The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-10

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WASHINGTON. Dee, \. 1890.

n,yso,ution "a CONCEDED ny All men here
South Carolina will 20 ont by the Goth of this
month. Florida aud mississippi are ,i~,ng
which shall be next. Alabama viii be scarcely
n day behind them, Reagan has said that
nine-ienths OF the people OF Texas are for im {.
mediate secession. Landram has spoken IS
much tn regard TO Louisiana. A prominent
citizen of Georgia writes that In his state
accession can he prevented, II AZ AL, Only by
Convention of all the Southern states.
quote the exact Language of his letter, SHOWN
me yesterday. The Maryland Electors are of-
gent Tor an immediate State con
Ir view OF III csc facts, is Virginia acting
wisely ! Her Legislature does no lou ehe ia
the 7th of January. Time Will nf iostlh eau
ing Virginia Convention hat oonFeh.ion
will advise q Convention OF all the shave
States and after much wrapgling, THIS Iast
Cnu yention viii call one Of all the St3tea,
both North and Soufh, Meantime, lincoln
will ba inaugura'pd, md have control OF III"
Federal purse, (thaIh Heaven! ~ Is now
smpty,) the Army aud the Navy. Possession
{. nine-teuths of the law. say most solemnly
that unless Maryland and Virginia are ont OF
the Union before the ith of March, the DIM
entities of Disunion will be infinitely conpll-
Gated aud bicodshed, inevitable. AZ l think,
in any event, "! III be ircomparahiy Greatet-
How can Lincoln be induced to 60 ont when
he IL once in ! But, IL will be said, he VIII
come 10 Washington any way, and nothing
but the force Of arms Will keep him from tax
ing his seat. l doubt IL. If Maryland and
Virginia 20 out fortnight before his term
Washington And even ii he sheuld come,
better n great battle here on the ith OF March
than that much harder battle, or rather series
of battles which must ensue II he once gets
nosseSsjon of the Government. 1t seems 10
me that the more States that are out by the
middle of February, the better, because then
the TWO sides will be more evenly pitted, and
the chances of fight redounding 10 the beue-
fl of either will be diminished TO zero.
People talk about elaboration and acting
with the dignity becoming so solemn an event
as the dissolution Of great Republic. True !
hut " hen the house IL all flame, there is no
| time 10 discuss theories of combustion. When
escaping for your life. there j. no time to con-
slider what your ueighbors Will think of the
figure you cut in your night clothes. In an
emergency. prompt, decisive nc non is dignity.
Let us have no divided counsels in Virgin ia.
Let party lines disappear,a they ought 10 have
disappeared al Tho time Of the John Brown
raid. There can be no uesti0n that, the whole
State had then united MON some strong
Southern man and nominated him upon a no.
| party strictly Southern platform, dissolu ton
would have been postponed four wears at
least. Let us heed the warning and profit by
the sad result of re-cpening party lines in \
time Of The utmost peril, and when the hearts
desire Of the people Is to stand mp as one man
for their homes and fresides. l tell but the
simple truth, which every thinking man " III
admit, when say that division III the senti.
ments and action OF Virginia will encourage
the extremists of the North, naraIvZa the &C.
ting he Old Dominion itself in twain.
| know this result is looked for by the Repub
licans, for Fave heard them say it time ant
again.
DO you not mark how silent they are in thi
House ! And why Plainly because they
want the war 10 begin between the men Of III,
cotton States aud the men of the border Sta les
or else between the Douglas men and Bel
men on the one hand, and the Breckinridg,
| men Of the border States on the other. Thus
they would be delighted to- see Boteler sus
NIlison warning against Pryor and 0aruett
Nelson and Etherldge against Wright anC
Avery, BristoW against Burnett, and so on il
| all the northern slaveh0!ding States. And i
| the leaders OF parties in Virginia do not &C
with the utmost canton, do nor suppress part
for the sake % patriotism, this inter State wal
| will be wag1d in the House Of Represen tatIve:
| as surely as the sun shines in heaven.
| II was great istake in Speaker Penning
| ton 10 put Winter Davis and Kellogg, who Is
| a second edition of Loveioy, on the Specia
| Committee But he is fond of Davis, because
| ii will be recollcc ted that DarI-' vote secured
| him the Speakership Boyce will not serve or
| this committee, aud doubt if Reuben Davis
/ docs.
| The action of the Breckenridge electors In
| Virginia excites ths highest eHCOmiums here.
| L plan is on foot To form new Republic
| including all the States except New England
| which will be transferred to Canada. This is
| talked OF seriously; but il will never he done
| The Putnam PhalanS, from Hartford. Conn.
| dressed in the military costume OF the Reyolu.
| ton, and lis strong, are kicking up much dust
| here. Nearly all are middie-aged men, Irsany
| as old as 81 or "a, and are said IL TO men Of
| standing and property; Heavy built old tel.
! lows full Of muscle and gristle, some OF them
| gsnls IL size. led