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The Daily Dispatch: April 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Evening session. (search)
ground of her avowed policy of free trade; yet he was so firmly attached by every consideration to the Gulf States, that he would be unwilling, under any fair circumstances, to turn his back upon them. He was in favor of a further and final effort to reconstruct the Union; and whoever should have the good fortune to so shape the course of events as to bring about a peaceful solution of the great questions at issue, would be entitled to the lasting gratitude of posterity. Mr. Scott, of Fauquier, said he understood the time had nearly arrived at which the Committee usually rose. He desired to give some views upon a subject so engrossing as the question under debate, but was reluctant to farther exhaust the patience of the Committee at this time. He therefore moved that the Committee rise. The motion was agreed to, and the Committee rose and reported progress. In Convention. Mr. Early, of Franklin, presented a substitute, which he proposed to offer, for the report of
The Daily Dispatch: April 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
The Convention. The question of ad valorent taxation upon slaves was further debated yesterday, but no action was taken. Mr. Montague finished his able speech in Committee of the Whole, in favor of secession, and was followed by Mr. Macfarland, who took ground in favor of a reconstruction of the Union, on such a basis as the Gulf States might accede to. Mr. Scott, of Fauquier, has the floor for to-day.