The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-30
John Michel on the Am~ricaa War.


have tte American question "thoroaxbiv dis
Gu sed - d. ubt this II was tie 6iscvssion
Of mericaIi questions, with which ws kaA
20 concern, that helred 70 break n" the Aspaai
A sociation; and I appreberd that Irtseasa
have qnt.e enough Of their own aHsirs TO
'hink # 1ust At pr, ssnt. wtshost getting into
a dis 'ut. about these Of other pecpis
Nevertheless as You have admitted an ar
r;cia from the pen Of sn ahle contriba tor
'F ,brrcius," very strongly o- the Northsrn
sid. OF The question. 1t my lot BE- aBsiss to
let your reaiers see what the SoathsrRs-s
b We 20 say for tn mselves. "Fahrie,as 4"
declares that abe Is rot partizsn Of Nortb
or SOU h Jut of the Republic one xud iEAi-
Wis he ''-,s If one were tn say he Is neither
for f. md nor for Ireland, but for the " Ls-
gisiut We Union " "Fabricius' II No paYt,xs n; ;
| ne ol.Iy declares that oNe Of the parties il
carving on au 'odioUs conspiracy" and Z
''ia less rebellion, hats all Nobody oAA
be more cslmjy Indifferent than hs-only one
party consists OF "rative anarchists guided
bv foreign murdeTers "
can easily conceive that, Will, sol 'urnisg
| ia the United States, "Fabricius" must have
| lived Ill the North Everybody in the North.
| of every party, is an Unionist, just "a every
| Eogiishman, Wing or Tory, is An Unionist
| with Ireland and for the same rsason-tks
| Nrr:h had the whole profit Of the one Union,
| rs Engisnd has of the other
/, the South had even an abstract right :"
| says "Ftbri:ius," TO do what she has dona,
| yet the exercise of that right was 'uneailad
| f1r''-buL Ih.y no have called for ii are the
| b .st judaes Of that. The North and the Soath
re two nitions. as much as Francs and Eng
| land :aeir civii.z tions test on Iii Rercrt b.
| i; heir systems revnlve round different
| c~ntres. For thirty years they have besn
kept III species of uneasy .'union' by \ Sc
| lies of compromises, which have werA oat at
'ast Toe Union is now repealed and broken
| forever. Both nations will be the stronger
| and rhe bet -er for it.
| This separation must have come; and there
| is use 10 exciting or distressing cursalves
| about At. The tv o sections OF the OohfsdsrR-
| oy have long read the Constitution in TIVE
| ail lferent senses. Holring incompatible Hria-
| c, sles TO the rights botn Of person sns pro-
| party, il was only by e9uivocat;ons they
| could pretend to tie living uudar one Govern
| ment 1t Is a necessity for rbe North 70 In
| sl>t upon is reading of the Constitution, in
| order TO secure ths whole ContiNsnt Il fsld
| Tor free labor; and it is equally a necessity
for the South to main ia It's perfect "a uaii ~
| III th- Uni)p, or else break me said glisa.
"F snrcIus'' states he present Issue with
pert c. accuracy; and dopt IT. wi hsat Ter
| ing a wcrd % I he simple principis involved
| i'll Lincoin's elec Ion was tkis-Saail the Ter
ri1DrI-s not yet admitted rs states INFO the
Union be reserved free from ths staia Of
slavery. or shall the siavehUlders be at lIbsr-
| ty to dri se their slaves there, AS they wouia
their cattle, md n AXE them slave States f'-
Pr CT ely there are vast territories for set
tl-ment. b lJnging equally to all the ei.izsas
| of the la'e Confederacy; and the slec t,oa OF
Liuc )ln firms the principle that rthera
ne" may go In here wi h their property and
settle, but that Sou thern men may not. II
involv the "princi PIE" that negro s!a very Ia
a stain, and saveholCets sinners, or ratesr
infe l g spec of lepers hot 10 b. meddled
with where they are {heing ncnrable.) but 70
he iuclosed within q RUG fence shut up at
home with pl1Eua mara upon thsir door. lest
th V hou id infect sound and wholesome eiti-
u 8.
