The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-14
A few National Views,


few National Views.
We propose 10 present 10 the reader som
views of the ma tional troubles, I'm all can
dor and fairness, aud with respect to reaso,
end truth. detached from any excitement OF
prejudice We ask for them liberal exam
ination
THE UNION ~ IT is.
Itis plain that there has been a great alen
alton of feeling between the North and tn,
Soath an alienation growing out of educa
non, religion and politics of the Northern PEG
pie. For forty years il has been growing
until it has eliminated in the triumph Of q
purely sectional party. on the merit of hos
tiiity TO the South, and the opinion that
Southern civilization is barbarism. AT the
beginning OF tho crusade, the Fathers of the
Republic Were terrified at its threa tening as
pcct Mr.. JEFFERSON said il struck him like
ihe hre-bell at night, and filed his mind with
dread for the fate of his country. Mr. CLAY
strained all the powers OF his eoquence
finally with success, to save his country from
II for the time. Yet the tide swept on and
after repeated commissions, the great Ken
lucky, or, rather, American orator, was again
compelled 10 throw himself into the breach
eleven years ago, and his last signal achieve
lnent was again TO preserve his country from
The gulf OF dissolution. He declared then
That II could not survive this continued
agitation, aud he INDUCED the delusiye hope
mat IL was then finally n rest. The tiend
ala not rest, however, and in 1860 won his
great victory and seized the reins of govern
ment. His march has been steady. Born in
Il land where so recently slavery existed-in
lind where the ocean slave trade fol
lowed and for whose benefit that trade was
protec ted in the Constitutional Il land which
abolished slavery because ii was not profita-
ble-in land which found the South n
ready outlet for the slaves they wanted to get
rid of-the iiend rases the war cry against
those who purchased these slaves, and swears
That h G viii build q wall around them, so that
they shall have no outlet, and that slavery
shall go amongst them to ultimate extinc-
ton. In the progress of radicalism to this point
II has broken one By one the bonds of union
IN the hearts of the people, and we have the
anomoly of government really surviving the
union of which il was the creature Long
ago the two great churches which underlie the
foundation Of American society dissolved the
Union. The man Of the North said will not
dlshonor myself by sitting at the communion
of the lords table with the man of the South
The Union is dissolved in Congress and has
been for years-each side going to itself. Ii is
dissolved in the hotels and boarding houses of
the Federal city, each side going off apart to
itself. Ii IS dissolved in the schools, nay,
everywhere, save in three of our churches
The Government itself has no force in seven
OF the most important States of the Union.
The greatest men of the country predicted
that tho Union would be dissolved by this sec
tonal crusade, If ii were not stopped WASH
Ifarok, without speaking especially of slavery,
30 predicted. He knew what sectionnlism
WINS In the army, and what il would be in the
political arena and he ba sed his prophecy on
what he supposed would be the spirit of in
dependence and honor of u people who would
brook no usurpation, no tyranny, no sectional
appropriation of the powers Of the Govern /
ment. Finally, Mr.. FILLMORE predicted the /
destruction of The Government from the same
oause-when party like that which elected
LINCOLN triumphed he said the South would /
not submit, and he declared that were the
south so 10 triumph The North never would /
shbmlt. His immense audience on the occa- |
sion, at Rochester, unanimously re echoed |
the sentiment
Mr. KELLOGG, in his great speech declared |
that while the sun shone the Mort would /
not surrender Its opinions. Dir. SEABrR1, one /
Of the most learned Divines OF the Episcopal !
church at the North, declares that there Is !
no hope of restoration OF the Union without |
that change, and he fears il will not Ia ka plac.
III our day. DR. LORD, the distinguished Pre-
sident of Dartmouth College, New Hann
shire. in al able letter on the JoBS RRou.x
raid, declared that the crusade could never no
stopped until II dissoly ed the Union-an event
he considered the best for all parties l. tho
Union one OF AFFECTION II not II must 500, /
be one OF FoRcE Of force exerted bv the an.
rerior over the weaker part; and II would GER
family be best for the latter to esca pc that fate
An Union thus fallen away in the publir
heart, can never be permanently res tored hut
ny revolution in that heart. With the most
complete guarantees, while that sentiment OF
reciprocal KIND feeling, sympathy and frater-
mai affection, which framed the original com
pact, as wanting our Union must be deceitfuI !
ana unreliable, and subject to constant dis
'ord and CONFUSION IN all its interests
Unless this can be accomplished the rational
aqUiry which has suggested itself to so MANY
patriotic minds, presents itself to all Would
i not be better peaceably TO separate? There
would be two great Confederaeies They
,ould command the respect of the world
They could adopt liberal treaties of commerce |
md internal navigation, and also an alliance
ION from foreign enemies, and this would
,erpetuate the only everything advantage :
Viii ch led to the Confederacy of 1883
H.-ggsToRATIoS OF TINE rYtoS
Ii the Union can be restored upon the proper
rounds, however, ii ought to be tried once
nore in spite Of our doubts e., If the whole
Jnon can be so restored Though such =
esioration would not reyolu tionize the pub Z
nc mind nj once; IN course OF time, from the :
estrictions placed on sec;ionalism and the o
Withdrawing OF slavery from the political Il
rena OF the North as much as possible, ii is IL
ot beyond the reach of probability that we q
lay get on tremendously for a long time. .
These remedies should settle the question II
the Territories, and SINCE the power in both {
ranches OF Congress is now largely in the
ands OF the free States, there should be Ger I
ain guarantees Of participation by the South
the Executive Department and certain
ieans OF protection for the chief tax-bearing o
art OF The Union from extrayagant expendi v
ures and exorbitant taxation by the fax v
EWING majority. lSee grand Congressional A
ehemes OF Pacific Railways and heavy Taries "
which must fall with more fores -, 49, a,
aan any other State.l With these ,.,,,,,a,a. b,
We need care nothing about Persona, T -. :,
LIS, save 80 far as they are .xnoo.n,~ :,
Northern public sentiment
but even with these remedies, we sho,,a :,
o, shut our eyes to dangers against whit p
re must, il possible, guard ourselves. There Ii
'ould be cause 70 distrust that Union with a | h
aperior division whose greatest motive is in Ell
rest, and not respect for the people they de. y.
re 10 con time united with, and which has ii