Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-14

The National CrIsis.-BIr. Stunrt offers
some 1mpQrtpnt Res olIlt IOns--PrO.
positions looking 10 PeaceablsS Sspa-
rattOn-Letter from the GovernOr,
7ff0Ss as SENATE.
r. RicnMoSp. Jan. 10, 1861
The Senate met 1t II o'egork
Comn.ittee on EeGerat Rr'ufjons.-The
President 'aunnuhced the. following COM
mittee on tile part of the Senate, under,
Mr.. Thomas rcsolu ion, viz: Messrs. john.
son. Thomas, Of Fairfax, Newman, Early,
Christian, Stuart, aid Greever..
Tue secession, OF Mississippi was CON.
mpnic3ted in II message from the Govern
or. See House report.
Gensrdt I3astqs4s,--A bill providing for a
state Convention was reported, read for
first time, and ordered to be printed ~
The National Cffsis.-TLe joint resolu-
ton offered yesterday by Mr. Crichter,
deprccNttng military display on the part
of the Federal Government in the SoWlh, ,
was taken up; whereupoR Mr.. Thomas, Of
.Fairtax, offered the following substitutes:
Whereas, in the present relations of the
Federal Government to the several States
TINT lmye, by ordinance, withdrawn tbeir1
connection from the United States, ii will
be impracticable to execute such laws as
may COME in conflict with the positions
these States have assumed. without doing
violencesto the genius of our institutions,
and greatly endangering the public tran.
quilityTFhcFefore, beit
IseS6tveas Sc.,, That we respectfully re-,
commend to the Congress of the U. States
to repeal or suspend all laws constituting
ports of entry, or collection districts, in
said States, and that the President be re.
specially requested to abstain from the
exercise of all powers vested in him calcu-
lated to leopard the peace and quiet of the
country, in its present excited condition.
The amendment was 0doptetl-ayes so,
noes H. The question recurring upon the
adoption of Mr.. Thomas proposition -
Mr.. August moved that tho same be laid
upon the table, and printed.
Mr.. COghill concurred in the motion.
Mr.. Critcher argued in favor of the pro-
position submitted by himself.
Mr.. Thomas advocated his own pream-
Bile and resolution.
The debnte was continued by Mcssrs.
lsbell, Carter. Douglass and others, some
of whom suggested difficulties aud amend
ments. MIR. Brnnnon proposed to amend
the preamble by alEixlug thereto tue fol-
lowing:
"IlNreds, The General Assembly are
npprehensive of collision between the
Federal and State authorities i'll the States
wnlch nave wltnIrawn, growing out Otthe
opinions OF the President III respect to the
enforcement loi the law OI Congress in the
21l'SS ' 3. SO lii'Xlng W'tnaFAwn from tue Fed
era! Goverpment.n,i. q.
MIR. august offered the following as n
supstltute Tor inc ypedlPg resolution and
PROPOSED amendment:
Where0s, In the presentsrelutions of the
Federal Government to the several HStntHs
l'lilt. hl Spy ordlhnnGes, iWltndrawn their
Sonheltlon wltn me United States 1t viii
oe lln lF..Stleaote 10 execute SUCH laws as
= we u y etleFsl
A't.l,'''S'E't''o"' come IN
PosItI"ns ASSUME" ny S"en ot"tes' wlthont
uo'.'s Nlo'SheS 20 l''e statIasi?t our lnstl-
!. ru'Io"S' "nu !i gf"m,iS enu"hEerlhg the pub
TIC NJ 1t"illHli'Iy ,, inefrt"r%: me q
r,.e +" ~ 'ess'ee'' ~ &c pe"sfdt i$Se"ab!y
Il"l VIZ tsst''I,". Fsg0!'l"c'1'i !" t'ir
y '''ss % -"f oi'''e' oFHt"s 70 SuSPvni
~ T' ts p.sss"t ~ t'"s 'Hr '"e COZ. Sti9n
~ ~, s''SAs'
Sns nj5 rg a.Gu "!s'F'r's ~, o. sN'u otAtes;
con"r'i lit, :" sne ...IS;.t JnrE!'r"t 1' t"'s
s ,';;;s.. "Hs A,stu,'."l'"I "lsE''iE
r.i pUmSt :" 2ou'.i ~ iue Esu-
nm;Ii,v nf I'M R.H,l,Iic ~, ~" IT,, hS ,Is ..n,-
1S - ~ ~, Ese ".u 'i.al ''e eV"S-
the rpsfotnfior nf the TIr;Ou ,,,,l I,n,r,
snd ""u .i 1su19ny
to to- abstain from tI,S "pSn ne of ss"en,
w "1Ss'H ~ rom tIle exercise OF my acl
s ~ peace anu qnie
=; S;,ia Wv 'Ou"''S' Ut us present eXclted con
T,Io .o,,o,,.1 ,a,,,,-;.;.- -,
~ az 81 81 bNlNS1tt'""S VERY IueH I"Iu
"FW'. '.s s'n'e sS'lu St3ertu 10 ptfPF'n'en
Mt o5s'NsS Ine 'o1'o"tng, whicE
was o.HeFsp 10 "e printed. II lies oHel
u"TsS TE. .us 'G,es !.
od tl,r",,.,, H. ~ S ME- IS eAiesEs'y EGport-
nar,s ~ ,ho T "VIS Ps.nts III usnetenl
iIItaJS;se5 S ;t, .%"S r v;s GSEtt:n E"sn "hu
;F ,o,, - VI ,t alel'tN.e
.a's "ot %iISauy set gu loot' con
nronsr, ~ oS ,he Tf;SaJ 'uI otnel
E;n,its ~ V;S;; n5 =, ""'sss "itnln NJ! LIlt
tr;ct oE "nu :" as aus"ue tue US
utc' ol- l-SotuMnla, on OF pctpre inc 4th o