The very idea Of Confsdsracy implies
q laiity before the law but his new princi
pia estabii- hes III. most insulting KIND Of ia.
lSC
o. " 10 thrust the weaker out OF Por ,ion of
tn. ir inheritance, but to do II on the~sF press
ground that they are lOathsome sinnsrs. This
would never do apart from the right or
wrong OF 81 very, (Which do not mere argu.J
yon could hardly expect that Southern nrH,
who are tH- most n gh -spi'ied OF all asH,
would aCQu a>ce il "piinCipio' which
arandS tbslu as II tiafactOrS
As for the war-if war there is to bs-snd
il m uititu les of Irish born msn are to bear
Il hand il it on DO h siGss-All that can
not be helped. Those lrishmsn have lost
their own country, ard becoms citizsss
Of another, or ta0o others they have alI
he rishts and duias of native ci xcss
and are Jund TO stand with thsir fellow ri l.
Z ms IL veal ana woe. There are about ssvsa
Irish nien at the North 20 one at ths Sea-h /;
vet amongst those dwelling Ia the Svs lasrn
safes are some of ihe hast Irishnsn ia Ia"
world, 1t home or abrcaG taops.sis of
81 re owned by them ana those WAS
not owners OF slaves, yet live hy The arsaaes
of negro labor hey are bcund uD with tee
institutions of their adopted States, aud will
Of nsc' ssity b. quite as ,alous in dsfsaes Of
their county as Northern men in crurelsK
"r bailsou Thus. il the insane q item pt at 90.
erci N is really to be made an Er nat Geard
OF N. y Hrk Will cross bayonets with AL EN- met
,fuara ot New Oc'elns the .. Moa tSopasry "
o. Richmond viii try conc usionS with thu
six v. uinjf; and the Meagbsr Guard Of
Cn arlesIon wi h the Maashe Zouavss Of tha
North Certamly. II would be muca better
II all those fine fellows on either side has
h. nNUp ~ fly Ear m II
Ia I'd has no army, no fas; il the MssKksr
Il )u ives We're in Dnblia, they wouid - pres
emily tranepor 60; II Lrishmen in Ireland ,otII
nantiis arms, they must put on the livery OF
Lneii enemies, and he trained and ready TO cut
the throats of their fathers and mothers
Fly thousand lT:shmen are in the British
ssrv ,ca-na'e L. the misery and the disgrace.
Be ter far that they should fight in an Asa.H.
can cause, or even two opposite Aaeriean
causes, as free citiZans, thaI wear the sean-
dtlcus scarlet of a British grenadisr, as hired
cur throats
But "Fabricius" insists that whatever be
the Intrinsic merits of the American centre-
versy, ought to favor tha N or tn beeaus@
England us ne says favor. the South As
ec'aIe', also, that it was under foreign in
tue, CO the Southern States resolved on 80
sion AID that now Engiand "makes tbs
Sou thern cause her own" ALI thass surpris-
Ing sta g e.nen's are rev to me For lwo ysars
at he head Il a Southern j,urnal. 1 lahored
10 bIl the South to this very point which
Sue h s now happily reache and assni ely
L saw no sym ptcm of 1.-The enemy OF the hu-
man race giving me any aid or sym path la
my patriotic work Oa the contrary, al, or
gans of Bri i opiuion that / Save seen.
,iliculed ana denounced the movemen. OF
the Sou ;hern States at hyst They ssAeupSe
il s.ilt, though tGey riaicule IL 40 lonxsr
They think they see how that there must 10
oioory sIuegie, and ara only anxious tsatit
may b. shorV and de"isive-Ihat ems earty, 20
ina ter which, shall thrash the oshsr At oses,
AMI so the cotton planting 60 on again ~
usual E glands chiafinterez ia the natter
Is, pe ceIut PRODUCTION OF cotton, aud mere
ana more cotton, and end of cotton; Ana
the terminati n of the war most asrssAbls t.
her. would be this; rapid, rssistisss iav&siez
OF the Southern States by NortesrA troops;
Yankee girrisons in ait their strong places;
Yankee policemen Ia all their towns aal ca
th"ir plantations; an org gtnic law shutting
them up wi r their negroes within thsir pres
ent hordrrs, and req airing tribute Of 50
many bales OF co'tou, To be delivered each
year upon the wnarves o, New York.
Bn England treats the Southern States As q
belng po Wer; so Goes France; they can
not he p it; the Sou thern States are = DeliigSr
ent power. But this Is far from i'm living q
recogs ition OF their Independence. Ga the
contrary, Queen VictOria's proclamation uses
this * preston, Certain States calling them
selves the Confederate States"
And England did not " o6.r the South Free
d." on the contrary, the South C6pre4
Ere Trade both to England and 10 al the
wUrit-Lo yoa, II you Unly had ships and msr
chaudiZe France also expects to reap great
proflts from Ihe Southern trade, and both
France and England will bs prompt TO rsccg-