The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-10

The views c4pre~ssJ By Senator Hamnond O.
South Carolina. At the complimentary dinner givef
him BY his friends AID nesshbors, at Beech,is'sne
have attracted much attention ia the North, ane
have been variousiy dissussed BY the )onrnais O
that section. The following points we're made:
That II We were well cus o. the Union wil
.es and *. south would ss me
prospersu, than size 10 now o. seems likely 10 Dc
. That We are not likely to dissolve the Unio,
untii snsas very subsautiaI issue IL madc viz tn,
No ID ruling us b. q confirmed sectional u aiort.
" reaewsi u Toe tariii hanks. &C. or direct tam
THIS, We have ALREADY achieved great victoris.
ever The North, aud that if We would unite an'
stand Or nfy. wateEfai,y, With cur arms IN order
on The consultation truth. justice. and our rights
with The aeraatsss Il dissolution there Is reason
seives In the Union. buf control the country.
1 That the south should review infinitely and
anal,ti ally the gronad Q: thu prevalent opiuioL
that We want expansion OF slave territory. AM
shouid alss sscer ain whether the thing is rsshh
the renstor intimates he Is 10 Increasing b,
reopssing the slave trade. and which he regards ar
wholly LapracticAbie.
In auoshsr portion of his address, Mr. IIsmmond
declared his opposition to any farther annexation
Of territories, aud wished the country to have
nothing TO do with Mexico or South America. Mr..
Calheuu vas right In denouneing the Mexicsn
Z war. Its results have proved Injurious, and the
opening Of California routes has created unprt-
eedented expense to the country. aud is the cause
OF moro corruption, deceit and proflgsey than has
ever been kaown before. both In and out of Cou
xress five want any Pacific route, let us have
IL by taking Tebsuntepec or Panama, with the
right of way. Progress was his policy, but be wa
not In favor of rash or spasmodc action. W..
ought in all things to act calmly and boldly; take
S~ns aaA IN md ark M a
waiting ON the movements of our enemies. The
South should keep her powder dry; for. whatever
be the hope, there are twenty free States against
fourteen slave States, and 1t cannot be dis
gulsee that there is dangsM On broachins
the subject of the reopeaiaG rof the sIave
tadc, Mr.. Hammond said thae In the Union
10 was ous of the quest on-an inprRcticable
aud visionary project and that to revive it out Of
the Union, in Central America or elsewhere, was
somewhat impolitc Why should We increase the
size Of our territory at the South, Who would
put slaves in Kansas And who would put them
in any doubtful position? Yet we lost Kansas
because we had none to put there. The want OF
slaves 10 felt We were now struggling to keep
Texas against the inrosds of Northern emigrants
Why should We go for Central America or Mexico!
Mexico was dead corpse floating on the sea in q
state Of decomposition. She WAS drifting up against
US, and some might desire to plunge the harpooD
and take her aboard. But of what use would she
be to us with her six millions of wild Indians to
eivuize, and her imperious treacherous Spanish
race: We want none Of these vast regions now
Ift Is our manifest destiny to have them, manifest
destiny will bring the proper time. We should
address ourselves to the development of our own
internal resources and tn achevemen Mt of Southern
harmony and power in the Union, yet ready, il
necessary, to dissolve it.
10 giving this synopsis of the views of Senator
Hammond, . Northern contemporary remarks tina,
''the South Is destined TO lose by annexation, and
one Of her statesmen, at least, Senator Hammond,
has discovered the fact" Thatthe South has gain
ed nothing thus lar, is an opinion held by more
Southern men than Senator Hammond, q gentle
man, by the way, who, in ability and indepen
jence, has few equals in the American Senate.