The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-01
An Irish Journal ON the Americas War.

poignant mortifcation and deep despair.
Well may we despair of popular liberty In
the presence Of tbs sight the world sees TO-
day. a republican people, whoHr liberties
were won ny rebellion, whose independence
Was achieved by Il secession, parrot as glibiy
as any minions Of d-world tyranny I" the
rebels and the "rebellion' as phrases of
odium and reproaah : These who profess to
hold saer-d tne popular viii, TO reverence
the desire ior selt-gosernment, proceeding to
drown the popular viii in blood, and to an
svar the desire for self 70 yernnlent by bsItch-
cry and slaug ht tor
If what Is now passing In America took
place In any OF the old world empires, IL
would be al least in tslliglble. If the citizens
OF nearly half OF aa empire five times as large
az all Europe, with an nnaniInity never eur.
passesi, ana rarely equalied, declared. by free
poll, In open day, by universal suffrage, that
their Ia terests and their feelings demanded the
substitution of the Imperial Government by
ono OF their own choice, and that the I'm
per,ai Government marchcd Its armies to
crush the demand ia the blood OF the ''repeis,'
1t would be nothing naw amongst despctic
systsuns. Bnt IN q great confederate of re-
publican States, il a sy stem based or the will
Of the peopie--basei on the right of rebellion
that all this should happen that we now
see--that no tyranny or despotisTn Of old Ep-
rope ever draw the, sword more savageIy to
roiee Vol os the sopIe, than this s@ @aTne @ Central raj
Government of u republican confederation
it IS enough to wiring the heart of aaY man
who believed in the greater humanity and
liberation OF popular goye-nrranTs. Wen
may the advocates. OF debpotlc monarchy
iansh IA bitter rnocksry at those who believs
that people ruling themselves would never
spill blood III popular snb,us ,tion, and that
such murders were done By kings and despots
of OLD Europe
1t is a hiGeous sarcasm Of repablieantsm 10
| hear ths journals OF the Northern States
yelling for The blood, of "tne rphes' for their
utter subjugauon and destruction awe
Inear to conquer them,' says the New u ork
st~ ssx,rs IL
rusr, To snbiugats them But when .he re-
bellious traibors ara overwhelmed IN tha field,
and scattered like leaves before the angrv
wind, It must not 20 TO return TO peaceful and
cont5n tod homes. Taey ilaSt HIG poverty 4
yneif uresides, and see pIiyatiou liz the anx-
ious eyes of nothers and the rags Of chill
drcp,. Wos ever more heiiissi sentiment 1T
tered Who're in the auuais ot tiespotisIn, or
the records OF its butcher;es shall we seek for
q parallel TO this7 Where-eyeu against re-
bells 77iao had not particle Of justification -
II the subjects OF ihs InosJ legitimate soyer-
sign thai ever held Scep ; had acted az the
Southern States have done. wouid these sem
timepts not he infanes If uttered on his part?
Yet infaIny of icfauias arc they WI ian uttered
by Republicans against brother repnblicans-
uttered by the deacendan ts of the rebels OF '76
against men who, with far grea ter una aniritv
now demand the self-sane right those rebels
clained-s2if. government.
We shall be told thar the South had no
right to secede therefore. war upon IT is jus-
tifiable. When England made war on her re-
beilinns American colonies she said thew had
nc right 10 "secede,'' and that, therefore, that
war was justifabls. We shall be told that
the South can exhibit no wrongs 10 Justify re-
beilioD. The same was held by :hosa who
sought to crush the colonies in their struggle
for self-governrnent. But why should we %
CALLED upon oy republicans TO consider these
fStcn.s at all! Have We not been told as the
repuo oiican principle, that tne subjects OF
State themselves. and no one else, are 10 b4
Judges VI heth9c tney nave pI0vpca1ion, ius1,-
tcation or right
Yet, iet consider tbs. the c.ss Of tho
South, IS regards its right 10 @acclIe il far
stronger than was that @: The American colo
nles TO fobsi. fnGsr the old monarch cal
sy<terns no sncE right was ever tolerated---no
euch Orincire aver heard of--as the voice
oI the popu lation - determining the lust,ce
| legitimacy or dprarion of q Government The
American colonies originated under that mo-
narchica1 system. They had never ciaimth II
or possessed the attrihU tes OF d" independent
Sovereign Statea," nor had their connect ton
With the English craWn originated in COM
pact having tof Ii. object mrtuai hsneilt aud
defence. " hat,ou the other hand, Is til5 L,upl-
| tion OF the Southern States in tho pressn l.
case? Ihey are not mere colonies, COsnties,
or districts Of any Stats, kingdom or EN- pire
| They are !. number CT " Sovereign Inderen;-
ent States - so sty!sd in Law sfit; So pruYsi la
| tact. Their political sys,em--the political
system OF the whole United States oi Aple-
rica--is b2aed on the fundameutai principie
OF tho n . lt of rebellion, ..eierrnnabie ny Ihs
voice of the people. These several indepen,l-
ent sovereign States, of thcir own free ohoos-
ing and fog he purpose OF lheLr own and the
common Wellare, interest, and prt,toc tioIl
reder,ite with certain others 10 thjs
end. A humber ot tnese States declare
that iaith has not bren Kept with them
| in the compact of confederation, and
that the cause and purpose OF thei,
| federal association With certain others no
longer urge its continuance, bat on the contra
~ demand It's termination. WaeLher they.
possess the ris sbt to SO terminate the connec-
ton, is neither asserted nor denied by theCeed
OF Snloil. This sleQoe is claimed by each
side in the quarrel as favorable 10 It's own
case. Cpon which side tiie cor bre c ron NAV
be said to weigh, is, no doubt, lice and in
tricate question Cor political doc trinaixes and
hair-sphtting cnrtroyerFia!iefs. rut vtlat
Nc have 10 SLY is this. that it is something
more TRAN nournfui--iJ 10 Inonstrous, IL Is saa
outrage aud 4 disgrace 10 humanity, tGat on =
point WntCa may oo ruied either way, tbs
shocking sTsc tacle must BE seen Of torrents OF
blood peing made 20 fow in the conc reet-,he
sEbjuSarion--of those Independent Sta.as,
who merely ask for self government and fros-
dom ~ decii. tiie,r own deslinies We say It
would be depiorable even If those Southern
States were mere colonies or outlying dis
tricts of despotic empire We say that, in
tts Taea of such 8 unanimous deterraina-
lion Tor gecsssion-right or Wrong. accord
iog TO cons traction Of constitutional technical.
iNeS--tnis bloody war TO force Union on tie
Son thern people at the point or the syvor.i--to
sabre them into brotherhood and dragoon
thsIn into "hbarty !'--isa & blot Rpon humani-
y. " cannot ptuee 20 weigh s1e DtGstiss Of
the rival construc lions OF the silence Of ihs
deed OF Union with reference 10 the right OF sc
cession. We turn in disgust from ALI this, de-
nytng that the proof ri best can be- plain
enough 10 reconcile Us 10 this butchery-
butcderyto De done, let US remember, not by
kings, autocrats, or tyrants, but by Republi
cans, advocates of popular rliberty-the emselyes
the offspring OF rebellion. We have often
enough and clsarly enough declared our anx-
iety that tAe sreat Republic OF America NIGH t
be saved from di5menl berInen.: but far great
sr is our anxiety, for the sake OF tue hi
deons reproach it involves 10 popular liberty,
that 1t may be aayed from Tie terrible crime
OF forcing its Federal embrace upon any State
at The expense u ruthless slauch ter by fire
and sword.