Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-10


WHAT A LOYAL VRGINIAN THINKS OF
CoNFIsCATIoN.-On the 9th ult., Mr.. Train
of Massachusetts made speech in the house
Of representatives in opposition to Mr.. FL
lots confscdtion and emancipation bills, in
the course of which he addressed an inquiry to
Mr.. Brown of Virginia, which was pertinently
answered by one of his colleagues, as fol-
lows =
Mr.. WMALEY-Mr. Speaker, the feeble
state Of my health and strength will not per-
NIT me to indulge in any lengthy remarks, but
am DESTROYS of replying to a question which
the gentleman from Massachusetts Mr.
Taain) put to my colleague, (Mr. Brown
and that was, why did Virginia secede from
the Union when Union men had a large ma
jority in the convention which passed the Or
dinance Of secession! That question is fully
answered by saying, that three thousand
southern ruffians and cut-throatS from South
Carolina and Georgia surrounded that con-
vention, and by brute force compelled the
adoption of the ordinance. In short Virgin
i'll was mobbed out of the Union. have seen
and conversed with many of the men who
voted for that ordinance, and who fled from
the state Immediately after the convention adj
journed; and they told me they were true and
loyal men, but that they were compelled, to
save their lives, to vote for the ordinance.
They only lacked moral courage. That is
the way in which Virginia was voted out of
the Union. After they were mobbed out of
the Union, the people of western Virginia ar
rayed themselves in opposition to that act,
and we found that we had many friends to
support us in our neighbors, Ohio and other
states. We appealed to the people of the loyal
states, and Massachusetts, responding to our
call, loaned us 2000 stand of arms. That
was our rallying point, and henceforth we de-
elared that we never would submit to the or
dinance of the Richmond convention; that
rather than do that, our loyal people would
leave their bones to bleach around their ma
tive hills, and their blood to nourish the soil
OF their beloved state. The people of west
ern Virginia have never had that credit to
which they are entitled for their patriotism
and loyalty to the government. The gentle
man from Massachusetts (Mr. Train) spoke
| OF the people Of Tennessee. / ask any rea-
| sonable man where was ever greater patriot
| ism shown than has been shown by the people
of eastern Tennessee? Surrounded by dis
| loyalty on every side, shut off from all loval-
| ty by chain of hills and Kentucky neutrality
on one side, and by a violent, murderous, and
cut-throat crew upon the other, yet under the
leaderSmp.ot noble johnson, Etheridge, Nav
nard and Brownlow, names which will be
placed on the cOrner-stones of monuments
which will be erected by future generations to
perpetuate their enduring fame, they struggled
along, and endured allthat mortal could endure
TO show their devotion to the Union; and
can not endure to hear any man, come from
whatever state he may, speak disrespectfully
of the loyal people Of Tennessee. If the pol
icy is carried out which is contended for by
some Of the gentlemen who are opposed to
contiscation, let me tell them, however honest
they may be in their opinions to the contrary,
the united south anil Het. Sympattizers IN
The north WW once more tate possession of this
gocern"Ieaf, md I'LL eee1y seat IN this house
Wih traitors, GHd our libertyViH be at an end.
Al we receive them back into full fellowship,
%lth their hands all dripping with the blood of
their countrymen, do you suppose that we of
western Virginia can live upon Virginia soil?
10 you suppose that the patriots of east Ten
nesSee can remainy quietly in their homes?
NO, sir' ! say to the gentleman from Massa-
chusetts (Mr. Thomns) If 1t is p1constitv-
tioHat 10 co1fscate the propeyti, of tLese ,oL,j,
our constitution rs failure and on, ooyeya,
01eHt Is at an eAd and had rather 90 ,r;th
! my family and live among the wild sayapes of