The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-19
NoRTHERN QUALIFICATIONS.


NORTHERN MULTIPLICATION.
The New York Tribune, with evident
Qualification, publishes the following extract
from . letter Of Mr.. NJ. E. Lewis, editor Of
the North Mississippian, who has been visit
ing his birthplace in Herkimer county New
York. and writes home to his paper from
Little Falls:
ON shss village we see some fifty Daily 7rt
banes sold daily, while we have nos secl Ins.e
National Democrat and Washington Union, since
"a haye been here There " In towna runaway
slave Of ex.President Tyler's, who Wss nis ser.
want. and left him at the Springs. II would take .
Benton and W. H. Seward are the popular men for
the Presidency, while repeal Of the Fugitive slave
Law. abolition of Slavery In the District OF Co
lumbia, and no more Slave Territory 10 the Flat
FORM We have been an enthusiastic Union man.
We have thought that 90 second sober thought, .
the sdvice Of the patriots of the past interest and
love for the Uniou would restrain the spirit OF IA
naticism at the North. We hope 20 yet sincerely
trust %. Yet we must say In our opinion me 10,
ture looks dark, cloud has gathered. daIk ana u
portsntous. that may raise storm that even sne
strong bulwsrks Of the Union cannot stand. we
always expect 70 be Union man, yet when that
Union cannot be had % tsrms Of equality WIN sne
North, We are for IN Union OF the South we
when the Fugitive Slave Law 10 repealed, the
Union party Of the South are 70 lead the van.
aohere 70, Il needs no prophet 70 tell. We DO not
wish 30 Be- considered Q croaker OF an oxcneeoie
:, he SHADOW 2, DsP sssn
for the last three weeks 10 Ohio, Pennsyiysnia,
New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Massa'
chusetss, during which time we have taken par
teular palms to ascertain public sentiment, nav !,
converted With many gentlemen well posted 10
Northern feeling, and examined the country press
and must say that we do not believe the South Gan
stay In the Union half dozen years on terms o.
equality, unless great change take: place IA pau,
there are no signs"
We fear that the above is an accurate
account of the state of public sentiment IN
the rural districts and inland towns OF the
Northern States. But we rejoice if the
Union is to be assailed, that it is in aNorthern
sky that the storm is gathering. On the peo'
pie of the free States must rest the response
bility of sundering the ties that hold together
our confederacy. The South takes her
stand upon the broad platform of the Con.
stitution and under the protecting shadow
of the Stars and Stripes. If the North is
resolved to break the common covenant,
and forsake the great brotherhood OF States
the South is content to follow career OF In
dependence, and while she looks upon the
past with regret and disappointment, she
will not look to the future altogether without
hope
The present position of the South is dig
nifed, appropriate and becoming. She led
the way to the Union; she gave it the grand
est name that adorns its annals in peace and
war the charter of its liberties was ia
scribed by her wisest pen and baptized by
her best blood its history has been illustra-
ted in every page by her genius in the cabi-
net and her valor in the camp. 1t is not for
her to desert fabric the corner stone
which she laid, and whose renown is part
and parcel of her own glory. If others are
dissatisfied with their obligations and discon-
tented with their privileges as members OF
the American Union, in Heavens name, let
them depart in peace. Let them go out
from us, for they are not of us. Let
them build up free democracies, in which no
check will exist upon the unlicensed despo-
tism of majority of numbers. Let them
fulfil the manifest destiny of such govern
ments in exchanging the lawless will of the
mob for the lawless will of king. But the
Constellation of Southern Republics will pre-
serve its place in the political armament,
and retain its full-orbed freedom, long after
the white race of the North, in their insane
wiseacre efforts to abolish slavery, have
parted with their own birthright of con-
stitutional liberty, and sought order and
security under crowned master.