Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-03-08
VIRGINIA STATE CONVENTION

FaURsDAY, March Z, 1851.
The Convention met u J A. oo.ock s..
Prayer by Rev. Dr. 7 Y. Moore, OF the Fresbyteral
Church.
The SUBJECT or TAXATION.
Nr. BROWN slOntteG the Toll ng resolution
Dc modJu Of Mr. ECHOLS be -oluton ras aiC
upor tarl,-y as 90, us,s 43
.5s lAet he President Ct lhs Convection appoint com
nj. sc d Geqtr,s, styled tne Comnu-e on Finance,
duty shs be to iaAe lg eossdersa all subjects to
sef,red 10 elaton -t4tes nd egy ry' "a, s,laa
FEDfAA KELATIONs.
NJ. NELS suom .leu The iouo~mg resolution which
~ r,i rred o tae omuittee Federal Relations
Rsssd By u v.a'ion Of Virginia. Virginia enti rel,
pa O. the tsiers Hogs:n rep itself properly
place be e"aen anu &c collect the due'
o p.rs' within -Ae limits OF the seSsdns stayes
tbe resolution OF Nc. COX, and proposed amend
ma IT., vers then taken up, W .ereapoD,
NJ. CARLILE, Of la risoa, proceeded to give bis
views on the questions noT ags,iGg the people He
said that if the outions otred by Mr HARV!E and
NJ. LrAKE) were adj d, hey would place Virginia IL
host ity 10 the F.de al Goy4rnmynt, WHICH Govern
ment is e Government OF Virginia In other words
the, would place her in against herself al d
entity her with tie Cotton States, which have
oeen but In IN sttude of REBELLION by those men, who
r tune have control OF their respective State Gov
ernments.
Referring TO Liaccln's inaugural Dir. G. declared on
mis- responsibility, Nirginian that he agreeaby
disappointed the plcihc tone that pervsded it. He
then contrasted il with passages from Mr. Buchansns
he Mr.. c regretted the existence of the Republican
party and the election of its representative, Lincoln
Tut he had too much Of the spirit Of Virginan to do
ipusce to the meanest reptile and would therefore
that LINCOLN dare not recognize the validity Of the
duances OF secession passed by the Cotton States.
Mr. O. expressed his concurrence in the opinion advan-
ced by the gentlemen from Halifax Mr. FL0URXoY) that
the institution Of African slavery essential to the
preservation Of American freedom, but still he had not
been seized with that frenzy and madness which charac-
terri those Of his brethren who are anxious TO
adopt the OF running away from this great nher-
tance-the American Union.
Mr. O. argued length in opposition to the dog
rine and rghtiuaess of Secession. lie said thai it was
an absurdty too great for the people OF Virginia Mr.
IA Court of Appeals in 1884, in the case of one Nc
Cready militia officer who refused TO take the usual
OATH pronounced the ordnance which had been pass.
ed unconstitutional
Mr. CARLlLE remarked that be was a STAKEHOLDER, not
by inheritance bu by purchase. lie believed that the
Institution Of slavery q moral social aud political
blessing and be believed when very few men south
OF Mason and Dxcns line expressed different opinion
When he boy seventeen Years OF age he adv
ted this doctrine in Phi lIdephia The situdon OF Afi-
can slavery Is right in ITSELF and be desired its perpe
tuIty How Ol = h. asked X Virginia dissolges her
connection with The Union vii the Institution exist p
In FIVE years it viii have ootbold in Virginia, ard
in twenty wears after separation il will disappear from
the southern Satss England, France, and Spain would
combine With the Northern Confederacy" to bring
a.ou. is ultimate extinction.
Mr. C. deprecated, for other reasons assigned by him,
dissolution Of the Union. Ought wait to
If tie seninent Of hostility in the North the nstu
ton Of savery had not ceinnaiad and vas The
wane? If the South had main aimed its piighted faith
eight years ago. there would have been dsurbanc.
The sntssvery vote diminished from 500 600 in lsis
to 100000 In 1852 in consequence OF the adoption OF