The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-19
Rlfhhmonn Qispattb.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEC. 10, 1860
SECESSION MOVEMENT At rHg sourH.
views OF the Hon. Reyerdy Jebnson-pro.
position from Governor Magoffin, Of Men.
lucky speech of Senator ~ nde-A View
rom the hepablican Press-Incident,,
&c, Ac., &c.
HON. REvRRpv JoRssoN BEFORE TBEu q ar.
PREMK CorRT

HON. REvERDy JoRNsoN BRFoRR THE U. 3. su.
PREME COURT.
AZ the conclusion of his great argument I'm
the Albany Bridge case, before the Spnrsms
Court, on Thursday last Mr.. johnson asked
the indulgence OF the Court 10 refer To thu
present condition of the country and then de
ttvered the peroration which we give below.
May 1t please your Honors, indulge ma it'll
word or two before conclude
rms may be the last time that the Court
will sit in peaceful judgment on Constitu
tion acknowledged and obeyed by all God
in his providence, and for our sins. NAV. i'm
his inscrutable wisdom, suffer the follv and
wlesedness OF THIS generation to destroy the
tairest, noblest fabric of constitutional free
dom ever erected by man. Its whole history
from the first moment of its operation even TO
the present hour, bears evidence of it's unri-
country, has, from the first, prospered under
II, and because Of It, with a rapidity and In a
manner, beforo or since, unknown to nations
That prosperity vindicales the wisdom and
patrlotiSm OF It's good and great founders
Is this prosperity now TO cease! Is IL now
10 be dashed To the earth Are The homes of
civilized man, the world over, now to be bjast.
ed ! Are we TO become the jest, the scorn the
detestation of the people of the earth Is All
memory and reverence for the great dead,
who, living, We admired and adored, to be now
forgotten Is all gratitude for the mighty
trying struggle of our fathers now TO end !
peerless men of all this world now to he dis
regarded and deSpised Is the country OF
Washington, eonsecrated by bis valor, wisdom
and virtue to freedom and peace, now to be
converted int wild scence of disorder fra
ternaI strife. bloodshed, war; May heaven in
its mercy forbid
May II stay the arm of the madman arrest
1T IN mid career before 1t strikes the fatal par.
rIcldal blow. May 1t give time for reason and
patriotism 10 resume their sway Nav il re-
move the delusious OF the misguided; strength
en- the efforts of the patriotic; impart heavenly
fire 10 the eloquence of the faithful states
man silence, by the universal voice of the
good and true men of the nation, the utterings
OF treason now tainting .he air and shocking
the ear of patrio tism, and The winnings of i'm
becillty now dIscouraging aud sickening the
honest public heart! May ii, above all, Iekin-
die that fraternal love which bound US. to-
gether by ties stronger, infinitely stronger
than any which mere government can crea te
during the hole of our revolutionary strug-
gle, and has since cheeTed US on in our path
way 10 the power and renoWn which have
made US, until now, the wonder and admIra-
Lion OF the world
But, If all shall fail us and ruin come; if
chaos, worse than chaos is TO be our fate The
spirits OF thoSe who have depart ted and the
Survivors who have administered Justice in
THIS tribunal IN the general wreck and wretch
tdness that Will enSue, will be left this consO.
iatlon that their recorded judgments now
thank God, the rich Inheritance of the world
and beyond the spoilers reach, will. till time
Shdil Ut uO iuOIe, lcslIIJ 10 Inc SDOtieSS teg-
rity, the unsurpassed wisdom, the ever bright
patriotism of The men who from The first
nave served their country IN this temple sa-
cred 10 justice and duty, and TO the matches
wisdom of our fathers, Whe bequeat thed il and
commended il TO the perpetual reverence and
support of their sons, and remain never dy-
lGg dishOnOr and reproach 10 the sons who
shall have caused or permitted It's aestruc ton.
LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY.
