The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-21

SeFWiubSFia iast, tiie E'eOpie OF hanover met at |
their Conrt- House, and kindly, on th,ir own
accord, without solicitation from ms. uorni
mated ne as candidate from this District s,f
the election which is to take place in Noyeyn- |
Der next. Through the newspaper and per.
sonaiiy, had been previously called upen fo |
declare myself a candidate. bnt had declined
to DO so. for reasons which have heretofore
EXPRESSED. Whea, however. the people of
Hanover did me the honor thus to call uyon
me, did net Feel at liberty TO decline, but
accepted the nomination. aud declared my
self a candidate tor your suffragas, as most OF
you have probably seen in uny reply to Mr.
winston, the Secretary OF the meeting in Han
over. l deem 1t proper now TO say a few
words TO you, touching the opinions which.
If elected, shall carry with me into the Con
iederate Congress, OF which II Is proper that
you should be fully informed before You cast
your votes. l have been always an ardent
southern man. and an ardent States-rghts
man, because l was satisfied that Republican
government conld not exist without the iu-
siifntions of the South, and neither those in.
sntntions. nor any others valuable to liberty.
cculd exist under consolidated Government.
| have, therefore, ut all times opposed The
doctrines OF the FeGeralsts under the old
Government, and shall continue to oppose
ihenl under the new Government under
ahicn We nGW hrs, III they shall be raas-
srrtsd, as they probably VIII, though aru
not without hope that the experience Of tha
past mas satisfied every one that, although
the ,roveFnment must necessarily be yeTy
lnuch cen traiized and strongly sustained
during tis Wfr, there can be no safety for us
in the fnture, nor any guarantee against an
othef war al some distant day with the Cen.
tToi Government, except in the strength aud
independence Of the State Governments
Upon the question Of Secession, my opinions
nave beer so oftea and so publicly expressed
that presume they ara familiar 10 most Of
yon.' 1t may 6a proper, however, 10 I'9-atate
thenl, ana therefore will do so. Believing
IS 40, and always have dong, that without
/ African slavery the South mnsc not only be
| impoverished 10 ruin, because her fields cam
| not be cultivated without il, but ultimately
ensi;tyed, bfeause Hithoutit no Republic win
| last long. l have been always sensitive as TO
the movements Of the Abolitioaists from the
moment tGey 2.telnpJed 10 use the halls OF on.
greks Tor the promotion OF their designs under
t:ie pfetpnce nI asserting the right OF petition.
| when, therefore, they brought forward J. G.
Fremont as their candidate for the presi-
! pency, IN opposition to Mr- I;uchauan / took
i the ground that his election should be the
signal for the immediate secession Of lie
Southern States. and is is worthy of note IT
| the present time that when ] uttered TINT
sentiment IN addressing the people OF Penn
| sylvania, it was approved openly cot only By
| the leaders OF the party with which was
| aclng, but by the people generally; and
| again and again was told that whenever
that event DO occur Pennsylvania would be
| found on the south side OF the line; and /
| verify believe that such would have been the
| case if there had been no traitors in the
| South: for against the united South the
| bloody front OF war woHid never have been
| reared. When at the next, and last election,
| to l. fremont in intellectual ouaiifica tions,
| who had made himself notorious only by his
| vulgar anecdotes and hatred Of the South,
| whose institutions he pronounced TO ba in
| compatible with those Of the Nor tn, which
| simply nseant that ours must be destroyed,
| advocated, in every form in which / could
reaci. the public ear, the mmedia te secession
! OF the southern States, If be was eIected,b J
! Decause / foresaW, as J. thought, and there
| fore depicted, the present state of things as
| the Inevitable result 0I delay and division i'll
| the South; and i'll address to the people of
| Henrieo, in January last, | used The follow
| ing language:
| Ny opinion, then, i that Virginia should
| adhere to the slave States of the south ard
| that her decision should be immediate As
have SAID, SIX States ha We already seeded from
| al contexiOn with the Black Republicans ;
| and have no doubt that North Carolina
| Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and
| Maryland, viii do likewise il short, th at all
! the other slave Statfs, except Delaware, will
| do so. Certainly North Carolina, Texas ard
| Arkansas VIII. II all, or only the three last
| do, what VIII be the condition CT Virginia /?
