The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-12

eesS'oh. Ihe LvDchburg Republican thinks
the issue is Black Republican domiratiop on
me one hand, or Southern Confederacv on
the other. 1t says;
when the cotton States do secede. we shall
auSocate secession With them. and resist the
i,gnt OF The Federal Government to coerca
them BACK We believe Virginia ought To ne
aud Will be when the time comes the North OF
me South, and not the South OF the North
Botts and his crew NAV go with IincoIp and
enjoy the iesbpots together. but we shall 20
with the South, and for the South at all hax.
| ards and 70 the last extremity
Inc only way IN which the Union can now
possioiy be preserved, is for us TO have a Con-
Seuti9n of all the States of the South. which
shaii lay down our demands of constitutional
guarantees. These should he submitted 10 n
oonvenuon OF all the Northern States. and il
rejected, then secession is the only remedy nd
VIII be adopted by an overwhelming majority
OF each Southern State, if indeed, a majority
OF The Southern States do not secede before
Such convention can be called. Patriots of
all parties ought to look To this grave uues
non at once, and divested of all party feeling.
Neare for secession direct, but are anxious 10
auopt any intermediate steps which can pos
sihiy preserve the Union upon constitutional
grounds.
The Clarke county (Va.) Journal says:
We advance to the discharge of a solemn
DUTY In hoisting, for ourselves the flag of dis.
nnlou- 1t Is solemn duty binding upon us
because we believe in our conscience that il ia
y
Nldence which has always guided us as a
people. II Providence points clearly to any
thlhg IN the future, ii does to the separation of
these Northern and Southern States from each
DINER We cannot live togetb in peace and
equality, because The North are conscientious
Ia Claiming right to agitate our domestic in
suthuons, and because they are greater, aud
therefore, in a political sense, the master sec
uon. We were not born to be mastered nor
to submit to inferior position. There IS no
alternative but separation from those who
seek to be our rulers, or else abiect submission
to their yoke. Who can hesitate what he will
or ought 10 do!
The Tappahannock (Va.) Southerner SAYS:
w hether this Union can be divided, seriously
admits great doubt. But the probabilities Of
an attempt at dissolution, in certain contin-
gencies, are certainly very sure The attempt
| to our mind is as fearful as actual disunion
II Will bring with it, if it ever should come
collision, blOodshed and the worst calamities
More than this, If the attempt should be made
on slight grounds or inadeq causes in the
estimation of the masses, it would doubtless
meet with determined resistance at home
Our people, we admit, have already been car
ried 10 great lengths by hot-headed demaeoei-
cal party leaders; but when the cues ton OF
union or disunion comes to be bruiied, tho.e
leaders will fluid the people will not go with
them. They must he satisfied that the cause
is a lust one-a necessary one and that tn q
necessity is imperious.
The Portsmouth (Va) Transcript thinks
secession is inevitable, but adds;
But there is no special demand for immedi.
ate secession. Il We discard altogether the as
surances offered by prominent friends OF Lin.
coin 4 few days before election. that he Would
not use his position for sectional purposes we
have other cheering facts to reiY upon indie
pendent of Black Republican profes sions.-
They will not be able TO repeal the Fugitive
Slave Law or adopt any other hostile legisl;ls
tion, because both branches of the next Con-
gress are inimical to his administration. There
is no doubt that he will have Southern men in
his Cabinet honest and loyal enough TO con-
sefYatize him in a degree, and ii is therefore
obviously the dictate of patriotism and pru-
dence that we should remain in the Union for
the present. This action would not in nterfere
with the object Gf redresslng our wrongs. The
time which must intervene between the inau-
guratiun of Lincoln aBd the securement of le-
gislative asceudancy by his party could be
employed as Il season OF preparation, so that
at the first blush OF reasonable designs we
would be prepared 10 resist them with a uni
ted South.
The Murtreesboro' IN. CO. Citizen has the
following:
1t will be difficult TO induce the Southern
people, loyal in their instincts as they are. 10
transfer 10 the incoming Administration the
traditional respect and reverence which
American citizens accord 10 the National Gov
ernment de fGcto. Acquiescence in the popu-
lar verdict, so far from being speedy and en-
tire, as is usually the case, will be t4rdy and
fall of reser rvasons. 1t will be a mere snbuujs-
sion TO dynasty which cannot whatever be
i's policy, command the confidence of The
South. The right OF a sovereign State TO with
draw from the Union whenever, in the judg-
neht Of such State, the evils of the Union
shall outnumber its benefits, is sound and
universally accepted Democratic doctrine
Whether North Carolina should now assert
that right, is a question for the people To de-
termIne. We, FOR one of her citizens at least,
oppose The taking of any such step a present.
We say let North Carolint stay an the Uaton
Let her not lngioriously abandon the Govern.
nlent with its immortal trophies and world
wide prestige to tho exclusive possession of
the North But, If South Carolina, Geor-
gia, or any other State, shall decide upon Sc
cesrlon, IN GJG's name, and in the name of
civil liberty and State rigEtS let her Withdraw
This is not The hour for rash counsel or pre-
cIpliate action. Muueralion was never more
desirable than now.
Referring to the position of the Georgia Le
gislature, with reference to action in this
crisis, the Augusta (Ga) Dispatch says
The rights and powers OF the Legislature
are conferred On it by the Constitution and
the trainers of that instIul never dreamed
of or provided for a contingency like This.
They conferred no powers for such emer-
eency, and the assumption of them by The
Legislature would be usurpation, tending to
produce divisions among the people, who, in
such a crisis shou'd be united. The Legisla-
ture is now in session, and, like all patriotic
Sou thern men, 1eel themselves stung to mad
ness by the insults OF the North. Passion and
prejudice rules the hour, and il is not at such
q Time that neE are capable of consulting es
calmly as is fitting upon Il measure the most
momentous in modern hist0ry-no less than
the overthrow of one OF the first powers
earth, and the es stablis sbment of two or more
governments upon its ruin. We are convinced
that the people will not be satisfied TO leave
the decision OF this question TO the Legisla-
tute-that unwarranted action on the part of
that body Will give rise to partisan discords,
and will, therefore, not effect the end desired.
The Charleston IS. c. Courier, of Saturday,
says:
The times demand GOODNESS, calmness and
steady resolution, not iapulsiye demonstra-
tions or fiery outbreaks of vehemence and
youthful passions. We rejoice in being able
10 state that our city has SO tar, notwiths tand-
ing the ntense and all-peryading excitement,
exhibited the charac teristic moderation and
order of our population. Some symptoms of
i'll, advised, but weli-in tended demonstrations,
on the part OF indiv viduals, have occurred and
we refer 10 the matter now only TO remind all
citizens of the Importance OF avoiding such
errors. I" Let ali things be done decently and
in order," and let us meet, as citizens OF
we'll ordered Commonwealth, the great issue
presented.
The Fredericksburg (va.) Recorder, speaking
OF the incoming administration OF Lincoln,
says:
We should require the execution of the fu-
gitiye slave law, non- in terri ference by Congress
with slavery In the States Territories Dis
trict OF Columbia, and due regard in the
Federal legislation of the country TO the wants
and requirements of all sections, and last, and
by no means least, a fair represen tation of the
South in Mr.. Lincoln's Cabinet, for it is idle to
talk about Union in name il il be not a Union
in fact. A ii of this is legitimately ours, look
ing To q fair and honest Interpretation of the
Cons titutiop, as a chart for our rights-to this
we will consent, and to nothing less. We be-
lieye MIR. Lincoln can administer the Govern
ment upon such basis, and II be does we shall
stand oy the Union, for the Union will then
be standing by the Constitution; but ii he goes