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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-07
JUnN Tyler,
G.. W. SUMMERS,
". q. RIvEs,
.J,Ess 4 SrDDDS

coMauHlcAr!ox From JUDGE BEockESDRorGu.
Mr.. SrMMEKs.-With the permission Of the
gentleman from Prince Edward, tMr. TnoRN-
TON who was entitled to the iiour but gave
way will make remark ar two.
It will he perceived. Mr.. President, that that
report is signed by four Of the Commissioners
from Virginia, one Of our Commissioners, Judge
Brockenbrough Of ths county Vi Rockbrdge, not
being present in the city, his name is not signed
to the report. | am in possession o! L cuuIru.
Gicaiion from :ha, gentleman, giving his yie"s
somewhat ut large upon Tie various sections Of
which that document is CONFUSED, addressed
to two of the members Of this body. think
that justice TO that gentleman cur absent COL
league, as we'll as other points o!' view, make
it proper that this communication .hGl! be
| presented TO this body.
I rise for the purpose therefore, oi present
ing this communication ir"in Judge Erocken-
brough, and 10 ask that it he printed in con.
nection with the report-not as part Of the re
port. The report is complete in Itself and
signed by the Commissioners, who were pre-
sent.
move, sir, that the report be laid upon the
table, and the usual number Of copies printed.
\ gentleman beside Inc suggests that the re'
pert be referred TO the Committee nn Federal
! Relations, have no objection To that DISPOSE
lion Of ii, If the Convention shall 50 decide.
now submit the communication of Judge
Brockenbrough and move that ii be laid upon
the table and printed-ugrecdt tn.
The following is the communication
WAsnINGroy, March ., 1851.
The Hon. JouS TYLER, cxPreSident Of The
United States. and lion GEnHGr ". Sun.
MERS:
Gentlemen II beg leave to address y0n as
two Of the Commissioners representing the
State Of Virginia in the late Peace Conference
at Washington. and also As members Of the
Stale Convention, now sitting in Richmond,
and to state, as briefly as can, my views i'll
reference to the results Of that Conference.
The act uf the General Assembly OF Virginia
which originated the Conference, declares the
patriotic purposes which inpclied the Legisla
ture in resorting to this extraordinary mcde Of
adjusting the unhappy controversy which Tow
divides the States oil this Confrderacy, and de-
clsrcs that unless it lie satisfactorily adjusted,
"a permanent dissolution Of the Union is inevi-
table aud the General Assembly, represent.
ing the wishes Of the people Of this Common.
wealth, is DESTROYS Of employing every reason
able means to avert so dire calamity. and de-
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power between thu two sections Of tie Senate.
This is practical guarantee of cqnn! power Ia
the weaker section, by which the South can
exclude any future territory, il the conditions
Of an admission are disadvan:age"us to her.
But tho Northern section MAY equally check
! mate her, in her attempts tuacquirc future ter.
ritory. Tr!e, but the only territory South o!
&c deg. so min. which cali l.. hereafter &C.
9uircd. is Cuba and the Northern part Of Next.
! Co. Cuba is a siave!iolding island already, ard
lis great resources can onis lie Developed b.
hy slave labor. TIE North is more eager td
possess it than the South. Ii any portion o.
Mexico is hereafter acquired, il vii! Le on The
principle Of far and equitable partition Of ihe
territory between The sections. This sector
was approved by tuuI Of the Commissioner.
: from Virginia.
The third section eiubu,!icS, substantially,
think, the provisions OF the second, third and
fourth sections Of the Crittcnden plan Il
prohibits Congress from interfering w',h slave
~ within any State or Territory; or in u.
District Of Columbia, without the consent o
Maryland ard Of the owners, or making the
owncrS just compensation; or with Representa-
sIves or others bringing slaves for personal
serrire with them and taking them away; o.
IN Pih.rs "lfhlh the exclusive jurisdiction oil
, the United States within those States and
Territories where Siavery exists; or the re
Inoval or transportation Of slaves from
one State "r Territory TO any other where
slavery exists; or the right during transpor,a
lion, by sea or river, Of tyuch;Ag at ports
shores and landings, and Ct landing in case o.
distress The right Of tr""si through States
where slavery DOES not exist, is not confirmed
The provision that 10 higher rate CT taxat;o,
shall be imposed on slaves than IN land, i:
Of some value to the South.
The action prohibiting the foreign slas,
trade by Constitutional amendment is obiec
. tionabe, simply because it was wholly un
necessary. Even The confederated States 0
the South now constituting an independen
Government Of slave States, de facto if not d.
Jure, have prohibited this traffic. The advo
Gates for the re-opening of it in any one of til,
border slave States are very few, and ther,
was no sort Of necessity for interpolating thi:
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the peace Of this land will be preserved, and
its fraternity ultimately restored. The measure
that insist this Convention shall act upon, IL
eninently peace measure. IL Is the only way
Of preserving peace.
1t is unnecessary for lie to occupy the time
of this Convention in telling you. that II the
peacc is broken, and war begun, the Union Is
at an end, and the possibility of'its restoration
over free and excited people utterly impossl-
i,la /, therefore, say as measure OF peace, II
addresses itself to this Convention as the only
measure of peace left, and hope that Virginia
will find, from one extremity 10 the other 0! this
great old State, her sons coming up III one
unanimous unbrukcn and undivided coinnn.
saving 70 the powers at Nashinstnn-"Stay
your hand; lay it not in wrath upon any Sonth
arn sister of ours
When they shall do that, then, Mr.. Presi.
dent, we can go and act upon The Y.llonS
questions before rs. we can then 20 on AMI
make an earnest and honest enlcavor to set.
tie and adjust the questions Of difficulty
that have divided and are still dividing and dis
tracing our country. We can go on and adj
lust them upon a basis in which trust that
our sister States OF the South and all OF lis may
come again together into the Union, and keep
in that great road in which we have been led by
Providence to greatness, power, and position
exalted above all the other nations Of the earth.
But refuse 10 take this position; say that MIR.
Lincoln has spoken in :. doubtful position; that
we do not believe the man means what he has
said; remain here in quiet; let the struggle
come; let blood be split; let our Southern sis
tiers and this Government get into bloody
controversy; and tell you, no matter what
may be our feelings. that when we get into
war, God only knows how this country Of ours
will come out Of that war. If you take step
now, in view preserving the peace, Virginia will
still occupy her commanding position, acting,
as she does, for all her border sisters, for mil
lion and half of conservative rnen at the North,
who are looking with interest TO US to-day,
and for her sisters Of the South, who are
locking to Virginia, in the hope that she will
not allow them to be coerced, If ne take the
position that the Southern States shall not be
coerced, war may come. Il You Go not take
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08
A Senator Seeking the MajOrity-a
Candidate mot ElectiOneerAnK
MoKELrNNE Hill. June 1. 1861
GEO. j. Love, Secretary.

