Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-12-28

Ell Ill the virginia HOUSE VI Dt4SSdteo W @14
Hutchinson on Friday last, and referred to The
committee on Confederate relations - Bait
Sun.
Whereas Abraham Lincoln, President OF the
United States, has t,y various messages anO
DENOMINATIONS tnuluayurcd to create tht IlIi-
resSlOn upon the civilized world that the Sc.
ccsslOu 81 the se> eral States o. the South and
the organization vi the Contederacy were att
Of those whom he styles The ltalers Of the
people, III CUntradls ltctlun to the people them
eei>cs and Was not the tree ana Spontaneous
choice vi the people and whereas, III order 60
Garry out this Idea he has recently issued his
pruclatnaluu, IN which he endeavOrS TO setuce
the patriotic soldiers Of our arny and the CIT
izells vi this ancient Common Wtath trom Their
love uF country and ucte them 10 the aball-
dOntl.eut OF those duties which devOVe upon
them as descendants VI the noble AND chl\al-
rouo ancestry Ut rs, il the present Struggle
tor national Independence anal clyl and reE-
glUus liberty: therefore, we, he heuuer5 OF
lie Ueuelat Assembly Of Virginia, freely
chosen t,y the people IN acCorc ance with the
tine houured laws and institutions Of the State
and flesh ironl association AMI lnttrcoLr~e WIN
our patriotic cuLStll ueLts, DO ~, 1or aud
III Lehult vi our elves, aud Ii. The nllnc u
the people ot Virginia
J. Resolved That the separation from the
United States was the deliberate act OF the
representatives VI tie people III convention as
selublUd, ratified by the almost unanimous
voice vi The constitutional voters III Tie 0tate
confirmed by voluntary enlstllitht 81 more
thun one hundred and thirty Thousand men,
cl4ceruliy sustained by q rate OF taxation un ,
DyuctueuteI III the annaS VI legislation, ANA
uutctdcu by herol>n aud ct sac' lhcILlg pa
tuotl>tn unexaml lied III Tie pages vi history J;
anI that any representation, iron amy quarter
wtale> er, that The people OF Virginia have
acted uudtr durcss III this revolution, Is gross
MISREPRESENTATION Ut tuc{s aud sIAndcr upon
tneir character; that, having calmly counted
Tie cost aud wclg ted the Danger anu difficulties
necessary lur the achievement i The rights
and indupeudence they coyct, the people OF the
DID DuullDlun Supra With contempt the
Dgoffere pardon AND amnesty OF the SAID LILA
cnlu.
= Resolved, That the terms proposed by the
SAID prociamation ATE degrading TO tretnui,
aud all who seriously entertain them are ueatl-
tute Ut patriotism alld traitors II their country
and viii he 50 regarded aud treated ~ the au-
thorItlce II This Commensurate.
J. H solved, That the people OF Virginia
have, in the struggle, lna!lena'y united their
desliuy Tor veal ~ for woe with the Other
States VI the UoufedeIacy, aud that they Viii
share the same fate, accept 40 UticrS, MAKE no
terms Of peace that Go net secure to he' sister
Suites the same rights: privileges aud indie
pendeuce which We seek tor ourselves.
T. ke>uyed, That a though the dilllcul'les
which now eeln TO envlr0u Us appear 10 be
great, there is 40 just cause Eur alarm, because
they are nothing like q, distressing and embar-
ra>slug as those which frequently daIkened the
prospects and threatened with destruction the
8pOltS Vi our ancestors; and, relying upon the
same source Of support which brought them