The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-12

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| superior TO all that 0norrus or PuvrHx.
| DoRHs can teach. The principle, % far n the
policy Of thts country 10 concerned, may b
considered as having been settled by the fail
ure.of the attempt to impeach Gen. JACKSON
for his conduct In the Seminole war. That
oncer. 1t IL we'll known, violated the neutrali-
y Of Spain, by pursuing the defeated SEMI
noles into her territory. The defence was
| that the Seminoles, after committing ravages
| upon our borders, escaped into the Spanish
territory, where they lay protected by the ne"'
| trality Of Spain, until they could recruit ana
| rally for another excursion JACKSON re-
| solved 70 take the matter into his own hands
| He marched into the Spanish settlements, and
broke ND the nest of the robbers. He was &C.
Quilted Of all blame in the premises, and since
| than il has been an established doctrine, that
! se{ts3 State must take care Of Its own In
dams, and not permit them to modest any other
state" and that II any State In which they
reside be unwilling or unable TO take care OF
them, then the neighbor suffering from them
may do II for her. If4eneral TwrGas should
pursue these Mexican banditti into Mexico,
and capture and hang every rascal of them,
he would be acquitted of all blame by the
popular voice. Ii old SAN should do the same
"on State account or ON his own response.
bility, we know not what might happen; but
the Presidential candidates can give a very
shrewd guess.
The clay Statue.
We have already apprised our readers that
the Inauguration Of the CLAY statue will take
place on the 18th of April, the birth day OF the
illustrious statesman, and that BENJAMIN
JOHNSON BARBOUR, of Orange, will be the
orator Of the occasion. 1t will be great day.
and there will be a great Grafton. Within a
short distance of each other, in region OF Vir-
xinia which has been fruitful of great men,
live two of Virginia's most illus trious sons
one, WV. q. RIvEs, now in a hale and honor.
cd old age; and the other, BENZ. JOHNSON
BARBOUR, still young man-both living in
retirement, enjoying the independence and dig
nifty Of that private station which, in these
days, Is emphatically "post Of honor;'' eth
er Of them capable of administering the Presi-
dency of the United States neither of them
upon their fine farms, and in the possession of
their own self respect and the confidence and
respect of all who know them. having Occa-
sion to covet any earthly rank or POSITION
That such men AS these are not called
upon to serve their country, is more their
country's misfortune than their own
II is something to have the privilege of some
times hearing from the EvERRTTs, the CUsH-
INGs, the RlvEsEs and BARBOURs, if it be only
oratiUns upon subjects of national interest; to
listen, amid the clash and din of party and
section, to their words Of counsel and cheer .
to catch glimpse now and then, amid the
midnight storm, of the rays of the light house,
showing to distressed mariners the course to
safe haven. Therefore, we shall welcome
with great pleasure to Richmond, upon the
occasion to which We refer, BENJAMIN JOHN
SON BARBOUR, one Of the finest orators and
scholars now living in Virginia, a gentleman
who thoroughly appreciates the character Of
HENRY CLAY, and who can convey to others
his own glowing impressions and exalted ideas
Of that great statesman in thoughts that
breathe and words that burn"
The Inauguration Of the CLAY statue will
probably draw together crowd Of strangers
from Virginia and probably from other States.
In bis adopted home in Kentucky il is looked
to with much interest, both on account Of the
illustrious subject and Of the artist, who is a
native Kentuckian.
Libels on the South.
The New York Express quotes the follow
ing first rate SANDER from the New York
Tribune:
The fact that We have four millions of slaves
ovsr.eers whip is as common - the cotton gin At
the South that it has been publicly debated in the
haust crop OF slavea every seven years by forced
over-t3i.-of course under the lash-rather than
not be cruelty and murderously overtasked; that
hloodhounds are publicly advertised to hunt slaves;
OK wo1 % se n; at
any kind except a rlbald sheer from the Express
But it speaks according to its character, and why
should any one ask for more:''
Tie Express says: 1--WE leave Southern men,
who know how false all this is, to answer these
atrocious libels." Only yesterday, the writer
of this had occasion personally to become ac-
quainted with one of many acts Of a similar
character, which 60 to show how scandalously
and maliciously false is the impression of the
South which the Tribune is scattering broad.
cast over the North. A gentleman of this CITY
had occasion to purchase a woman belonging
to family in the interior, who had been COM
PEELED by misfortune to part with their SER
wants. The woman had a daughter, twelve
years old, and the gentleman, though having
no earthly need whatever of the services of
another servant. bought her also, paying 81 ,225
for her, simply and exclusively to save her
mother from the pain of separation. Such
acts, as every one here knows, are Of frequent
occurrence in the South, and yet the abolition
press publish daily such demoniacal invec-
tives as those quoted from the Tribune What
one of them ever has or ever would put his
hand in his pocket for such purpose! 1t is
but the other day that negro boy, applying
at an abolition Office in New York for a small
sum to save his mother from starvation, was
kicked, like dog, from the door.
The Shoemakers' Strike.
The Shoemakers' strike in New England is
beginning to assume larger proportions. In
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and other
States, the labor" is rising in multitudes
against the "Capital." On Wednesday night
last, u preliminary sympathy meeting Of the
shoe trade was held in New York, and great
mass meeting il to take place in the same city
tonight for the purpose Of raising "the sinews
Of war;" for the New England strikers The
New York Herald observes that it is not the
shoe trade alone that is affected, and will be
still more affected by the agi tation,
but other trades will participate in the com.
mon disaster, and therefore will probably be
represented in the meeting to- night, and will
soon call separate meetings of their own The
strike movement is not only spreading over
New England, but extending to other Northern
States. The shoe trade of Massachusetts, is the
first to suffer, as is right and proper, and it
would suffer still more If the South should
strike vigorous blow in behalf of it, own in
tsrests and independence. The shoe shops Of
that fanatical Commonwealth have been, every
enc, from first to last, perfect deus of aboli-
tiOnism.
Tribune Gentleman.