, 1861-02-19

0eleKRtcg-s"FHGlnfa Conven1!on-Ita
Clnsstacatanm> ana 0Dtecta-Tho Cot
tGn a saa1esInno 1T.-;aa Lever undoE v1rginiA
~ Texns..Gost tn-m % 1i,n:- u y: soldiers
-1sacffic Kond mi Tf,a ~ Tn1s 1ss MNM EHmSo
Protests Pourinr fn2Sensfnr x1f1o
Rinson OF mfnncSota,
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From Our Own Correspondence
Thu peoro roresro, ~. III ~ .aa,s-,nneo t,a
s,...... AtS4 :, o4.o "Aa eommeuee 'ao
olscusslon OF the report OF the Committee OF
Tw. uty, as there arc only that many States
renresrntad Tho com,n;t+.e hv w. ,,o,o-i.
-, .s.~.N.s , - ~ ~ rAa.N. - ~ -IH's ~.
-duced by Guthrie Of Kentucky, Il is substAn-
tial1v the Crittcnden scheme. but more odlnu.
..a am,.,.t,,. =. ~. .z.u.,,-..I sa.,,,. ~.
aao onsaa''c III 'as "osulug nlo oeaus. ~
vastly more abominable than tho Breckinridge
platform. It is the price which the Repub1I.
.'.1e AAe os1st-Nu ~ fl3 'o4 'A' psh nese "
tah1ng possession o1 Inc 1osernmcht 10 which
they arc constltutlonaI1y entitled The prfn.
c,na1 section of Gnthr;e,s schc,cc ia :, tb..a
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"o'uss ~ .-
serrtue Is recognized, as 1t exists In the South
crn States Of the Union, whilst such territory
shall belong to tue United States or be under
territorin! government; aud neither Congress
nor the 1e7ri&oria! Gorernme7lt shall have power
to hinder or prevent emIgrants to tald Terri.
Dor on inuolun{dry servfee, according to the la,cs
dnd usogcs ef The State from which such persons
mar be taken, nor to impair the rights arising
out Of eaid relations, and be subject to judicial
eognizancc; the United States courts of eaid
Territory shall have Jurisdiction thereof, and
those rights A.au be protected By The courts and
oil the departments Of TIC Territorial Government,
under or according to the tdtes Of the STATE from
whence the person bound to such service may
have been taken"
ibis proposition, It will be percei1ed, ex-
tends the slave laws OF the Southern states into
Az leEr1tories south OF SUN, which IS going d
long step beyond the odlous Breckinridgc
platform. Kcpuellcans are asked to surrender
taelr principles and accept thS .pro-slayery
overture as one OF the articles OF an adjust
ment- 1t Is not believed that it can pass the
ConfeI5nce. There is 70 "prevjous question:"
ana talk Is Unlimited and eyen were 1t adopt
ea oy majority vote Il would be binding on
nobody. 1t is absurd TO suppose that two
thirds Of both branches OF Congress would
propuee II as IN amendment to the Con6titu-
tion, or that the Legislatures OF three-fourths
OF the States would adopt L. The parties who
arc adToeatlng It nave not the faintess expect
alton that the people of the North can be CO.
creed into ACCEPTING It. But they want to use
u u as ieFsr MhcTe"lth 10 Aeave the border
states OUT OF the Cnion, and split the Repub-
nean party at tho same time Instead Of being
Peace Comm!sst7ncrs, they aranothing but
PartlEan bla:k;egs; pia1lng ut the game Of
dlsun1on. and Inc Northern Democratic demn-
gognes are their partners in the game. 4 man
must be very blind who cannot perceive this
fact The leading delegate from Virginia il
Seddon, who Is q hitter and malignant disunion-
lst HIS plan is to offer such propositions as
the North caanot accept, and on their refusal,
CAL on Virginfn to secede:
The Secession Convention Of that State Is
now in session. The members arc divided in
to three c!asseE-1st, ,Secesslonists ter con
ditionnl secessionists; Sd, unconditional Uaion
men. The first class number forty members,
the second eighty and the third thirty. The
second clsss declare that l"the North does rot
yield TO the South It's demands. they viii join
the dispnionistt and take ne State ont OF the
Union. Nothing less than the constitutional
right to establish Slavery in trcc territory,
and have 1t protected By Federal law, will sat
isfy them. The platform Of the Breckfnridge
party must be made part Of tho Con ,tItution
Republicans must rcnoun.o their principles
and aid In the cxaltation and perpctuation OF
human bondage. They must concede the right
OF two men TO make third man slave. Pro.
perty in ,nsn must be recognized By the Fed
eral Government, and wat acres Of free eoll
must be reduced to Slavery.
