The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-15

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~ ..r,s.u,nderce Of the Richmond Dispatch.
...s,os- Hairsd betareea fAe Ssefie2s IN sAs
Hs..,osnl cossf,3s--TAe SoxfA pssrsy!sss-- TIE
al a, - feeied IN sfs prsse~s RspreseRsa-
rs. isrannHaL, asnvfssss cad 'nsytemary-Wth
sayth ss3snt 10 Pscesne,aiism wRdsr
i.,.s,ol ,praany The Committees Of the
80 yzs asfc Speaker AID Ass Meafor-7 7As
'i'.,, Of ,ifr. Wsnrsy Darss by fAe arsiaHd
-, ~ Dshgaiss---af,. Edmvndsoa's sassis
@trgap-~ Mr.. =. and the isvg'rfn Dsisga-
ron.
IT., letter has been crowded out fer two days
:. sre.s Of matter for puhhcaton.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. II, 1860.
r,r,rc brief sojourn Ia This place, whi, IN
aern times has 10 me the appearance. o,
.',.,,n city, find no abatement, wha' ever
'ss ,version and hatred existing b .tveen
~orthern and Southern sections. Of thil
=, ;on.-or rather on the part OF = .e Repre.
..uvss of each section for nose OF the
~ They do no; mingle-tb ey sit on op.
.,,a sides of the House--fh ~ do not boar
,se same houses--and II . most ortlinar,
-, i,,,;es are only in;ercha ared by a few from
..,,sr side A member from the rish. (th,
,,,,hern sidel remarke i to a friend the other
a.v who was speak ..ng of Mason and Dix
ons lire; Here; laid he, waving his hand
,ovaras the cent? e aisle of the House, lis Ma
soc snd D'xo' rs line" 1t is "Nason and
pixon's line" and the spirit of the South is on
,he right, 9 nd sha; Of the North on the ieit-
TIE Nc I'll controls every thing, while the
South looks on. The most mercsnary motives
are IN the ascendant and are openly asoweo
Bot the other day i, was announced that In
election of Printer was postponed, In oroe
that somebody might make small fortun
oil, of the binding Of books for the govern
msot The South has a foretaste OF the ute
pro,incia!ism which she must submit to
.horla the merely sectional party now II
nower in the House be fairly and permanent,
~ installed. She will become the Ireland o
,h. limited S,ates-the North being the Eng
land. She will have the name OF representa-
,,ou but no advantage or benefit from il. Sh,
car asser, her rights with eloquent tongues
she can inveigh against corruption and tyran-
NV win all the force of truth ana power o!
ael,rnation but what effect Will IL all nave
an The leaden ears and cold heart OF power
The question is, will the South submit TO
,uch position of pTovincIaiism 1hat re-
msins to be seen. / have been OF opihion that
uh.n a sec ctionaized ma iority had entire con-
,,ni of the Government, that the Union wouio
fall 10 pieces according 10 "AsHlN1IoN
ut,diciion--a result, l have ever beiieNeo, lit
ibought lusiifable. He certainly looked up
cp ~ As an ineyitabie conseq quence. But there
br,a been some strange outgIyIngs OF late
TN Syutn OF Mason and Dixon. Still, AS
| de.ii, most ariently the preservation OF TINS
I.n,on [ shall look upon the triumph OF the
,nti-Slayery mower OF the North AT the nexi
prssdpnti.l election as the ieIiest event that
sy.r houpeued in this country. The spirit oi
,r,nheey must be in WAsHiNGToN'S Dredic-
iign-sye and JEFFEIsoN's, too. Both these
grpttF F.tIbers of the Revocation looked upon
m. triumph oi political seciioniilsin In the
| Fedora! q lyernInen. as inevitably involving
y dissolution of this Union Ii their pro-
| nh.eies are not fulfilled, it Will be because
| ih,y misealeulated the temper and spirit oi
rfsieritv Could they rise from the dead and
t,ltold the people OF the South submitting, in
,bpeyent of the triumph of sectiOnalism-see
tbr.n ueekly helping to record the edicts OF
their rulers who, at The same time. Will be
their enemies, warning upon their peace and
sasptv-they could hardly believe their own
eve. They would no doubt conclude "THKSE
.RrNOr THE MEN WE TOOK THEM TO BE -
II would seem that the prophecies OF these
,gulders Ji the Republic were based upon the
character of ihe nation as they knew 1t In
their days; and the question arises IL the pres
eal generation nil To realize them, are they
worthy descendants of their ancestors
| You have seen the committees and their
ominahe character. The VIrginians are
aw!nlly showed UNDER Messrs. GARRETT
and PgYoR are Consigned to the District. ana
| low down ia the list, Mr.. q. declined to serve
to-day MIR. PENNINGTON has walked CON-
piefey into the Black Republican parloI
which the eadiGg ,arrantuiT OF that cunning
| party had spun TO enclose his hurley frame
He leans upon them. He trusts to the hand
Of Grow The arm of Hickman, mot SO puis.
