The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-22
Nirbmunh qispattt.
SATURDAY MoRNTNa......DE DEC. p, lsfe
,.,~......,ou of south Carolina.

81. accession OF Soutn Chrehh"'
The ,olemn act OF the secession Oh soFe-
reign state from the American Union mas oeen
n,,,hed. With unutterable sadness we
,,elled 10 speak of the American Union
ming THAT WAS. 1t exists no more. One
=. O.. brightest stars has disappeared from
"a, rssnlendent galaxy which has SO long
,I.n,sd mn the Western heavens, and to which
,na ornressed Of all nations looked for hope
and deliverance.
Ills hut one star, and yet how soon others
nav follow none can tell The golden cord
:. broken. The falling of single pearl from
IN. .iIseu thread gives reason 10 fear that the
rs.t are not secure-that soon the ground
,r.v he s,rewn with the scattered gems. She
ia single Common wealth, and new States
may ee added TO the Union, but they will not
no of tho old thirteen. One of our old Revo-
Intionsry comrades, and one Of the bravest
and the best who never, in those days of trial
and of peril, deserted friend nor turned his
hack upon foe. has gone out from among us,
and stands alone. Where shall we supply the
vacant place Will Kansas be a substitut e for
South Carolina
Deeply as we feel this humilating disap-
pointment of the hopes and expectations of all
patriotic hearts, profoundly as we may regret
that South Carolina could not await the coop
eralion of Virginia and other Sou hsrn States,
We have no reproaches TO utter against that
heroic aud generous Commonwealth. Nir-
ginia feels as deeply as Carroll the long ca
rser of injustice and wrong. OF spoliation and
aggression, of rapine and blood, which has
compelled the South TO make final stand for
sslf-preservation, and irritated a proud and
high toned peopl. beyond the capacity Of far
fhsr ndpr We q VI
pressed the belief that, by general and united
demand OF the Southern States, every right
which they possess and every guarantee which
thew REQ uire would be conceded by the North
ern States Halfway measures are worse than
none. and divided counsels more dangerous
than no coupsels at all. Or Northern friends
tAsnseirss earnestly call apon as TO nnite among
oursslues and, for Heavens sake NOT 10 Be salts
fed tcith temporary erpeditnts, and absurd enol-
Iients for a disease rhich lies deep IN tbs blOsd.
Let US hear this voice. Let the slave States
stand together one and all Duty to them
selves, 70 their Northern friends, to the
Union, demands that we keep together, front
and rear and advance in solid column
We regret that South Carolina has felt il her
duty, SOLITARY and alone" TO precipitate
events but we have no jealousy of her or any
other State Virginia is too proud to De jeal-
GUS Her Past is too glorious her Future in
any event, too graudly foreshadowed in her
geographical position, her inexhaustible min
eral resources, her magnificent harbors and
rivers and in the character of a people who'
in the harmonious combination OF all the vir-
tues that adorn humanity, have no equals on
the face Of the earth, to permit her for one
moment TO coyet the blessings, or envy the
laursls of any sister state. If Virginia does
not follow close on the heels of South Caro-
lima, it will be because, in the exercise Of her
free and independent judgment, she chooses
todeliberate, to be circumspect, TO look around,
to look ahead, to look above. But, in no event,
will she or any State of the South, permit CO.
arcien TO be employed against South Carolina
The first Federal gun fired upon that State,
will sound the knell of the American Union.