But after having made all these cowardly
and humiliating concessions, no guarantee will
be given that the border Slave States will
remain in the Union The best informed FiE-
gtuiaps In luis city arc free to
say that the continuance Of their States
u Northern alliance, with q Southern
Confederation In existence, is out Of the qnes-
ton Z; tlat the feelings and synpathies Of Vir-
glnla VIII carry her into the Southern Confed-
eracy In spite OF I'LL concessions aud comrro-
almost unanimously, that "the destiny Of the
State WIS with the South" which, doubtless,
reflected the sentiments Of the eastern section
Of the Stata at least
It Is believed at Richmond that the seven
Cotton States, Texas Inclusive, have left the
Union, for good; that the secession is irreyo-
cable, aud rotLiuc but irresistible and over.
mastering force eau retain them, II tho Cor
croment EMPLOYS force to rnaintaIn It's author.
ity In the seeded States. Virginia and other
border States ure pledged to make common
cause with the Cotton States. II no force is
used, the scu'hcrn Corfederncy will have @
rirht to claim an acknowledgements Of It's indie
pendeuce, Because when the General Govern
meut cecscs to exercise its Jurisdiction, other
nations hare r,crfect right TO rerart that Con-
federacy ns permanently established, and send
ambassadors to its capital.
! ber of tile Tirgiuia Convention to a Union
member OF Congress Gays: "That no matter
"vhat concessions mny be made by the border
| Estates for the purpose Of retainin:. them, Viz.
'scinia, ut least, will not consent to remain in
"the Union without the Cotton States and
"that he had 70 idea the Cotton States would
"cver esaiu consent to link their fortunes
/ "and destiny with the Free States" He
predicted that Virginia would be ont
| Of the Union before six months, and perhaps
before as many werks. The attraction towards
| Southern CnrfodcracJ Is irresistible among
the tlaTe-breedcrs Of the Old Dominion, who
sell annually twenty nilIioa dollars worth Of
~ tue Gtea Soteun o.a.eS. 1nG oonFEsss
u tne eontae.h ~ EoI1sueG la'e tnss'Ieu
PROVISION ~, ~ tneli NoHsstu1l9n t ~ Molcu leaus
Inus ttp ~ Eo,ts, ~ slau .s,su n'.sc power
70 nroAto@ Me tnaroaaGaex W s1it s;ass l5o'n ony
"stnf 4Mlt ~ S.,sev !Hs. ".s ~,
La Nuatastn ~. eSSsste eonus r nan "Iis4
tenca ~ tl,ir. ~ -, ~ at tss ~
tStulcuni 49, AZ. WI ui'e9set ~,
Laal neJ Lave eaeen unt ~ ~ " @ pelposn. ine
| useiAtAstetAuE @uts.tp y sae l;Gio acle "!lu
Tue power VI stasaas!ua on I'LL coAinunlsies
saRasseu Ras 5 ~ Luc stAsc tsnlte' e',...r
ale os~Hse t'oa, eus ..:a tsstt1a5 ~ tfe~
Ms4lco mas leeelsgu lnoI 4la!iou ~ tnas tue Leg
slatute uas ls1oeto ~ ~ !os tae G!eeuuu ~
| oeegateE 20 10TH e1ale eqnsu 312 4Ion, when
u 10 be nelq ~ Aa3 aG4.. me 9eiesatcs ale
| 70 meet IN jung u dlsea44ge Tue onllea which
| "ln pe imposed u!'on taenl, anu tne C2nstitu,
| tlon tncy FORM u aiter"a1os 70 ne submitted
10 the Peopie, lor ratu:a,!on or ltJecuoa. ~
genera clec11on 70 pe he!a ~ oeptenoeE. II
this DC done, nna Sew Me1tco, Nnlen con-
ta1ns aEon1llanon OF a5'uat " lhe lato cen.
sus, shall apIsy hext Wtnlcr Tor admission INTO
The Union as I Irtc state, WILL at:s me COM
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