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ions of constitutional right. The principle that any people have a right to reform, alter or abolish any form of their Government, made for their benefit, was the fundamental principle of Republican liberty. The affirmation here is simply that the people of the several States may, for just causes, withdraw from their association with the Federal Government. If gentlemen were disposed to deny this principle on this floor, it was his opinion that they had sadly degenerated since the days of 1776. Unless it could be shown that the government of the people of a State had been destroyed, or merged in some other form of government, they still possessed this right. If they had a right to change their form of State government, they also had a right to change their form of Federal government.--He did not regard it as a revolutionary right. He maintained that the proposition was sound and impregnable, established during the American Revolution, leaving the people free to change their forms
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t direction ought to be resisted by Virginia, and favoring secession. Mr. Forres, of Rockingham, presented a series of reunion resolutions from that county. Referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Military Defences. Mr. Richardson, of Hanover, moved that the Convention take up his resolution on the military strength of the State--a like motion having been lost yesterday for want of a full vote. Mr. Richardson demanded the yeas and nays. Mr.Brown, of Preston, oppoMr. Richardson demanded the yeas and nays. Mr.Brown, of Preston, opposed the taking up of the resolution. He thought the agitation of any subjects foreign to the purposes of the Convention would have a tendency to depreciate State stock. The motion to take up was lost — ayes 35, noes 46. Order of the day. The Convention then resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, (Mr. Southall, of Albemarle, in the Chair,) and proceeded to the consideration of the reports from the Committee on Federal Relations. The Chairman said the strict parliamentary
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e those which made demands upon the Northern States, and he believed that when those demands came from the committee, they would meet with no opposition upon this floor. They would embrace all that was necessary for the protection of Virginia. There might be some difference of opinion as to the method proposed, of a direct appeal to the people; but his own opinion was, that if it was carried, the Northern people were now prepared to say that they would give to Virginia anything, within the bounds of right, which she thinks proper to demand. Mr. Randolph, of Richmond city, indicated his purpose to address the Convention, but as the hour was late, he would prefer to postpone his remarks until to-morrow, if any gentleman felt disposed to move an adjournment. On motion of Mr. Baldwin, of Augusta, the Committee rose; and, the President having resumed the Chair, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. On motion of Mr. Hall, of Lancaster, the Convention adjourned.
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e those which made demands upon the Northern States, and he believed that when those demands came from the committee, they would meet with no opposition upon this floor. They would embrace all that was necessary for the protection of Virginia. There might be some difference of opinion as to the method proposed, of a direct appeal to the people; but his own opinion was, that if it was carried, the Northern people were now prepared to say that they would give to Virginia anything, within the bounds of right, which she thinks proper to demand. Mr. Randolph, of Richmond city, indicated his purpose to address the Convention, but as the hour was late, he would prefer to postpone his remarks until to-morrow, if any gentleman felt disposed to move an adjournment. On motion of Mr. Baldwin, of Augusta, the Committee rose; and, the President having resumed the Chair, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. On motion of Mr. Hall, of Lancaster, the Convention adjourned.
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American principle, but was now recognized both in England and France. He then called attention to the language of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Bill of Rights, where the principle was distinctly affirmed. The report was further intended to deny to the Government at Washington any right, in any way, forcible or otherwise, to decide the question of the secession of the States. It affirms that it is not granted by the Constitution. It was somewhat remarkable that Mr. Lincoln, while he admits that he has no power to deal with the question peaceably, should contend for the right of dealing with it forcibly. This alone would present the question in an extraordinary form — that he has no power to make peace, but has the right to make war. On this point Mr. Conrad made a constitutional argument, and spoke of the ingeniously devised bill in Congress for the collection of revenue outside of the ports of entry; but this bill, he said, was directly in contradiction o
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Virginia State Convention.twenty-sixth day. Friday, March 15, 1861. The Convention was called to order at 12 o'clock. Prayer by the Rev. Geo. W. Nolley, of the M. E. Church. Voice of the people. Mr. Fisher, of Northampton, presented a series of resolutions adopted by the citizens of his county, disapproving of the inaction of the Convention, repudiating the Peace Conference propositions, and favoring immediate secession, &c. Mr. Fisher, in commenting on the resolutions, alluded to the change of feeling among the Union men of his county, as one of the cheering signs that the popular tide was setting in the right direction. The resolutions were referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Goode, of Mecklenburg, presented a series of resolutions adopted by the citizens of that county, repudiating the result of the Peace Conference, and declaring it the duty of Virginia at once to withdraw from the Union, and place herself by the side of her Southe
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xclude the minority reports. Hence the Chair would proceed by the method of giving all a fair and equal opportunity of competing with the majority report. Mr. Conrad, of Frederick, (Chairman of the Committee on Federal Relations,) took the floor. He said the majority report was the result of a thorough and deliberate invests in part their power, shall be exerted for the purpose of subjugating the people of such States to the Federal authority." The Northern people (continued Mr. Conrad.) for the seventy years of our national existence, had given little attention to questions of constitutional right. The principle that any people have a right it forcibly. This alone would present the question in an extraordinary form — that he has no power to make peace, but has the right to make war. On this point Mr. Conrad made a constitutional argument, and spoke of the ingeniously devised bill in Congress for the collection of revenue outside of the ports of entry; but this bill
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pt in that direction ought to be resisted by Virginia, and favoring secession. Mr. Forres, of Rockingham, presented a series of reunion resolutions from that county. Referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Military Defences. Mr. Richardson, of Hanover, moved that the Convention take up his resolution on the military strength of the State--a like motion having been lost yesterday for want of a full vote. Mr. Richardson demanded the yeas and nays. Mr.Brown, of Preston, opposed the taking up of the resolution. He thought the agitation of any subjects foreign to the purposes of the Convention would have a tendency to depreciate State stock. The motion to take up was lost — ayes 35, noes 46. Order of the day. The Convention then resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, (Mr. Southall, of Albemarle, in the Chair,) and proceeded to the consideration of the reports from the Committee on Federal Relations. The Chairman said the strict par
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solutions, alluded to the change of feeling among the Union men of his county, as one of the cheering signs that the popular tide was setting in the right direction. The resolutions were referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Goode, of Mecklenburg, presented a series of resolutions adopted by the citizens of that county, repudiating the result of the Peace Conference, and declaring it the duty of Virginia at once to withdraw from the Union, and place herself by the side of her Southern sisters. Mr. Goode endorsed the high character of the citizens he represented, and paid a tribute to their gallantry. The resolutions were referred. Mr. Wysor, of Polaski, presented a series of resolutions from that county, declaring that Virginia had already done all that her henor required to preserve the Union, and that all further overtures must come from the North; opposing coercion, declaring that the first attempt in that direction ought to be resisted by Vi
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first attempt in that direction ought to be resisted by Virginia, and favoring secession. Mr. Forres, of Rockingham, presented a series of reunion resolutions from that county. Referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Military Defences. Mr. Richardson, of Hanover, moved that the Convention take up his resolution on the military strength of the State--a like motion having been lost yesterday for want of a full vote. Mr. Richardson demanded the yeas and nays. Mr.Brown, of Preston, opposed the taking up of the resolution. He thought the agitation of any subjects foreign to the purposes of the Convention would have a tendency to depreciate State stock. The motion to take up was lost — ayes 35, noes 46. Order of the day. The Convention then resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, (Mr. Southall, of Albemarle, in the Chair,) and proceeded to the consideration of the reports from the Committee on Federal Relations. The Chairman said the
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