The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-17

and sirmness in the latter va,r IA ,nSion
~.n sas ose or TWO suggested additions, is so we'll
"u"f'eo 10 mset the req quisitfons of the present
CRISIS. Ii Georgia, true To the trsd,,,on. ~
et a, ,ot tmer patriotic policy, should be salts
I e" WIN an adjustment, reconciltpg The cor
sn. staa'ionai rights of the Soutn with the nre.
80 e as.oh OF the Union, the probability Is that
be equally So , """'"
bot whatever might be the decision of those
n"i, mere can be little doub that MARYLAND
rT'aWaIe, virginia, kentucky Tennessee
NofSh Carolina, Missouri, louisiana. A rkan'
sas, Texas, and, it is TO be hoped. Mississioni
aIso. would cordially mite in such a plan OF
adjustment. f "a
every great crisis of the Republic she can
never divorce herself from Maryland Ken
sueky, tennessee aud North Car olina-Sta tates
~mhich ~ Immediately surround her, and with
mnich sLS mas so many CT mmop interests of
tne most Intimate and vital Character And
Wheh IL Is recoilected that in one-half of her
territory she is Western Stale. having. for
-, pol ION OF her domain, her natural outlet
10 Toe ocean by The river Mississippi she is
o9 thh' circumstance, as Well as by the large
hunoer OF her children who now ueople lis
mag hihceht valley, linked by the ties of kin
oFtd ieeling aud Il common destiny TO those
HOurIshing aud pros porous States which have
ilseh 10 such magic wealth and power upon
iis fertiie borders f
II Is also TO be remarked that the slayehold.
IbE Sta-es OF the Valley of the Mlsstsstpni nv
thetr position on the banks of a sreat stre..
assigned by Providence as a common avenue
oi W com HeFce Tor themselves and other power
tui oiaiuohiles, ihh1biting its upper parts
ana having cissiniiar domestic institutions
could never lightly regard a severance of ths
onion by such line-an event which wouId
ofing Win IL to them inevitable con fiici. aud
.he uan2er OF national controversies and wars,
as Is alundantly proved by the history OF the
river, when lis mouth was held nv an indie.
pepdeht ana foreign power. While these
aes, therefore, are seHsitiveiy alive to what
ever ahec's the security of their domestic in.
stitnuons, or jeopards their equal constitu.
tional rights III The Union, aAd are ready
at all times to make e,ery sacrifice 10
defend them, as the States commonly called
the Border Slave States also are they are vet
not smi'ten-any more than these Border
States-With passion for disunion tor its
own sake, u disposed 10 rush into il needless.
~ aEE unnecessarily.
Let, then, the States have mentioned
infurced, II Is 10 be hoped, by Georgia and her
TWO neigh bors-unite in their demands upup
the non siavehoiding States, and say TO them
frankly and plainly, bat soberIy and kindly,
mat the time has come when the authority OF
the Consultation, which is the bond of union
between them, must be recognized or that
union Will inevitably perish that there aust
be no longer acts OF State legis la tion in the
guise of ''HeTsuual liberty" laws 10 nuiutv
and set at naught a solemn and unequiyocaI
compact written in the Constitution that
there must be no attempts, covert or Open by
Congressional leg gslauon, TO assail or under
mine their domestic institutions: and that
their full and perfect equality under the Con-
stitutioD, as CO. States of the Federal Union
must be loyalty acknowledged and faithfully
res pected. As these were the terms well un.
derstUod on all sides, on which they came into
the Union, SO they are the only terms coEsis-
tent with honor or Justice or self-reS pect, on
which they can be expected 10 remain IN il.
