The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-14
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tueTe, gentlemen. Win pain aHu
suspense. l want d help, and I called for
help from Virginia, that good old mother that
gave me birtb, ana Called upon JEFF. Davis.
that hfigh Sstadin of the South fAppiause1
They came, Mason apd Hunter, trenewsd ap.
plause, with The patriots of the country, Norm
ard South, and talked with the President
He then said, IL am content with Your policy
we will send more trt ops to the haroor
of Charleston" Tnen, gentlemen, for the
first time In three years, l felt sensation OF
delight In my heart. l then thought the ques-
ton capable of peaceable solution, and though
you may not think IL worthy OF mention,
deyoutly returned thanks 10 Almighty GOD
The speaker next alluded to the course OF
Gen. Cass, then Secretary OF state, whom De
pronounced one of the nobiest specimens OF
ma: kind, whose personal virtues he had never
c-ased 10 revere. after four years association.
4-u Cas- sald These forts must be streng n.
~ned-I demand It," This, gen siemep, Is the
Northern sentiment, aud In MS position tue
secretary reflected the minds OF hts peoP le-
And when the President replied, win stern
| Il fexibility-'I have considered this qo.s-
tion-I am sorry to differ with the Secretary
OF $ ate--out the interests OF the country 90
not demand reinforcement OF the forts at
Cnarieston-I cannot do i'll take the respon-
slbility''-then, gentlemen, my hopes for the
future grew stronger That's what Ne SAID
The next day this glorious old premier sent
In his resignation. Win the respect had en-
tel TAI Ia ed for four years, said God speed you
| to your home in the North. Laughter
Thus matters stood, when there came
proposition To send tor Gen. Scott l said
srnd-gtadIy said send for him. Gen Scott
came He had other ideas He was a soldier.
had not thought what would be the sentiments
| VI a soldier who had been winning iaurels la
the field when WAS III my swaddllng clothes
l thought of him man whom Virginia de
lighted TO honoT-who had the decorations OF
| The State in a magnificent gold medal dang
| ling from his neck, and a sword OF hers which
| l supposed was bright enough aud sharp
| enough to defend the honor OF Virginia. But
he had programmes plan TO allay all these
| spectres OF disunion and bring peace To the
| country. He laid il before me AS Secretary OF
War. l told him l did not like It, lie laid 1t
| before the President, and he did not much
| like 1t at that time III tell You what
| IL Vas. Fort Sumter was 10 be taken pos
| session OF, aud q site Pinckney LIKEWISE
Fort MOultrIe To be Strengthened
| Tue forts OF Georgia were 10 be occupied aGd
| h. Id, the foris OF Florida and Alabama taken
possession OF ana manned, and the lorts OF
Louisiana occupied by troops OF the United
States la addition 10 this, ships of war aud
revenue enters were 10 tie sent 10 the waters
| OF South Carolina. This was the programme
aud this the plan. l had been secretary OF
War for four years, aud had not thought IL
necessary to occupy ANY OF these forts. IL " as
not i'll tue programme that any OF the North
| ern forts should be occupied. Nay, more !;
troops were 10 be removed from thence and
stationed III Sou torts. AS tIrglnIhn
aud IA Southern man could not shut my eyes
| to the fact that this was trdmpiiug ON our
political rights, and that all this miltaly dis
play was 10 wipe Out all our pretensiohs 10
honor. i am afraid l tire you, gentlemen
TOries OF "go Cd ~ "so on ~
There was a cUrroiafy To be deduced from
all this. However right IL might be as the
position OF military leader, IL presupposes
| IL STATE of taCls which l never ackno~ ledge
1t is that the Confederation OF The United
Safes hIch has been made by the sovereign
5 ates, should De endowed with power 10
crush that which created H. Here is The cCer
cave policy The whole North Instantly raj
lied 10 thu point OF coercion. Black Repu oil
cauIs In Was Infused win new life. However,
[ determined 10 stay until the result OF the
Mission from South Carolina had transpiIed.
Mark you That conciiiatury speeches had been
made by Northeru mea, and lhr Northerh
public was fast raIiyln under the banner OF
anti coercion, when the announcement OF this
ioIIcy changed the " hole a poet OF things.
