The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-10
SECESSION MOVEMENT AT THE sOUrY.
"ariike Preraratiens-Rev. DIR. Brerkin.
Observation-Disclosures I.eiiis, &c .&c.


Argus Is "credibly informed" that the various
ohers ID tovernor Gist, of South Carolina. OF
the personal services of virstnisns. in case
she should need them, already embrace bands
comprising In the aggregate 1900 rien. The
montgomery (Aiae Mail Says twenty-five
hogsheads OF gunpowder, for the State o1
Alabama, was received there last week The
steamship montgomery arrived at Savannah
Ca. few days since, with 900 sharpe's car.
pines and 10000 conical balls, from Hartford,
CT, for the State of Georgia.
a letter from the Rev. DR. Breckinridge. the
distinguished Pres6y terian divine of ken
lucky, to a friend in New York Slate is mn.
iished he thinks if the North insists on
using the National Government 10 mt down
siaVery-or II the South insists Oh using Il 10
pea h petuate ana extend slayery-in either case
tne continuance of the National Union is i'm
possible. In other words. there can he no
union OF States-except by force. or on eouaI
Terms. For nearly ninety tears-rrom I775 till
@ loooIthe punl,e 'dca OF the institution Of sla-
very mas tohnd it com patible with the union
ca colonies and of States. at is no longer
so. 1ne opinions of men must change, and
tuelr passions must moderate, or we must not
July oivloe, put must Afterwards draw the
sWoTd-and, II possible, destroy each other.
II coo has fDrsaten re, cur country IS
wrecked. II God IS still gracious to us, a way
VIII ne toand to extricate il from impending
teFoiuton At present, the human means OF
ueiverance seem TO me to consist merely in
lhese two great convictions. which. after all
are settled deeply in the h-erte OF men every
where. namely :k6t there are unspeakab!e
eY'is N t.e dissolution Of the Union, and that
tiere are ines timable blessings in its preser-
Vatlon. do not see now these convictions s
are to make themselves efiectually manifest
but neither do l see it to be impossible ths {
they should do so''
At meeting in Fairfax county, Va, last
week, resolutions were adopted in favor of
calling Convention, and ad yoceting the right
OF secession. In the further proceedings of
the meeting we find the following:
A. Is. Williams, Esq, offered the following,
which was adopted
WaersaS, the Governor of the State of Ohio, in
direct lnitct with the 4t al tiele of Ire ConHtitl
tIon OF the United Stct3s, has failed and refused
p denver two escaped criminals. Brown ana Me
ram charged with treason, iony and other mn h
crimes at the RAID st Harper's Ferry, and Who
were TIghtiully demanded Of him BIZ the Governor
of Virginia and whereas the IegislatUre Of W.
glnla, al ts last session, for want Of time and the
lateness OF Gov. Letcher g message failed to ia ke
any action IN the premises, 1t now becomes the
imperative duty OF the Legislature, at It's approach
las sessl n, to take such prompt and decisive ac
ton IN the case rs the honor and dignity Of the
Commonwealth REQUIRES; and ii redress be not
prompt, and speedily made and al pie guarantees
secured against any future violations of the rights
Of Virginia, that our Senator and Delegate ne and
they hereby instructed, that SO soon as it can
be aSceTtalEed tnat the General Government is
undDie or pnWlihng To redress these wrongs or
protect oCr rights, 20 cause Immediate notice to
be slTen 90 cur sister States ana the General Gov
ernIDent at " ashIngton that Virginia will forth
with withdraw her support from the Federal Gov
ernment, resume such powers as she has hsreto-
fore delegated N the Federal comp Let, and assume
that separate and equal station among her sste r
States and the Nations of the that the stout
hearts and strong arms OF our ancestors extorted
emulate the deeds of their slres and to hand down
their rights unlmpalred to their posterlty.
James W. Jackson, Esq, offered the follow
ing resolutions, which were adopted
lst. ReSolred, That we regard any Virgirian
" hO would accept Office under the Administrations
OF Abraham LINCOLN, or continue 10 hold office
under the General Government after his naugura-
ton, as regardless of the honor of his State and
untrue TO any OF its interests.
