The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
L coRREspoyDEycE OF The DIsPArCH.l

WASHINGTON, Feb. -, 1861.
Lluloln'> speech at indianapolis is Il piece
Of prepU>t-roUs nonsense. He asserts moth
H. hUl advocates coercion in questions. This
Is supHkIL-, lneJn. lie casually inquiries
wherein consists the special sacreiness of a
>-Ia. and wants 10 know what is the differ
egy between a state and a county. He in
toiuces free love and homeopathy into his
DISCOURSE He asks people 10 pray for him AZ
Springfield and n few miles further on re
NUueHds civil war.
hldEiering taIker may act promptly
Ola Abe wants 10 coerce. That l. evident.
II. feeling the Northern puise TO see if he
"u b" sustained. II Is more than probable
Hh be- VIII 20 actively 10 work after the 4th
d March. Sensible men begin to suspect
.aat Seward aW kWard attempt at concilia-
.aa and compromise mean nothing. Once
l''.essrd OF the army and navy, his tune
aal change. The Convention which assem-
II, ~ yOur city to-day, holds the honor of
Virginia ~ trust, Woe its members II they
aHr with the sacred charge.
-Aayr been repeatedly insulted this winter
Win Republican votes not 20 interfere with
'@'rry IN the States. Look on this picture,
-Irh from yesterday 5 Tribune:
The :. House OF Representatives yesterday,
ta alablnJus vote, passed resolution declar-
"- Aal neither Congress nor the people or Gov
'su~a;7 oi The nUu-sIay ehoiding States have a
tAdlulnaai night to legislate upon or interfere
y .A slavery ia any siaveholdinS state OF the
mon u thlh does not satisfy the Shareholders,
l..A hing will"
Now look at this, taken from the same
'9iHu4A OF Tie same paper:
MT MgkeaA, Of this State. has introduced into
'aLgfe-- rr~o .ution iustrnctiny the Select Com
.'.'' %! rive I" Inquire whether, by the consent
~ tlr '1aE" state, and hy cUmpensaling the slave
l.'I'i', u b" practicable for the General Govern
",1' I'd procure The emanCi patton of the slaves in
'.' or aA u ia" border States, and if so to re-
ttt bii Tor that purpose. This j. move in
-r HEai direction, and we hope it will be fol-
owed up
NO" draw your own conclusions.
:, was told last night by a member OF the
Faee Congress that the signs Were not so
HgNuo"s rs they have been. The election
4" irAAeS'rr has made the Republicans more
,+'e"HE' truihrie's propositions diluted, may
l''- 4 National Convention viii be recon-
r..'ru' III TINS satisfy Virginia? Is il a
prompt, honorable and final settlement?
he census shows that there are nearly
, r.g' hHA0Ied thousand Nirginians and i'm
.'II" descendants of NirgiBians in the
S'''atrh Coniederacy. The Cotton States
ave TWO million, five hundred thousand
- HE Border States have only one
--'lyh. I'VE hundred thousand. But we have
I"dIds OF five millions of whites, to less
--A 'Lltt millions III the Cotton States. II
Frslfe That inf uence which Il numerically
P'"f Tree population gives, where ought
90 II we desire safety for our slave
'b"F'Y where ought we 10 go
iVuT Oh Virginia." said Il Senator the
IT, udy She might have been the leader
"e southern Confederacy, bur she prefers
v...,hNe arlTndage of the North Poor old
r-' ,Htl"ndcn presented Il Union memo
t,r3Fs'rddy, signed by % 900 Massachusetts
llia. ana made Il touching appeal for the
ebar, summer got up, attacked the mer-
- ant manufacturers, said they were ig-
sis.T ana didn't know what they We're
rs1.oo II was thoroughly agrarian ha-
e1t-U' a. a commentary, / notice that the
aaorr 'o' New York city Tor the present year
Ggu ass 10 siI 800 900.
Tie NJ. aashing about on fine horses, keep
"a ReTQpols alive think / should like
Nr,tt ofse-eoidier mysclt--in pleasant
ancn with the enemy in the extreme dis
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