Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-08-20

me eau ca suuIn,Onru o. tho &C SO.
at once assumed tue powers Of rtvo.uiiOn
ery junts. 1t was composed of Senators
Z 'm seven Southern States = orida,
g nrgis, Alabama, NJ ssi,sppi, uisan',
AZ kansas aud Texas. 1t met IN one OF the
r iims f the Capitol, ON tho night OF thu
January, 1851 The repr, sen alton W
iull, tao S nators from each OF the Ntar s
named betag present :. but body Of -four.
/ Gu Southern men, and tho e too, properly
acting ia a very limited representative ca
pac,ty, was certainly a small and extraor-
binary uns 10 determine for the country the
concern of peace or war, aud to assume the
desini, If the S ,uth. IL was decided to
'"r ,mmend " immmediate Secession OF
Of their rrspec i've States, aud the holding
Of Convention at Montgomery, Alabama,
IN the 18Th day 81 February.
Never VISA conspiracy more success i
in all its d gus aud ia every detail auo
uever cpu sucr CORES. ondenos %
events have en pro uced by mere c Jun
clllDrs, 80 IN ted ia numbers aud 10 pre-
sentative capacity, uults' There had beti'
concealed in the guise OF recommends
tons" tie bold aud imper'ols .f'tt If mel
Nhu Lad resolved to rule the people rather
han couuc aud ia, n obey them.
Again:
The views Of the council or caucus were
naturally impelf, CT they nave never yet
born correctly reported, or freely given L.
history hut there is 10 doubt OF the r..
markable fact that The pr CANINE OF off
GERS fi-st designed for the tew COniedrracS
wss x NJ. 7. Hunter Of Virginia, Prfsid Ut
with J,ffrsn Davis Secrotrry uf War
There was, To be sure. No distinct express
| sion Of ~ h a choice, no vofe, no declara-
! Il m; aud yet that the Elections Of the
| Southean leaders at this time were for
| Hunter as President that they hesitated,
and that they were afterwards gov, rned b.
a special circumstances. do not admit q
/ doubt - .I
r. I'D tle following;
Whether the wsr wis right or wrong /,
logically not involved in the question wheth.
er u was deter min. d by the many or The
few but certan,y history has had hat few
instances Of such daring aud St,idcnt u,ur
patton as that commenced by fourteen mel
pluttirg revt luton in a committee room a
Was hutton, and consnmated by an irresppn.
sibl1 Convention proclsiming war, electing
a leader, and org in'zlnR gOyernme mt
without let or hndrrtnce
OF Andrew johnson he says:
In this deficiency Uf the SenA'e, this wan
Of a fifth & champion Of the Uuior, o
shose sincerity was urqurstiOnable, al,
whose rOltion in politics between the iw'
lscnuu>, might command IL Il Truce viii
both, a single man arose rs if almost Prov
4, n,iAlly qualified to supply the occasion
This man, this brave knight ia season, wal
Ardrew Johnson, ,f Tennessee. His an tie
I'd nts, his character as a poi u'ar TT bun'
qualified him for his p Gu liar d drama i,
nv sion agniust Sec,s,ion. VII ever hav,
since teen the varied and augn.t firunc
In the life OF this man, Ire never d. cupird
.iodder position, or Que Of m"Tr h s or a
Sublmity Il an when 10 Co, frurtrd the d.
uoi niits spruns from his own section, Az,
Stood against this important ARRAY 81 ~
nj rous aud biiliA.t intellecis, Il rOwind
tuelr very faces the ru 10 bur sta.wait eli
anc- of tue patriot.
The work, notwithstanding all j
bitterness, is one of great iutere alt
will repay perusal. l. will fud lar !:
sale throughout the coun ~.