Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-12-27

U"anui!,es Of .ha Ccu7enuup.
A~tExAsDsw Il @:irusss.
C;uul:ssiJn-: iur Confederate S:a!W.
Nc i~i.AoyaB:-!: - 2,7!:o:iF ap21r:a;,
! i-,in tn; .sr.rs =; IA: C;as.n:;o3, its. t&r
President OF las Cenf.Asca!y S:s:es vas ill.,
; : : ID It, !! ;hs 6Hni, c0iiI3i u The M az;
; II, - i.:.s If Cva.n III = ss:!', asl: CIm
| III .ntcr.ln ca,ei III lee wan!: III il;ary forces
/ The S ate pr!u! - The sans Q; Vtrg'aia'S be-
cdm:ng even a ueuo:r nf tho Provisional
irvernuen, By ;he reception of her delegates
/ II t~i:nmrTy.
" HArYo%o.--. you'd @sa 1ns ~sen:-m2.:
i q i:s:ion.
understand !ba 2cr:ley,c 70 :ay, me. the
Pres :cnt e tee Confederate S.a:.s vas the
! UJnm n3cr-lA-Cnief o! tie !Urcss 0! Virginia
uHuer Lh.. tr:s:y. understood the clause
. the :roa.y or that 81 &c! 20 3, this: lis
it sa1uiG hsvslce ssme power in Virginia s.
though ne State vas shsD . mtlnhs7 oi ,hs
y n!ede.a:y. TIE pcssr ~hicl tnu P.:.si39a;
aaS over tie military cpard,ioi5 of tie Sale
| af.er TIE az ,pticn Of :hss treat, ~a9 the Sa;ae,
+! sp2-ahend, as Ina: prsa+s:s! 81 Tie Prvsi
ao1L Of the Ua!.ed S;s,es cce- liz i~n'trtc:;
operations of the separate 5 'ates.
Ir. HuLc Asg-fhe !ingussel Il this Treaty
- ) III VIA O.O1lcT lLtL. llSs ia !llDO Gu III
IN: Constitution Q, The Uai.s3 Staits. The
Pres dsnt Ct the Confederate States, uader liz.
Provisional Constitution, is ,StasS D1in nalder-
l1-Chi-f IT tbs militia Of ;hoss'S!a.ss ,ha! are
cs:i.6 inc service
The President & the Co1ftdsrass States
Soull sesm to LIS 70 hate, 81 ii. language
of TINS tTe.;y, ! more comprehensive ln!I.tsry
authority under the !r-sty stipulation pro-
posed, iuan the Piesidiat pf he Uoited States
rcul have uuies !na Constellation Of the
Unied STATS.
Blu, hi NJ cntion i,ss 10: been given to that
question. merely thro" out taese spe1ula
;ions for the cousiCt ration pf the Convention.
Whsn Fi;g 1is b'cins 4 menber of the
Provisional Government CT the Confederate
STATES, IS she did On The reception OF her dele.
gates al VI jn'gontry, and the Get Of admitting
her into The Loniedcrscy by th.: Congress,
tDis d st clause in TIA. lrta:y 6as deprived OF
al VI IT'S eff CT; and from that dag 20 this, the
authority Of tbs President in this Common
Tcal,h Is derived from thu Provisional Consti
,G.iga uf ,hc Gp"f:derAie Stake, sud not from
the trc:ry. Tho lieaty coveroi merely iac
brief interval OF time, SO far as hilary pperg
tons were concerned, that elapscG between
the ratification Of tie treaty aud ;hs adoption
o: Virginia INTO lie Provisional Coui,ds1ecy.
Tueie ia, however, another provision Of the
treaiy-;he third, | b~rlieve-TEica contains A
stipulation es 10 what Virginia should do il
the event Of her becoming Z Prepayment Mem
Dor Uf the Cunfcderacy. A: Tho litna that t1is
Couvention was adopted. and TIC Provisional
Constitution ratified, there Tsre gentlemen in
The CoGTen:ioa ~ho were not prepared 10 20
10 the length Of taking the Provisional Cousti.
tuition, upon tho ground thas Nc msJ net &c
come e member Uf the permanent government,
though a member OF .no Provisional Govern.
mems. T.:ere were insmbsIs who c;ung TO that
;d.o; and We could not, in the uncertainty
Existing on tho question whether Virginia
would become q member Of TIC Ca3iejeracy
NJ not, pass over this public proper:!; sakcn al
N!riolk and II upNr's Ferry 10 the Confederate
States Government. Tine Commissioner ifou
Tho Confederate States did not haze ii :i4 pos
session tho evidence Of the rn1d= in which tie
public property they TOOK from ,he g Iitud
States had been transferred By ts5ec States
that seced d, on becoming menbste o! toe
permanent governm IN. Although our public
property was double The value e all the pub ic
property taken hy vii The other ) aics, &c werr
willing ~ pu. 1t N tns pu>ic fund upnn the
same c HnultlJES RaD irSElVAtiQla Will Tue UIuti
States.
Nv, up TO this time the Governor Of the
Commonwealth uad Nc rgN 10 trans er any
pubic pruiert; - the Oui.te!:ia.e States.
Certainly | q = nnC csi! IN Glsslio'; ~ .ha cor
raf., / c"inm'id end 81 c;Ion no r1@rcis"
# t:e r,.p"'> b N, q ;u'lns tie pubic
:: o.-.ty 81 ITO service Ut t:s Sla:s as he has
ions | tnMk /: a,ap,:rIo'tc SGT 81! il
AIN :.ga,ly informed. the ammunition which
ha, b,s, used BY the whole forco Of :Ss e:.;s,
as well as the Confederate forces, aaS Sssn
supplied By Virginia from this property. d:
n,t know whether tha. can bs done hereafter
III any way except By an assumption Of re-
sp,ns,bility on the part Of the Gav-rnor which
bsso:ss 10 Ike Convention. TIE President of
The Gvncders.s States could no, rY=:c!ss that
respaasia:!i.y. because &c, SO Psss:dsa', has
10 riga. q; praee:tJ WHICH sill! eaiorgs &c th=
Safe OF Virginia, escsPf, perhaps. where the
property is essential 10 The prcne::oc :! :ae
war. Il nat 10 may be jas.iteG; ou: Ses
40 ground upoa which ho woula ha7e any right