The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-05
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TUEsnAY MoRNINa. !. .MARCHb. lssl.
The lnaaxnral.

The Inaugural Address OF ABRAHAM Inv
colin saaagarates civil war, as we have pre.
Siicted IL would from the beginning The
Asiack Republicans have played their deep,
tcmporizing game with profound address and
subtiety but there is no longer any need of
concealment, and the veil drops from the false
prophet The Demon of Coercion stands un.
masked. The sword is drawn and the scab-
bard thrown away. II the fifteen Slave States
had gone out in body, this would have never
been. But, as it is, the Border States lie al
most at the mercy of an invader. Their forts
are filled with Federal troops whilst they
have not raised a finger for defence. No doubt
Fortress Monroe, in month, will he power
fully reinforced, and ere long Virginia may
be engaged In life and death struggle for in
teIendence honor, and for all that makes ex-
tstence worth having.
We have no intention of arguing the points
raised by his Sable Exeeliency upon the right
of secession. That is a subject upon which
there is the most radical disagreement br-
tween the North and South, a disagreement
which he proposes 10 reconcile by the sword.
This pregnant paragraph is all that concerns
ne
II therefore consider, that in view Of the Con-
ftitntion and the laws the Union is unbroken, and
20 the best nf my ability shdG take the Con-
situation 'tscf eyre.s eajoin' upon nc that the iavs y
The Jnon BE- Faithfully rrecu,ei ~ oil the States. Doing
this deem 20 be only simple duty my pa'f, and
shdu perform G 80 far 40 practicable. unless lGy
hold the requisite means, or, in some auth6rlta
tive manner. direct the contrary. trust that " III
not be regarded as menace, but only As the De
eiared purpose OF the Union that ii will constltu-
silly defend and maintain itself. In doing 'hls
there needs to be no bloodshed or violence, ana nc
there shall he none bless 1t be forced upon the
National authority. The porrer oonfded 10 me w ce
.~dfo hold oeups ard ,o.se' he proirrts and p'ees
teonn9 10 the Government and 10 hoheot me hal'e on
tmTorfs. hut beyond what may he necessary lof
these objects, there Will be n" INVASION no u-lhH
of force against or among the people anywhere
There is but one power under Heaven that
can keep this man from executing his pur-
pose The AMERICAN PEOPLE, which he recog-
nizes as his Master and in order to secure the
interposition OF that power, every Border
State ought 10 90 out of the Union within
twenty four hours Even this movement
which would once have been enectual, may
now be too late to avert the catastrophe but
IL will At all events mitigate lis force. II will
increase the difficulties of the ferocious enter
prise which these enemies of humanity pro-
poee; it Is the only alternative, except the
most ahiect humiliation. Hencetorth, we
venture to predict, there will be no difference
of opinion in Virginia rs TO the course of duty,
OF interest and OF honor. We have often
protested against the application OF the term
Snbmissionists 10 any party in Virginia
We accord TO those who have counselled de
lay and negotiation the same sincerity OF
motive which We claim for ourselves. We
believe that all parties are imbued with a
common love of Virginia, and that the Leeis-
latnre expressed the viii of the whole State
when 1t declared by unanimous voice, that
Virginia would resist coercion. We believe
that declaration will be sustained by the
unanimous voice of the Virginia people; that
henceforth the hatchet of in ternal discord VIII
be buried and that, shoulder to shoulder, and
heart 10 heart, we shall stand in a solid pha-
lanx in defence Of the independence of Nir-
ginia sovereignty, and the sanctity of the
Southern soil.