New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-05
TEE ooUssR OF VIRGINIA.

several delegates presented recoro vi 'ho PiV
oeedngs Of county meetings which had been heid
in at least four important counties OF the state.
These meetings were said to have been attended,
by large and enthusiastic throngs, and the senti-
msnts there put forth must be taken as the ex-
,ression of a general public opinion in the conn
ties represented. The resolutions adopted at the
meetings thus reported we're, with one voice, In
favor Of Secession. and violently opposed to any
un;on except on the basis of tie Montgomery
Constitution.
As one of the representatives presented Tie
resolutions of his constituents, he prefaced the
reading with some strong remarks, in the course
Of which he said:
INV r.onle have 70 attachment Black Republican non
,Lsx have no desire 10 rergn In Unan with the North
,, Bl.ct Republicans. they are looking to smother Union
b are looking earnestly and snSou,y 20 the peiiod when
hsv ,s be omitted with their ser saos Of the South WHO
have sustained the Constitution Of fN,crs and rescued
from the yspdsl srasp Of the fidelity and sgrsst'm oil u"
North and who now hold 1t in ts purity and pe'fecaSn'
end ,npes TO ~ aud all ths patriots OF the lsnd to ALLY
nJ n end ,osinlsiu It, 1t l. for this tia, my people arc
struggling II for this IL, tley mean to Struggle and
with no less than this win they be ss,sfed
us this Convention ry scpd forth IL, paper bulletins 10 the
No,h IN the shape They mty be accepted by
the North do believe they i bel bat socerted By ITO
North ny people do net to submit to Union with
Black Republicans Bot Sir, they hsve thu u:nos, conn
dene In the patriotism Of the people OF Vusni, and they VII
.pss. to that spirit patriotism uIla the fires Of liberty are
klded every patriot heart and the hsSeu bands "hich
bind US to this Union severed and severed forever
Then they will he r.con,tiuns Union around tie Con-
fedsr..e States Of tie South"
This gives the keynote Of all tho resolutions,
and shows what support the Union is likely to
obtain from the Old Dominion. We hear great
deal about the UniOn.loyiDg people of Virginia;
their delegates meet in Convention and propose
amendments 10 the Constitution, which even
professional slaye.driver would not have tho PIE.
sumption TO suggests when this is done, the
people scot ut the ultimstum, calling 1t
"paper bulletin" and declaring that, even with
| the acceptance Of these guarantees Tor Slavery,
they will not be satisfied. And 80, While come
| of the Northern time-serveTs are crying out LOT
concessions, the VrginaDs are beginning to an
nounce that they will not accept the very confess
sions they themselves proposed.
II ID therefore clear, and il becomes every day
more plain, that the State Of Virginia is tending
| toward Secession. The leaders of disunlon werc
we'll pleased to have the North delnded with
hope of keeping this Border State in the Union
40 long as such delu'ion would give them ID"
time they wanted to prepare the minds OF tho
people for u separation; but at tue proper mo-
ment they throw of the cloak and come boldly
out on the side Of rebellion.
The representative whose words are above
| quoted was honest enough to ray that he did
not believe the propositions OF Virginia would DC
accepted BY the North. In point Of fsct iir7
southerners are pretty generally honest in tho
expression OF their sentiments just nowi they
have not even enough respect for ~ to deceive
us. They know that the outrageous demands Of
Slavery will not be complied with, and they plainly
say so. Since then, tho very men who have assisted
| 10 mike the compromises offered to the North
declare that they cannot be accepted by free
people. II would be well for those persons here
who advocate submission to the Slave Power to
reach tire same conclusion Themselves, and cease
their endeayors to bring the North beneath such
yoke.
The most unconquerable propensity 10 trust in
shadowy, intangible future 10 apparent here
among us. In some mysterious way, we have
seemed TO think that things are TO be made
right; TINT Virginin will stay in the Union; that
the other Border States viii do likewise; and
that The storm will blow over. Meanwhile, Vir-
GINA and the other Border States zealoutly boil
and bubble; tho leaders Of the Di,union party
work Ike beavers the local military grows each
day moro powerful; Gil suddenly the Unon.loyins
States, on whose loyalty We have stupidity
counted, unfarl the banner Of treason tear up the
Compromises they have proposed, laugh in scoFn
as they fling the fragments in the face of the
North, and march into the ranks Of the new
Confederscy. This lie tie probable course Of
Yirginin. Her action In tho past fsw weeks, her
present posture, and the growing voice Of her
people oil exhibit this tendency Tho country
may as well to-day face the posilion it viii be-
fore long DO forced to Acknowledge.