The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-22

Sontas," Se1tinsers.-- lay before our read
ers this morBing the copv Of letter write
nv !osKrHtMAYo. Esq., Mayor of the city g
h,ch!nond. 10 Csl DrRYxA. late popular com
ana one OF the most conservative gentlemen @
tne Empire STATE. The letter breathes trul
| Com<ntutionat Union loving sentiments ar,
VIII oe read with interest by every man VIII
possesses spark OF that patriotic devotion I,
Read it "''A " 10 Ae0i'
Cor. n, ES.enxosD, Va. Feb. 10. 1850
nn iet'er c,,utd have give me more pleasure ina,
s"a s"ars bfsmnd'cx me so forcibly Of the kndnes
xe please 'tH'1 kind s"% s"SF riss sS.'
tho delay in thi. answer has ~ proceeded from
any dlsineil alton promptly II xive soa an, in
ss:is. :sss sss ss;s g:
3 1T e ss.ssg :. .:o conclusion ia tsie,
! rye ;It ~ me irst place had an exceed nci, i
snn nn ny, ana my eyes have been and arc now in
phtsseian to Use them in writing. ~ '"'
| mere y no m 10 the country. NOTWITHSTANDING
the Presidency than General Scott: wish h,m q
] .he tn,on would bs safe for at le 1T fnuv
lied is "os1 II services 70 HE c""ntry e.er emit
Is .naf man. and IT history records the truth If i'm,
:, ~ WI ~ wnat mas hesn sad oi no other. Wash.
Ece ptecl ALI; that il, that he ne yer failed
10 q" what ills country called him to do. vhe,he,
IN beace or war But my dear sir. he has ice n once
II tDf
| President under ss avarabe circumstsnces as m
ne can nov be and he ,iled; and in m, opln,np Il
| fate. '0' '''' S"'he uns'a'ein'
am glad to hear that Governor Wise . As .os,
| thusias icaiiy cheered at the great Union meet
lns: In ths pfeSsn, condslon Of the COUNT i
n,ast oe ail conjecture. even 10 the mos. knowing
ones. as TO who stands the best chanc for ne rom
isati"h sr, at ihar'eston If the election OF Pr-si
| arnt depended upon the vote Of this State and
Sts s"e ,st o to- msrTHw ,hS gould say
Inc Harpers Ferry AMIR has produced q great
unanse ns svs ~ ms aXor in virginia. Primary
Htate and have. W i,h the most renisraap,s uua,,-
ny. nmty. pas seq resolutions oFthe hi hest coinmen-
cation npon his conduct IN reference 10 t,,at ont
.a<e regret. most protoundi. !. TO say In Won
vi ~ tls atfoeious lnfoad upon p ace and gu ct
tcoun'enancsj, Az it has been hy such :" ,.rse
,, ara."n @ 81 te Northern people, has produced
great re"o ntIon IN the feeliu ami ssntimen,s nf
Tie people of this Commonwealth towards some m "i
@ s -eorlhern Statas: aad. believe me- that his Is
has has " mere temporary eXctsment No state has
bss s,mo Ie de otd 70 THIS Union than Virg mia She
, @ s'o ~ IN silence tor scarss ani " tnessed the
nos. nasTant disEes ard OF the CONSTITUTION Of the
tbereof hs and the laws made in pursuance
Jn' Jne'teoI Wnist some OF her citizens was almost
dailv robbed Of his property by means of what ave
neessl:us a se, lily e'ed personal liberty laws hut wh'ch
-, .'ss we're ara are designed so many legisla-
I'VE schemes of rosuery by those who protes. az
,he,a & n 70 the MON 1t is uaeed remarkable
,a' such has been the attachment OF V,rgir,ia to
the Unon-that while net nany Years n 20 shs sant
GER inesseneer to s. Carolina to prevail upon tina,
most exclusively to Northern manuEsc,u,e ) she
mas SO long suffered the laws Of other States NOR.
C"ntress by WHICH the property OF her own ci,i-
E' Iens' under the LEGISLATION of other States has
unconstituoAa ressons npon the ri ,hts of her
in~eHJ n tFe he9n carried to extent that she
see o. the acts OF her Legislature. nov in sess,ou
r,n VIC rrn.heG NOT TO complain but To redress her
smt ny p9cmg herself In II state OF defence to- def,
a.. 90 m , ,is en- n ,FtS tn disturb her peace We appre
portion of the No thern peops bu, whst W., !,
ga! wen the nverw mng ma orit, in the whole
ing shor, OF their utter destrnctiun. Z" sM nofhmr
VI theIr maklng martyrs Of i.t,res ana murotysrs3
nS sssd ,e pdn 6rppsnt p reception Of the ehslo
whiminPRhah. what M mach home Do not imagine from
Ne~ r' "rA oe'i.ve that the isures which V,r-
s'a h IS now taxing Constitutonsl they are, are
hef ,aaepeA zen; of all others What y strange
f%es"ln % lnn has occurred since was with YOU. a
ahd Indeed fear thar are on the brink of d,eso
.Natinh. Northern fanatcisni vii dessrny IT, If
ne OF haa i.uus as ~ .sss es "a p
,or tasif own good or evil, IN the rssr -}s.uJis
c,sn upon tne subject oi slavery, .snd ssen lore
shadowed ITS results at Harper Ferry Look 81
t. Norern Ls s s,son ms yTS, re wns Seen
call Their personal iIhcit, laws and ,he me n who
enacted them aud ihose who suffer tnsn, ~ ntnme
on the statute boox iany hs ius,,s nnsids yaJ rna
Ghei actors IN tins rehelllrn the non
Si,setts viii have sonethns else d. than 70 sit in
!uo ,inent upon an honest firm and upr,. hi Jud g.