/ Sha mast rentaiR, iii one case. the oniS ssaye
| State, and the largest in the Other. oAa OF
| four slave States, TT the feet OF the Black Re
| pnblcans, Or she must unite herself with tie
! nine slave States. | can hardly think that
any Virginian would be mad enough TO keen
| her, if he could, in such 4 hopeless alliance
| with The Black Republicans. for, if she could
not pro tect herself from them {as experience
mas SuCWH she COULD not when all the South
| ern States were cooperating with her she
| certainly cannot do so after she shall have
| lost tie aid OF nine Of them. OF necessity,
| therefore, as well as from, affection, I hope,
| from pride ard honor, she must so with the
| great boGy OF the slave states. The only
! question, then, is, when shall She goy / say
| before the fourth OF March. for The following
/ reasons, viz:
| al Rec cause, il Virginia remains under
| the present Government until after Lincoln
! and seward come into power she viii be in
| vowed in civil war, whether she submits TO
| al Si. +o uh,rit
| the war viii be against her, well as against
| the cther seeding Sta ties and if she submits,
| it Will be against the seeding States, and
| she Will be compelled TO take part in
| it, with the North with the South -
| l cannot conceive that she can ever be so
mad ard infamous as TO fight with the
| North against the South, or refuse 10 fight
with the South against the North The Viz
! ginian who would do so is indeed Il traitor
knave, fit only to fill coward's grave ,
| and so Virginia has in fact declared, through
her representa- tivps in the present General
| Assem- bly,, now sitting in Richmond, by their
| ant coercion resolution. 1t is the dictate,
| then, OF prudence, policy and wisdom. 10
| take without delay the position with the
South which she intends 10 take uitimateiy
, and thus, liz my opinion, she will prevent
civil waT. for All the border slave States Will
| go with her, and the Black Republicans Will
| never attack Il united South.
~. Because | believe all the negotiations
| viii do no good, until the Southern States
| nave taken their position outside OF the
1 2,
| when, unGer the law Of nations, the nag Of
| tbs, Southern Inicn Will protect the people
of that Union from the Smalieys OF the North
| and the wretcned ueiDerite traitors of the
south. II; then, the just men OF the North
| shaH ave the power, rs some strangely think
| they have, and the Will, TO re unite with the
South, upon proper terms, they will so pro
pose, and the South will be Tree TO accept, II
| II chooses 10 do so. All negotiate tions in the
meanwhile will only have the effect to iniure
| the South by celia and they-are desi sned by
the sn5missionists of the South, and will be
intended, if entered into by tie North ro
| waste The time, until Liucoln pd.Seward
| aud their party get into power, and then they
will cry "Ireasen and let slip the dogs o.
war upon you. The men who advise you to
| wait until that period arrives, Will III en- std.
| wise You 10 submit TO the Black Republican
rule. lie who win not '' face the music It
| GoW, viii certainly not do il then. Le
~ the motive We Tor delay be what it may
| the idea OF a Central Republic. it is ever
more odious than the idea of remaining as We
| now are 1t Is absurd. 1t involves, first, dis
| union from the great North, and then re
union with the little North, and stin The de
grading suoIeetion of Virginia TO the Blacs
Republicans, with the South arrayed, anC
properly arrayed, against her. What win bt
| her eohdinon with the Black Republicans
| pressing on her northern, aud q hostile Souti
on her southern border? Let the slayehoId
ers OF Virginia look Well to the answer Il
| this question before they allow two penny
| ollticians-who are thinking of themselves
ana not the country--or those who are unabIt
| to look the trouble in the face, TO misleae
them by this dodge MY counsel to you, fei
| low citizens, is TO look the danger full in tn.
face; waste no time in delusiye negotiations
| with the guns of the enemy bearing upos
| youi all your forts in his possessions, and IN,
halter Arotsid your neeks. Take first. an in
dependent attitude, place yourselves upon al
equal footing with him, and then negotiat.,
, | If you please. Then, and not till then, cal
. You negotiate with honor, or any hope o
| success - ft
Other connseis were given, Loweyer--b.
some honestly, by some carruptiy and mos