The justice and TeasonabIeH6ss OF such q
dem6 nd, urged with the solemn earnestness
and dignity which the occasion imports, can
not fali u be needed, il not by all, by the ma
n M inn Etp.,
ates. Pennsylvania and New Jersey ever
10y al and true to the Uniom-who have stood
firmly by their Southern brethren in the most
trying periods OF their history, both betoIs
and since the adoption of the Constitution
would, ain persuaded, feel and acknowledge
its justice
New Jersey has already given her answer
in advance, TO such an appeal, by her vote il.
the Presidential elec ion and although Penn
syiVanIa voted differently in that contest il
must be borne in mind that there were Issues
supposed to be involved in the election af,ct-
ing the peculiar Interests of her Industrial
system, y nich, doubtless, mainly influenced
her vote. Whenever al issue shall be distinctly
presented on the preservation, by her good
Iaith and loyalty, of thet Union OF which II
IS her pToudest boast 10 be regarded as the
Keystone, no one cOnyersant with her history
can doubt where Pennsylvania will be fou nd
Nor can doubt, when the day OF solemn
decision shall arrive, that The powerful North
western States-t6ken out OF the side of Vir.
g;nia, whose children are stIil widely diffussd
among their bold and enterprising popuIa.
tion-bCrdering, as they do, on Pennsylvania,
Kentucky and Missouri, well as on Viz
ginIa-and having common interest with the
slayeholding States occupying the banks OF
he mississippi III the use Of that great III edi-
terrarean channel of intercourse and trade
Will rally with those States, cordially auG
frankly, 10 a Union OF equal rights, of Justice
and fraternity.
When we turn our eyes again to the East
wand, we cannot doubt on what side Will be
found the imperial city, the centre of Ameri-
can industry and cOmmerce-in herself q SOW
eTeign poWer-Wlth all her vast connected il.
terest and dependen 2es. II to the internal
questions now agltatlng the State of New
YUrk-many Of them deeply affecting the
rights and Interest OF the city-be added the
supreme one OF a dissolut ton of the Union il
is not an Improbable event, amid the revolu-
lntions OF empire, that we should see the
Southern portion OF the State, cempTeheuding
the city, separate from tn rest, and formed
into new and independent State finally ad-
herring to the central States OF the Confed-
eracy siayeholdlng and non. slaveho lding with
those of the Valley OF the Mississippi.
l have ever believed that if, unhappily oW-
ing to the centrifugal and jarring tendencies
sometimes manifested by the States at the ex-
treualties OF The ConfeGeTacy-our present yIo-
rious Union should be broken up, the States
occupying the central belt of the Continent
from OCEAN TO ocean, including those of the
valley OF the mississippi, would stlll hold to.
gether and keep alive, with betttlng dignity
and power, the ancient name and proud tra-
ditious of the L IN ted States OF America and
perhaps in the end, win back to The fold those
who might temporarily have stIayed from II.
THE COMMITTEE OF THIRTY THREE
The Washington Slar, of Saturday after
noon, speaking Of the rumors about the Com
mit,ee of Thirty three, says:
We hear it said, and have confidence In the
statement, that lhe-r deliberations yesterday
made il apparent that they fail to harmonize
upon but single questi that OF the protec-
,ion of The right of the STAKEHOLDER in the
United States Territories, having already ar
rived at what may be regarded II common an:
derstanclug WIln reference TO the disabilities
OF the south in connection with The non-ub.
seryance and notification of the fugitive
slave law; aud, indeed, as regards AL other
ques lions than that OF the rights OF the South
10 the Territories.
We have further TO add that matters are be-
lieyed 10 be tending rapidly III their sessions,
20 the ado ptlon by au overwhelming ms 1rlty
of report tha, will initiate prompt move
ments 10 all the Northern States for their ac-
ceptance of the Supreme Courts rulings con-
cerning that Nexed and vexatious question:
rhus do We look for its eventual peaceful set
Element.
Two elaborate speeches are believed to have
been made in the Committee room yesterday,
where they sat from noon till near Z. M.-by
Messrs. CorWin and kellogg-and there was,
doubtless, also much conversational deba te
upon many OF the multitude OF propositions
before them. II we are not greatly mistaken,
the end and aim of the two speeches above re-
ferred to was to disabuse the minds OF the
Southern members of the Committee OF the
idea that the great mass of the people of the
North will not evince frank readiness TO re-
dress the grievances of the South soon as
they can be ascertained and subs tan lial states
men-like remedies, bised on the true princ-
pies of the Constitution, can be arranged for
them.
THE COCKADEs.
The cockades of some Of the Southern States