The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-16

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every hundred of the Senator's devoted
friends. Still, we cannot reasonably expec
all the best ualities Of head and heart to be
embodied in a single 'person and while 1t is
given to some to uphold the Eternal Right in
the face of exasperated and formidable foes
Others may be as usefuiiy employed In pouring
oil on the trou bled waters. aud preaching he
gospel of Cancellation aud peace. Were an
eviCence given by the Srcess siobists that they
could be placated ny moderate IA reason BILE
| conces sions, we should be willing to see then
met In spirit at least equally conciliator,
but while the Son h chooses to speak tnrougt
such organs as Messrs. Toombs aud Davis
and to propose such extravagant and i'm posi-
BILE conditions as those Of Mr.. Hunter we tee
of the North be characterized by other quail
Ties tban those evlnced in Governor Sewar i's
speech.
The New York World thinks Mr.. Seward
has fallen short of the high duty before him
After reviewing the propositions of the speech,
the World Gays:
Mr.. Seward's answer to the questions how
| to save the Union will be satisfactory 10
neither friend nor foe. Applying to his plan
| the same practical test which he has applied
| to the plans Of others, the clear result appears
that IL is as inadequate as he has declared
theirs to be. The people can and will save the
Union. he says, but how, the people ask. In
"a hat way can the people act, except throueh h
| their authorized RepreseD tatives in Congress
assembled Yet Congressional compromises,
ne says are OF no avail. DO hey look to him,
4 - leading statesman, for f41er NC ,ions what
TO do. feelng that the peril is such as to re-
qnire all their wisdom to avert, or all their
manliness to meet2 The Senator replies that
| we may as well discard the prevalent idea or
prejudice that "the Union is to be saved by
somebody in particular" He has nothing to
| say to the people except that the Union is in
| es'imable, and its dissolution our universal
| ruin. When flames hurst out in our dwelt-
| ings, can the fremen stay away from the pre-
mi-es because the building is valuable and fire
destructive,
The Times is altogether satisfied with the
speech. 1t says
1t is pre- eminentIy a speech which ought to
command universal attention and exert a
| general and a salutary influence. As an indi.
| cation OF the spirit in which the Administra-
tion of Mr.. Lincoln will be conduc ted, it leaves
nothing to b. cesired. II must convince every
candid man that its predominant and para
mount aim will be TO perp+tuate The Union
| that 1t Will consult, with scrupulous care, the
interests, the principles aud the sentiments OF
every section. 1t leaves no room for the pre-
| SUMPTION that the conduc ct OF the Administra-
! ton will be directly or indirectly hostile 10
the institutions of the S,utheru States--or
that IL will be deaf or ind fferent to com pa Is
from that quarter of evils suffered or appre-
| headed a the hands of the Federal Govern
| ment. II men, here or elsewhere-North or
| South-will read and Judge the speech, fairly
and candidly, as a declaration of general
principles, in tended TO inform tine country as
| 10 the ba is and general spirit and temper OF
| the incoming Administration, we believe they
| will find it very difficult to detect in it any
| thing that is justly obnoxious to censure
THE DELIVERY OF sgwARD's SPEECH.
The Washington States noticing the ap-
pearance of the Senators during the delivery
of Stewards speech, says
During the delivery of this remarkable pro-
! ductlon, the Republ can leaders presented a
strange array Of pnysoguomies. Senator
| haie sat uneaslly, seeming as though he ar
gued himself in'O q condition not 10 expect
anything and yet was constantly rebe'ling
against it, and inqulring of himself what WAS
the use of all this talk. Senator Sumner
caressed his head with an unpleasant air OF
| dissatisfaction. Senator Fovr, OF Vernon,
smiled placid smile, as is his wont Senator
| Wilson-made OF more partisan stuff-bit his
| lip to disg uise his discomfort. Senator Wade
| sat stiff, with rugged earnestness, and, with
| fiugers intertwIsted. twirl.d his thumbs
while Senator King preserved thai eG uan mi y
| which he rarely permits 10 be ruffl-d. He sat
up straight, his hands in his pockets, bis head
| embedded ON the top of his paunchy protu-
berance, looking like Falstaff at the Boar's
| Head waiting tor Bardoiph aid the mug OF
| sack. with II toast In It' Ga the other side
! OF the Chamber, that atten zion was paid the
| Senator 10 which his position entitled hun
The speech was The subject of universal COM
| ment, not alone Ill this city, but in New York,
| Boston, Philadelphia, as IL was in type there
and published in whole or part after The tele-
graph announced its deiivery,) during Satur-
|
ing down from The Senate, Hunter, Toom bs.
