon tho hoor,
md at the proper time can speak Tor hln'ssi.
But ii he be an exception 10 Tie Fu!e, 80 lal as
am informed, he constitutes solitary cScep-
ton
Now. sir IN reference to the position OF the
! gentleman from Princess Anne, certainly VIII
leave Il 20 himself to define Ii. | understood
ri,a, gentleman, like The gentleman from Bed
ford vas IN immediate secessonst, but that
he did not contemplate junction Win the
Southern Conledtracy immediately upon t'e
ordinance uf secession; that he vas one ol t:ial
class uf SecesSionists who propose, alter li'e
ordinance mas been adopted, to wait ior co.cp'
Grafton. | repeat 10 the gentleman cohSeAu'
tiup that class, that if cooperation Is necessary
To tho consummati0n Ci their purpose. Ii, li"t-
with5tanding secession, they cannot move WIN
out the concurrence of other States, Is IL nFt
better il the policy nut safer and riser TO seeH
; cooperaton fist and u secede alter u shali
he Obtained
| IL Eay uA
'rhav a1. for no delay ihey " 1T instant
.rcass;nn .nd wl.ei, seccssion III obtained
,i,ev ars for an instant Junction witt: the
. Southern ConfederacT. They care nothing lHI
obstacles that are in tie way. hat do thcS
. care for North Carolina What do they care
. ior MARYLAND. What 10 lhey care Tor IenneSs- e.
a With bound they claar a!l these farr!ers.--
f But did it ever occur tr these gentlemen .
inquire whether the Offering they propose L
usse n tie Southern Confrderacy, Wi, prove
q an aca.plabie Offering! Did It ever occur 4
n them to think whether the Confederate States
sensrate from Virginia by intervening States
!. ,yopjd deem it wlso and consistent with thel
own safety. to involve themselves by Suc,'
conn.ctionY Did it ever occur 10 them ina
+ rcciprocal obligations would arise irom tn
- connection which neither party would be IN
a cnn,1i;ion to discharge? Virginia would n~
: obedience 20 the laws OF the Confederate oiG'e
). # she should ioin them. Ihry VIII owe re
d projection In Gus. OF collision with the REC
= sral authorities or in case Of hostility VIII
her neighbors, in what manner would tnS a' oo .,
"a federste States give her protection The lei
ritory of North Caroliua and Tennessee i'ite'
:. nose between them, and the communication
n water would be possessed by the enemy
Of Without the right TO approach Der oy lahs
,e without the power TO approach her oy "ase
n in what way, ask, would taat ool,i'e" i;Ii ens,
It protection be complied win IL "ou.a sesi
b. TO me, Mr.. Chairman, laat tue ",'v. WIZ, "a,a'
er be one OF doubtful p'opresy one calc.
I lated TO impair the power OF Inc oou'"et
4 %"ss,seracu 49, .,ather .han 70 increase il