The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-07
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 1861.
This "day Of National humiliation, fasting |
and prayer" is generally observed. The |
churches are all cper, nearly all the stores |
are closed and the city has Sunday look
On Pennsylvania Avenue there seems TO be a |
crowd of men, bows AID hacks. The restau-
rants are doing a gooa business. II one were
n believer in cmens, he would he comforied
by the sunny sky which at mid day succeeds
the dark and foggy morning The air is soft,
warm, balmy. But the day is not over yet
No man can tell how the sun will 60 down.
II seems that Mr.. Buchanan has made up
his mind to carry out coercion with a hign
hand and strong arm. A dispatch appears
in Browns Hotel This morning, stating that
rhe steam frigate Brooklyn is about leaving
Norfolk for Charleston. We may expect the
Gulf Squadron To be actively at work block
aiding all the Southern ports. This is war
The seizure Of the forts at Savannah was
done In consequence OF dispatch from hign
authority here informing the Governor OF
Georgia that an order had been iss ued by the
War department 20 throw Federal troops at
onca into them. This order was by the
gentleman who sent the dispatch Who be-
iieves that any of the States would have eeded
he sites of the forts within their limits If
they had dreamed The guns would ever be used
to shoot down the very people they were in
tended 10 protPcil This notion of the Presi-
dents is not merely foolish--it is n high hand
ed outrage. Violence provokes violenca. He
mas chosen the worst possible method OF de
s'roying his own government, and declaring
b purpose OF saving the Unior. In attemp-
ing To e.f,rce the laws, te has violated the
spirit and letter of the Constitution. Truly,
mis- is n savage mode of securing the Cbject of
me Constitution. which was "a more perfect
Union" s.s1.-..-
Coercion hastere secession. Anderson's oc-
cupation CT Fort Sumter carried Georgia
ne Key o3 the position the only one OF tne
'fult States which was at all doubtful. The
tdvices received by Georgia members indicate
I large majority for instant secession. Win
he departure OF the Gulf State Senators en-
'ues force bill, authorizing the government
20 raise 3O,W0 yolu Jeers. aud S2n0.t0ooo0 VIII
he voted To pay the expenses The G vera
ment can't obtain the money, but 'ha North
-rn States can, and will. As we of the South
nave rapidly united for defence, 81 the penpie
It the North ara rapidly uniting for oifeuce.
The 'hing is fated. it seems to me. All at
tempts prevent disuuion have hastened II.
Douglas speech. yesterday, was pretty much
on the line of the prasidep Us message-again't
secession and against coarcion-nettn tner fish
nor flesh. How vain 1t is f,r a man 10 try TO
climb both sides Of the sapling at a time like
the present. Whatever Virginia's policy may
b., it should be decided. Il will NOT do To
,dopt yea nay policy. If fthe Old D1minion
intends to submit To the A boltions 6, let her
10 so decisively if she intends to resist. let
her act promptly, unequiVocaly ZkD.
WASHINGTON Jan. 5th, 1861.
| Another mild, beautiful, sunny day, brings
| crowds of vehicles and pedes trians out on the
| Avenue Que fiyds 1t hard to believe in i'm
| cending war while the skies overhead and the
| faces underneath are SO gay aud smiling. The
| result of the 40 lition caucus last night has
uot officially transpired, but hear from two
pretty good sources thai the knayes are going
20 hack dowD-wEicb means that they will
give enough to satisfy men of the Winter Davis
/ and Brstow submission school, reserviDg to
| themselves the inalienable right of ali fright
| ened and treacherous people, of snatching back
| their concessions the moment they get the
/ Federal power into their hands. Mr.. Grit
| tepdeu understands their game, aud will balk
| them. The question must be settled not by
| any mere "finalities of inality,'' but by sue n
q change in the Constitution will place il
forever beyond the power of mere mrj jorities,
| sectional or uusac tional, to tranple upon the
| rights of minorities. ~
| Massachusetts talks grandly about arming,
and all that In this connection, wish yod
| Would publish the protest of Virginia to the
| Continental Congress, m ,de at the lime Corn
| walks, after cCnq ueriL Georgia aud march, L 2
| through South and North Carolina, cevas-
| ta'ing all hefJre him, was about to invade the
Old Dominion. Ia eff, c, this noble protest
| says To New 4 gland: We were with you al
| Boston and at q uebec; We missed you ut Sl-
| vannah and at Guiiiord; we were alone al
|, Trenton and Princeton, think of that Vir-
| ginians, unaided, fight ng and conquerine
| hundreds of miles iron home, and now. when
| our & influential contingent IS Iuli; when Vir
. ginians are defending New Jersey against The
| BRUSH in New York; when we have 1890,
i u
; | alrour titheables are heavily taxed. aud whei
the British forces are invading our borders
you refuse, after freq uent appeals, 10 send any
| continental troops 10 our assistance. Ex
, hausted in fighting the battles of the country
on every field from Canada TO Georgia, WI
| warn you that unless assistance be SPEEDILY
| yiven, we shall withdraw our contingent, ani
fight by ourselves and for ourselves alone -
| Iue Contiueu TAI Congress c, uId not resist thi
| appeal, (which you Will tind IN Rives' Life o
Madison,) and accordingly sent down the FIr
9 | ginia soldiers and one Pennsylvania regimen
; | which las: (the Pennsylvania reeiment) re
p | fused to go a step farther than PhIladel phi
= unless they received thr months pay IN al
! | vance, ana III specie at III 1t.
