The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-17
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A~ - ,beua. New York for example, the
...,,,u,iou of slavery, though almost eNtihet,
IA NOT ceased 10 exist. An aboiiaoh't' was
,.,,,e, mon as an eccentric person, and an oe-
ta.. of ridicuie and contempt. An apei'iou
n.rty was thing apdreamed OF. slave iaooF
n.a naen found improbable in the Northern
States and laws were passed looking TO It's re-
moys, and slave owners We're selling their
pronerty to Southern purchasers. Bnt there
xss no disposition 80 make war upon South
ern institutions. There was no sentiment OF
aec,ional luminosity. On the contrary, an ex-
allied idea OF Southern chivalry and patriotism
peryaded the public mind of the North. The
hospitality, frankaess and genial manners OF
the South were often contrasted by their own
journals and public periodicals with the cold
ness and reserve of Northern character Inc
same subject was discussed in the soeiai CIR
Gle and tue warm hearts and open ways OF the
Southern people were objects of admiration
The speeches 81 Southern orators were recited
by Northern school boys. WIRT's life of PAT
RICE HENRY had made every youth at school
and college familiar with the great names of
Virginia history. 4 Southern gentleman Wis
tting the North was overwhelmed with atten-
tons and there was everywhere an enthusiast
Tic appreciation of Southern character.
What is the feeling now J We do not con-
found the whole North with tie aiders and
abetters Of the Harper's Ferry invasion. But
could such an invasion have occurred twenty
I'VE years ago II il had occurred, could it
have found thousand sympathzers, thou
sand individuals anywhere, who would have
desired the pardon of the invaders 1mpos-
sible! How is ii now What is the voice
which comes from the recent elections in the
North What means the anxious appeals of
many conservative presses for the pardon Of
Brown If he had been common murderer
and felon, would they have manifested this
solicitude that he should escape, this fear that
his execution would increase hostility in the
North to the South Why this solicitude
and fear If aholitionism is weak, If IL has no
deep Judgment in the natures OF the people,
why fear that an act OF manifest justice and
eelf-protection should make ii formidable and
dangerous Is il not manifest that ii is Con-
serya;ism that is weak, and abolition DONNA
ting and almost universal
What has caused this wonderful change in
the public sentiment of the Northern people
Have Southern institutions advanced and en-
croached upon the area OF the free States
On the contrary, they have receded. Com
monwealths once slave have become free;
others are in a transition state. and new free
States have been added. until now the South
is in Il decided minority in both branches OF
Congress! Has the North diminished and the
South increased in power, prosperity and
numbers so that the latter has naturally be-
come an object of jealousy to the former! On
the con trary, the North has the vast prepon-
derance of numbers, money, manufactures
and commerce. The rich staples of the South
ern States have gone to build up Northern
cities and Northern foreign and coastwise
commerce The South has purchased nearly
every thing of the North-agricultural imple-
ments, household furniture, merchandise
clothing, shoes, boots-it is hard To know
where to stop in the list Southern youth
have been sent TO Northern schools and col
leges, and Southern travellers, every summer
afford rich harvest to the keepers OF North
ern watering places.
Northern industry, therefore, in every de-
partnent Of enterprise, has never been assailed
by the South on the contrary, it has been mu-
nifceEtly encouraged and patroniZed. On the
other hand, have there been no aggressions on
Southern labor For years the underground
railroad has been in active operation, millions
of property have been robbed from the South
and the blood of Southern men and Of officers
Of the Federal Government has over and over
again been shed, in the effort 10 establish
rights guaranteed by the common Constitu-
ton. Yet, for all this, the South has struck
no blow back. has made no reprisals, has not
even contem plated aggressions upon Northern
property, has continued to enrich the North
with the rare and varied treasures Of her
soil-has remained, and still remains. loyal to
her obligations under the federal compact
Whence, then, the deplorable change which
has taken place in Northern sentiment! We
believe il may in part be ascribed to that mad
mess which works in the blood of fanaticisyn
and which, sometimes skipping generations
reappears with fresh virus after the renose of
years. II is the insanity once developed in
witcbcraft, which has manifested itself of late
years in Spirtualism, Mormonism, Millersm
Free-Loye. Anti-Masonry and Abolition. But
the chief agents of this melancholy transfer
nation have been political demagogues, who
have beea the ruin Of every free government
that ever existed, The curse OF free institutions
the universal principle of decay and death in
every free system. They have seized upon the
latent madness Of fanaticism, and deyeloped
1t by their deyilish arts, for the sole and sell
fish purpose OF their personal and political
aggrandizement. To say that they care not
for the peace and welfare of the Southern
States, Is 10 give but feeble idea of their uttcr
heartlessness and entire want of patriotisla-
They care not for Ehe prosperity of their own
section, for the strength and glory Of their
own people, which are all involved in the pre-
seryation OF the American Union they would
expose all these to the risk of destruction for
the sake OF advancing their own political for
tunes. Anu-slayery has been the hobby by
which they seek TO ride into power and. en-.
listing the North in a conflict to prevent the
South from obtaining uai rights in the new
Territories OF the Union, they have excited
the North to action by the most false and in
fammasory pictures of slavery, as il exists in
Southern States, until, instead of building up
merely free-soil party, they have created an
aggressive abolition party, which has become
30 maieyolent and SO powerful that even the
Conservatives OF the North fear and dread 10
zee Virginia protect herself and her people
rom invasion and mnrder upon her own soil!
1t is the dictate of patriotism and of virtue
never tc despair of the Republic; but he must
have the principle of hope strong and indie
struetible who can see patch of blue sky in
the porfentous clouds which now oyerspread
the heavens. The wind is in the wrong quar-
ter for clear weather. and we see no more chance
for the South to change It's course, thanifor the
mariner, around whom the signs OF tempest
are lowering, and beneath whose keel the ocean
il heaying ia an ominous SWELL to control the
rising elements by crying "Peace, be still.'' All
be can do Is TO prepare his vessel for the storm
and keep good lookout. viii Northern abo-
ution listen TO Southern statesmen or South
srn journals The only hope TO produce a
change rests with the Conservatives of the
North. II they are strong, now is the time to
assert their supremacy, and pat down the mad