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

| u. s,.t svvu authority that we must not ouIy
that our young sister with the 1o1aen sro.,, uu
| rich, teeming California, which has ai1lnT n,
last requisite item to the greatness Of fhis ~.
| uon-wiil not come with US. She will remair
| Voice-And so Will Cuba.
| The speaker declared that slavery il not un,
| just
But ! instst--and that 10 the ARGUMENT Which
| we must meat. and oniWhieh we must como tc
a conclusion that shall govern our actions iu
| the future selection of representatives in the
/ Congress of the United States--I insist tha
negro slavery is not unjust tI4ong continued
applause.) 1t is not unjust. (Hisses, followed
| by applause and cries Of "Put him outr) Let
4 him stay, gentlemen.
President-Let him stay there. Order!
| Mr.. O'Conor-Serpents have the privilege OF
| kissing. Good men will be silent here. (Cries
| again of "Put him out;' calls to ORDER confu-
| sion for 3 time.)
| The President-If anybody Kisses here, re-
| member everybod has their peculiar way OF
| expressing themselves, and as some birds only
understand kissing, SO will they hiss. zap
| p!ause)
| Mr.. O'Oonor-Cfen tlemen, there is an ami
| mai upon this earth that has no faculty OF
| making its sentiments known in any other
way than by hiss. l am for equal rights
| (Ihree cheers we're here given for Mr.. o Couor,
| lhree TOR Governor Wise, and three groans for
| John Brown.) l beg of you, gentlemen, ali of
you who are Of my mind at least, to preserve
silence, and leave the hissing animal in the
iali enjoyment of his natural privileges
lCries OF Good, good, !" laughter and applause J
The first woman that offended was taught to
do So by that kissing animal. daughter and
applause.) The first human society that was
broken up by the en- trance of discord and sin,
was broken up by the entrance of that animal.
{Applause) Therefore, say, it is his privi-
Iege to hiss. Let him hiss on. (Cries of "Good
good" laughter and applause.) Gentlemen,
will not detain you much longer. (Cres of
IN nn Cpn on I ait,fo ~
very Is not unjust; "a voice-"No, SIR" ap-
plause0 that it is benign in its Influences upon
the white man, and upon the black man !;
(Voices-"T That's SO, that's so" applause;) that
il is ordained by nature that it is an institu-
ton created by nature itself; that it carries
with it duties for the black man, azd duties
| for the white, which duties cannot be per-
| formed exceptby the preservation and-if gen.
tlemen please-the perpetuation OF the system.
! (Applause.)
The Constitution had declared regro slave
| ry TO be legal, and the highest tribunal in the
| country-the United States Supreme Court
| had interpreted the Constitution in manner
| not TO be mistaken. Every nation had its own
| pecnliarities in which it differed from all
| other nations on earth, and the United Sta es
| had its popularity in This manner: 1t was set
| tied by white men of the Caucasian race
| They were not the followers of Joe Smith, not
| of Mahomet 10 permit each citizen TO have
| dozen wives, and no State would be allowed
| TO exist which differed in this principle OF
i
| many other distinctive features in the people
| not to be found among any other patons on
| the face of the void. Among them, as white
nation, they had made Constitution, with
| certain rights secured to the white American
| people. As to the negro. he was allowed to
| live among them, and he was protected un-
| der the shade Of the law, against contume-
| iy and outrage; but the Constitution left him
| without political rights, and in a condition
of bondage, till it should he determined 9TH
| erwise. That WAS his condition by nature
| History showed that the negro race could not
| exist, but must die out in cold or temperate
climate; but in very warm regions the negro
| will prosper, and retain his perfect strength
| to labor, but he had not intellect to govern
| him, nor willingness TO work, [applausel and
| he was, therefore, afforded q master to coerce
| that will for the benefit of both himself and
his master, and to make him useful to both
| himself and others. Applause Slavery was
| q thing that must be tolerated, since it had
| been introduced into the country, and it was
unjust in any man to attempt TO sever the OBJ
| legations which bound the master and the
| slave together, and to sow discord and de-
| struction among our Southern neighbors-
| Those were the principles they were called on
| 10 maintain, and he would advise them to
| watch those members in Congress who held
| opposite principles. He contended that il
| there was anything harsh even in the separa-
| ton of families in the sale of slaves that and
| the fact of slaves being the property of their
| masters for life, was the only respect in which
| their condition differed from free minors who
| were subject to their parents in the same man
| ner the slaves; and the way to avert such
| hardships was to leave the South alone and
| the slave owners would themselves apply the
remedy. He concluded by ferventIy hoping
| that this Union would be perpetuated
SPEECH OF EX-GOVEROR HUNT.
