New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-06
TEE ASSUMPTIONS OF ylRGrsIA,

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TEE ASSUMPTIONS OF VIRGINIA.
The lapse of time having compelled the |ir-
gnia Convention TO cease their speech-makng
and begin TO vote on the report Of the Committee
on Federal Relations, they on Thursday disposed
of several resolutions contained in this report.
Among them was the following:
3 The choice Of furciauAfi-, Of Common 0og'nneot 80
;bshed f the co'mon good i9r tbe ei;on ma .y
Tie sta,e necessarily e1c.ae- the Pc % one
the The doHiaan Of the stronger section td. %
sbse ard cou7si with the ss'o'y Of those whos inter
.ccsr. ps,., ia rr.p,c 10 Federal pot CONTRARY ,be
principles which system rests and tends TO IL o''IHio"
II is well for Virginia, at this late day SOL
EMMY TO reproduce the fayoritc old slang about
geographical parties, sectional Issues, arTa!lns
the people Of ono part of tho country against The
people of another, and all the rest OF the dreary,
superficial rubbish which has for years been shot
upon US. 1t is well for Virginia, whose repre-
senta,ives and Senator'S in body voted for the
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, and thus
opened up the whole question OF Slavery extern
sion, making the defensive uprising of tie Free
Labor States as certain IA the return OF the
morning after the night. 1t Is well for N'rginia'
who is thus responsible for the troubles 'he nov
pretends 10 deprccate, and upon whose o"n
skirts will be her ruin.
For half "A century previous 10 the Incoming Of
Mr. Lincoln, tho administration Of the AFFAIRS OF
this Government has beeen placed in tho hands Of
certain rulers for one reason alone-eecause.
either actively or passiyely, they have been op-
posed TO Freedom aud Equality, in favor Of
Slavery and the desPotsm Of an olearchy. All
legislation has tended to the advantage Of one
section--the South. No advantage could accrue
to the country as a whole from these Efforts in
favor of Slavery; they were all for tho good Of
the pockets Of section, aud the dominant party
for fifty years has been sectional party. Dur
ing oil this period Virginia never objected to this,
or twaddled about geographical lines.
Virginia, in the above resolution, expresses
her Disgust at what is called the subsection Of
/" the weaker 10 the domination Of the stronger
" section" That is really tho whole trouble at
this moment The South has been whipped in
fair fight; il is in minority; II is natural that
it should be discounted at the result. All VIC
tories imply the submission Of the weaker party;
be who goes into a conflict tacitly agrees 10
succumb if he is not stronger than HIS antagOn-
ist. Virginia, however does not approve Of this.
She does not object to the domination Of the
stronger party, only that party must be her own
or she w make trouble. She also Objects TO
- the choice OF functionafies OF the public Gov
eminent, for the reason that they enter
tain opinions and avow purposes hostile 10
- the institutions Of some OF the States"
But why has she not sbrcted before
During oil these years our rulers have
been chosen for the reason, and the reason
alone, that they held opinions " hostile to the
institutions of some Of the States"--only in
this case the " institution" 10 which the opinions
were hostile was the institution Of Freedom, and
the some Of the States included always nu-
merical half of the Confederation, and tower
ing majority Of the population, wealth, enter
price, energy education, cultivation, and TO
spectability Of tho whole country. These States,
these people, this institution OF Freedom never
had any rights, and nothing was ever to be done
for 10 or them, the moment whom Freedom
ceased 10 lie in the dust at the feet OF Slavery
was the moment when the existence OF geo
graphical party was discovered, and when this
foolish, maunderiog babbe began to tickle the
ears of the Doushfaces
Mr. Stephens, one Of the few Southern men
who ara at once upright and intelligent, honestly
says that tbe Constitution Of tho United States
was founded on the idea that all men are equal
in respect Of natural rights, no matter what
their color; he as honestly acknowledges
that taking this ss the true basis. the South
have no ground for oOmplaintI but ho in
lists that the foundation is wrong. and that al
mon arc not equal. Virginia, however, says that
the Constitution was made chiefly for the pro-
lection Of Slavery, that every piece Of legislation
in favor of tho rights Of Free Labor is opposed to
tho rights Of the South, and, therefore, sec
tional measure, that the election Of a President
by the majority, in accordance with the Con-
s.itution, is the triumph Of geographical party,
tends 90 tho overthrow Of our syston VI Gov
eminent and must be atOned for by opening the
whole country 70 Slavery, and allowing the
SOUTH Fection-to control the Union. Tins IL
Virginia the Union.loying State, to conciliate
whom so many Northern men have been long
bowing the knee to Bssl. and who has BY the
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