The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-14
THE UNION AND GEN. WILSON.

THE UNION AND GEN. WILSON.
We fear that the Union is at last coming
to an end We have long had our apprehen-
sions. Star after star has seemed to gro"
pale; clouds and darkness have been gain
erinp over our beautiful constellation out'
until lately. we have chung to Hope, thai star
vhichissr;yhter and more imperishable than
any on the American flag. But now hope
itself is beginning to desert US. Scarcely one
little ray breaks in upon the Egyptian gloom
Tho circumstances which has caused us such
horrible disouietude and distress is the pro-
dipiously melancholy and disastrous refusal
Of Gen. Wilson and bis Massachusetts col
leagues to make speech at the Union pan
auet in Philadelphis.
A man who can withstand the captivating
influence of good dinner, is man TO De
despaired Of He is worse than the man who
"hath no music in his SOUL The resolute
6rmness with which Wilson resisted the sa'
vory odors which greeted his olfactories ana
the rich sauces and substantial viands which
assailed his appetite, show him to be an In
dividual of whom it cannot be said that ne
has only "seven principles Let it not be
supposed that he declined to participate IN
the hospitalities of the occasion. Far from
it. True. to the instincts of his nature, and
worthily representing the policy of his party
in the government, he awaited himself of the
benefits without performing the duties OF the
occasion. He seems to have revelled mp &c
his eyes in roast beef, plum pudding and al
sorts of rich dishes and condiments, but re-
soiutely refused to contribute to the '1eas'
of reason and the flow of soul" This was
eminently worthy the Senator OF state
which sits down at the banquet of the FEEDER
al Union, secures the largest share of the
feast for herself, and then refuses to pay for
her portion Of the entertainment.
1t is clear that if Gen. Wilson & Co, will
not raise their voices in favor of the Union,
if Massachusetts, will not give it her gigantic
support, the Union is smashed into immune
rable fragments, and the American Republic
numbered among the things that were. Bun
ker Hill and Yorktown have played their
psrt in history; General Washington was
raised up for naught the immense interests,
political and commercial, which bind togeth-
er the confederacy, have lost their cohesive
power the magnificent future OF the Repuo-
lie spreads out before us in vain. The Union
is gone-eeneral Wilson of Massachusetts,
won't say word for it. That hard hearted
man, who is reported to have made re-
spectacle fortune by selling shoes to South
ern shareholders, has determined that he will
not raise his little finger to save the Republic
from destruction. Massachusetts utterly re
fuses to give to the Union the immense
weight of her moral influence. Standing or
the exalted pinnacle of open publication
crowned with the laurels of Batchelder'i
murder, and other gallant and noble achieve
msnts too numerous to mention, she look:
DOWN upon the rest of the confederacy will
the most sublime contempt, and permits Ill
oil to 90 to ruin without an effort for our sal
Vition.
The dissolution of the Union may therefore
be considered inevitable. At all events, W
shall lose Massachusetts, from the nationa
p.la1y What shall we do without Massa
chu.etts 4? Where shall we buy shoes an
motions 7" Aud what will Massachusetts d.
when she has no federal laws to nullify 2
This is point, we fear, she has not dull
considered. The immense qualification he
abolitionists now derive from agitation an
rebellion will then be lost forever, unle
they rebel against their own laws and multi
themselves, "a consummation devoutly
be wished