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his life cheerfully to preserve the Union as handed down to us by the patriots of the Revolution; but whenever it was ascertained that Virginia could not get her rights in the Union, he would be in favor of her resuming all power delegated to the Federal Government, not to go North or South, but to tend under the flag of Virginia. The majority of the committee returned and reported a preamble and a series of strong secession resolutions, narrating the grievances of the South. Mr. Jas. T. Redd, from the same committee, presented a minority report, favoring ecession, and saying that it was the sense of a majority of the citizens of the county that the State Convention should immediately adopt an ordinance of secession, and instructing tsdelegate to vote for the same. Garland Hanes, Esq., then offered a substitute for the minority report, in favor of obtaining our rights in the Union. Mr. Miles C. Eggleston, in the name of the majority of the citizens, warmly proteste