MoKELrNNE Hill. June !, 1861.
MEssEs. EDIroRs: Your polite favor, en-.
closing two numbers Of the DEMOCRAT,
came duly to hand, for which please ac-
cept my thanks. am not surprised at
the political trimming of Mr.. Latham,
although you doubtless were. He has not
been a favorite with me since the "vigi.
lance" days Of 1855, when he carried wa.
ter on both shoulders. His union with
the Black Republicans may seem pres.
ent injury, but l have too much conf
dence in the time-honored and well-tried
principles Of Democracy. to fear the final
result of the dpfraction Of an individual,
however prominent he may be. I Das
surprised, somew hat, at his failure to re.
spond to the charges Of inconsistency C)
preferred by the DEMOCRAT, as he cannot
throw himself upon his dignity-your
journal being the peer, within the Demo-
cratic party, even Of United States SEN
ator. can appreciate the convenience Of
being on the strong side, and the current
of fashion evidently sets with Mr.. Latham,
but | would greatly prefer being in the
minority to losing the respect and conf.
dence Of such men as Fairfax, Price,
Stratton and Others. But Mr.. Latham
has made his selection, and must abide
by it.
An ambitious citizen Of your county
passed through our town q few days since.
He claimed not to be on an electioneering
tour, but admitted his candidacy with
modest irankness. Mr.. COnness seems to
consider the State his debtor for services
rendered in the Legislature, and, having
business turn, he would have the ac'
count balanced by seat in Congress.
The Republicans here would have small
objection to his preferInent, but Demo.
Gratis lack confidence in his political in.
tegrity. "When he gets It, may We be
there to sec." ..
There is little ofinterest with US in the
way Of politics. AL the parties preserve
thei- organizations, and but few indivi.
duals have transferred their allegiance.
The mines in all portions Ofthe county,
are furnishing liberal reward to industry,
and men are hopeful, Notwithstanding
tho cloud that lowers SO darkly in the
horizon. Trusting that it may speedily
break away, remain, very truly,
Yours,
MOKELUMNE.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08

