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

elnia 70 make and administer her own Il ~.
bnvs no apP'aase)-the people Of other States
gave John Brown a fair judicial tri., ,..N ..e
plause !, and the whole country should ra,eeraa
no, mot cnIy that he and his con fedora tes reeeirad
hut than me 90 sustiy due to their crimes.
sectch and slaughter were sd ptoriiptvy crnsh-
S 60. John Brown was citizen Of otsr 81. !,
har -. n.d as FAR as he c,.nld, he dishonored
or viysin,a ms .reasonabe violation Of the rights
mng, Therefore, that the people pf New vn,. MT
a;s ~ arties, should make their se.ti,r re,
clare indIy ,hsir nnasrstood, and emphatieaily dc.
uhgovernable fanaticis,Ii .n s,l,ich I, .ne
eu, ana ny which IL has been too ion 8 enrn.
aged. lLond applause.) We have not fnrnn,
-. -. ,as sn"s New YORK and Virginia aie sister
states, and have plighted their mutual fat.h
IN the bonds OF confederation and union
tCheers) Who can ever forget that thew stood
side by side through the stormy scenes of ~,
revolution, and that Washington, the noblest
son of Virginia, in the darkest hour Of des'
pondency, defended the soil of New YorL
against the overwhelming force of the in yader.
and the more dangerous machipations
" domestic treasonl tremendous cheers y
We might also well reHlem Der that Vircini,
in a spirit of disin terested patriotism not sur
passed on the brightest pages of history, gave
to the Union that vast and imperial domain
which now constitute the prosperous free
States of the Northwest; aud The richest nur-
York. (Applause.) Cherisning these reeol-
lections Of the past, we'll may we blush for the
decay of national spirit, when we hear the
needless insults so frequently aimed at the
Commonwealth for remaining in the social
and domestic condition transmitted to her by
the generations which have passed away, and
for which she is in no way responsible. Sur
vey our past history and tell me what Vir-
ginia has done to us TO justify these ebullitions
of resentment To me it seems an
unwise and ungenerous interference with a
subject which is none of ours. It. is a viola
ton of the comfy of States. which can have
no usefal effect whatever. (Applause.) 1t ag-
gravates the evils which it would remedy, and
produces increased severity by exciting feel.
ings OF irritation and insecurity among the
only people who have power over the condition
OF the slave. Mr.. President, in all the
tional collisions which have disturbed the
country. in all its diffic culties and troubles my
voice has been on the side of moderation
(Cheers) have never sympathzed with fac
nous agitators in the North, nor with dis
unionlsts in the South. Always maintaining
the Just rights of my own section, have been
equally ready to respect the rights and teel-
ings of the other. X
Our feliow-citizens in the South ought GER
talnly to remember that whole comm ilflities
cannot justly be held responsible for the raw
ings OF individual fanatics, and the wild
schemes OF sectional agtators and conspira-
tors. (Applause) At the same time let us
appeal to the men of the North to act a con-
servative and patriotic part. Will they not
arise in their might and put an end to this de-
testable and dangerous warfare between the
two great sections of the American Union p
(Cries of "TSs.") Every patriot heart must
desire the restoration of peace and the revival
of mutual confidence and kindness. / contend
that negro slavery ought no more now than in
1857 to stand in the way OF national unity and
concord (Applause.) As that question was
not permitted TO defeat the formation of the
Union, we should not allow it to mar the en-
joyment of its blessings. We all know that
slavery is regarded with different sentiments
in the free States and the slave States. II was
so from the beginning; but the Constitution
has wisely left each State to regulate the SUBJ
ject according to its own will and pleasure
Ii the people will bear in mind this funda-
mental truth, and govern themselves accord
ingly, sectional controversy and excitement /
must soon disappear. The constant discussion
and agitation of the slavery question in the
free States has become an in ntolerable nuisance.
