The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-01

XWith still greater frankness, the Du,-
fs,n f1osrie< declares shat there u posi-
lively no alternative except to accept "a.
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| II the Sonth be not given over 10 Judi
| .,o, h,;nancss II will not disregard these
dealt. he'd repentsnces ofthe northern pe-
mocrscy." -=tzosry
arxExAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
TsrasDAr, February %, 1867.
-Ae cxA SENATE. 7xoee,g
The Senate WAS called to order at the
usual hour By the Lsutensnt~G Governor.
Senate billto authorize the james River
and Kanawha Company, with the substi.
tute therefor proposed BY the House OF
Delegates, was taken up, and,
On motion Of Mr.. GAIT, laid upon the
table. ''@
House bill to incorporate the Washing.
ton Springs Company, with the amendmens
proposed by the House Of Delegates, was
taken up, and the amendment aereecn w.
a io,nt resolution from the House OF De.
,eoates In regard to having all the pueilc
nr;ntins executed in close and conPac'
manner was taken up, read twice, ana,
ON motion of Mr.. KEEN, laid upon inc
table. . - s,I,ow,no
| resolution
R.so1,sd. That hereafter, until the end
of the session, no senator shall speak more
than fifteen minutes on the same subject
without the consent of the Senate.
On motion Of Mr.. ROBINSON, the reso-
luton was laid upon the table-ayes, 10 /;
noes, 8.
WELCOME TO THE DELAWARE DELEGATION.
On motion of Mr.. LEE, the resolution Of
welcome to the members Of the Legisla-
ture of Delaware now in this city was
adopted. lit will be found in the proceed
ings Of the House of Delegates.l Three
senators were appointed committee to
escort the delegation into the Senate
chamber.
Soon afterwards the delegation entered,
and Mr.. LEE introduced Senator JACKSON
to Lieutenant Governor CowPER, who
made the following address Of welcome:
is there anything signif-
cant in this visit on the part Of the de-
| scendants Of those who worked with Viz
GINA in the great struggle for liberty? Do
| thew come at this hour to ascertain that
while the CLEAN of liberty is burning
brightly upon the affairs Of Delaware the
same fire may not be extinguished in the
Old Dominion Do they come to assure
us that there are proud omens to cheer us
| in the dark future-that enable us to catch
a CLEAN Of hope that the liberty establish
ed by our joint efforts may still exist to us
and our posterity (; and that, as by our
| united efforts it was called into existence,
so by Joint united sentiment alone can 1t
be preserved and handed down to those
| who shall come after US f'
The Lieutenant Governor then extended
to the visitors q cordial welcome, and pro-
ceeded as follows:
! "The States, as States, may be said to
he the corner-stone upon which rests the
fabric of the Federal Constitution. Strike
down but one State, and the great work Of
our patriotic and wise fathers is marred-
and in this connection may not say that,
constitutionally, we are one as the ocean,
but politically, many as the pillows OF that
ocean. AS the ocean, the Constitution,
being one, is grand, august, and sublime
| in all its matchless proportions: as States,
like Ahe pillows of that ocean, swelling,
surging, and foaming, yet destined to
break, and merge, and rest in the great
bosom of the ocean. And thus, though
the States may lash the political waters
into rage and fury-eyen to contention,
strife, and blood-why may they not again
relapse into repose and safety in the great
bosom of the Constitution.
"Was it not Virginia that produced a
| Henry, whose voice kindled into existence
the vital spirit of liberty5 | beg to re-
mind gentlemen that we have yet Will
liamsburg in the State of Virginia, with
all its revolutionary associations. Was ii
not Washington who went to your relief,
passing through your State, and crossing
YOUR noble river under circumstances OF
trial and hardship without parallel in the
annals of warfare? Was it not that same
Washington who went to the relief of the
old Bay State, and stood for seven years
the pillar of American liberty? Was it not
Washington who presided over the coun-
ellis of the country, and gave to us our
constitutional form of government-the
greatest and best ever conceived, and
which, if executed and preserved in its
true spirit and meaning, would eff
fectually adjust all impending diff
culties that now surround us? Wash
inrton, who so performed his great
duties as to. become, in the language OF
another, first in war, first in peace, and
first in the hearts of his countrymen.
While they trample upon the State that
gave him birth, they are yet compelled, in
homage to the great principle of liberty, to
acknowledge his natal day. Did not Fir-
ginia produce her Madison, who expound-
ed, defined, and afterwards administered
that Constitution of which we were so
| proud in the past, and which afforded ade-
! auate protection to all? Little Delaware
also had her heroes and her statesmen in
the councils of the nation who contributed
towards the successful maintenance and
administration of the rights secured under
that Constitution. 81.
"Gentlemen Of Delaware, as the or
gan of the Senate, it affords me unspeak-
able pleasure to welcome you to the hospi-
tally and confidence of the members of
the Senate, and, Imay say, of the General
Assembly of Virginia"
Senator Jackson, Of the Delaware Legis-
lature, then advanced up the aisle, and
spoke as follows:
"Mr. President and gentlemen Of the
Senate of Virgins, III have, unfortunately,
been selected, in the absence Of more
prominent gentlemen Of the Senate Of
Delaware, to respond to this unexpected
courtesy and honor. Ny response, sir,
shall be very brief.
eve are merely travelling over part
Of your beautiful State, and looking over
your beautiful city. My response, sir, to