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upon the Southampton tragedy in 1831. But antislavery even then did not retrace its steps.--A few years later the National halls were flooded with petitions for the abolition of slavery, and peace was only restored by concessions of Southern men. In 1850, after Southern blood had watered the plains of Mexico, the agitation was again renewed, and to quiet it, the South received California into the Union, with a constitution which virtually excluded us forever from that valuable territory. In 1859, a band of Northern men, in pursuance of a plan that had long been on foot — a band of armed men — made an incursion into Virginia, to excite insurrection, murder her peaceful citizens, and overthrow the Constitution of the State. But this did not arouse the conservative feelings of the North. The majority of the people there regarded the hero of that invasion as a martyr. And now a vast party, called the Republican party, had secured the National councils, and elevated Abraham Lincoln to
March 2nd, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
Virginia State Convention.Fifteenth day. Saturday,March 2, 1861. The Convention was called to order by the President at 12 o'clock. Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Borrows, of the First Baptist Church. The President (Mr. Gogin in the Chair) stated that the first business in order was the consideration of the resolutions of Mr. Moore, of Rockbridge, and that Mr. Goode, of Mecklenburg, was entitled to the floor. The State Constitution. Mr. Turner, of Jackson, (Mr. Goode having given way,) offered the following resolutions, which, on his motion, were laid upon the table. Resolved. That it is expedient and proper that the 23d section of the 4th article of the Constitution of the State shall be so modified that slaves, like other property, shall be taxed without exemption, and according to value, and that no exemption of any property from taxation shall be had without the vote of a majority of all the members elected to each House of the General Assembly. Reso
820. Subsequently Abolition societies were organized throughout all the Northern States. Their emissaries under every guise were sent among us to incite our slaves to insurrection and rebellion. None could ever forget the excitement consequent upon the Southampton tragedy in 1831. But antislavery even then did not retrace its steps.--A few years later the National halls were flooded with petitions for the abolition of slavery, and peace was only restored by concessions of Southern men. In 1850, after Southern blood had watered the plains of Mexico, the agitation was again renewed, and to quiet it, the South received California into the Union, with a constitution which virtually excluded us forever from that valuable territory. In 1859, a band of Northern men, in pursuance of a plan that had long been on foot — a band of armed men — made an incursion into Virginia, to excite insurrection, murder her peaceful citizens, and overthrow the Constitution of the State. But this did not a
e North the results to the planter would be ruinous. He charged that all the disasters had been brought upon the country by a long series of systematic aggressions by the Northern people upon the South, commencing in 1820. Subsequently Abolition societies were organized throughout all the Northern States. Their emissaries under every guise were sent among us to incite our slaves to insurrection and rebellion. None could ever forget the excitement consequent upon the Southampton tragedy in 1831. But antislavery even then did not retrace its steps.--A few years later the National halls were flooded with petitions for the abolition of slavery, and peace was only restored by concessions of Southern men. In 1850, after Southern blood had watered the plains of Mexico, the agitation was again renewed, and to quiet it, the South received California into the Union, with a constitution which virtually excluded us forever from that valuable territory. In 1859, a band of Northern men, in pur
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lack Republican will have been inaugurated as her President. Poor old Virginia! ere that time she will have bowed her neck to the yoke and passed under the triumphal car of a Black Republic. He therefore asked, in the name of his people, that the following preamble and resolution might be spread upon the record: Whereas, the people of Virginia, in Convention assembled, did declare and make known, when they assented to and ratified the Constitution of the United States, on the 25th of June, 1788, that the powers granted under the said Constitution might be resumed, whenever the same should be perverted to their injury or oppression; and, whereas, the said powers have been perverted to the injury and oppression to the people of Virginia; and, whereas, the very moderate and reasonable demands, known as the Crittenden propositions, with certain essential modifications which were presented by the General Assembly of this Commonwealth as a final effort to restore the integrity of t
ve trade were to be re-opened, how could the slave property of Virginia be in a worse position than in a Northern Confederacy? The speaker proceeded to reply to the positions of Mr. Goggin, in regard to the tobacco latest of Virginia, and showed that in a confederacy with the North the results to the planter would be ruinous. He charged that all the disasters had been brought upon the country by a long series of systematic aggressions by the Northern people upon the South, commencing in 1820. Subsequently Abolition societies were organized throughout all the Northern States. Their emissaries under every guise were sent among us to incite our slaves to insurrection and rebellion. None could ever forget the excitement consequent upon the Southampton tragedy in 1831. But antislavery even then did not retrace its steps.--A few years later the National halls were flooded with petitions for the abolition of slavery, and peace was only restored by concessions of Southern men. In 185
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