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however, since been appealed to by gentlemen for whom he had the highest respect, to accept the substitute as a compromise, and in view of all the circumstances he had concluded that this was now his proper course. He therefore hoped that those who thought with him on the subject would support the substitute, preferring a half-way measure to none at all. Mr. Branch spoke briefly, congratulating Mr. Willey upon having come to the conclusion to accept the substitute. Mr. Hall, of Pleasants and Ritchie, addressed the Convention in behalf of the interests of the Northwest, claiming that it was a matter of right that they came here to demand. He said that the lands of the Northwest were not so valuable as those of Eastern Virginia, because they had been refused the improvements with which the East abounded. And yet his people were to be called upon to protect slave property, in which they had but little direct interest, while they were deprived of all the benefits of State le