The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-17
UNION DEMONsrRArIoSs IN NEW yoRK
ADDRESS To TnE COUNTRY

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evening at which Ex-Mayor Swan, of Haiti.
"i'ie' oehFered an address. He thought the
oaheer TO the South was not great now. but
shonld II grow greater, a Southern Conysn-
tion should be called. The Breckinrdge and
Lane General Committee OF New York held a
meeting on Tuesday evening, to take into con.
| sioeration an address to the country ON the
present crisis. The delegations from the lif.
| ierent wards were very full there being but
few absentee.. The first business being the
| address, Mr.. Philip W. Engs from the Execu-
| tive Committee, stated that they had, with the
| assistance of Mr.. Brady, in very short time
| prepared an address, which might not be
| faultiess, and which might meet with criti-
| eism. and he hoped it would. He then read
the address, from which we make the follow
| ing extracts:
In the language of Breckenridge, ",here can
| be no evaslye middle ground ia regard 70 this
| question of negroes" and we National Demo-
| Gratis OF the city of New York say TO the men
| OF the South and OF the North, no State shall
| DE coerced into remaining in this Union when
| ia the judgment OF her people, her safety re-
Quires that she should seceoe in order to pro-
| tect me hves and property of her citizsns.-
4 lhpplause And on the other hand we pro-
| claim our willingness aud ability 10 meet the
| "irrepressible conflict" upon our own SOIL
| tappiause,j and assure our Southern brethren
|
L oion, we will put down this fanatical raid
| upon the Constitution, the South, the Union
| OF these States and the whole white race 1t
| must be conceded that in the recent canvass
| MANY or the Republican presses have claimed
| FOR Dir. Lincoln that he did not concur with
| the frenzled felons who in their fierce on
| slaught upon slavery, blasphemously assail
| all ordinances of God aud man which inter-
| fere with their dogmas or designs.
| HIS declarations are cited 10 the effect that
| ne recognizes the constitutional sanction of
| Slavery in The States, the validity Of the Fu-
| gtLiye Slave law, and is opposed to negro suf.
| frage. His sincerity, and that OF the more con-
| servatiye OF his party. is how TO be tes ted
| There is some consolation in the canvass Of
| our State, deplorable as its principal effect
| has proved. The Republ iean party of The
| State, while 1t was enabled 10 give Lincoln
| some Hity thousand majority, did not sustain
| the proposition TO amend our Constitution by
| permitting negroes TO vote without properly
| QuallrCaiiOn. That measure is defeated by an
| Overwhelming majority. Ia our clty 1t re-
ceived about sixteen hundred votes, while tn g
| vO te against IL numbers about thirty seven
| thousand.
Il is our opinion that there are in the Repub-
| licans rauks of the North, fewer Abolitionlsts
| than our friends OF the South suppose and an
/ effort Is 10 be made to prevent Mr.. LIncoln's
| Administration from interfering with i'm
pairing the eq uality of the South in the Union.
| Assurances OF this kind are very general III
| this region. In view of these facts, and con-
| sldeTlng now momentOus must be the conse-
| quences OF breaking up that Union of soyer-
| elRu States which the bloou and wisdom Of our
| ancestors organized we earnestly entreat our
| brethren at the 3 S1uth not to resolve upon any
| at which may disseyer our Contederacy at
| TINS tIme.
Let US wait al least until the 4th of March
| next, and Then learn upon what princi Piles
| Mr.. Lincoln proposes that our Federal Gov
| ernment should be administered. Let us see
| what class of mon will be called TO his Cabi-
| net. II, in the selection OF doctrines or Min
| listers he eviuceS a tendency which may be re-
| garjed calculated 10 impair the rights of
| any portion of our Confederacy, il Will then
be time enough 10 take definite action. II Sc
| cesson should now take place and the South
| ern Senators resign, the whole power OF the
| Government would be placed in Mr.. Lincoln's
| hands, and all Southern co-opera tIon taken
| from the patriotic men OF other sections VINO
| are prepared TO support Southern rights to the
| last extremity. This withdrawal would be
| partic ularly deplorable in view OF the TACT
| that Mr.. Lincoln is TO have a majority against
| him in the House we'll rs the Senate, ii our
| friends remain where they are
| Brethren of the South, we call upon you
| not to desert us who have to the best of our
| capacity, and without hope or chance OF pre-
| ierment, profit or reward, other than the con-
| scIuusness of having acted we'll, maintained
| the political doctrines which you advocate
| Do not leave us in a hopeless and enduring
| minority. DO not inter from the vote IN this
| Stale that the South has SO few 1riepds mere
| as the canvass might seem TO indicate. Mr..