Mexican the unfortunate affair OF Mai An
d-rson. Ine instructions OF the Secretary IF
War d d not au thorl e him 10 cnduEr his posi-
tiou-tor ne wrote to the Secretary OF War
and SAID he could Change MS position II he had
authority 0 do l had pledged my honor
to South Carollna-ano although l will not
swear It, think the President said So too
South Carolina with % men could have gone
to Fort Sumterany moonlight night and taken
IL. But there was an insurmountab- barrier
they had pledged their honor that it should
not be. [Appiause.] Maj. Anderson, for
what reason God oni, knows, saw fl to chan ge
h 8 D, sitlen. Soutn Carolina, sad you have
violated your p!edge. L SAID, gentlemen, L
have not All l can do is to resign my com
mission into he hands OF the President !
did 20, gen tienen, ana here am. prolonged
Cheers
This brings US to the last topic 10 be con
siuersd IN tins prohx aud l fear tiresome
speech (Go on.l There is policy Of coer-
ciun one sIue, aud anti ercion on the
her. The n n b must decide this cues lion.
l Is peace war. Aud the Question comes
up-staii the pIetexJ OF holding the forts OF
be South be made the pretext of sending m-n
AID arms To pei &c the South9 tell you shat
- - piaE foot. aud nave fUl TO M oil
IT, The slugEard aud the coward may hug
the deIusive hope of better Times, but there
Will emo better times. This Is What you have
got TO louk To. speak 10 you as vi ginians-
W no have done m uch tor this giorIous Union
-Virginiaus, whose blood alone. of all the
States, was stIewn over every fie fromQ debec
To EutaH, 10 purchase our glorious liberties
Ia The money scale you sand still higher.
Never was So mag nlffcent gueTdon given 10
Tue children OF Isl ael rs you gave in territory
10 this very tfee-soil princili. This power
now turns upon you and says, W Z demand fhtS
OF you, or We will coeIce you Into obedience
Look at the history of The past The speaker
referred to Alexander Hamilton aud John Z.
Adams generally regarded as the great arcn
enemies Of republican fieedOm-yet they re-
pudIated a. INDUSTRIOUS the doctriI e OF coer
ciou. Adams, when President said, in the
case of Georgia, Iou cannot coerce II s ate.
Yet now 1t is not only boldly proclaimed, but
carried INTO actual operation. Mr.. Floyd
compared the colonial wrongs with the pre-
sent, and asked, how incom parably great are
the wrongs of this day above those which
prompted Patrick Henry to say, Give me
liberty or give me ceath!'' Ii with all the
light before you, You still hesitate, l can only
say that he who dallies is bastard, and he
who doubts shall be ddmned-l Loud cheers ]
If you are willing To wear the badge OF M
feriority, shall quit my native State and go
with the master race Are you ready to stand
, for your equality Yes yes j Now is the
day and now is he hour to occupy position
of security. (The speaker continued To arouse
his hearers in this strain, amidst frequent APP
plause, and closed by making remark per-
sonal TO hinseif)
It's long lime since 1 ceased to hope to
meet the appreciation OF every bJdy. / know
il cannot be. The history OF maj kind shows
this But this l can say, that am the first
Secretary, for years and years, who has adHin-
istered the Depar ment of War upon the esti-
male and within the appropriations made.
never asked for a deficiency bill TO meet ex-
penditures. l have expended over sixty mil
lions Of money, and only ask, that in your
Investigations ot my official course, you will
not resort t. forgery or perjury. l have been
true To you, and III CONCLUSION, permit me To
say that, as a private ciuzen, l came only TO
give you the Information have given, aud to
proclaim TO you, that as over hundred years
ago my progenitor poured out his life blood in
vindIcation Of the liberties of the country, SO
/ am ready, after the lapse of century, to
ponr out mine in defence If Virginia.
Gov Floyd took his seat amid almost deaf
ening cheers. Music" Marseiiies Hymn
Gen. OHAPMAN.-I give you, gentlemen
Alabama - the Keystone OF tho Southern
Arch"
Afer the cheering subsidized, the President
introduced Judge HOPKINS, native OF Vir-
giLia, but LII ad pied son OF Alabama.
He SAID he bad ett a sick bed to come and
do non3r to one who had exposed with such
master hand the breach OF faith on the part
OF the Administration. He alluded TO him.
self as u representative of foreign Staie,'
now few hours out of The Union. He then
gave brief history of the SEIZURE OF the forts