The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-01
Ritb,nnaA, Bispattt.
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HnausarNslea q the Csvernss d Lssisiasa.
Gov. TAomas o. Moore was inausurated At
the eaol6akba LouisaauA on the 2ad inst The
soiaeviat = - extract fson his inaugural
aAdrone; SIS
4 a,aa parry has grown az q tn the :! North oni
moaisy . u iastituttoas Of the hftesn
0eaAoS q ne Uaion. 30 bitter 10 tho hosftli.
y fslt towards the slavery that these nitsen
Ssatse reCArd - great soSaas RSnucal o.e IS.
avcwed purposs Of destroying the rights of
slavsSosdsrs suaran ted by the Constitution
and peOsectsd ~ AcM of Congress. Popular
addresses. isgtslaHve resoluuons, executive
iucuIeAts hatred against us and war upon the
instttutton Of slavery, an institution inter-
wovea WITH The very elements Of our exis-
uiar mind ~ the doctrines taught and the en-
NIFTY excited, sAaniissted itself very recently
bv an jfgup&s3o ci armed mea In the State Of
virginlA, whose object was TO tncite insurrec-
der. Theabeupt end to which the conspiracy
was bfsug6t aud the sharp, quick and just
punishment Of the conspirators, proved that
the South had no. over-estimated the stab!ii-
~ Of her Institutions. But the apologies ana
euloeiums which developed at the North a
widespread sympathy with the feions, have
deepened the distrust in the permanency Of
our Federal Government, and awakened sem
Slme0W 18vOI0Ol9 W a Sc Va LAC cNslS"'
The representatives OF these feelings against
M aud our domestic institutions are now
struggling TO obtain possession Of the Govern
ment, 50 that Federal law may illustrate their
doctrines, and Federal power enforce them
I cannot contemplate without the most Sc
rious alarm, the condition TO which the South
ern States Will be reduced, IL political party,
organized only in one section Of the country.
and without followers or sympafhizers In the
other, should obtain possession OF theGovern-
ment when the only foundation on which
that party rests is detesta ion OF slavery, and
when the minority slave section will oe With
out the power to protect itself through the IN
strumensality Of Federal authority. When
that time arrives the Southern States Will be
practically without representatives In the
Federal Government, and the South occupy
the position Of subjugated States.
The Union cannot last without recogni-
ton Of the vital principles OF the Constitu-
ton, that the States are equal In the Cohfe,;e-
racy. Every State must be permitted to de-
termine her own social Institutions and left
the enjoyment Of them In peace; and the Ter
ritories, common property OF the States, must
be freely opened to settlement by the people OF
the confederate equals. The insulting demand
that there shall be no more slave States must be
abandoned, because it not only tends TO make
us politically inferior, but because IL BRANDS
as disgrace an institution which We prize AS a
blessing. SO a like offence is offered ana
wrong in1iic ted the South by the heresy OF
popular sovereignty, by which Shareholders
are to be excluded from the Territories by un-
friendly legislation Of the Territorial Govern
ments. The Supreme Court of the United
States has settled the principle that must
rule, neither Congress nor the Territorial
Governments can constitutionally exclude
slavery from the Territories. A Southern
man can, therefore, rightfuliy take his slaves
into the Territories. As the Territorial Gov
ernments are without the legal power TO ex-
clude slavery, it is difficult TO understand
how they can be allowed to do indirectly that
which they are prohibited from doing directly.
1t is the duty Of Congress to protect the prop
erty which is taken u the Territories under
the sanction of the Cons titution, and TO guard
that property from the neglect or untriend-
illness Of the Territorial Government, which
is but the creature Of Congress. The South
ern states deny nothing 10 the Northern
which they claim for themselves. They in
sist only on equality, and it remains only 10
be decided in the struggle now pending wheth-
er this eQ uality will be conceded to them-and
am one who does not despair that it will