1t is on record that during the whole of tn
, | Revolutionary War, not one single New Eng
/ | iaud com mpany came south OF the Potomac
| The New England troops enlisted for si
' | months, and resigned before they could be y
! any service. The Virginia soldiers, both Star
v and Continental, enlisted for three years.
2 Every rascal of the Yankees claimed pens sions
v aud thus six thOusaEd pensions were granite
v IN New 4 gland for every thousand in Vir
: ginia. Furthermore, in this battle OF Lexing
: | lou, about when The Yankees brag SO N uct
| tseyen men were killed and thirteen wound
? | ed il - Il noticeable tact that at least hun
1. dred of the men engaged In it rushed, afe
a | Lne battle was over, TO the magis trate's tic
| aud made arfldavit that the British begaa IN
: firing. The af1idaviis may be seen to this da.
d | So 1t appears that these patrints desired th
& | world to know that they were only defeudtH
| themselves against assault and battery, All
y not fighting for he honor and indepeLdent
A | of their country.
In the last war, their conduct was sti
: | worse. The Massach usetts men refused
IS tight outside OF their Stale, because--it
Constitutional! And when Scot, desired
? cross over To Canada, the New York brav,
! | refused for the same reason. Yat every ma
| Of them got his bounty laad. Read Gener
c | WashIBgtons correspondence when he W
IS | before Boston, and see how he Complains
% | he want Of spirit among The people aud the
L dam, d. lice
n | furnished. Read Campbeil's History Of VI
| giua, ard see now a hundred years bef re Il
II | Revoiu ion the superior enterprise Of u
New England people in all money maxi.
e. | pr jec's, was Then, as now, the coptr disti
, | gushing feature between them aud Virgf
a | lans. 1t is unWiSe to trust To the want
II | courage in any man, for the veIiest IOWA
- | Will fight when driven TO the wall, and the
"a | is not "a people in the world who will not gi
" battle for sufficient cause but l am much
i | the opinion of Gulf StaIe Senator, VINO sa
,e the oIher night, when some one Told MIN q
ID | North was about to raise an army OF 3UU, q
men to sustaia LiGcein, a." Yes" he repiIt
"there is 10 doubt OF 1t. The Chinese rais
million, and 10000 Allies marched straig
to Pekin. There will be a great many 81
ne | diers, and they will emulate the vatoro
IN | deeds OF the Bostonians, who built the Blu
ker Hill Monumeut and Went on the pens
u list" The truth is, the Pilgrim Fathers We
u not made Of the genuine Puritan stock
as The grim soldiers Of Cromwell stood th'
e hand nothing could drive them out Of thu
country. Their courage was hg7, becau
oi their fei b was sincere. But the hypocrlt
BY who had more cunning than pluck, more 10
III of themselves and of money than of The fai
they proiessed, who feared the savage less tn
| the war at their own door-they ftd-ir,
= persecution, as they said-and oegau tor
"a win To persecute others. Like father, II
e- sou. The depravity of the present Pnritan ee
~ GRAFTON is shown in the syste matte faisehood
"a their newspapers, and the invariabie cbea,i
p | in their political promises. SlarD witt