SHARP SHOOTING. the village of W.
lived man, who had once been Judge Of
the County, and was known all over it by
the name Of Judge d. He kept a store
and saw mill, and was always sure to have
the best Of bargain on his side. by which
means he had gained an ample compe-
tency, and some did not hesitate to call
him the biggest rascal in the world"
lie was very conceited withal, and used
to delight to brag Of his business capacity,
when any one was near to listen. One
rainy day, as quite number were seated
around the stove in the store, he began,
as usual, to tell of his great bargains, and
at last wound up with the expression
" Nobody has ever cheated me nor they
can't neither"
Judge" said an old man of the COM
pany, "lve cheated you more'n you ever
did me-"
"ITow so ?" said the Judge.
"If yOu'll promise you won't 60 to
law about it, nor do nothing, Ill tell, or
else | won't-for you're too much of a
law character for me-"
Lets hear!" cried half dozen or
more voices.
"Tll PROMISE" said the Judge, "and
treat in the bargain, if you have"
"Well, do you remember that wagon
you robbed me out Off"
"T never robbed you out Of any wagon"
exclaimed the Judge, ~ only got the best
Of bargain"
"Well, l then made up my mind to
have it back, and"
"You never did! !" interrupted the
cute Judge.
"Ycs did-and interest too"
"lIOw SOP" Numbered the now enragcd
Judge.
"Well, you see, Judge, sold you one
day very nice pine leg, and bargaincd
with you for lot more. Well, that log |
stole off your pile, down by your mill,
the night before, and the next day sold
it to you. The next night I drew it back
home, and sold it to you the next day ;
and so kept on until you bought your
own log Of me twenty-sevcn times"
"That's q lieP" exclaimed the infuria-
ted Judge, running to his books, and ex-
nmining his log accounts; "yOu never
sold me twenty.seven logs of the same
measurement"
81 know it," said the vender of logs.
"By drawing it back and forth the ends
wore of, and as it wore, kept cutting
the ends of, until it was only ten feet long
Just fourteen feet shorter than it was
the first time brought it, and when il
got SO short, drew it home again and
worked it up into shingles and then
concluded | had got my wagon back and
slowed in my pocket book"
The exclamation Of the Judge was
drowned In the shouts Of the bystanders
and the lOg-drawer found the door with
out the promised treat. And, to see q
mad man, you have only to ask the Judge
if he ever was shaved.-N D. PicGyune
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08
once, ON cOIoma street.
HOW 1T CAME ABOUT.

She sat in the shade Of the portico,
Busy with come sweet task;
The Spanish eyes and the forehead low,
IIidby the airy ma'k
or the dusky hair. that had Tippled down
As she sPang O'eT the flower he'd
In;aooth, che had purpOscd to frame frown,
But che framed q smile instead!
lie took her hand in tina. certain way,
More elnluent than words,
No sound fell into the silent day,
Save the ehirp % the orchard birds;
Her work lay close by her side unseann'd,
The book on knee UNREAD
In sooth she had purPosed to Loose her hand.
Dut he caught the Olher instead:
And when " iih the wealth ofthe rosy June,
The bees 10 their hives had got,
lie leaned through the luli Of the sleepy noon,
And Whispered A-yoW ERmr ,chGt!
She SWAyed from hia earnest eyes, and low
She hurled her blu.hing head
In soolh, she had rurposed to say - M: no"
But she muTmured "leS!" instead!
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08
Proceedings OF = Mass Meeting held
iA Weavervtlle, May 2Sth.
WEAvERvILLE, TRlNIrY Co,


