The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-19

able. Nine millions of people demand, for
some cause or other. the right, so clearly an
nounced, and once fought for, Of governing
themselves. 1t Is denied; but the diversity
and weakness Of the reasons for The denial at
ford clear proofs Of the perpiexity Of peo-
pie conscious of doing a dishonest thing
One great statesman for ins lance, wishing to
drink at the same moment Sat the fountain
and mouth of the Nile" asks how the North
can give up the 4vlf of Mexico to a foreign
Powerr Ho would hare the great lakes of
the Ncrth and the great Gulf of the South
and why not the St. Lawrence and Amazon
as we'll 7 This is that selfish view of the case,
which suppose that all other nations are
fore yer to be penned up in their presen, lin
its while the States are to spread over and
own illimi table territory. Another urges as
a reason for war, the "stolen' forts &c (; for
getting that the North retains, in forts, GUS
tom ouses mint Is, and other pubic buildings,
property of perhaps ten times the value of
that taken by thu South on It's own SOIL, to
say nothing of the whole United States navy,
now turned against those who nave helped 10
build IT..
Another cites the firing OF the fret gun by
the South forgetting that that gun was not
fired until 81 armed squadron lett New ork
ha-bor, after Nj Lincoln's express declara-
ton that he would collect the revenue in the
South and retake tho forts, arsenal., &c.
man does not usually wait until the blow de-
scends, if he sees his enemy approaching him
with raised bludgeon /; the approach const-
stitutes the attack. Besides if the South
were in earnest in secession, it would have
been folly To wait until the whole navy had
arrived from the Pacific and the East to throt-
lie them at their doors.
Another statesman seert1s only DESTROYS Of
showing Europa how strong Government
repubiicanism may have, and that 1t is 10
failure; forgetting that tho exercise OF that
power in such a way is simply Gespotlsm, and
ptoves the failure, and that a war for Union
i'm plies in itself d!SuntOn.
But we pass by all this to consider the point
most strongly urged by the President, name
lv tn lybs yvpult hannah If the doc Lripp of
Secession were acknCH lodged as right
We answer, lust that would happen
which would happen ny acknowledging
the right of selt-goyernnent. The last
logically implies the first An attempt is
made to avade this in the North by saying
that they acknowledge the right OF revolu-
ton, which is On absurdify, as Government
cannot allow or acknowledge what 1t forbids
besides, if the revolution be overcome, then
the conquered-cne or twenty millions, Us the
case may be-are Immediately denied the
right of selt-goyernment. Thus we arrive 81
the same Soncluaion; and the United States
Government, in attempting coercion, have
clearly Abandoned taeir own principles.
Indeed, we might say that certain No rthern
States we're the first stseders. since many OF
them enacted laws making obedience 10 Uni
ted States laws peaal offence. THIS was
partial secession and it might have been sup
posed that the whole North would have been
ehe party desiring to secede from the South,
since they have SO long urged their desire TO
be disconnected from the gait of slavery
and the doctrine OF self oyern1nent and Sc
cession would have allowed them TO cbey
these dictates OF Conscience without blood
shed.
But Mr.. Lincoln also aims 10 protect, IS he
farms them, 60 the ma iCrity of L niol men " IL
the SOUTH solicitude which reminds us
strongly OF that displayed by the LIN perCr OF
Austria towards the non Magyar population
il Hungary, except that in the latter case
there is such population; but in the former
ther5 is not 20 be found in the South any ling
that could ever be termed Il small minority OF
Union men.
Iu fact, this abandonment CT the tundamen-
tai idea. on the part OF the \ Drth, upon which
tho whole Government was founded, has
thrown the rul,-g powers into ineItricable
confusion; and given Use to all thOSe anCmi-
lies which so much surprise Europe. 1ney
their heroic ancestors ''rebeis." They call
those pirates" who are carrying out a mode
OF warfare Insisted upon hy themselves SC
Ia te as 1857. They are doing to their own
ports in hiCckading therr what they only
la tely declared the Siciiians had no night TO
do. They appeal TO Europe for countenance
az of free Power against slave, and yet de-
clare that they intend 10 perpetuate that
slavery according 10 the constitution. r
In whatever light We view the case, the
posi- ton of the North is most untortunate.-
II, after Il fearful expenditure OF life and
money, they succeed il subJugating the
South, il Will still req uire an iLnmens. army
70 hold them in subsection. II, on the other
hand, the Union be patched up again, Adolf
ti0nlets and others will INN sdlately commence
their agitation, and there VIII be, IL d short
period, Il ra-enTctment of all tina present
troubles. But if, in the third place, the
SOU tn is successful III her RESTS tanCe, CT
which ws have no doubt, the North win have
pei Ggd her blood ana treasure merely for
the SAFE Of creating hating and hated rival