The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-12
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA,
lEXTRA SESSION.
SENATE.

Prayer by Rev. DR.. j. L. BURROWS, of the
Baptist Church.
the House of Delegates was read, informin.
the Senate of the passage of the foIIowirg g
resolutions:
j Resoleed BY the GeneralAssenbIy Of V,rginia.
That in View of the imminent daup er Of civIi war
tbs Assembly, In b-h Il; of the ommon wealth
vrgIGia ask respectfully, on The one hand of tn,
Of the au horities of each of the Southern STATES
to the end that. if possible, peace may yet he pre-
served, that they viii reoipro, all, commune
assurances in response hereto to the General As
sembly OF virginia, now IN sesslvn, and tha the
status quo OF all movements tendins to occasloh
collsi' IN, aud concerning the forts and arsenals
the nation. shall. on either hand. be strtt, man.
'aned Tor the pres ent, except to repei any actua
Q TIL It the 6 vernon of the Commonwe alth be
requested tn communicate these resolutions hy
United States. and to each of the Governors of the
South States
MI. PAXTON moved to commit the resoIu.
ticns TO the Committee on Federal Relations
Dir. JOHNSON hoped that the resolutions
would be acted upon speedily and promptly
He called for the yeas and nays on Mr.. PAX
TONS motion.
Mr.. STUART briefly advocated prompt &C.
ton. The proposed reference would he ,oujy.
aient to a vote of rejection. The nature OF the
case demands that there should not be an
hours delay.
Mr.. PAXTON presented his objections to the
resolutions. He undersro ID them to signif,
and arsenalS within their limits 10 remain III
The possession of the Federal G ,vernment.
Mr.. DICKINSON, of Prince Edward, said he
would give the resolutions his cordial sup
port. They do not coupromit the interest or
honor of Virginia Surely, in an hour like
this, it becomes every patriot and every
Cbris iian. before ne commits his country to
the horrors of civil war, to exhaust all honor
able means for preventing il. There was
everything TO gain and no hing to lose by he
maguanimous mentor brave men are al ways
magnauimous-iet us endeavor to avoid strife,
by all honorable means. His constituents,
though ready for war, desired peace. Mr.. u.
appealed 10 the Senate to adopt The resolutions
unanimously.
Mr. PAXTON reiterated his obiect tions 70 the
resolutions.
Mr CoGHILL said that no possible good
could result from the adoption of the resola-
lions. The Southern States may be lulied in =
10 false security. Let us take time for re-
Election and deliberation.
Mr. WICKHAM remarked, that it seemed as
If certain Senators were only willing tor de-
lay when prop, sitions were int Oduced for
peace. He argued in favor of prompt action.
called attention to the fact that L.. Talbot al
proceeded 10 Washington for orders. and hat
if this Senate desired that these orders should
be Of pacific character, 1t IS important that
Virginia should step forward, and TT q uest t.se
President TO stay his hand.
Dir. COGHILL again addressed the Senate in
opposition TO the reSOiuilJUS.
Mr.. CLAIBORNE read a subs titute. which he
proposed To offer at the proper time, folio owIng
The language of the pending resolutions, ex-
cept the appeal by Virginia to her sister States
0! the SJuth. They had commltted no act OF
aggression, nor could commit any. South
Caroliua though sinIed against in The extreme,
has acted with torbearaHce. IMr. O. avowed
himself in favor OF preserving the peace,
and the Union, If possible.
Mr.. AUGUST declared hat no man desired
more earnestly than hnGself to preserve the
peace and TO see the DatiOnal baurer wave
III unimpaiTed bTliliancy and equality;
but he desired neither peace nor a continuance
OF the Union, if done AT the expense OF the
honor of Virginia. This Legislature has al
ready, by the resolutions adopted on Tuesday,
sent reQues; to the Federal Government 10
say. its hand. Coald any message be more
productive of peace than thatl
Mr.. AUGUST commented on The clause, "ior
the present. as iDdefinite, aud Indicated her
objections 10 the adoption of The resolutions
uutil at least, they We're considered by COM
rlittee
MIR. NASH expressed the belief that the
pending resolutions were not only inconsist-
ent Wllh but antagouistic to those adopted on
tuesday,, against coercion. 1t was, therefore,
unbecomlng the prestige and dignity OF Nir-
gthia To adopt them IL he could understand
them AS Il proposition for peace, he would be
recreaut TO has constituents in failing 10 vote
for them but, believing that their adoption
would EN- ooldsn the Federal Government, he
1elo bound TO vote for the motion TO commit.
