The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-17

1he New 0avtyP..lfta 1peeeh.,
The Hon. M. HIckman, Of Pennsylvania
Who was thrashsd ~ days since In wash
th4ton ~ Hop. Henry a. Edmundson. Of vir
ginia, 10 destined 70 b . 'smarsyr." He re.
turned to his homo II Psnnsylvania on Tues
day last, and was received at West Chsste,
with a hand OF mnsie and b large crowd o.
his constituents. He made m "eloquen,
speech, which was Inuch 1pplauded. We Civ,
below the ''eloquent speech" of Mr.. Hickman
which got him t1lashing. It was made to q
crowd in Warrington, headed BY . "band o,
music" who had turned out in honor OF ii.
election Of PenutnGton - Speaker:
GENrLKxHx: really do not know why you
should have calleA me out on this OCCASION
Tor certainly an TegArded here in this city
~ . prince Of rehels. fOries Of "0ooti' and
ehesrsl Your frtenAs will stand BY you, bal
l have never beenA Ahie TO understand exactly
in what my rebellion consists. Tits. perhaps
owing to the fact that have declared an 6n'
faltering attachment TO the Union Of these
States. (Cries Of "Goed" and cheers for the
Union.l / have declared ON more thar one
occasion that this Union shall not be destroy.
ed. [Cries Of" Good" and cheers.1 That there
is a conservative feeling that will always pre-.
serve it. (Cries Of That's so."] And il any
portion OF the people shall attempt Mt any
time to destroy. the Union of these States,
there will be large majority of the people
opposed to that determination which viii pre-
serve it. CCries Of "0oOd' and cheers.]
A remark Of mine in the House OF Represen-
tatives. which assuge yoa was not pFemedt-
tated at the time, but which upon mature re1iec-
tion Would not subtracta single word or syl-
liable from. l repeat, tonight: "That II at any
time hereaiter any portion Of the people in the
south shall attempt to sever the Union which
now exists, and which is conservative and
preservative Of the rights and liberties of the
whole people, there are eighteen millions Of
people In the Northern free States that are
determined to preserve it. fCheers, aud cries
OF every time."]
And say tonight, my fellow-citizens, that
II 1t Will require the State Of Virginia in arms
to take Old John Brown and seventeen men
aud ore cow-[cries Of "Good"l-ft will at
OF the south to successfully compete with the
eighteen mighty States Of the Union [Cheers.
preacn but one dOctrine-it is the doctrine
ina; preach at all times, and in all places,
ana wnat say in Pennsylvania I am not
afraid to declare in the city of Washington-
lCheers.] I say that there is no power in the
combined States of the South. when combined
under the banner OF disunion, to compete with
tne lreemen OF the North; and say now,
once and for all. this Union must and shall be
preserved. [Cheers.] We have seen, my fell
low.cItlzens, that the election of Black Re-
publican, as he is called, to the Speakership of
produced disruption, aud we shall see here
after, even ii Black Republican President
shall beeievated into the White House. that
the Union will still he saved.
however, large parties may be divided in
the North by name, there is no division in sen =
tlment as regards the maintenance OF the Con.
sltntlon ana the Union. fCries of "Good" and
cheers Nor is there Il divided South; for l
teid you whether parties in that section be
called American or Democratic they all fleht
under the same banner, and are enlisted for
tne maintenance OF q single policy GCries of
'rhacs eo.''1 So in the North. when the
time comes, you will find the divisions have
disappeared, and if there be q single man there
who shall dissent from the policy which il
VIII then become our duty to pursue, we will
1irst hang him as a traitor, and then attend to
the traitors South. (Cheers.l do not wish
any yoooy 10 De deceived with regard to the state
VI sentiment there. l know that there are Il
lew men there whose principles you carnot
discover, and others again who profess to be
upon the Southern side, and tO iulu them in
TINS cry which is now raised against the pre-
servation OF this Union; butI tell you, when
the day of triat comes these men will disap-
pear as the fog before the Northern blast
tCneers.J There will be no division then. /
teiI you, my friends, when you 60 home to-
the conviction that there never was a time in
the history OF this republic when the Union Of
these States was more firmly secured than it is
AZ the present moment; and If it shall ever be
IN danger, will tell how it is then to be pre-.
served-tti is by sending up here a united dele
gation from the North into the House of Rep
aud then you will zee that this
cry OF 'Adlsunion" will disappear forever
Cnee.sl Gentlemen. thanking you for this
compliment, bid You good night
The Pores REPLY TO NApOLEoE.-The
Pope has written an encyclical letter, the Int.
ter portion of which is q reply to the letter of
recommending him to give up his
claim on the revolted States Of the Church
After remarking tina: it was impossible for
him to remain silent after such advice. his
Holiness continues:
Z" We hasten to reply to the same Emperor.
aud IN the apostolic liberty OF our soul we
Clearly and openly declare to him that W.
could In no manner adhere to that Counsel: h.
cause, considering our dignity and that of the
Holy See, 1t was attended with insurmonnt.
able difficulties, and considering our sacred
character, and the rights of this same Sea.
wnlcn 90 not belong to the dynasty Of any
Royal family, but TO all Catholics. And at the
same time we declared that we could NOT sur
render what does not belong to us: and that
we perfectly understood that the victory which
might be accorded to the revolted of the Emi.
liza would be stimulant to commit the same
attempts to the native and foreign disturhers
of the other provinces when they shouId wit
ness the success OF the rebels And amouo
other things, we caused 1t to be made knOwn
to the same that we cannot abdicare the afore-
SAID provinces OF our Pontifciai dominions
bind US, without exciting complaints and in
surrection In the rest OF our States. without
doing an injury to all Catholics, and finally.
without weakening the rights not only Of the
Princes VI Italy who have been uniustly de.
spoiled OF their domains, but also of ali the
Princes OF the Christian universe, who could
not see with indifference the introd uction of
certain most pernicious principles
His Holiness then goes on to declare his read.
iness to suffer the severest trials; expresses
his anguish at " the danger OF the souls in his
troubled provinces, where pestilen tial writings
menace each day more deplorabiy the piety.
the religion, the faith, and the purity of mo-
rais;' exhorts those whom he addresses to de-
lend zealously and necessarily the Catholic
Church and the Holy See, "as well as the
maintenance of the civil power of the same
See and OF the patrmony Of st. Peter :" and
by exhorting them to offer their
prayers to Heaven for the attainment of these
objects. Tue encyclical letter bears date the
10Th inst.
THE BoeTcN1NvITATIoN TO THE VIRGINIA
LE0ieLATuRE.-Thein invitation to the Legisla.
'ure Of Virginia to visit Boston while the Mas.
'achnsetts Legislature IL in session, has fall.
N through. The following proceedings in the
House of Delegates, TuesAay.
lre published in the Boston Herald:
Mr. Klmball, of Boston, addressed the House
apon the subject Of the civtiities between Yir.
Linia and Massachusetts, and presented the
Alexandria (Va.) Gazette and the Peters burss
va) Express, from the first of which The
.lsrk read, at his request, letter srCm Mr.
Josiah Perham to the 0overpsf, extSndinr
IN invitation to the State Governm1nf to
'isit our State. with . glowing euloeium
N the Union; AID from the second. an
EDITORIAL commenting upon the letter.
md upon the position Of Massachusetts ia
ledance Of the OOnstitutton. The editortal
losed with the following clause: .That