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aham, Gregory, Goggin, Jno Goode. T. F. Goode, Hale, C. Hall, L. S. Hall, Harvie, Holcombe, Hunton, Isbell, M. Johnson, Kent, Kilby, Kindred, Lawson, Leake, C. K. Mallory, J. B. Mallory, Marshall, Marr, Montague, Morris, Morton, Neblett, Parks, Preston, Price, Randolph, Richardson, R. E. Scott, Seawell, Sheffey, Southall, Speed, Strange, Thornton. Tredway, R. H. Turner, F. B. Turner, Whitfield, Williams, Wise and Wysor. --62. so the motion to lay on the table was carried. Mr. Conraughes, Hull, Jackson, M. Johnson, P. C. Johnston, Lawson, Lewis, McComas, McGrew, McNeil, MacFARLANDarland, C. K. Mallory, J. B. Mallory, Marshall, Marr, Marye, Maslin, Masters, Moffett, Moore, Nelson, Orrick, Osburn, Patrick, Pendleton, Porter, Preston, Price, Pugh, Rives, Saunders, Robert E. Scott Sharp, Sheffey, Sitlington, Slaughter, Southall, Speed, Spurlock, Staples, Alex. H. H. Stuart, Chapman J. Stuart, Taylor, Tredway, Waller, white, Wickham, Willey, and Woods--95. nays.--Messrs.
Mr. Preston, of South Carolina. On all hands we hear one unqualified and enthusiastic expression of praise and admiration of the great address of the Commissioner of South Carolina to the Virginia Convention. It was worthy of his heroic and noble State, worthy a Preston, worthy the blood of Patrick Henry, worthy the great occasion.--Patriotism, passion, power, poetry, were all combined in this magnificent effort. At one time, the whole audience was in tears. Some of these were men of iPreston, worthy the blood of Patrick Henry, worthy the great occasion.--Patriotism, passion, power, poetry, were all combined in this magnificent effort. At one time, the whole audience was in tears. Some of these were men of iron, unused to the melting mood, but the Prophet had struck the Rock, and streams of sympathy gushed forth. Greater even than the potent sway of the Orator, was the influence of his sincerity, his manliness, his purity and elevation of character. No politician, however gifted, no man who had ever been at all in public life, could have so captivated the confidence and respect as well as the passions of an audience. Can Virginia turn her back upon this great, disinterested, unselfish soul, and