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The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
. Brethren, don't go yet! He quoted from Calhoun, Clay, and Webster, to show the disastrous effects of separation in Church upon the State. S. V. Taylor, of Springfield, Va., thought he knew the disease of Virginia better than the Baltimore lawyers. He reviewed the work in Virginia, and plead for the life of the Church. This was to be preserved by immediate separation. Baltimore might suffer, but would not be slain. But we of Virginia must go! The discussion was continued by W. Smith and Col. McPherson, of Virginia, and W. R. Woodward, of Washington, each pleading for one year's delay as necessary to save the Conference. By a vote of 48 to 41, the Convention adjourned at about 12 P. M. Saturday--10 o' clock P. M. The Laymen's Convention passed the majority report about 7 P. M., on Saturday, by a vote of 91 to 32. All the Washington city and Alexandria, and part of the Baltimore delegates voted against it. Its provisions are: Separation, immed