Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-26
UEsDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY rs, 1861

Rights, if it nos Gc the Capital of States
Rights that it once was-therc are not iaany
] here older than the time when il vas than
| the time when Virginia declared ut this Capital
that each State OF this Union, for herself, had
The right 10 judge not only Of the inlrnction
but the mode and measure Of redress l. vas
when nrn minds were flied with l!icsu facts,
this information, that knew, G. was nlurlGcd
that Fortress Monroe Was no. only ylrr!s0!!cti
rs III ordinary times bat that her big Gun.
wcTo now pointed and.war,iS. Ans! | tel.
| the gentlemen from the CockaLc city-rl1 maj
ter what coCka,ic hc wrars-,ilat there are
now people, in the county ot Elizabeth
| CITY, over whose terra.iirMa those guns
are pointed, who are now trembling not AT
those guns, not for fear oi those guns, but thcr
are trembling for the sake Of Rome, their Rome
Of RoInes-thc veritlble Rome OF Il country
| They are trembling, Iiut with fear, bait with
indignation, when they reflect with loeicll pre-.
| ciSlon that South Carolina has resisted AMI If
| South Carolina and the other 81. States that
are now her coniedcra.es are 10 he cocrcei that
! 1t will be their time when the time for coercion
comes. 10 resist If they mean to resist at all, the
sending Of those guns from Fortress Monroe 70
cocrcc South Carolina. With these thoughts
in my mind and the additional thought that all
the standing army will not be sufficient. nor
twice or thrice that number, 10 CocrCc Virginia
--even with the odds nl Fortress Monroe and
all the magazines cr llarpers Ferry, OF Cos
port Navy Yard, with all the appliances Of CO.
crcion IN the hands Of the Governmental She
r.sents the coercion Of the Southern Cnnlcdc.
racy, remembering that then there Will nc a
necessity to cal! forth the militia; seeing tha;
the power is put in the hands ol the Executive
to call forth an unlimited number OF the mill
LA power Of States tha! are IS 100000 against
5000, 900; seeing say, that it would not be
the standing army, men trained 10 war and liz
nsages, but men called Wide Awa:es, mid
night soldiers, that have been trained by the
torches ui midnight in the doctrines OF incendi
arism-serag all this, il was that | asked the
9ueston-if these Wide Awakes, no: cur own
cllizens, should be sent 10 garrison Gosport Navy
Yard, to insult and rob us-the language WAS
To strut over the county Of Princess h3n- a7l
rob our .rcost:-n hctner we should t:rSc
them away? That is what asked, cr.ting 10
impItatiun upon orr o*n peupe. That IS ali
the explanation nave 10 make.
have but word more to add /, might bc
naturally aud very reasonably Inferred from my
political as well as my personal affinity to thc
editors Of the "Enqu!rsr," shl! lhc; reports Vi
my remarks might GENERALLY be- received as ac-
curatc. Undoubtedly, presa;nr, the edlo's
Of that piper take pains to make their reports
accurate. know lha. the Reporter who took
ny remarks down-- undoubtedly friendly To
mr-meanl 70 make correct report. bu! il Is
the fact that never had the reports Of my cor.
sorry remarks such n am now making. Cor
rcclly made, and should not wish them
published without my knowledge. without m
revisa! or correction. | have examined tie
report Of the remarks in question, nnl
find il 10 be mere sketch. bat u ! sketch, j;
is very inaccurate throughout, both i'll eXpres
sion and in the ideas which I intended To- ex.
press but 1t is no wonder. Th@rc wla bu:
one Reporter, and Il wss impossible for h!m to
be otherwise than Inaccurate. inLoviag. as aia
told he did, some ten or twelve hours upon tie
stretch when il is we'll known ln:t Stenog
:aplicr can stard more t!ran two hCHs at q tuI".
For myself, unless am to be reported fully in
what say, would prefer in order TO avoid the
necessity uf these explanations, tina: no report
shall be made Of my remarks nj ali. umlrSs It be
expressed that it docs not purpott to lie an &c
curaie and full report. | ask my friend iry;n
Portsmouth 10 state, according TO his lccOi!cc.
ton, whether the report uf what sad wes
correct or not.
n,S '5..it- 10y -.ccs.Ie-':' -'-'e' -
man d:d say corresponds precisely ':i:!l " lat
ne has stated. Ny attention was called to ';'s
report Of his remarks and kasw that they
would be subject 20 criticism and GiScon>lrt'c'
ton. called the attention VI the gentleman
to it, we'll knowing lroui my own reco!ecti'h
Of what he did say, that II" WIS improperly re-
ported. l take great pleasure IN saying thai
concur fully with the gentlelnan's recollection
rs to what he did say upon the occasion.
On motion Of Mr. PArRicH, the Conre"t:on
then adjourned.