The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-06-26

mo WAR wrTH AAERIcA--Izamenss pla-
cards, Of which the following is copy, have been
extensively posted in England by direction of the
Manchsstsr Peace Conference:
No War scith Amcrica--F Fellow Countrvmen -
fou have hardly escaped from war with Russis
before you are threatened with far more serious
war with America How long is this syssem Of
diplomatic irritation to go cns How long are the
vital Interests of the country to be placed st the
mercy Of men who care for nothing Cd much ss the
gratifcafion Of official pridef
CONSIDER, for enc moment. what ruin war with
the United States would entail upon the greater
portion OF the trade and commerce of Great Bri.
TAIN Tie latest returns from the Board of Trade
give the annual imports II ON that country con-.
sisting chiefly Of corn and cotton, at upwards of
thirty millions; and the exports at from twenty
hve to thirty millions, sterling To carry ON this
prlncely commerce between the two countries.
there are employed more than three thousand
ships. with nearly three million tons burtheu. OF
the entire annual imports of Great Britain that of
raw cotton alone amounts to more than twenty
mihions, and the cotton manufactured goods ex-
ported to upwards of twenty five millions sterIinr
Upon the trade which this commerce creates there
are depending for their daily subsistence nearly or
quite three millions of the people, chiefly in Ian.
csshire and Yorkshire.
Now, are you prepared to see this hive of indus
try--this vast SUPPLEMENTARY hands, trades
men and manufacturers, men, women and chill
dren-thrown out of employment, deprived of
their regular resources, and in large numbers
driven to beggary, or to the commission of crime
for their daily resources Are you prepared to
encounter the pauperism, the gaunt famine the
depredatons on property, and the civil commo-
tions which loss than twelve months war with
America would inevitably producel To say no
thing of bloodshed among men of .he same race -
Of the disgr aceful carnage between the two fore
most Christian nations of the worId--or of the
squandering of the hard earned money Of the peo.
pie IN deeds OF mutual distraction over question
that only deserves contempt to say nothing of
these things are you willing to sacrifice your trade
to sink your country into poverty, crime and conn.,
motion. and to plunge mankind into deadly strife,
simply to crafty the mad ambition of bungling
dipomatistsl If not, then nAeet without delay, and
with voice and determination about which
there can be no mistake, declare te your Govern
ment and to the world, that there shall be no war
with America! s48 WILLIAM STOKES,
Sec'y to the Manchester Peace Conference
DEBATE IN THE u S. sEsATE-In the U
Senate ON Tuesday, Mr.. Hunter replied to the at
tacks of Mr.. Summer ON the State OF Virginia. and
commented on the resolutions of the Massachu-
setts Legislature. He remarked that he knew of
no previous instance in which the legislature of
any State had stepped forward to PREJUDICE cases
of this kind and he thought it could only result in
increasing the exasperation of that unfortunate
sectional feeling which was now threatening the
peace of the whole country and endangering the
perpetuity of its institutions. Massachusetts had
nothing to say by the way of rebuke to Mr.. Sum-
ner for his offensive personalities but so far from
that she had actually endorsed that speech and
thanked him for havjzsg made it.
Mr. Hunter proceeded to repei the attack of Mr..
Sumner on Virginia as being Stats where human
beings are brought as cattle to shaInbles, where
little children sold upon the auction block, and
= dungeon rewards the pi0us inatron who teaches
the negro to read the word of life. The founda-
ton upon which the Senator rested was the fact
that slavery and the slave trade existed in the
State of Virginia-that negroes we're held in bond
age and were liable to be sold from one place TO
another. But Mr.. Hunter argued that slavery was
the best condition for the coored race and com.
muuity was to be blamed for the inseparabe Incl
dents of a necessary institution. He also essayed
to prove that the attack of Mr. Brooks on MIR.
Sumner was not breach of privilege. but merely
matter for the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
of law.
Mr.. Foster obtained the floor, but gave way to
Mr.. Seward, who replied to Mr.. Hunters argu.
ment in the Brooks affair. The remarks which
that Senator had made had filled him with profound
surprise and deep regret. When the assault was
made, the personal and political friends of Mr..
Sumner were silent, and his colleague In few
calm and temperate words simply stated the facts
as they occurred. A motion was then made for
raising q committee to examine into the matter
and report their opinion. That report was made
and concurred in by almost the entire Senate; and
although the report was condemned by many at
the North not coming up to their ideas of what
ought to be done, yet MIR Seward satisfied with
it, and should have been glad to have the subject
drop there, and not be again mentioned in the Sen
ate. The freedom of debate had been vindicated
but now the Senator from Virginia had taken q
position contrary to the decision of three-fourths
of the Senate and the opinion of a vast majority
of the people Of the country.
MIR Butler said that Nr. Sumner was the first
man who had ever abused his privileges as mem
Der of the Senate to lay his profane hands upon
the revolutionary history of one of the original
thirteen States.