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The Daily Dispatch: March 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
in order that Virginia might consult with them as to what ought to be done. If the gentleman from Harrison was a Union man he would go for such a conference. The Peace Conference, inaugurated by Virginia, had proved an abortion, and she can now do nothing by herself; but in concert with the Border States, much might be done. Tennessee and North Carolina had voted against Conventions of their people; Kentucky and Maryland had taken no action, and there was no indication of a movement in Missouri. It was due to them and to Virginia that there should be a conference. He condemned the hasty action of South Carolina and would condemn it in Virginia. But the people were in a state of feverish excitement, and wanted action on the subject of coercion. He called for a vote on the resolutions. Mr. Brent, of Alexandria, moved that the Convention adjourn; and on that motion Mr. Cox, of Chesterfield, called for the yeas and nays, but withdrew it. The Convention then adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: March 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Reception of Mr. Lincoln's Inaugural. (search)
The Convention. A resolution was offered yesterday, by Mr. Brown, of Preston, looking to financial arrangements in the possible event of a war. It was laid on the table. Mr. Clark, of Nelson, offered an anti-coercion resolution, which was referred to Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Carlile made a long speech on the pending resolutions to instruct the committee, in which he declared against the constitutionality of secession, held that the Government had a right to collect the revenue in the seceded States, and endorsed Lincoln's Inaugural Address, in the pacific tone of which he was "agreeably disappointed." Mr. Cox, of Chesterfield, made a brief reply, after which, on motion of Mr. Brent, of Alexandria, the Convention adjourned, without having made the slightest progress in the disposal of the questions before it.