The debate was further continued by Messrs
THOMAS of H., and RlvEs in favor of the re
Solutions, and Mr. IsBELL against them.
The vote was then taken with the folio wing
result:
YsAs.-Messrs August, Bfahnon Bruce, Car
son, Ca borne Coghil, Da, ID ug lass, Eari,, Fin
Nash, Paxton, Penny bacAer, klchmont;, 1homp-
SON 20.
NAYS -MessIs, Armstrong. Caldwell Carraway,
Jr., carter, Gtl'cher, D,ckiuson OF Pr sdwara'
French. Greever, Hubbard, Johnson, Nj sTshall,
MassIe, NICK enney, : eai, Nesson, Newton, >ew-
man. Pate kves- Stuart, Thomas OF Fairfax,
Thomas Of Henry, Townes, Ulquhart, and Wick
ham -.5.
Mr. CLAIBORNE then offered his substitute,
as follows:
LIST. J hat the General Assembly of virginia ask
the lmm nent lang OF civil war, sn assurance OF
the absO.u .atlon of the status quo Tor 6.
da's except to Tepel hostile assressious on al
questions of dIferenc between the GeneI al Gov
9 ,nment and the seeding st tes
-, That the Governor be requested to telegraph
Immediately, THIS resolution 10 the PreedenL oi
the Unite States.
The substitute was adopted by the following
vote:
YEAs -MessIs. August, Brannon. Bruce Car
Cos9. nas shs hsn slass early Fan
ynch, Nash Neeson, Newman, Pate, Paxton
Penny bacser. Richmond and Ihomoson "a
son. Marshsil, Mass,s, MskepEnsya Neal Ny
L
TowDes, urqunart and Wicknam-2 20
Mr.. THOMAS asked what is to become of us
after tn. sixty DAYS have expired. He infinite
ly preferred that no resolution should be
adopted bnt that of Mr. CLAIBORNE
The subject was finally referred to select
committee, consisting of Messrs. Armstrong
Brannon, Newman. Paxton, Thomas of F.
Thompson and Lynch.
BtHs Reported Mr.. CoGHILL reported bill
changing the times for holding the Circuit
4 ~, . hao af nnre
of Henrico.
Mr. AUGUST reported bill to authorize the
County Courts to arm the militia OF their re.
spactive counties and provide means therefor
Mr.. THOMAS, of Henry, presented a subs ii.
tute for the Convention bill reported yester.
day by a special committee.
On motion Of Mr. DICKINSON, of Prince Ed.
ward, the bill providing for the cali of a Con
venuon was made The order OF the day for TO.
morrow fl2th iust., at half-past IL O'Clock
Gaits JefsrsOn.-A communication from
Mr. Gait. inviting the members of The Lasis
lature TO attend an exhibition of his Statue of
jefferson, was read and the invitation accept
ed.
Resolutions of Inqnny-The appropriate
committees were instructed To iuquire iuts
the expedIency OF sending propositions, viz
BY Mr.. Coghili, OF providing for the deposit
OF the revenue 10 some one OF the Banks in
the different divisions of the State; by the
same, Of repeating the law requi,ing the
branch Banks to redeem their notes al The
parent Banks, etc; by Mr.. Isbell, Of author.
izing the Governor to deposit muskets and
ammunition at certain places, aud under Ger.
tain restrictions. etc. designated in the resoln.
tions;) by Mr.. French, OF general say law
by Mr. Neeson, of reporting bill a26 Of iasl
session by Mr.. Marshall, of providing for the
voluntary ensiavement OF Clara and har chill.
drsp, in the county Of Rappah .nnock !; by NJ r
Lynch, Of erecting a magazine or arsenal at ar
near Lynchburg by Mr.. Ausust. of extend.
Ing the boundaries Of the city Of Richmond =
Several resolutions TO ING uirs into the expedi.
ency Of retunding taxes were adopted, memo.
riais, ETC., presented, after which,