The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-12-22

measuring Its great waafs and high destiny,
VIII come up to the standard Of the states:
manship of other and better DAYS. When we
nnu the popular voice approving, and sixty
elgnt liberal-miBded national represen tat YES
"a - congress with the Helper compendium in
ao' o.! our poiiticsl tApplause.) LIE. the
meeting Tonight be the first movement in
/ m,s TAs oirection. -
resS y people should be educated 10 thirk. To
Isso ~ nothingi to take the opinions Of other
persohs-sas men are very apt 10 do for II il
sp mucn easier 10 inabibe then, second hand
| Than II is &c think and ssork out opinions and
correct views upon political sufjeeis for them
selves. II, then, We can 30 ,ccform the f,eiities
oi the eountry-f we can bring u1e,. up to the
l standara OF siatesmanship Of other and better
nay. naysIi LIVE, we can bring TO the uphoiding and
pisseFsatfon of these free institutions that
cain wisdom, thet Determined thought and
purpose that presided over its foundation and
eaIiy Observation-Disclosures, indeed, y III our
deat;n ana happy country fulfill her glorious
sstiny-lappiause)-in eyer-enduring cycles
~ aoundaAt JOY and prosperity. Then the
| constitution, in this day of secure endowment
| ana repose, folded in as close and cherished an
| embrace as when our fathers. in the huur of
| tnelr greatest need and most imminent ueril
ersoied It into life and being-fear no en-
| emy, but live
| "a ~ the affections of the general heart,
ana IN the wisdom Of the best
And every arrow from that full onivar of
| anfi-slavery wrath, whether winged trum the
press, the pulpit, or the fornm, fail hlunle ON
.ne IN npehetrable shield of a nation's love and
| reverence. (Great appiause.)
| Gen John A. Dix followed. in a nanepvric
| upon the Union speeches were also made by
Prof Mitchell and Rev DR. Bethnne. The
| last-named gentleman said it was the first no.
lsuSal meeting he had ever attended, and he
| was present Cnsy b-canse it was a gathering
| vi the friends Of the UDssas La thy course ol
ms Remarks he said ::
[ "If amy man iu getting up this meeting, had
any thought of rrpubilcau, or dem. crat, or
wing, or American and not of the UIiou ali
That can say : that be ought to be ashamed
| oi himself. (Grrat eheec,ng.1 Aud what i.
more,l doi.'t want to nave any thug to do with
MIN, except meet him in Repentance IN sack.
cloth and ashes. (Cneers) The speeches tI,fs
evening have bet n mostly on the hypothesis
of the dissolution of the Union. 1t was AWAY
'sIf the Union should be dissolved, '"When the
Union is dissolved,' and other phrases of sim.
liar import. Nuw this is all wrong. For my
part regard the dissolution, as we logicians
say, as an Improbable hypothesis. tCheers
The Union is not sofng To be dissolved, and OF
this you may be sure. You may rem mbeI
that once in old Rome there Gas great gull
opened, and SO wide and dangeroGs did ii
every day become, that it threatened to swai-
low up the whole of that imperial city, when
one Quintus CurIius mounted his steed full
armed, and rode slowly and resolutely toward
the cavern and leaped into the guilt, Il willing
victim TO save his beloved Rome. Should such
chasm open in our midst, there is not one,
but ten thousand of Curti-aye, and a hnn4
dred times ten thousand-to leap in for the
salvation of this blessed and glorious Union.
Great applause.) " II
SIN some sections of our land, where the
loudest cry is heard against slavery, men have
grown rich by the manufacture of cotton
grown by slaves. (Cries of That's so,' and
| loud applause.) The sweat of the slave, SO to
speak, is between every two bricks of their
spacious palaces, and yet they are the loudest
/ to complain. Men may call it wnat they
please; call II hypocrisy. vehement ap-
pIause) 1 must say that there is no more
dangerous man who uses his sacred Office of
the ministry to mislead men tremendous ap-
plause and cries of 'Beecher and Cheeyer) and
carrying them away int anarchy and sedition.
| (Renewed applause) I am content with hold
ing no higher position than a minister of
Christ, to help men to Heaven when they die,
and TO keep them in peace when alive. But
| there is one thing that l never omit, and that
| is TO vote; and when l prepare my ballot,
prepare it with as much care As if my ticket
| were TO elect, and if retain my reason, which
God grant-(cries of amen)-I will never vote
for any man, Wing, American, democrat or
Repu blican-even il he Were my own brother
Iii he laid with me in my mothers womb,
| like Esau with Jacob-if l could tlace the
slightest stain of disunIon in his sentiments.
