Report of 12th of March that the evacuation of Fort Sumter had been ordered-a fraud & deception to influence Va.
Removal of troops from Texas to Key West after a solemn stipulations, that they should be taken to N.Y
Report of the Sec. of War denying that the [illegible] had not been ordered from Bellona Arsenal
Assured Con. States [illegible] that Fort Pickens should not be reinforced

1st

Legislature declared that any attempt to coerce the Seceded States will be resisted by Va. with all her power
2nd That Va's interests & sympathies are with the Southern Slave holding States--
High Tariff--driving her commerce to Southern [illegible]
Unlawful siezure of the Annapolis & Washington R.R.
Disregard of the protest of Md. against Marching troops through her borders.
Object of Lincoln--
We stand where our fathers stood on the 6th of May 1776 when they determined no longer to submit to the grievances under which they labored--no alternative but submission or separation--Appealed to the Searcher of hearts for the sincerity of their former declarations
Test Oaths Senate refused a collector

Bruce
A war of opinion is sure, in the long run to be a war of words.
What is the remedy--
If thy brother trespass against thee tell him his faults between thee & him alone. If he hear thee thou hast gained thy brother. If he will not hear thee take two witnesses before him, and if he will not hear them, tell it to the Church!, if he will not hear the Church Let him be unto thee as a heathen man & a publican.

We are despised abroad from the teachings of the Abolitionist

We can secure respect by deserving it

The question of Slavery is not one of dollars & cts. It has grown up with us, was brought here only 20 yrs after the white race--[illegible] intertwined with every portion of society & political death must come from severing it.

Encroachments from the North will end, for they are not tolerated in civilized times. Liberty seeks no protection, but protects itself.

Inferiority of Va. must come from
1st Natural inferiority of her people & soil
2nd Peculiarity of her institutions or
3rd The working of the Federal System

Tariffs for the North & bounties.

People can only be [illegible] through their revenue laws.

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