| Beni ,min aud Slidell, stopped into the ieie-
grapn aud transmitted their views of it to
| their districts.
DECLARATION OF THE STAR OF THE WEST s
| TROOPS.
The Star of the West landed her troops at
Governors Island, New York, Saturday.
The Herald says:
The debarkation of the troops was accom-.
ali had hnIt s,t..
ing. During the previous night the Star Ut
tna West was considerably iuconveniehced by
the large masses OF ice floating in the river,
and two anchors We're wrenched away. She
lett her anchorage in the harbor-a position
sue had maintained since her arrival-and
steamed into the slack water TO avoid the ioes
| of ice. She then passed down the bay to Rob
| bins Reef, and thence back to a point a little
| above Governors Island, where, about three
| O'Clock yesteI day morning, the steamtug came
alongside Ia take Oft the soldiers; but the cum
maading officer, deeming it au unpropitious
| moment ON account OF the terrific frost, and
Captain MCGOWAN fearing accident from the
| m asses OF ice, the movement was postponed
| Inose on board the vessel describe the cold at
this time as OF unusual severity The sides OF
| the ship were covered with ice, while the
| whiskers of the officers on duty were con-
gealed with their respiration. Such was the
| keen state of the atmosphere during Saturday
| afternoon, tina. a stove nad 10 be put up the
| soldiers quarters TO make Them any way ten
an bic OF cOmIor table. Later in the DAY, The
| troops went on The tug and were safely land
| ed at their quarters OF the Island, which they
left week ago for a trip to Charleston.
SCENE AT PHILADELPHIA MISSIONARY MEET.
| ING.
The Philadelphia Bulletin, of Monday, says:
| A singular scene was enacted last evening at
| the u reen street Nj. f Church The regular
| annual collection in AID OF the funds of the
| Missionary Society of the Methodist Epsco-
pal Church was being takeu up, and num-
| per OF prom nent members Of the Church had
| been elected lite members, the amount neces-
| sary for that purpose hs wing beer subscribed
| Finally q gen tleman arose in the gallery, and
after speaking of the proper association oi
| pieiy and patriotism, he stated that The mem :
| bers of the choir contributed $40 for the pur-
| nose of making the gallant MAJOR Anderson q
life member of the Missionary Society,"
| This announcement caused d sensation which
had not subsidized when the same gentleman
again rose and stated that the ladies OF the
| choir desired TO contribute twenty dollars tO
make Mis-. Major Anderson mem Der OF the
Society. He afterwards stated that the choir
would give q like amount TO make Lieu uienan T.
| General Winfield Scott q lite member, and
| subseQ uently he said that as Mr.. Buchanan
had laiely given eS Idence OF disposition IL
do his duty to the Constitution aAd the Union,
| they would also contribute tue amouEt neces-
| sary 20 create him life member.
| The feeling thus started i'll the choir now
extended to the body OF the church. One lady
| begaH subscription To make Governor Hicks
| of MarviduU, u lie mcnUcl. duotucI
| tion towards the amount necessary to make
President Lincoln a member, and a gentle.
man in the congregation proposed the same
compliment TO Hon. Mr. Stevens, Of Georgia
CUBA PIrYINa AMERICA.
TFrom the Cuban tHavana1 NJ essenger, Jan. 8
TaE DIs-UNITED STATEs.-In view of the
present aspect of affairs Ia the Conf-deracy
| of North America, heretofore known as The
United States, we fear that this name can nc
longer property belong to that people; and al