Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-03-29

second resolutions oil the report were lleH
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VIRGINIA LEGlSiAru RE.-The Senate, on
Wednesday. passed number OF House bills
The bill providing Tor the voluntary enSiave-
ment II free negroes, and the bill repeating
III" act requiring the Banks of the State to
resume specie payment. were passed. In the
House Of Delegates, the bill amending the
Pilot laws in regard 10 the Potomac River,
vas passed. Resolutions offered by Mr..
Martin, Tor taking the sense Of the voters AZ
the Nav election Oh the question OF Sece-
ding, vas laid on the table.
"SrcESsG,H :" AND THE True Policy OK
E,pGISIA ExAMINED.-One of the most able
examinations OF the Secession question, in
all It's various ami conflicting interests. that
has wei been made, iscuntalned III the speech
delivered ov Geo ". Summers, in the >lr-
giaia Convention. We make some extracts
in wiioh the effects Of Secession upon 'ir-
yiuia are presented with great directneSS.-
They are worthy of attentive, unpreJudiced
consideration. This whole matter is before
the pepplc and for it's decision. for veal CT
~ woe. their calm Judgment is lnvolyed.-
Passion and excitement should be discarded.
Reason and common sense should have their
levitimate and proper influence. Nor need
We discard the generous and patriotic teel-
ilcs natur: 10 the great masses OF the citizens
of our State Let those feelings, too, have
tsir play:
Il am here as one of this family cauncil--
am here 70 speak my mind as free man
aud as representative Of free men ought to
aoenk il, in kindness and brotherly love. and
and al the same time with boldness and can
dor. We have been brought here Tor com
.aunion and for consultation. We are here
t!eliberating upon the question whether we
shall pass an ordinance taking this old Com
monwealth ont of the unioo, or whether we
shall make further efforts to restore and per
petuate this Union.
What are we to gain by secession. what
can We gain ty separate action on the part OF
this Commonwealth In regard to any one
# the questions rmbraced in the whole scope
If Our difficulties what do We gam by stici,
ii STEP What do you gain on the terrItorl-
Al question? The entire abandonment oi all
connection with, and control over them. II
il interesting IL our people now only "a Il
question of right--more so IN that respect
Than IS s. practical question oi value; but rs
il Question ui right, | would settle it fairly,
Justly aud forever. On that question are you
determined to lose every thing:
Ga che question Of our ab>condlng slave
pnpnlntun. what DO you gain: Yen exchange
The constitutional provision, which requires
the rendition OF tugltlves iroln service, tAe
laws ni Congress 10 enforce 1t, anu the aIieha,
uicat now proposed for the payment III 1uH
o! ulrcclaimed and lost slaves--you exchange
All these provisions aud guarantees. securing
you IN your rights, Tor the mere chance .!
tleatg stipulations alter We shall nave oivld,
ed on the slave line, aud after sovereign and
independent nations shall have taken the
Mace Of confederated States. low are you
10 treat with them upon that question:? Can
Won t:eat with Englandy 1t was tried in the
ehater-A>hburton treaty. iiave you ever
been able to open 10 the English mind The
conception Of al arrangement tor the rendl-
ZION II fueitiyes from Canada? Not al all -
And across the Ohio river you would Suhsti-
;utr Tor these coufcderated States, no; Canada
y.
us ,ilruwn Of and converted possibly iuto
worse than hostile Canada That is what
ven would gain upon The Fugitive Slave law.
And what do you gain in any particular
90 10 this institution in which we are SO muci,
commemorative institution OF slavery, which
is. and ought to be, q great and vital inter
est in this Commouwealth--an institution
which. | am prepared to say, is founded not
only in social and economical expedency,
but is the best of all positions for the African
hinseif-an institation morally, socially and
politically right-what do You gain lVr that
institution, say, by sundering this connec
ton? Instead OF Il Commonwealth in the
ceatre OF 6 great Coutcderacy, made up Vt
siavenoIdinw and nUn-SlAveho!dlng States,
with constitutional and statutory provisions
for your safety and security, you exchange
thar position Tor Il border attitude along the
line Of States no longer connected With you,
not participating in that institution, but be-
coning possibly by your own act more hos
tile 20 it than ever. You abandon all the
guarantees which you now have under the
Constitution, and all which are proposed to
Ja added, tor the uncertain chances Of III
arrangement between foreign governments.
Now, sir, as one OF the citizens Of this com
tnuaitY, as Il property holder in Western iir-
eiu;a | protest, for myself, aud on behalf of
nv constituents in Ike condition, against
changing It's political aud governmental re-
lGtions Give us peace; give Us guarantees
such as are now offered and which we can
get; invite and encourage us TO our coal
mines, salt wells and iron furnaces---to the
oil mills and oil sprngs-the workshops aud
manu- fuctories-to the cultivation OF our fer
tile fields, and the care of our lowing herds
that's what we desire. Dismember this Re
public, end where will you place u? You
cat OF large mass of our labor, no longer TO
be returned among us, and subject every pro-
dnct Of our industry. whether of the mi"e.
Tue s3reat, the field or the shop, to the bur
3ens # protective and prohibtory tariffs
IN the Union which we shall have lett. The
Free States contain some eighteen millions
Ct Inhabitants, and Constitute the chief mar
&at for ali our surplus; tnay can place no
tar;:T on US ut,der the CONSTITUTION; but, as a
separate Government. would protst: their
own industry ard their own productions, TO
theiniury and exclusion CT ours. At the
same time, by the tariff act o. the Southern
COnfederacy, recently nsssed eli nfOyisio0s