The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-25
The Quarrel an Old One.

The Quarrel an Old One.
Thu declaration, "What Con hath Joineo
together let not man put asundcr, 'ou'u
never have been applied with lus'ice 70 INV
Union of the Northern and Southern o'a'''
There vas never any compatibility OF tastes
.o,0,ar There was never, from the
sa,I;est hour of their settlement IN hWei-
;.a any more striking atinltes oe'"s'"
than for mutual sympathy ana ih'erhiAA
t,re than oil and water. Even the pohuS
Of confederation made necessary ioi ''
common safety, and the ''more perfect oh'on
nv which the articles of confederation were
.sepred failed to produce those sentiments oi
,,,,,raI affection and confidence which can
.lo,e exist among a homogeneous people,
Twenty years only had elapsed after 'h0 Is
talUshmeut oe the Federal Government before
controversies began as to which secuon n"'
,ois tho greatest exertions during the keVo- |
,r,,on and which had deserved the greatest |
,o-;t for the victory they hkd Jointly Obtained.
7, ves boldly asserted at the North that inc
c,,tbcro States had adopted set OF interests
,,f.vorable TO the interests Of the Northern
inhabitants, and that Virginia was at The heao
oe tho Southern Confederacy. They charged
bo- NOT only with the widest ambition,
In, with tho most contemplate coward
ice and inactivity during the kevoIuuoh.
They ransacked the pages Of history to prove
tba, her exertions during the seven years war
were not commensurate with her resources VI
sonal 10 the exertions of the Northern States
Such taunts as the following, from Hart
f,rd Conn paper Of 1904, were not uneom-
mon The inhabitants Of this part OF Tue
country know too we'll what Virginia IS to
ouake at its resentment" And again 1.-The
time will come when a foreign enemy will men
ACC this country. Perhaps the day il not TAI
off, for the people are rich enough ana th
Government pusillaniEnous enough to ihT'u
an invader. How shall we then be protected
Bv the Southern States! Take away thoS
whites who must remain to watch over IN
slaves, and how many Will there De 10 &c
against the enemy? Officers enough! Yes
the South is the seat of privileged orders
But soldiers As before, in the yeomanry
the Northern States. Who fought the oat'i'
Of Independence? Who freed Virginia an
the Carolinas from the British troops whe
o;dsa nv their slaves? II was The men Of II
North-tbe now destined yassals of IL
South"
This is the exact spirit and almost langual
of the Tribune and other Republican journa
Of the DIT sont day. We see in it, well dehn
and distinct, the germ Of the sectional Jes
ousies which have been in existence ever sia(
nanifcsting themselves at some Tunes vi
greater intensity than at others, but never
any time wholly extinct. We find the Sou'
err journals of the same period elaborate
yindicatiDg their section in three-column al
elias and boldly charging ''the Federalists
the Northern States" with aspiring to
solve the Union" They demonstrate If
the record that the virtue and energy OF '
piuia did not sleep before or during the he
luton and that, in the times which fuccee'
the Stamp Act, she did not Consult the IN
lent policy Of leaving other States 10 u.s.
their common privileges nor resort to g
perfect bidding expedient', which might
lieve them from temporary embarrasSm
such as iustructing agent in London to
tition for redress of their grievances
Among other allegations, one of the Nortf
papers, tho Boston Repository, said: at
ever been the policy of Virginia to weaken
Federal head, and ever will be. 1t was
this reason that she came SO late and so Il
into the Union. She adhered the Cons
ton the moment it pretended to be Gov
ment, and she lost not a moment 10 insist
sych amendments should be added to it as ,c
reduce It as near possible to the tHsign!Fc
of the old Confederation. She wants Sc
tools not lawful superiors." In fine, long
fore the subject of slavery became boz
contention between the North and South
political divisions of the day exhibited S
ing tendency towards sectional antagoI
and there was manifest that hostility 10
institutions which, tkosgh not developed l
organized form until a much later pc
must BE allowed to have existed from The
ginning in those communities where free
was principally employed. AT later pc
upon the question of the admission OF
souri,, the contest between North and
was as fierce and portent0us III all lis as
as il was during the last Presidential can
1t is obvious that from tia first 1t was a
assorted Union, and that, years ago, ~
BiGELow," the Yankee poet, came pretty
the truth in the following doggerel, on
wonder he and his cOuntrymen, tastes
taking his advice, are raising large armie
spending all they are worth to prevent 4
vorce of those whom Heaven never joine
''kf I'd ny way, had rdther
We sh"uia go 10 work aud part
They take cue way, We take [ other
Guess Wouldn't break my heart
''Aan lad gu ght TO put agsunder
Them thai God has noways lined :.
IA shouldn't gTetly wonder
III there IS thousands - my m.nd."