| Hon. Washington Hunt, Ex-Governor of
| New York, commenced by an allusion 10 the
pas, and then spoke of impending dangers
| The time has come when every American citi-
| zen must declare whether he intends 10 skeep
! step to the music of the Union," or lend his
| voice to swell the dismal chorus of sectional
discord and defiance. (Cheers.) The time has
| come for New York to speak and proclaim, in
no ambiguous phrase, but in words OF energy
| which cannot be mistaken. that whatever 9TH
ers may do, she stands, and will forever stand
| by that sacred compact which makes Us one
country and one people; that come what may
she will be found faithful to it's obi cations,
loyal to its compromises, and true to its spirit
and that she will resist to the last extremity
all paricidal efforts, under whatsoever
guise, or from whatsoever quarter they
may proceed. to ALLEVIATE the people of
the two great sections OF our country, or to
weaken the ties of friendship which bind
them together in one common destiny
(Cheers.) He then spoke of the mighty in ter
ests of the country, which were TO be put at
hazard and thrown away because the domestic
Institutions of the States are diversified and
cannot be moulded into uniformity, and pro-
ceeded:
l will not attempt to portray the calamities
of disunion, the universal bankruptcy and
ruin, the scenes Of anarchy and blood, the SUM-
dering of kindred ties and cherished attach
ments, and tho direful and interminable train
of consequences which no human wisdom can
forcsee. Who can say that in such event the
States of the North and West would remain
united. or that New York and New England
could adjust the conditions of confederated
powerl Ono, no'' )-or even that New York
and Philadelphia would consent TO one COM
mon government Itwould be far easier to
excite jealousies between the parts than to re-
unite them, and political agitators would not
then be wanting to sow the seeds OF jealousy
and conflict. Would not these disunited men,
bers soon relapse into the incoherent, discor-
dant condition Of the fragmentary States of
South America-( That's fact !)-and become
the sport of military ambition, to sink at last
into the arms of deepotic powerl (Applause.)
The agitators of the slavery question ought to
remember that African slavery was introduced
in the Southern States long before the Revolu-
ton; that the present generation inherited it
from their ancestors, and are not responsible
for its existence
A Voice--And the North too Ne
Mr.. Hunt-Yes, you may,well say the North
1t was the people of Old England and New
England that brought them there, and they
should therefore show more charity in dealing
with the relations of the South and the Afri-
can race. The speaker enlarged upon this
point-invoked spirit Of amity to sustain the
glorious fabric of the Union. which was per-
fected by that spirit-and went on to speak
of the harper's Ferry invasion:
In healthful state of the public sentiment, a
man went into Virginia in the garb of peace
tul settler, while at the same time he was pre-
pairing sharpened pixies for the slaughter Of per-
sons of our own race and lineage. In the bloody
scenes at Harper's Ferry, SAY, and the attempt
to arm a servile population with thousands of
murderous spears 10 be bathed in the blood OF
men, women and children of our own race
and lineage, would have produced but one
universal thrill of horror. Yet there are men
amongst us whose minds are so diseased by
sectional prejudice that they openly express
ahGys
of murder and insurrection. / regret TO add
that there are presses in the land which, while