The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-07

warm disc ss:ons OF the times, there are mahy
side issues and impracticabie propositions
presen led tending to distract the pao.ic nina
and divide the pablo conhse's' Ans great
point to be obtained In the South Is har-
monv Of feeling and unity Of action. by this |
on,v can we avert war by this only can we |
preserve or reconstruct the present Union Of
the States. In order to promote harmony, 1t is
well to recar to the causes Of our difficulties
occasionally. 1t Is only by keeping their true
nature in view that we can hope to apply the
proper means to redress our grievances
The preamble TO the resolutions adopted by
the recent meeting Of citizens Of Richmond,
very briefly and nervously summed up the
evils which have produced the present condi-
ton of things, thus:
1--WE recognize the chief source Of our evils,
the anti slavery sentiment Of the North, which
denies to the Southern States their rights IN the
Territories; nullIhes, BY legislative enactment,
the Fugitive Slave Law poisons the schools the
pulpit, the press. the literature and. to some ex
tent the adminisrs ton OF justice IN the North
ern States; paray zes the action OF Congress lor
all use fol pu poses, and has At length unoel inc
form of P.esldsn election. seized The Feoe-
rN Executive, with the avowed intention OF 30
admin lsterlng the 6ovt rnment az 10 crcnmsc'ipo
| slavery and to place II where the Northern mlnh
nall rest So ed that ~ Is IN inc couise Vi "i
mate extncuon,"
| lie, us see what are the real principles OF
| the narty who have, "under the forms OF a
Presidential election, seized the Federal tx
| ecutive," to carry out purposes at war win
| the Constitution and the rights OF the Soutn
| The following are the resolutions known as
the Chicago, or Black Republican platform,
adopted by the Republican party in May last,
| when it nominated ABRAHAM LINCOLN lor
| President of the United States:
| CHICAGO PLAT FORM.
| R,solr,d That We, the deies ated representa-
/ tiyes of the Republican electors Of the Unlteo
| States in Convention assembled, in discharge o.
tn. duty we owe to our constituents and our couu-
try, unite in the following declarations;
| That the history of the nation during the last
f,ur wears has fully established the prGprIety and
necessity of the orr alton and peIpetuatlon OF
the Republican party, and that the causes which
called it into existence are permanently their ma
tnre, and now. more than ever before, demand us
| peaceful and constitutional triumph
That the maintenance of the principles promul-
| gated in the Dec aration of Independence and EN-
| bodied in the Federal Constitution, THAT all mel
are crested equal; that they are endowed b' their
Creator with certain inaenab!e rights; that
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit oil
| happiness; til at to secure these rights, govern
| ments are instituted among men, deriving thelr
| Just powers from the consent of the governed, is
| essential to the preservation OF our Republican
| institutions; and that the Federal Constitution
the rights Of the States, and the Union OF Tie
| States, must and sh ,ll be preserved.
That the present Democratic administration mas
far exceeded worst apprehensons IN It's meas
!, | ureess subservency to the exactions o. soc
| tional interest, especially evincsd IN lis ues
| perate exc rtons to force the Infamous LecomptoI
| Constitution upon the protesting people OF NAN
SAG: in constituting the personal relation between
| master and servant, to involve an unquailheC
| property in persons III It's attempted enforce
ment everywhere, on land and sea, through the
| intervention of Congress and of the Fedora
| Courts. Of the extreme pretsnsions oil purely To-
cal interest, and in it's general and unvarylni
| abuse of the power entrusted to IL by a conhdlnI
| people.
"That the ne1u dogma that the Constitution. Of IT.
| ocn force, carries slauery into any or al OF tn
Territories Of the United States, rs dangerou
political hsrssy, at Uartance 1otth the e1phc"pro
/ cisions Of that instrument ttSeD, with cotempo
I raneous exposit on and with legislative and judi
, | cal precedent, revolutionary IN Its tendenc
| and subversive of the peace and harmony OF tn
country.
That the normal condition of all the territory @
the United States is that of freedom; that as on
Republican fathers, when they lad abollshe
slavery in all our national territory, ordained tha
. mo person should be deprived ofslie, liberty @
y | VcSo"'S
on, duty, BY legislation. tchenerer such leststd
tjou as necessary, to maintain MtS pr0rtS10n q
the astftut,on against all attempts to o1Olots n
: and u. deny The authority Of Congress- az
Territorial LEGISLATURE. o, Of any tndtrtdnd1S'
gire legal existence to slars,y IN any Isrrtforv
J, the United States"
4 Now, we doubt whether one In twenty
b our readers ever read this very remarkaol
o party paper, this declaration OF the h-puoi'
Il can party, which is nothing more nor less ina
IS q declaration of tcar upon the Southern State
i "These resolutions as fairly stated by
| Northern journal, assert the equality OF IN
black with the white man. by misappnca
ton OF the language of the Declaration OF indie
e pendence, which was never intended to appi
l. to negro slaves; that slaves are not property
= and that the master is not entitled to protet
J ton under the Federal Government by Ian
z and sea and that TO affirm that the constItu
1t ton protects slavery in the Territories Isl
y revolutionary and subversive of the peace an
harmony of the country" and on the groun
that "no person should be deprived of Lift
liberty or property, without due process
law" the resolutions further maintain tina
IS 1.-The normal condition of all the territory {
o the United States is that of freedom" an
S that it becomes the duty of all Republicans
y legislation TO maintain that principle, and I
e .deny the authority of Congress, of a Teri
"A torial Legislature, or of any individuals,
" give legal existence 10 slavery in any Terrific
k ~ OF the United States" Lastly, that o
n these principles, which are in direct violat 10
It of the Constitution, "the Union of the State
- must and shall be preserved, }" which OF cour'
y implies force of arms and to that end Their
& is u necessity for a perpetuation OF the pa
l. ty az the causes which called il into exis
u ence are permanent"
At Upon these principles, we are informed
u this nefarious party, "the Union must an
n | shall be preserved" Thus is the measure
outrage, of indignity and insult towards Il
10 South filled to overfiowing, at the close
n fosey years Of infringement upon its rights.
To submit longer would be to cover ourselv
with ignominy and disgrace, and prove to Il
world that We are degenerate sons of mob
~ ancestry, and incapable of defending our libe
y ties and preserving our national honor. Fo
- years ago the Black Republican party ma
90 It's first attempt to destroy the Constitute
and provincialize the South by the election
a President of the United States and seizi
A the reins of Government. The Hon. MILLAl
FILLMORE, then himself a nominee for t
Presidency, entered the arena of debate
warn his people again the dangers tn
Nv threatened his country II Inc sectional Bla
. Republican party should triumph. In
" speech delivered by him at Albany, he ma
=, the following striking declarations
"we see political party presenting candida
pa for tho Presidency and Vice Presidency select
for the first time, from the free States alone, "
the avowed purpose of electing these candida
by sufrases OF one part of the Union only. to n
ne over thu whole limited States Can il be possi