tremendous applause and cheers) X
There are great national interests, in which
all the States have q common concern, and
which the federal Union was intended to fos-
ter and protect. How much more vital and
important are these common objects, belong
ing to all and necessary for ALL than the sim
gle point of diversity which has been too long
the absorbing source of angry irritation. 1t
should be the effort of every sincere patriot to
recall the public mind from these mischievcus
disputes TO the national concerns which affect
the welfare of the whole country, and to those
sentiments of mutual regard which prevailed
in the better days of The Republic dry up
dry up.) The interruption of friendly feelings
between the States OF the North and the South,
is of itself a great and iDcalculable evil. 1t
withers and blights the choicest benefits which
the Union was intended to secure 1t embit-
ters our national councils, obstructs all useful
legislation, arrests commercial Intercourse,
and destroys that feeling of confidence and Sc
curity which is one of the highest objects of
civil society. Our divisions create we'll found
ed alarm for the stability OF our repu blican
institutions, and make us by-word and re-
proach among the nations 1t is a spec
tacie from which every patriotic heart must
recoil with modification and dismay.
In conclusion, Mr. Hunt said:
In the progress of human events it has been
reserved to the people of this country to decide
by their conduct and example whether soce-
ties of men are capable or not Of main tanning
a system of free representative government,
and whether States differing in climate and
institutions can be permanently united under
common confederation. A more sacred
charge was never committed TO any nation.-
trust the warnings of history are not to be
lost upon the freemen of America. Once more
l would invoke them all, in the North and the
South, the East and the West, TO be f4ithful to
the mighty interests entrus ted to their hands
May they cultivate that broad and generous
patriotism which embraces the whole country
in its afiectio May they ever look with
patriotic disdain on the poor partizan arts
which, for selfish ends. would undermine the
W.
with clear heads and honest hearts ever resist
the ruthless and sacriIegious efforts to rend
asunder those grand communities which the
great Architect of nations has so graciously
Joined together.
JAMES 8. THAYEg's SPEECH.
Mr.. Thayer, after an aiiusion to The events
which had called them together, said he trust
ed that in its spirit and expression the meet
ing would come fairly up to the req quirements
of the occasion, and meet the ex pee iatious OF
the country to the fullest extent. To come
then, (said he,) squarely up to the issue-to
grapple with 1t fearessiy and without parley
what Is the present aspect and posi- of
the slavery question between the North and
the South l think it is comprehended in
this, that whenever the anti-slavery senti-
ment is introduced into politics, and made
the sole basis OF party organization and ac-
tion, il becomes aboiitionism. (Prolonged APP
plause. Waving of hats.) 1t may not be al
together such in the outset, but that is its ten
dency, and must Of necessity be its ultimate
result. (Applause.l In 1914, out of 4SO, 600
votes in the State of New York. there were
only 10000 abolition votes, pure and simple
That small cloud, then no bigger than mans
hand, has In fifteen years overspread the
whole Northern sky. its dark and angry folds
curtain the farthest horizon of the East and
West, the roll of its loud thunder shakes the
whole heavens from side 10 side. and eyes that
never before quaiied in storm or tempest, now
turn in disnay from the binding glare of its
ligh thing. (Sensation.) But this shall not
always last; c'no,n ''no;'') light is already
breaking through the darkness of night, zap
piause) and, before another twelve months
has passed, the sun of our liberty will purple
with a soft and tranquil glow the Eastern and
Northern hills, ('good, "good," and applLuse,)
and holding on his course through a serene
and unclouded pathway, will usher in a day as
bright as whenDthe morning stars of our Union
first sang together, and rose in that galaxy that
is now radiant with SO many added glories.-
(Applause and cheers.)
After defining the position of various classes
of abolitiOnists, in the course of which he
dealt some blows at Mrs. Stoves Uncle
Tom," Bourcicault's "Octoroon,n "a and Helpers
Compendium, he said: There can be no con-
fiict in this country, unless it be from overt
and aggressive action on the part of free labor