The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-09

V.,ffJ f5oW iacS OF mer-
Tsnte owledged and ga
-.pxeity, lres Ntbout
,osaTsnce, nad debts.
l,s '1.i5: a'..@ '"t ss Iso0 - 1850 SO SO
"a .el from dissipation,
fxtravagance GaIn-
b.at, ias'tention TO
ri.:: sasas:: 4 + f5i.:elas .zs, 81 lsss 20 80
Fl.td from sPecuSton
cats d ol eEIuinate bd-
sress overtfa4Iug en-
.%a.s s2': 81 foregoing s,l7ss y loros ssi e
fssq.'ts f's5.i',es Of foregoing 1855 81 2sgsoc So
Compromised tGeIc dcots
s. Al average OF about
50 per cett. ...----..... bs2 95
ii.s,y tp pay ia full Ito ~
Li.''ss5i'n,ies i.'s'n Of f5reso,ng GAS o3I Isl4 252
Average Iiabll'y 10 ea0h
faiiare-.....-.. .-.---.. Abl2 IS $40
From the above il will be ST IN that the slave
Sta es not only 90 pay their debts, but pay
,hem better Than any other section Of the conn
Try. Assuming, as we are entitled, to do from
this table, that there are two and one third
more stores at the North than 10 the South,
We find that IN the free States there has bee II
one failure 10 every sixty -oGe stores, and in
me slave States only one TO every seventy
0le, making difference Of about sixteen per
cent. in favor Of the latter. II take the
iIabi. tiles as a criterion. we find their amount
al tne North over four times that at the South.
MAYOR WOOD on THs SECESSION OF NEW YORK
Mayor Woods message to the New York
CITY Council is published He asserts that
the polite Al connection between the people of
the city and State has been used by The la tier
70 the injury Of the former. He thus con.
lludes:
How we shall rid ourselves of this odious
and oppressive connection, ii is not for me 10
determine. 1t is certain that dissolution
cannot be peaceabIy accomplished, except by
the cousent OF the Lagis slature itself. Whether
this can be obtained not is, III my jads-
meat, not doubtful. Deriving much ad-
vantage rsm its power over this city, il ID
not probable that partisan ma Iority will
consent To & separation-and the res ort 10 force
BY viJIeLce aud revolution must not be
thought OF fer an instant. We ha ve been dis
Iuguished orderly and law abiding peo-
ple. Let US do nothing 10 forfeit this chaTac-
Ter. or to add 10 the present dist racted condi-
ti,u Of public affairs.
And 40 doubt can be said in favor OF the
luslce and policy OF a separation. II may be
said that secession or revolution il any of the
+'M,ed States would be a subyerson of all
Federal authority, and, so far as the Central
Government IS concerned, the resolving Of the
community into It's original elems n nts-that, if
part of the States form new combinations and
govern meuts other States may do the same
California, and her Sis lers OF the Pacific, viii
no doubt set up an independent Republic and
husband their own rich mineral resources
The Western States. equally rich i'll cereals
and other agricultural products, Will proba-
bly, do the same.
Then 1t may be said, why should not New
YORK City, instead OF supporting, by her con-
trlbuuons IN revenue, tw0-thirds The expense
OF The United States, become also equally in
dependent! As free city, with but Il nomi-
nal duty on imports, her local government
could he supported without taxation upon her
people. Thus we could live free from taxes
aud have cheap goods nearly duty free. In
this she would have the whole and united
support OF the Southern States as we'll as OF
all other States 10 whose interests and Iigh Is,
under the Constitution, she has always beea
true.
II is well for individuals or communities to
lock every danger square in the face, aud to
mestit calmly and bravely. As dreadful as
the Severing of the bonds that have hitherto
united the states has been III contem plation it
IS now apparently a stern and inevitable fact.