| Douglas drew of from their natural allegiance
| masses OF men, W he, from personal prelerence.or
|
| we had no aid from any or the ordinary organ
| iZatIonK by which the Democratic ticket is gen.
| orally supported. We had to rely upon the
| staunch and fearless support of men whon no
mere party call could control, no persuasion
| allure, and no fear drive away from their
| sense of duty to the whole country, lapplause,
| the men who stand up and battle for the Con-
| stitution aud the Union, and equality In the
| Union to all the States.
| Candidates whom the South can support
| and acceptable also to the National Democra-
| cy of the North, have as capital whereon to
| urge forward in pursuit of honorable victory
| the votes cast for Breckinridge ana Lane, and
| perhaps as the contest has become in all re-
| spects a national one, those also which Bell
| and Everett obtained. Thus will be formed
| the great national party OF our country, and
| around its banner all the true Democrats will
| rally, leaving the obsolete leaders of decayed
| factions in the ignominious ohscurity and
pitifui impotency which their meanness folly
| or corruption has secured for them. Is the
| hope of opportunity Tor thus concentrating
| our forces 10 be destroyed by the South That
is the question to be dealt with by our friends
| there. and TO be delt with now. Its solution
| we leave to these friends, confiding in their
| honor, patriotism and chivalry
| We are ready and eager 10 contend for aud
| maintain all their rights in any contingency.
| must have their earnest and persistent coop
| GRAFTON. Will they remain with US. or leave
| us p! We "pause for reply but we do net
| fear it, We think we can behold in the bright
| er days of our country soon to come, the
| splendid spec tacle of a united and irresistible
| party, which, trampling down the bigot and
| The fanatic, whose false and odious heresies
| about the negro race have too long disturbed
| our repose, will place the Constitution, with
| all its sanctions and guarante tees. in such posi-
| lion and keeping as that every American citi-
| zen, in all parts OF our country, snail, under
| its wise execution, have protection tor all his
| property and an equal enjoyment with MS
| fellow OF all the territory as OF all the well
| fare which our nation may acquire. lAp-
pause.l
| In the name of our past history, in the name
| of humanity. regulated by liberty, civilization
| and progress in the interests OF commerce
| and property, by all the ties of fraternity and
| good will that ought TO exist between the
| South and the National Democracy Of the
| North, by all that is good in past, present. or
| future we ask you 10 trust the fate of this
| battle 10 us. Ours is a common cause The
| attack is made here Trust the defeuce to us.
| We will resist the enemy successfully. We
| have stood by youi stand by us, and, notwith
| standing the imni neut peril now threatening
| the common country, we will thus survive the
| shock and preserve unimpared this glorious
| Union OF free and equal sovereign States,
| composed of tree and equal white men. Loud
| applause
| In making this appeal at the present june
| ture we are impelled not only by the conside-
| rati0ns already presented, but by the evidence
| daily accumulaifog, that even uncertainty as
| t. the course the south will pursue is seri-
| ousiy endangerIng onr various interests. ana
| rendering probable a commercial revulslon
| far more general and disastrous than that OF
| 1851, from the effect of which We have scarcely
| vet revived. Such a result would be produc-
| live not only OF permanent injury To our eIty
| and all The interests depending upon 1t. bu:
| vould entail on thousands Of our laboring
| democratic brethren during the coming win.
| ter. if not for a much longer period, want and
| suffering 70 fearful extent.
A PuENoMKsoE-During the night OF Sept.
| On ,hara was a fearful storm of thunder. ligh l.