The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-04
slavery and Disunion.

In recent speech. Senator INVERSION, of
Georgia, has given his views on the Slavery
Quests and its influence on the Union. We
find the following summary in the New York
Express. Senator IvERsoN argues
''lst That Southern slavery Is not onl, blessing
TO the slave himself and to his master, but also to
- I'd. That the argument sometimes EMPLOY ed in
the North that this latter class would he indifer-
emit to the result of a conflict between, the two
former. Is tailaeiolis as the non STAKEHOLDER feels
interested in the existence of inferior class to
himself Assuming that the anti slavery efforts in
sd. The problem of Southern ccnfederacy,
cepartnership. with IN equitable division of assets
Ina, Ge"rria. Alabama. and Mississippi, to WITH
draw their delegations to Con. ress and repudiate
This arrangement, he thinks, would contribute to
the security 9islsye property. as the dread Of war
in his opinion would alone contrihnte 10 this tran
guilty, az British ships. e-war would hover round
s and Of s S rn
from making any attempt to collect duties, or to
however. ANTICIPATES that the two separate GOV,
srnments would not ions ce-exlst, as the North,
~ their hpM would euess eed to are
South and accord them all they ask in the security
of their slave property"
This speech, tits said grew out of the in famous
Rochester address of Senator SEWARD. which
declared that the States of the Union would.
in process of time, be 'all Slave or all Free.
that there was an irreconcilabIe antagonism
between the institutions of free and slave
States, and they could not continue to co-exist
under the same government. We do not be-
lieye that either Senator speaks the public
sentiment of the section which he represents
except the first and second propositions of
Senator IyERsoN. which are undoubtedly true
and are so regarded by the great mass of the
Southern people.
Bat In regard to Disusion, it is not seriou.-
ly thought of by one man in a hundred in The
Southern States. There are particular sectiops
where il is popular, but the sentiment Of the
Southern people in favor of Union is as gen.
eral and as ardent as II is in the North. Nor
do we believe that division would be follow
ed by speedy reconciliation, and rc-estab-
lishment Of the federal government with great
Ell security to slave property. Disunion means
war, and the worst of all wars, civil war, war
to the knife and the knife TO the hilt. The
preponderance Of numbers and capital ~ ms
North and the risk of losing all Il has e STAKE
in the continuance Of the Union, would exeite
il to a savage rush upon the Sonen, which
would demand all the energies and spirit OF
the Southern states successtnily g repei.-
Undoubtedly, In defence 81 such tremendous
ia terests - those the South Wonid De called
upep 70 dsfsnd. men, women ana children
,1ouid gladly b annihiiated before they would
..,h.nit. III wossid be protracted and ruin.
x3sis etruxxie. ~ the end Of which both parties
we5tld haul N Iii i crippled condition. and
s.srue - 1nlly hat led them to dissolve their
friendly relatinns. Certainly. they would
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