The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-14

ton of tho United States in six palpabls in
s.arces, bu, actually come forward and
ask the Congress Of the United States 10 pass
a bill of ampessy in his favor. They pretend
that these violations Of what they Gall
sacred instrument" are perpetrstsd for
the purpose Of preserving that instrumsnt.--
How a whole can bs preserved by the destruc-
ton Of its parts, they do not pretend to say
But wien they talk Of preserving the Union by
setting aside the Constitution, We may be sx-
cused tor asking them, what is tie Uniea Is
It not the Constitution Or, rather, is 1t net
Tue inst ument that establishes the Union, and
defines the terms ON " hica II is " be perpetua-
ed When they themselves set aside tho
Constitution, do they not by that very act
abolish the Union?
Insse are the mon who ~ into rapturss,
when they Assem- Die around the festive board
OH toe fourth Of July. Nothing Is heard then
ba. the praise Of our revolutionary sires.
Well, what wera they bat Secsssionists Of the
most unnis;s kabl, type1 What was Jster-
son, the au.L r Of the Declaration Of Inds-
ueudsnca, bu, d sessssioDisi? WHAT WAS John
Adams but ID oeceasionist? What were all the
uva who sgned that papsr-a paper which
maintains throughout the RICH: Of one people
70 sever the political bonds that unite them 10
another, whenever The further cor unuAnco Of
the connection nter.erss with tho undouotsd
light Of the socoding party to pursue its own
sca,ires, OF interest or happiness in liz owa
wAy--tne mos. tho. ouga- paced Secession doe
umeut every written what we're iii Of them
out SscsssioniBts? What WAS WASHINGTON
Union men--thcss evsrl Asting Fourth OF July
slcrihsrs-an pretend il finite pride III our
pas bis.ory, especially our revolutionary hls-
cory. GEoEGE Ill, Lord NoarB, Howe,
CLINTON, LoRxwALLIS-sl the Brisk OF
no.al. % tho time, are sugnaiizsd rs ty-
ants and xbottors Oi tyrants, and ear
a.hors who resisted them ars held up
rs models Of patriotism, worthy Of reverence
ana imitation through all coming ;ine.-
We'll, what did GEORGE III and Lord Norris
10, but the very things which LINCOLN and his
soois are doing nov? Did they not proclaim
US Rebels, ghut up our ports, throw our citi-
zens into jail, refuse to exohangs prisoners,
and threaten t. hang all persons caugh. III
arms against his majesty? Have not LIscoLp
and his myridoms done the very same thing?
Did not Sir WM HOWE address letter Off
cial business to ego. WASHINGTON, R.q. ~
Did not Gen. WAsHIsGroS refuse TO receiveis?
Has not the act Of the British General been
alTays stigmatized by American writer's as
very small! af III? Has ii not been copied by
LlNcoLY'S Secretary Of War, in APPARENT
anxie'y to initiate lis model az closely 81 pos
sible?
In the war with NAPOLEON, England de-
clared the whole coast Of Fra'ca and her al
iies, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, in
state of blockade, though it would have taken
al the ships in the world to have blockadsd
it. What has LINCOLN done but the very same
thing which the King in Couicil then did and
that although he represents a Government
which ut that time very nearly went to war
with England for attempting to enforce the
blockade 10 question What charming con
sistency,
The French, the Spanards, and the D1tch,
recognized our Independence, and England
went to war with them for go doing. This
#as "a great folly, srd the Government Vi ID.
United States pro6ted By it, 10 SO far that it
always recognized the Government Dc facto
which it found in any country with which it
had diplomatic relations. The Iule thus
adopted WAS so sensible that it was adopted
by Europe generally. LINCOLN, however, will
make war on Great Britain if that sountIy
dare to recsgnizs our Independents and send
An ambassador bore. How very Oonsistest,
The G -eat Powers of Europe agreed to abol-
ish privateer:ng at the Conference o. Pnris.
Amsrica alone refused, or rather the United
St..ss Government refused. Now, it says pri-
Watering is piracy
How caa LINCOLN expect Europe to assui-
escc in all these glarng Inconsistencies The
L nited States Was the arst to recognize Mex
co and Greece, and the South American re
Iublics. Last year, TIE ki2g vi Naples at
tempted to blockade ais own ports. Tho al
ted States protested in form, and wosld sooner
have come to blows than permit it. Does LIN
COLIN suppose that the world is ignorant Of
all those things?
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