I'd. Rssolred. That we ackno wledge the freedom
OF the ballot TO its fullest extent, but that
RACES have been committed by the election of
Abraham Lincoln, and that those amongst us who
have voted the Black Republican ticket be re-
'q1ested 10 remove to the free States, where they
can ind sympathIseTs.
Affairs are not proceeding in the South
Carolina Legislature with that smoothness
which is supposed to charact terize its acts Jus,
now. The Columbia correspondent of the
Baltimore American, writing on the 5;h
inst, says;
Yesterday the debate in the House of Rsp-
resentatiyes was unusually warm. The par
ties arrayed against each other in the matter
OF organizing an army, and the manner Of ap-
pointing the commanding officers, used scath-
ing language and debate ran high throughout
the session. So far as l am able to Judge boi h
the opposing parties are led on by bitter pre-
judices. The Joint Military Committee, with
two or three exceptions, have pertinaciously
chung to the idea that a standing army OF paid
volunteers, to be raised at once, to nave the
power of choosing their officers, up to captain
and to require all above to be appointed by
the Governor, is the organization for the times.
Mr. Cunningham of the House who is nut
for ryxylr r. n a xn q ka
sponsibility of extreme sentiments has openly
avowed his hatred OF Democracy in the camp.
He considered the common soldier incapa-
Bile of an elective choice. He and others ofhis
party wage 81 bitter war against Democracy,
and indicate an utter want of faith in the abil-
ity of the people TO make proper choice in elec-
tions.
The party opposed to this, the predominant
party, is ostensibly lead in the House by Mr..
McGowan, of Abbevilie, and Mr.. Moore, of
A nderson. These gentlemen have hard fight
of it. They represent the Democratic senti-
ments of the rural districts, and are in oppo-
sition of the Charleston clique, who are urged
on by Edward Rhett, ThoS. Y. Simmons and
Il. II. Rhett, Jr., of the Charleston Mercury.
The tendencies of these gentlemen are all to-
wards a Dictatorship, or monarchcal form of
government, at least 1T appears SO TO my mind,
and l find myself not alone in the opinion
They fight heart aud soul for an increase OF
gubernatorial pOwer-and one of their mum
ber, as l have already stated, openly ayoWed
chieftain with sovereign power.
See the working of their views. They will
enroll a body of 1900 men for An estensible
purpose. That purpose is alleged to be the
protec ton of their homes wives affairs, fire.
sides. and other patriotic intentions. They
place the supreme military power into the
hands of the Executive; he appoints whom he
pleases, and certainly he Will choose none but
those of his way of thinking. The officers will
impart sentiments to the men, the country
will be under the rule of the army, and one
man at the head-and what next can easily be
imagined. The power OF the Rhett party has
already been felt. Thus far it has been in the
a.scendancy-and it has grown SO powerful
that there are strong fears that Edmund Rhett
of the Senate, will be elected the next Cover
nor. If this is the case, the thing will Be all
on one side, and the worst is to be feared.
The Raleigh correspondent of the Charlotte
Bulletin writes
II have Just learned, from private source
J. Garrett, of Perry county, Commissioner 10
the Legis lature of North Carolina, TO confer
with IL upon Federal affairs, in few days"
In Philadelphia on Thursday, the Common
Council adopted a resolution requesting the
Mayor of that city to call a meeting OF the
citizens TO take action in view OF "the serious
peril of the dissolution OF the Union of these
United States, under whose protectlon We
have grown to be great ana pros porous ma
tion.
From Florida. we learn that tn e Legislature
has adjourned, to meet again the first Monday
7th of January next. The recent session called
a Convention of the State to consider and De
termine what shall be The action OF the State II
the pending crisis, and ordered an election o.
delegates to take place on the 22d inst. The
ConVent ton is 10 meet on Thursday, the Sd o.
January.
The Georgia and South Carolina Conven.
tions.
CHARLESTON Dec 6-The Georgia Senate