Gov. Magoffin of KY, has issued a circular
letter to the Governors of all the slave States
submitting & series o propositions as a basis
for a settlement OF the pending difficulties He
says:
Should the propositions be approved, they
can be submitted 10 the assem- bling Lesisla.
lures and Conyen tions of the slave States and
IA Convention of all OF said States, or OF
those only approving, be called TO pass upon
them, and ask general Convention of all of
the ) les of the Union that may be disposed
TO meet on this basis for n full conference
The present good TO be accomplished would bs
TO arrest the secession movement until the
question as TO whether the Union can be pre-
served upon fair and honorabl terms. can be
fully ties ted. II there be basis for the ad iust-
ment of our dlffic ulties within the Union
nothing should be left undone in order to its
development. To this end, il seems to me there
should be d conference of the States in some
form, and it appears to me the form above sug-
aested would be most effec tive. |, therefore us
the Governor of q State having as deep a stake
in the perpetuity of the Union, and al the So me
time m och sollcitude for the main tenance of
. the instltutl tl9n OF slavery as any other, would
respectfully beg leave to submit for your con-
sderation The following outline OF PROPOSE
tions:
lst Repeal by an amendment of the Con.
stitntion of he United States, all laws in the
free States ia any degree nuilifying or OBJ
strucung The execution OF the fugitive slave
law.
ID Amendments to said law to enforce its
thorough execution in all the free yates pro.
Yiding compensation 10 the owner OF the slave
from the Slate which fails to deliver him up
under the requirements OF The law, or throws
obstru ctions III the way OF his recovery.
Sd. The passage of a law by Congress- com.
pelling the Governors OF free States to return
fugluves from justice, indicted by q grand
Jury in another State, for stealing or enticiug
away q slave.
AN. To amend the Constitution SO as to di-
vide all the Territories now belonging to the
United States, or hereafter 10 be acquired,
between the free and slave States, say upon the
line of the 37th degree of north latitude-aIi
north of that line 10 come into the Union with
requisite population as tree States, and all
south of the same To come IN as slave States.
5th. To amend the Constitution So as TO
guarantee forever TO all the States the free
navigation OF the Mississippi river.
9th. To alter the Constitution as to give
the South the power, say IN the United States
Senate, to protect itself from unconstitutional
and oppressive legislation upon the subject OF
slavery.
Respec fully, your obedient servant,
Is. MAGoFFIE.
THE ANTI-ABoLITIoN MOB IN BOSTON.
A dispatch from Boston, dated Sunday.
gives a fuller account Of the mobbing of
Wendell Phillips, the abolition orator there,
on that day. His subject was "Mobs and Edu-
cauion," and Music Hall was filled by several
thousand persons to hear him. The dispatch
says:
Anticipating some dis turbauce, the Chief Of
Police with u large force, was present, and
several military companies, acting under pri-
yate orders from the authorities, were in readl-
ness AT their armories. The audience in the
body Of the hall seemed composed of those
usually attending Sabbath services there, and
embracing about an equal proportion of la
dies The galleries and wings Were crowded
with men, apparently strangers to the preach
ing of Theodore Parker and those who succeed
him.
Phillips spoke Of mobs in general, and the
mob which broke up the late John Brown
meeting in particular. His remarks were dis
tiusuished by his usual eloQuence of words,
IN the den unciation Of every ythiEg and every
BODY disagreeing with the xtreme views Pc
culiar to himself. He spoke of the ignorance
of the daily press of Boston, and the misera-
bic incapacity of the city government. Under
the first head, Mr.. Fay, who presided over the
meeting raised ON the ruins OF the John Brown
received the full measure of the
spenkers abuse. Under the second, he said
that with the exception of the Atlas and Bee,
no daily paper mas uttered word OF hearty,
fitting rebuke OF the mob, and the daily press
we're nothing but despicabie tools. The Mayor
he held personally responsible for allowing
the disgraceful attack upon peaceable citizens
In fremont Temple.
Phillips spoke nearly an hour ana aaiI,
the meeting being interrupted occasionally,
but very briefly, by stamping and Kissing. AT
the close Of the meeting large crowd mad
gathered outside the building, and on the ap-
pearance Of Phillips, great rush was maze,
but whether with purpose OF violence to-