sant after all. as IN event last night showed, J
the mind Of Sherman. But he must be work.
ed dby some ingenious wire-pullers. He cer-
ainy has not the mind or tact for Speaker
This Is daily and hourly illustrated. He keeps
constantly al his side TRAD NORRIS, n very
su1rt youth. who has been Page long enough
TO learn a great deal about the rules Of the
House. Thad. prompts all day, aud would
direct things very well il the Speaker would
use the words uttered by Thad.; but these he
OCCASIONALLY varies very ridicnlously. From
appearances thus far, we may anticipate a
rather nnruly session. Certainly, from what
saw, If the House maintains ordinary deco
Tuia and propriety, the Speaker will hardly
deserve credit for it, To-day, when the
House resolved itself into Committee Of the
Whole and Mr.. Grow WAS called to the
phtir. painful AS II was To see him there Al
wa very evident that the helm was in much
eier hands than those to which 1t had been
entrusted by election OF the House
Much satisfaction is expressed here at the
course Of the House of Delegates of the Ma.
rlaao legislature, in censuring MIR. IL. WIN.
TER bAvIs for his vote for Mr PENNINGTON
abpreceden ted, that the popular branch OF q
legislative body should with such nnanimiiy
pass vote of censure upon a member OF Con-
Eress from Its State. The vote was sirty. orr
ioeas. Certainly no occurrence OF similar
character has taken place in my time. Mary
land has gioriously vindicated herself. Some
.! The sentiments expressed on the occasion
are especially deserving OF attention. Sc
ect paragraph or two:
Ar. DKSNIsoN, Of Baltimore, the solitary
M hax H.. .,f
ar DAVIS vote "Mr. TRxANoR expressed his
itgfel that any one should be found on the
AVef OF that House to express such sen timen Is
y u iell from the lips OF the entleman from
baltimore city. He hung his head in shame
aad humiliation at the fact. lie appealed to
every mem Der of the House if such sentiments
cenid pass uErvbuked
Al lie present tiiue, when 1t WAS tue sol ami
1hts oi every representative OF Maryla to
sAaa up against the tide of aggression which
aaa oeea developed at Harper's Ferry, was il
S ~e GUY "f representative of Southern
@ n@se 70 JOIN hands with aud support the fa
sa"es OF the North Do members know that
sa 'h 'he Contest comes between the North
~, 11u NE South that Maryland is to be the bat
aeFronnd, and that her soil is 10 be drenched
wa blood The North may we'll believe
,,"s .s maryland Is untrue TO her own institu-
,s. asne when her represen tatives falsify her
aMshehts aMaHt in the halls Of Congress"
snI,nordon agreed with the gentleman from
''"' ioo MUM prominence udu saru
T., an ~ !" Tue acts and position of Henry VIM
M. JAWS IL was the weakness Of some
maa. mus 70 seek even q base eminence, by the
sSs. 49,. olsfeputabte means. The like motive
kmple- ' S~ '0
,,s~ Notwithstanding Mr.. Gordon took this
chs, a. uid other gentlemen say that at any
hssi.,aihe aihe they would not have noticed Mr..
And - aet sun under present circumsia ecss,
aus ss exissing relations between the North
~ oVutn. he and they fhon ~ht Z psrx,,sar 1 n