Tremendous applause.G'
AT the conclusion OF DR.. Bethunes speech
he was greeted with the most enthusIas tic
| cheers, accom- panied with the waving OF hats.
Ii was midnight when the meeting adjourn
W
were adopted:
Reso.red, That in the present "crisis,'' the
true sway to meet it, is, for the friends of the
Constitution and the Union throughout I'll the
land to convene Union meetings, and to form
Union organizations, in the spirit and tone
that called this meeting and have inspired its
proceedings.
keSo!red, That the committee of arrange
meuts be authorized to correspond with such
Union organizations may be II ormed and 10
take such measures as they may deem proper
for the PRONUNCIATION and maintenance of the
principles of this meeting.
THREE OTHER MEETINGS.
Three stands had been erected outside of the
building in anticipation of a greater crowd
than could find room within doors. As thou
sands at an early hour We're unable to get in
the building, three outside meetings were or
ganized and speeches made by Judge Wander
poel, Judge Dean, Gen. Lloyd, Col. Bran berry.
and a number of Others. AT one of these meet
ings, j. w. Savage moved that the meeting
nominate the following national ticket for
| iS6u:-For Presidsnt, Winfield Scott; for Vice
President, Sam Houston.
LETTER FROM EX-PRESIDENT FILLMORE.
Among the letters read at the meeting was
one from ex-President Fillmore. He says the
object of he meeting has his hearty approval,
but since his retirement from the Presidency
he has refraihed from attending political meet
ings He then says:
my sentiments on this unfortunate ques-
tion of slavery, and the constitutional rights
of the South in regard to 1t, have not changed
since they were made manifest to the whole
country by the performance OF a painful OH
cial duty in approving and enforcing the fu-
gitiye slave law. What the Consti tuition gives
| would concede at every sacrifice. l would
not seek TO enjoy lis benefits without sharing
It's burtnen anu Its res pohsibiltthS know OF
no oi her rule # poiificai right txptdiency.
Those were nv sentiments then-tHo>e are my
sehiimrIl ls nIw. ! - ana b. The Cobsrl utiUG
of my country ut every hazard, aad am pre-
pared TO main tain II at every sacrifice"
,f.rt .ss
ment concerning the slavery question during
his administration, and its subsistence on The
passage of the Compromise bill of 1850. He
then condemns the repeal of the Missouri
Com promise as having reopened the slavery
agitation, and adds:
1.-The iamen table tragedy at Harper's Ferry
is clearly traceabIe to this unfortunate contro-
yersy about slavery in Kansas, and while the
chief actor in this criminal invasion has ex-
hibited some traits of character that challenge
our admiration, yet his fanatical zeal seems TO
have blinded his moral perceptions, and hur-
ried him into an unlawful attack upon the
lives of u peaceful and unoffending community
in sister State, with the evident intention OF
raising serviie insurrection, which no one
can contemplate without horror; and few,
believe, very few, can be found so indifferent
to the consequences of his acts, or SO blinded
by fanatical zeal, as not to believe that he just
ly suffered the penalty OF the law which he
had violated. cannot but hope that the fate
of John Brown and his associates will deter
all others from any unlawful attempt to in
terfere in the domestic affairs of a sister State.
But this tragedy has now closed, and Virginia
has yindicated the supremacy of her laws, and
shown that she is quite competent to manage
her own affairs and protect her own rights
And thanks TO an Oyerruling Providence the
question about slavery in Kansas is now also
settled, and settled in favor of freedom. The
North has triumphed, and having triumphed,
let her, by her magnanimity and generosity TO
her Southern brethren, show that the contest
on her part was one Of principle and not OF
personal hatred or the low ambition Of a Sec
tional triumph.
FINALLY, il had The power to speak, and