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The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
ations was then resumed, when Mr. Coghill, by general consent, withdrew the amendment offered by him on Saturday, and proposed another, which was agreed to. Mr. Bruce then proposed to amend by providing that, in case the Commissioners fail to effect a compromise of the unhappy differences, every consideration of honor and intet demands that Virginia shall unite her destinies with her sister slaveholding States of the South. Being urged to offer this as an independent proposition, Mr. Bruce consented to its withdrawal. Various other amendments were proposed, which caused considerable discussion. The report as amended by the Senate is as fo Circuit Courts held for the cities and towns of this Commonwealth, and providing compensation for services withheld on account of the omission of said act. Mr. Bruce offered the following resolution: Resolved, That if all efforts to reconcile the unhappy differences existing between the two sections of the country shall