May 26, 1861.
DEAR DAN: Last night we had q glor.
ous meeting-a meeting Of conservative
Union-men, who are largely in the ma.
jOrity in this county. The people here,
with the exception Of the ultra Repub;i.
cans, dance to the music of equality and
anti-war. War must be avoided il it can
be wishOut dishOnOr; and does any intel.
ligcnt American believe that we have no
statesmen in our country Of sufficient in.
tellect to devise some satisfactory plan Of
adjustments
l send you the proceedings, and as they
were ordered published, by the Democ.
rAcy Of Trinity, in the MOUNTAIN DEMO.
GRAFT, l hope you will spread them before
your readers Yours, E. G.
In pursuance Of the following call, to-.
wit: "Grand rally of the Democracy and
Of all Compromise Union men," q large
and enthusiastic meeting was held at the
Court House, in WeaverVille, on Saturday
evening, May 25th, 1861. The house was
crowded to its utmost capacity, many be.
ing compelled to leave for want of room.
On motion, VIM. S. Lowden, was chosen
President, F. II. Brown, Esq, Vice Prcsi
dent, and Geo. J. Love, Secretary.
On motion, the Chair appointed a CON-
mittee Of nine, consisting Of Jas. O'ConnOr,
ESQ.,, James D. May, ChaS Sloan. Geo.
W. Ham, Jos. Ransom, Henry Hart, JnO.
NJ. Estes, DR.. Tiernan and WIN. X. Yam.
cey, to draft and report resolutions ex.
pressive Of the sense Of the meeting.
Hon. John G. Burch being loudly called
for. came forward and addressed the meet.
ing in a speech Of An hours length, in
which he took strong Union grounds, but
ignored the vigW that oil are opposed to
the policy Of Abraham Lincoln. He ad.
vOCated peace and compromise as the
only means Of successfully preserving the
Union, and indorsed the position of Sena.
tor Pugb, Of Ohio, that all laws should be
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08

THE way to Heaven is just as short from
the battle. field. from an enemy's prison,
from Lucknow, or from India, or from
PeihO, as it is from the sanctuary; and 1t
is as easy TO get to Heaven from any o
these as from the house Of God; because
the way to Heaven is the Mediator, who
covers all space; who hears the publican's
first cry and sees the Magdalen's only
tear, receives the criminals last breath,
and to whom the heart beats prayer when
the lips cannot speak, and who hears the
dying soldiers cry when no noise is heard
by flesh and blood, save the terrible din
Of q battlefield. What . magnificent re-
ligiOn is Christianity for all places, for all
circumstances, for all tribes.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08

HUSBAND, think Of the good iqualitlea
of your beloved, not of her bad 9nes;
think Of her good common sense; her To-
dustry, neatness, order; her afhbility;
and above all. her ardent piety, Aes D.
votcdncss to things heavenly aad silpines
Suppose you had slattern for a.YilAA .
slip-shod hussy, gossip. real leslQass
giant, whose tongue was not msselY 8
trip hammer, but as the fOrked ligAtMiAkni
so that even the house-top wonl1 q
thankful retreat from unmitigaked ,N1rRe
Suppose all this, and still more, Ehtn say,
has not God dealt very kindly. efaeiapply,
and mercifully, in giving yen eNchseI Nifa
as he hasi God has dealt inllnilelT bet
ter with You than yen deserve. Z F''' ~
"But she is not IN that I ecnId aiEh." "
Marvellousl wonderful l. And artN Nes
all she could wishi Turn the .iEpllek.
Suppose you cast an eye within and Nith--
out, view your own ugliness and blackkts I
How many things does your bel6vtdwiib
see in you that she has reason to.be1pisg
as mean, selfish, uniscrly, grOveling I Are
you all she could .wishi Far from II a..
Love covereth multitude Of 6lemlehes
let the heart be tilled with love. md he
little faults which now appear megntal4sg
wi be swallowed up, or become e H1eaa.
hills. A husband who. Is alEaYo eo'A1
planning, and growing, and en9pplngs
and snarling, is enough to crush M1afk
of steel, to sour the mind Of ad;aNg -
The female heart is tender, sdplhine,
sympathetic, lovely. Husband spaak
kindly to your beloved fs1;A
Speak kindly to her. Little dOsT tlss lnSR i'''
What utter wretehednssa, whAA hspien ,sTeH
Hang on those bitter words. that sseEh HsDlVse \,
The cold demeanOr and reproving err ..;st
The death steel pIerces not VITA kssakS 1iit ~
. Than unkind words In WomAnS biA1 hetss
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08

REArlNG.-The amusement Of reading
is among the greatest consultations Of life |;
it is the nurse Of virtue; the upholder Of
adversely the prop Of independence the
supporter Of just pride; the strengthener
of elevated opinions; it is . shield against
the tyranny Of all petty passions it is the
repeller Of the fools scof and the knave's
ranc0n
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08
"There shall be light at the eventide."