We have now to meet 1t with all the conse-
4utLces, whatever they may be. If the Con
irieracy is broken up, the Government is dis
solved, and il behooyes every distinct commu-
nifty as well as every individual to take care
OF themselves.
When disunion has become a fixed and GER
tain fact, why may not New York disrupt the
haads which bind her TO yenai and corrupt
maser-io people and party that have
Fi1ndered her revenues, attempted to ruin
her commerce, taken Way the power Of self
government, aud destroyed the Coufederacy
Of which she was the proud EmIire City !
Amid The gloom which the present aud pros
pecuye condition must cast over the country.
New York, rs free city, may shed the only
light aud hope for a future reconstruc tion OF
our once blessed Contederacy.
Yet / am not prepared TO recommend the
Violence implied IN these views. In stating
this argument in favor OF freedom, "peacea bly,
II We can forcibly If we must let me not be
misunderstood. The redress can be found only
In appeals 10 the magnanimty of the people OF
the whole State. The events of the past two
months have no doubt effected a change in the
popular sentiment of the State on National
politics. This change may bring us the des ired
relief aud we may be able to obtain repeal of
the laws 10 which have referred and con
Sequent restoration of our corporate rights.
FERNANDO WOOD, Mayor.
January 8, 1e6l.
TIE SPEECH OF SENATOR BENJAMIN.
Washington letter to the Philadelphia
Bulletin, describing the manner of Senator
Benjamin, In delivering his great speech, last
week, says;
lie summed up his argument very calmly,
read from written paper, in ii meas ured, le-
gal tone, the causes OF differences and then
concluded. This conclusion tell like a telling
shot. He spoke cooily OF the approaching
dissolution OF the Union, and the con test tha {
might ensue. He enumerated the horros of
civil war; alluded TO the probability of the
South not being able TO defend herself Itwas
all repeated over as calmly as had been his
authorities.
He stood In a simple position, between two
desks, one foot crossed over the other; no at
utude, no gesture. As he reached the close
he had one hand III his pocket, the other negii-
gently toying with ii vest chain. He balanced
hi. head Il ltlle to and fro, in a true profess
sOpal manner. Only his black eyes showed
tae emotion he must have felt. They were
elongated, as Rachel's sometimes became
when a. her stiliest, most concentrated poin is
OF acung-the quie. curse in Camille for ex
ample--scintillating with light; faint smile
Jusi Il little scornfui as he said
You may set our cities In flames, raising
against us not only our own property, but, as
Hreat Britain did in the Revolution, turn
Isose on our frontiers the savage; but there i:
one tning you will not do''-here he elevated
MS eyebrows and said quietly, "you will
never sn bJugate u.s."
a at ,fafh n fhay
maud eooily into his pocket, and, as he hall
turned to take mis- seat, he added
An enslaved and seryile race you can never
MAKE of US, never, never, never ~
us reIteration OF the word "never" 4" was
as Tree from emotion as If he had been insist
lbg on some simple point OF law, which could
hot oe decided In any different way but fire..
rom emotion as 1t was, it produced The grea {
est effect. The whole gallery on all sides burs
plause.
THE FLORIDA FORTS TAKEN.
Inc following is an extract from a letter
aa'ed fernandina, Florida, Jan. 5th:
Van order came from the Governor this af
ernoon at three O'Clock, and the Eyerglads
VIII ieaVe mere al midnight for st. Augustine
10 nave the Tort there taken, and TO bring vi
some guns and small arms
THE messenger from the Goyernment re-
ports that the Ordinance of Secession viii n.
ready 10 be read and passed In Convention or
monday the 7th inst. Our people here an else
wners IN the State are rips for secession. Tn,
good faith with which the people of SontI
CaIoiina have acted, and the perfdious ac
VI ths Federal authorities, has given add
battles"
Inc charleston Mercury since learned tina
os'achment Of the Fernandina Volunteer
LaA executed promptly the order Of Govsrno
Perry.
Blue LIGHTS " In SOUTH oARoLI6A.