The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-28
TIN Northern Desire for Peace,

that an immense reaction has taken pIace
within the last few weeks in favor of ueace
or y very little while after the iniqu
treaehHIs contaminated by the Admtnistra.
ton at ort sum ter, there was an apparan Z
disposition on the part of the Iority of tn.
ci,izens In the Western States, ~ tolerate the
auop,ion CT coerciye anti-secession meas
urss against the South. Bat even this was
produced by false represer tations and IL is
very doubtful whether the ARTIFICIAL war
excitement OF the moment ever reached
the rear neart OF the people. Be that AZ
1t may, the industrial classes of the nation
nave become, by this time fearfuIIy aware
mat universal impoverishment and nation
al ruin are staring them in the face;
Gnu oy lar the greater number of our
thinking and intelligent merchants trades
men, manufacturers and mechanics those in
aaSI, VINO nave solid interests at stake ths I
are oeing Jeoparded by the con tinuance III hos :
a.ies-heaf tiiy repudiate the despotic mad
ness tnat has hurried the Repub,ic In tn
.eIse ot destruction. The panic Granted hv
snv;a,w a. Big Bethel shows with what
ahAlety ana dread they look forward to thu
ueseiophnehts OF each succeeding day and tho
ne" phase OF charlatanism and nyp6crisv RI.
mas Deen assumed by the Republican ionrnais
i""iSolcS their perez ption of the ne
cessity OF deprecatlng public wraIb
ana turning indignation away from
themselves INTO some other channel Hence
day by day, the trick of sacrltcinp sorn1
pet diplomatist like Harvey, or General nts
Butter, Is resor ted TO, in order TO direct NOM ,
lar attention from the wIckedness OF MA
sures to The inefticiency OF the agents an.
pointed to carry them into execution Such
nimsy devices, however, do not prevent thr
mask with which the Admins ira tion has
concealed Its purposes from being rapidly
10 n away, ana we have no hesitation III say
Ing that, II q mass met ting could be- convened
III TINS city TO morrow, CT all who are really
IN favor OF immediate peace, even al the cos
OF The Acknowledgements OF the independence
OF the Confederate States, IL would outnum-
Der The the monster Union manifes la ton of
O.. ~ Zsi nv n
earnes tuess and sincerity that were wanting
on that occasion.
Not many days ago, resolutions were
brought before the Legislature of Iowa de-
maLdlng from the Government a suspen sion OF
nostllltles, ana recommending the call OF Il
National Convention. Similar resolu tions
were introduced last week into the CounecLi-
cut Legislature, OF when three hundred CO.
ples We're ordered To be printed. The prean-
bic > Ia tes that IL Is only desirable out in
dIspensaule 10 the security and welfare OF the
people OF the L. States, that terms OF concilia-
uou should be arranged between the uItferen
parts OF the country now III state OF war,
- before the bitterness OF fraternai strife ana
oioodshed shall make arrangement impossi-
bic lie " necessary couseq uenCe,' il con-
puuest oil such Il struggle, viii be 1.-the ruin
OF thousands of loyal clLlzens VINO are III no
way responsible Ior the fratrlcldal strife
That mas commenced. 1t asserts the conVic-
ZION, mat cain patrio tlsm aud Der reason
are All lndt are needed To settle e1ISIng
troubles, while civil war must terminate IN
an overwht Inning indvb tedness, public and
private, without ben.fiting either OF the par
lies 10 the unhappy controversy, and a
InIntdry despoJlsm, under when the liberties
of the people viii be dlsregarued, and lnno-
cent Individuals Will be butcnered." The hrs /
ana second resolutions recommend Congress-
therefore, 10 call together ii National Con-
Nehtiou, ana ASK That the uGCOnS tItu lOndl
army OF Mr. Lincoln snail refrain from fur
ther acts OF violence, "untll Congress shall
nave Time 10 act III The premises The third
ana Iourth OF the series, read as follows:
ResotUed, That We are opposed TO civil war,
prosecuted Tor the suulu satIun or destruc non
OF the seeded states, nie IL is possible ami
cabiy 10 settle the olnculues now existing.
heootce1, mat we are opposed to the prose-
cution OF war against The seceded States,
"ageQ under any clrculns tances for the pur-
pose OF emanclpatlng the slaves IN The Sou III
ern slayenoldllg States.
Both Connecticut and Iowa are Republican
States, and such strong language, issuing
from the legislatures OF commemorative
heretofore In Inc Abolition interest, shU " =
now complete and entire tue peace reac ton
must ere long become. The journal of Com
meIce, OF this CITY, which was frightened Tor
while INTO cohuivance with Mr.. Lincoln 5
measures, mas once more taken Il stand III Ia
YOr or peace, and such earnest adv coates OF
brute force as the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can are compelled TO ADMIT that, although
we nave been Tor month and halt prepar-
ING lor war with an energy never known ba-
fore, We are still i'll no condition 10 prosecute
hostlties as req uired by The nature OF the occa-
SION" The Herald, the Times and the Tribune
nave round That the uncOnsti LII tional army Is
either ms efficient IN numbers badly Office red
or the Confederate force in FirgInia too DOW
erful 10 cope with, and they give Il gloomy
picture of the prospect before us. Tn. North
nave 100000 troops already III the field: ana
100000 more are believed Ia be indispensable
for the accomplishment of the objects laid
down IN President Lincoln's proclamation OF
Of the lJLn OF April. The expenses OF Gov.
eminent are over geo, 000.0 month, and in
three weeks they will be doubled. a national
ucO, of several hundred millions in face OF
an impoverished country, ard a credit So i'm
paired that money can only be obtained 1T the
most rulnous sacrifices, la inevitable Martial
law has been unconstitu tionally proclaimed
IN many places the privilege of the writ of
A0oedS corpus has been arbitrarily and tyrau-
hicaliy suspended; and there are strong pro.
liabilities of dangerous foreign complications
Inc constitution has become a by-word, Sc
curlty or lie and property gone, and the
TASK OF res torIng the unity of the Republic
mas become nearly hopeless