A STORY is told of quarrelsome couple
in New Hampshire, who got into pitched
battle in the barn one day-that is to say
apitch. fork battle-but the husband being
the smarter of the two, at length fioUred
his adversary, and, putting the tines OF
the plank, and stood, painting, but tri-
umphant. like St. George over the body
of the conquered dragon in the picture.
The woman, fastened to the floor, but un.
harmed by the iInmovable fork, turned
and twisted about in the liveliest manner,
until she was quite exhausted. At last
she said, in subdued and plaintive voice,
that she was resigned, and begged her
spouse to let her up. /" Resigned, are
you ?" cried the insolent victor; HI
is full Of just such resignation I"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08

A GENTLEMAN presented lace collar to
the object of his alteration, and in jocu-
lar way, said, "Do not let any one else
rumple it," "No, dear, replied the art
less lady, 81 will take it Oft"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08

A PERSON looking over the catalogue Of
professional gentlemen ct the bar, wrote
with pencil against the name Of one Of the
bustling order Has been accused q
possessing talents" Another seeing q.
wrote under: "Has hesn tried Ana ~
Quilted" .n r1a -. 60
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08

MRs. SwIssHELN says that the popular
ity Of her paper in Minnesota is due to
the fact that people are always expecting
she will say something she ought not to.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08

II You are an author, don't be proud Of
the swiftness Of your pen. Leave that
quality to the race.hOrse. The Pegasus
that wins laurels is rather a slow traveller.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08

SMOKE is q great preventive against
frost A fire of damp rubbish placed at
each corner Of a garden during the night
will suffice to keep of frost. lMg p n
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08

On, DOctori I'm IN : pOEsrfA q
way lean neirher by nor sst. - *. s..
Go to roost, then, said Pills.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08

D. ". oELwicEa, ". A.. JANgAhV.
TERNS-INAHIABLV ~ ANcR-One Year e5; SiE Months
81 Thrr~ Mouths ~ Ohe Month (paya able the Car
rirrJ 20 cents; Single COplsS, l2ia cents
ADVERTIsINGDne Square Of 10 llnea art nsertIon q
aeh inaeroA o. 50 Iuslness Cards Of 10 lincI
or less year eS Rusnea Cards Of 10 lines or legs
three months SO liberal discount will he on tho
fer yearly and quarterly advertisements which
rxcecd square.
JOB PRINTING-OuF Once IL repiete with al the modern
Imrrovements for the execution oi
every variety ofPRlNTNG such ooks Paaphsts riefs
Posters Handbs ClrrulArs hall Tickets
Iincatss Of atoek bepo- Biheads Checks Rereiptl
Cards Labels etc. either IN plain fancy eoOFe lake
JUSTICES BLANKS-AndAvS.U Undertaking. and write Of
NAehment under the new Law. for sAe this Oice; ass
auk Dccisrations n Homcstead the form
Also just printed complete fOrm Of Miners Decd
g. rIsHER, No. I7t; wGshUgon .,r-e, opposite NaEnrr,
-rA HOuse IL the Ony authorized Agrnt the MOI
DEMOCRAT IN the city o San Francisco All orders for
the Paper Advertising len With him will be prsmptly
truded to.
e kERLEYi i auhorIIed Feeive moneys due this Once
far subser rptious, advertising. etc.
DORSEY IL authorized and rrerIve
uonevs for the MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT
r. GiEkS 10 the authorized Agrnt ~ the DEMOCRAT
cargeioun Orders for the paIsr adyrrtnE or for ob
wo-h IN With him ELL - PF"mPtls att.RdeI
CuAS r. JArkSON Is the authorized Agent n the NOtS.
rats DEMOCRAT At VI DoradO Orders len h him viii
" promptly attended to.
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