G. Martin, Thomas Martin Wm. Martin, Massie, Matthews, Maupin, McGruder, McKinney, McKensie, Medley, Miles, David Miller, John R. Miller, Montague, Montgomery, Morgan, Morris, Myers.
Nelson, Patterson, Phelps, Porter, Preston, Pretlow, Pritchard, Randolph, Reid, Richardson, Riddick, Wyndham Robertson, Saunders, Segar, Shannon, Sherrard, Sibert, James K. Smith, Isaac N. Smith, Staples, Thompson, Walker, Arthur Watson, Watts, Welch, West, Wingfield, Woolfolk, and Yerby-95
Mr. Seddon, of Stafford, then offered the following as a substitute for the first resolution of the Joint Committee:
Resolved, That in the opinion of this General Assembly, no reconstruction of the Union between the Southern and Northern States can be permanent, just and satisfactory, which will not so readjust the balance of power in the government itself as to secure to each section a self-protective power against any invasion, by the Federal Union, upon the reserved rights of either.
Mr. Seddon supp