cnnst,,n mn Tor ms honest, anD loyalty 10 tho
cities are conservative. AS for New Y,rk. know
she H. d! a large majority; and as for the nobie
i ,ir HlStol but am sorry 10 believe tha the peo
Pc o,t tse.efia'i IN tue Ststss are far hsrwlse
t-t you n"w, calmly that tne election nf seward.
Ir & ~. b'.ck ke?g gHiican ~ dissolution cf tins
Trust the army and nav, with such man They
WI, WI Ttl' i''r nc overt act from hin-ths. W y re
who elect him. and thero viii DE no 4lh Of Marca
LOT hIs ,ntii7 aration tor ii Vis-!n.a so dls
South OF he'; and fone OF them goes ou' care no,
psN hht means whe her call il nuiiItica.or se
civil war. for it all folly to talk about penceahis
d S,aloh the hazard of worrs sinx yon with this
refer yo' to other and more recent evidence OF de
fyo.."h f on the part of this Conmonwcaiti to our
You are doubtless aware that South Carolina has
sen. mess. nser to the Legislature of Virginia,
now IN session 10 Invit .rS MIA u send delegates
70 Convention of the Southern and ,lavehOld,nx
states, I" consult as to what remedy shonid be
taken T. resist this allow me to say uns IatetuI
and ,mper'inent.) aggression on the part Of tine
Nrrthetn people upon the III hts OF tho Snueh.--
NOW. a mast know that In such n convention the
.onser sr con cn,nIiinuance oi the Confederation u. the
>'ates VIII oe Prominent subject ot ration
anu 'he result may he . IesOlGtoa Ia Dissolve the
uhon et' whilst Yirs ina feels grateful tor the
sympathy oi her southern sister States from pre-
sent indie Hi "ns She VIII respectfully decline do
So 50: N"t Ila5 she does not ieei deeply rhe wronss
uth udvdnaii!, and BY tneir collected ies islative
VIII, 40 be i'und in their uuconst tut na and nos
te laws hat that shr is unwilling ~ try other re
.medies than her own, unit the Northern ballot
DIX eiau oe a. ain tried as ,he peace ab,e means If
friends! intercourse between the STATES that con-
p"ss it. BOD grant that this may be So # not. as
w,n ,sn individuals $" with States patience and
Whatever the North may think al her c,,paci
s,o!a 10 iedrsss ,nI, her v19n;s' ,he, vii, ind w
when the last hope of justice il past The
very element OF weakness attributed 10 her Dy
cisrn. will prove her strength. Another STRIKING
proof devotion and 10y alt, 10 the Constitution
and Union. lin striking contrast with the desecra
ton OF the oae and reDeon against tn. other on
the part OF Massachusetts.) rs to be found If may
40 use the phrase; in the pos,aunious history Of
Daniel Webster. knew hin well: never thi nix
OF him but with deep reverence for hs gre 1t intel
loct u gave more eclat and notoriety To Massaohu
setts for forty Of his life than che ever gave
or could gave. tn herself. Bringing, upoa all pro-
per occasions that s hty mind to the de ie nee of
'he Constitution. ne acquired the proud sti nc ton
among the sreat statesmen Of his day of bein. the
Tfsa, sxp.nndsr and defender of the Constellation.
ehusstts professed to be a Wing State. Vrs,nia ~
nemocrstic-aisolutely Democratic; but DANIEL
mise that produced the fugitive sixys law. The
LEGISLATURE OF those two states were, within ths
IN Hoston, the other in Richmond and while this
ms her law' assembly At Boston was enxA Aked Ia
house grounds TO DO polluted by ths erection there
on ei statue, which soms. AS believe. NJ the
conservatives Oh boston nau caueeu 70 Dc uiauc OF
this iliustrious man, = Domoctatc Legisl stare Of
Virginia, in honor OF him statesman. has cali
ed a county in this. our Commonwealth. w elster;
aud God srant that It may ever stand as = memeu.o
OF his greatness "a perpetua'Ins our Union. and to
10 seeking to destroy it. Is said that time makes
hm mark on all men. II - also true that Daniel Web
ser has made MS mack on time; and 1t would have
well for MS State It, since his death they mad
not gwen this truth more prom, nencs in hor IN
Wing, feel grateful to the Les esislaturs III NV ma
tive Democratic State for aiding in ths perpstus