The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-07

domestic tranquility provide for the common defencc,
promote TIE general welfare and 10 ecure the blessings
Of 10 those who framed the Union and their pos
terity The benencept mission thus founded is stu 10 s
infancy and yet, with all It's delinquences and sNof'
comings, it has done more TO advance tne ous.
OF rational liberty, 10 assert the prin0p''s
true freedom and vndicate the rights q man, 80.
all governments which have preceded It, ba'' 'nousn
has already accomplished much, has by no mean full
filed its allotted destiny for new fields are ~ ead out
for ii to subdue and fertilize and ur'ner riumphs
await il in the cause of human regeneration. And now
when it is rejoicing in eprde or youthful develope
ment spd Astounding every moral and material ele
mens of envous yet admiring world
have Acknowledged the success of the great experiment.
and its name respected and honored throughout the
plobe--lf il shall fall prey to its own depravity,
and conquered by sectional disturbance and intestine
bros, the whole people Of the earth, civilized
and savage, win cry out shamel II is the natural die
tate Of the heart to censure the of sectional
estrangement-t is the nObes impulse of patriotism 70
restore by its timely Intervention, peaceful and kindly
relations between contending States. Although the
Of disturbance between the North and South have
been Of long Duration and replec with bitter reco
ectons there is nothing in the questions at ISSUE nothing
in the complications hostile attitudes of parties and
nothing in the temper Of the masses Of the people Of
either section, which forbids speedy and final
adjustment, just to all and satisfactory to all But,
nsua in all such and kindred controversies those
who crimnate and those who recrminate--those who
attack and those who repel whether because smartng
under a of wrong or INDUCING stubborn pride
will negotiate with each othef for adjustment but if
they treat must be through agencies which enjoy the
friendship and command the confidence and respect Of
both. For all the purposes Of the present unhappy
troversy the federal government the several State 60
Northern
divisions, may be regarded and treated
sponsble and independent States; and being such,
the angry feuds and hostile relations between
them or any Of them which disturb the harmony
Of the Union and threaten the sangunary horrors OF
civil war; become the proper nay necessary, subjects Of
mediation by friendly Power upon every principle of
natural and conventional justice of State comfy by
the spirt Of international lawand of mediation too,
TO which all parties must listen with respectful Difference
Let then, Virgnia-the Old Dominion-the mother of
States and statesmen put forth her potential voice as
mediator and calm the agated elements She lives and
and has her being in the of the consttu
tion-she revered for her patriotic devotion to the
Union the spirit of its founders, and she procure
Justice equality and security for both sections without
bringing detrment or humiliation to either.
Bt If after every reasonable effort the mediation shall
be re~~te and States either section shall
persist IL urging unreasonable demands or in refusing
just termr OF arrangement, the said States section do
20 at their peril II is principle Of international Law,
old civilization, that contending States have no
right 70 prosecute to the Ultima ratio Of nations con-
Hcts capable Of ready and fair adjustment by peaceful
means the disturbance Of the worlds repose .,i ,e
aestructcn q their neighbors; and !. has been the
custom Of friendly Powers when nenaeed and endsn-
gered, under such circumstances to demand, in
the name and by the authority Of their strong
arm, that the safety OF other States the cause Of
humanity and the interests Of commerce. be no longer
sabhor each other" When all other efforts reconca
ton have, therefore, failed; when Congress shall have
prove unavaing and the blood Of one section be de-
manded to appease the cravings OF the other, let Vir
gina summon TO her aid the assistance Of other power
full and peaceful States, and in the name of the
constitution and Of the Union-of Christian cyili-
zatioD-of the great memories Of the past-of
promises Of the future and the first true hopes
Of liberty equality and the rights Of man, prescribe and
kind, which shall be equal and just to all, and
grant special favors TO none which shall demand
every State and each section in the dgnied relations
suggested by the spirit OF common compact, and guar
anteed by the plain provisions Of the constitution
We have at all times justified the expulsion of savage
tribes from their possessions upon this continent under
the plea that were TO substitute civilization for bar
barism; enlightened Christianity for heatheDsm
knowledge and refinement for ignorance and
and the arts Of peace for the devastaons OF We
are now in the last half of the nineteenth century, De
Rod signazed by It's religious prctenson its
commerce. its in the physical sciences, its de-
voton TO letters and the arts, its widespread spirit of
philanthropy, and it's diffusion Of the Gospel, and If
while basking in the light OF such blessings, moral aud
material, man before vouchs fled to man.
our patriotism is so deficient purpose feeble
morality questionable and virtue weak that
cannot reconcile sectional differences upon
which justice suggests and the constitution demands
but must resort 10 conflict of arms should restore
to the original and ghtful propretors of the soil what
wrested from them for purposes Of Christianity and
civilization with confession that mission has failed,
and that they lawfully entitled TO resume possession
under their paramount title deeds Of blood
With my anxious prayer for the deverance OF our be
loved country the evils which threaten her am,
with high consideration and regard, sincerely yours,
D. s. DICKINSON.
Hon. JAMES NJ. MASON and Hon. r. NJ 7. HUyUt, Sena
tors in Congress from Virginia.