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The Daily Dispatch: April 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
tion, therefore, of geographical or sectional parties in respect to Federal polities, is contrary to the principles on which our system rests, and tends to its overthrow. Mr. Wise said, before the vote was taken on that resolution, he would move that the Committee rise, for the purpose of endeavoring to effect a change in the order. The Chairman said this was not in order. The Committee had resolved to sit until two o'clock. Mr. Wise.--Suppose the house was on fire? The Chairman.--We would take care of ourselves. The vote was then taken, and the resolution passed--Mr. Wise voting "no." The fourth resolution was then read, as follows: 4. The Territories of the United States constitute a trust to be administered by the General Government, for the common benefit of the people of the United States, and any policy in respect to such Territories calculated to confer greater benefits on the people of one part of the United States than on the people of anoth
The Daily Dispatch: April 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Evening session. (search)
of compromise is past, and the only question now for the people of Virginia to decide is whether they will unite with the "Confederate States" who are their friends, or adhere to the Northern, who are their enemies; and heartily approving the course of Mr. Dejarnette in Congress, and pledging themselves to support his re-election if Virginia is again to be represented in that body. On the same day, a very large meeting of the people of Powhatan was held at the Court-House, W. J. Dance, Chairman, B. W. Finney, Secretary, which was addressed by Gen. Wm. C. Scott, in a lengthy speech, justifying his course in the Convention, and opposing immediate secession. At the close of Gen. Scott's speech, resolutions were offered instructing him to vote for the immediate secession of Virginia from the Federal Government, or else resign. The resolutions of Mr. Goggin in the Convention were offered as an amendment, and lost. Resolutions were then offered by John F. Lay, Esq., which were adopte