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o stand by the rights of Virginia; to exhaust all honorable means to adjust the difficulties, and in the event of a failure to prepare the way for a Union with the South. He stood hand to hand and shoulder to shoulder with the gentleman from Smythe, (Mr. Sheffey,) and believed that they were both as good Union men as any in this Convention. He venerated the Union, but was not willing to tread upon the rights of the people to preserve it. He was anxious to see the Southern States come back ion of participating in the disturbance. A letter to this effect, from Mr. Franklin Thomas, was then read by the Clerk, and, by request of Mr. Wise,directed to be entered upon the Journal. the Virginia Commissioners. Mr. Sheffey,of Smythe, offered the following: Resolved,That the Commissioners of Virginia to the late Peace Conference at Washington, be requested, at as early a period as may be agreeable to them, after they shall have reported according to the provisions of the