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The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 11 (search)
[Pending the taking of the vote on Mr. Seddon's resolution in the House of Delegates on Saturday, relative to the identification of the interests of Virginia with those of the Southern States, Mr. Robertson stated (with leave) that he had tendered his hearty concurrence in the resolution, if modified so as to assert a thorough identification of the interests of Virginia with the Southern States on all questions that might arise, involving the institution of slavery, or the rights and interests of slaveholding States as such; but that the thorough identification of the interests of this State with those of the cotton States, on other questions, did not exist, and he would, on that account, decline voting.]
The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], To J. M. Estes. W. M. Caldwell, J. B. Ferguson, and others. (search)
To J. M. Estes. W. M. Caldwell, J. B. Ferguson, and others. --In compliance with your invitation, and that of many other citizens. I declare myself a candidate to represent the city in the State Convention. Respectfully, John Robertson. City papers will please copy. ja 24--dtde
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Resistance to the laws. (search)
ed. The company proposed to be incorporated would be nothing more than a legalized shaving shop. The motion was carried. Opening the House with Prayer.--Mr. Robertson, of Richmond, offered the following. Resolved, That the Speaker be requested to invite the Clergy of all the religious denominations of this city to open the sessions of this House daily with prayer. Mr. Robertson said, if he were called on to designate that act of Virginia which confers on her highest honor, and an honor all her own, he would designate her act of Religious Freedom. It proclaimed the great principle that every man's religion was between him and his God, free fsame, a report referring the petition of Wm. Stratton, Clerk of the County and Circuit Courts of Logan county, to the Committee on Finance. Petition, &c.--Mr. Robertson presented the petition of Ro. H. Maury, R. M. T. Hunter, M. R. H. Garnett, and others, asking to have refunded to them $126.27, paid on an erroneous assessment
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Speech by the Hon. John Bell. (search)
The meeting last night. The African Church was densely crowded last night, and great excitement and confusion prevailed. The object of the meeting, however, was accomplished, in the nomination of the following ticket for the State Convention: George W. Randolph, John O. Steger, and Judge John Robertson. The meeting adjourned at a late hour, and we are unable to give a full report of the proceedings in this issue.
The Daily Dispatch: January 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], Message of the President. (search)
and persevering efforts. It is highly gratifying to know that other patriotic States have appointed Commissioners to meet those of Virginia, in council. When assembled, they will constitute a body entitled, in an eminent degree, to the confidence of the country. The Federal Assembly of Virginia have also resolved, "That Ex-President Tyler is hereby appointed, by the concurrent vote of each branch of the General Assembly, a Commissioner to the President of the United States, and Judge John Robertson is hereby appointed, by a like vote, a Commissioner to the State of South Carolina and all other seceding States that have seceded, or shall secede, with instructions to respectfully request the President of the United States and the authorities of such States to agree to abstain, pending the proceedings contemplated by the action of this General Assembly, from any and all acts calculated to produce a collision of arms between the States and the Government of the United States."
The Daily Dispatch: January 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
nt them, he was content. Messrs. Thomas P. August, P. H. Aylett, Robt. F. Morriss, and John Robertson were also placed in nomination. Mr. Wm. A. Jinkins wanted to know if the gentleman who otes, 431. Necessary for a choice, 216. George W. Randolph had 315; John O. Steger, 233; Judge John Robertson, 185; Geo. W. Munford, 104; John Randolph Tucker, 100; Peachy R. Grattan, 49; John M. Patnd stated that it was his father's wish to have his name withdrawn. Mr. Hill nominated Judge Robertson as the third candidate, and the question being put, there was a loud response in the affirmunced the names of the three candidates selected--George W. Randolph, John O. Steger, and Judge John Robertson. Loud cheers followed the announcement. Mr. Randolph was called to the stand, and waMr. Steger then resumed and concluded his speech. Mr. J. Randolph Tucker responded for Judge Robertson, who was absent from the city on a mission to South Carolina. The meeting was subsequently
The Daily Dispatch: January 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], From the Florida Forts. (search)
To J. M. Estes, W. M. Caldwell, J. B. Ferguson, and others. --In compliance with your invitation, and that of many other citizens, I declare myself a candidate to represent the city in the State Convention. Respectfully, John Robertson. City papers will please copy. ja 24--dtde*
The Daily Dispatch: January 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
r connection with the Government of the United States and seceded from the late union known as the United States, and inasmuch as this State has invited the seceding States to meet her in Convention at Montgomery, on the 4th day of February next, which invitation has been accepted by the States seceding, the invitation of Virginia to appoint Commissioners to assemble in Washington for the purposes indicated in the first resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, communicated by the Hon. John Robertson to this State is respectfully declined. After some debate-- Mr. Tracy offered the following resolutions as an amendment to those of Mr. Aldrich: Resolved, That this Legislature receives, with the most respect, the proposition from the illustrious common wealth of Virginia, contained in the preamble and resolutions adopted by the General Assembly of that State on the 19th of January, 1861, and forwarded to this Legislature. Resolved, That the General Assembly of
The Daily Dispatch: February 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], State's-rights Ticket. (search)
State's-rights Ticket. Regular Nomination. George W. Randolph. John Overton Steger. Judge John Robertson. Election: Monday, February 4TH, 1861, ja 31--4t
The Daily Dispatch: February 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
to J. M. Estes, W. M. Caldwell. J. B. Ferguson, and others.--in compliance with your invitation, and that of many other citizens, I declare myself a candidate to represent the city in the State Convention. Respectfully, John Robertson. City papers will please copy. ja 24--dtde
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