The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-19
our so.,hern FRIENDS.


r-~ss pom The mind Of the southern public
the pr, mi neat sud undeniable fact that wh'9e
.aers is in the free States a powerful party,
which has brought the Government To me
verge Of ruin there 1. also there eonssstn~
tiorai, loyal and shivalFie parry w"ion'
tbonsh a minority In numbers, has ON It's eide
.ha nreconseratips weight of intellect. char
se,., and proper.y. We know thati' may be
~.r,,ss ,hat, while this Is true, this party has
%, bean able TO arreet the march of that IA
patiaal aud nefaIicus organization which now
thrsa,sns to overwheim the South and the
Union. and that they are unable, even now,
"a aysrt the coming storm. This may be true,
hut we emily con tend thai the South ousnl 10
discriminate between Its friends ard It's enc
mics, aud 20 do just ice to the NOBLE ih,ho'a S'u
courageous men OF the North who nave ever
-,ooA nan,pllv for the tTu III and the right,
In ,ss face of such an outside pressure rs no
%. IN ,ha south Is called upon 10 encounter.
M, n.xs astd that the weight Of character,
,.,.n. and property in the North is on the
xtd. ~ conservatism Even Ia Massachusetts,
.,.a men a. EDWARD EvgRETT, the late
Rrrus CsoATI, aud others, who have risen
20 t,ms by the sheer force of Intellect and
nueI,c Virtue, aud not By ;he arts of the
Of New York. this has always been the case
Trere has never been day since the estao-
nshment Of me American Constitution that
New York was not 10y al TO her duues under
II. faithful 10 lie spirit and the letter. The
sh,s.t men Of New York are fonn nd at her bar,
aud rarely consent ~ enter uolic life; Such
msn a, CnARLAs oCoshoR would disdain a
sea; In Oousress--a unfortunate ftct, which
Srat-s, for r. has thrown oren the d 'ors OF
po,It,cal prs.ermsnt - msn OF third and
fJurth rate class, no oanno: obtain liveii-
h, cd In any other way than BY going TO the
Lsstslature and 20 Oh gross, and who are
Gel orally as destitute of principe as of states
uanship. and these rner, the rauttug, vui-
gar, bar. room loupgers and spcDterS, sFe ae-
c.p.ed throughout the country "a the repre-
sepfss,ys men Of the North Even WA. II
SEWARD. The great beli-wsther Of B!nck Re-
puhiicauism, is no g atssmsn, and is not con
sldered such ny the SAY aeious and hard head
cd lesoers OF his wn party. He :s q polished
scholsr. his ora'ioi are deliberately prepared
by he mid night oil, and be is q cunning sud
subtle party leader. But this !s all. III al
uupr,meditat,d discussion on the Il Dor CT the
Senate, thrre are few southern deoaters W h"
ary Auburn orstJri and In a legal sraPple a,
the N-w York bar, wi b such giants as Q Cor
goa. be would not have whole bone i'ft FL
his body When We speak of New Iot
statesman. the imsas Of Dis WITT CLINTON
rises o our mind, the mau whose genius ere
ar.d .ha' n. W York which WM II SEWARD
thr d. &c II que hi O dssIructlontsf, has done
bis b..t 10 anuihtlats. l. is q .iniy by avail.
a., al ks &hw q q
popular ,bb,es, 70 ride iuto = 'wer, that his
T,ituw ers have N 'ds them-elses prominen
a.dno,orious whilst men of real merit i c
,tegri'y have not been heard OF, because theJ
were iudusfriously pursuing their various
hnuest woes ions In peace and quiet. Ii these
later have been ov-rrun and crushed by iht
.nfuristad rabbis they d not deserve 10 b.
coniuu ndsd with men who ara their enemies a
yell ss ours, aud whom they intend, even
now, TO resls,, IL necessary, st the po!at Of the
sword.
II Stsunlon comes, the South need not icoA
abroad flr allies IL will De able &c proiPci
itsen a d Will have more fsithfOI and reliable
Hri-r de in portions of oar own Northern States
than any il can fud in Europe. II ssems
20 as nd policy well IS sheer Justice In
abe South to extend the warm hand OF friend
Ynk, which il not true to-day only. Int has
always been true, hss never fsltared ia its
support OF ne Consiitu Iorl, aud will bs found
we doubt moi la ihe hour Of trial, side by side
with the Southern States. The ancient con-
stitutiora principles OF that city, the attiai-
siss Of it's character with the impasive, gener
our, chiyairic traits of the Southern nature,
It's adherence of New England fanaticism, its
vast commercial interests. all show Us where
We may 1Gd our oeStaad most reliable friends.
9spl, ing TO an article of that lesser Puritan
organ. the New York T,rsss, our gallant
friend of the New Yors Express says;
"Ths respoH~!o 1T, hog been well wei nd The
laburtIs th- Decn : cs. iae naaRiaouie rs OF
tns CIV, tue mercnHntE the bfnheFa, t-3 reai -
to nsrs, the million al human peIng= t:at llve
herfatoGt on connFl Zoe With tts cop n, HE V Oh .s
vlLb the NorIh. vii not hungry for DTead or
SEQ their DfoIert' d5pr,c ateG 10 Vsr cent la Of
ing and, OF AeI itI"l lied Nor. sru New oEk -
II IL time rs spsaE PLAN, AID II the mon Is 20 be
ssut Twain TO- n v fa2liI = DO' ltluI 10
s.y, that New York rriI b free po,i,-6yp ace,
uFotstb BY JGrcs h,css. arP he ett AID
y III ~est too vi | respond ~ this EtlmenI.-
Tn.s 30 States ell We a free wa5 I" no oce n,
ham's speech IA tho House OF APPROPRIATENESS
Republ oema-ogues may So well uhdcG-isnd
tnIs, MT as lsxt -
The sentiments avowed 81 the Philadelphia
netlirg, aud the nobls spec h OF Commodore
SfocHTon, deserve also TO be remem hered.--
Whatever beltde us, let Us recognize the patri-
oti.m aud chivalry OF our Northern friends.
Our greatest regre. is the disso!utlon which
seems inevitable, is to part from such men,
worthy OF any copatry aud any age.