The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-03
To the Refugees in America from Foreign
Lands.


Fellosc- Countrymen Of the Old HeTtdi |
Whether driven from the homes of our birth |
by the oppressors of our natVe Iahu, OF r.
voting from the tyrannic despoIistn' anu .uo
pretended constitutional mohaIcnles " go
rome we have sought and founo new MONIES
and "a 70 as ylums in these far famed, prosper
Gus, and hitherto happy States OF .ne hihe,i
can Union founded upon the sacred Pi cipiee
Of self Government and State sovereignty,
which for eighty years have been the buiwark
and custodian of the personal hoei ',rs VI ',
American people, North, South, East anu
West, well as OF ourselves, tne sous VI t,ui
adoption The Constitution when once UNI
,ed these sovereign States, neither Knew
Northern nor a Southern section Oh .hls sIea1
country. 1t only knew It's cTeators' tne
sovereign States, to be equal ana su-
nreme in their political co-partnership,
associated together for the SPECIFIC purposes
of common defence and external protectioh.-
This magnificent temple OF h1nan i'oerty was
established and cemented by the precious
Mood of revolutionary sires, who were as Well
Americans as Frenchmen, iermans, foles,
and Irishmen. Its structure lnueeo beIohRs
| to the American people, but its vital element,
| the sacred principle OF self-government when
| underles it, rs we'll as that OF cons itu tional
| liberty is the property OF all MANKIND. mat
flag which was adopted by those sovereign
| SITES within the period of fifty years, was
| designed to be the emblem of no other union.
| But it is no longer its consecrated a'gis IL
was not the banner OF our revolutionary
siras and it is not now the standard OF hu-
| man liberty but the symbol OF despotIc
| tyranny Those great principles of self-gov-
| eminent, constitutional freedom, and State
| soyereignty upon which alone the individual
| liberty of man could have been perpetuated,
| have been gradually overturned by the selfish
and unprncipled agency OF Northern pollt-
| clans, who, tor their own purposes have in
| augurated Il false policy, utterly adverse TO
| the principles OF the Cons titu ton ANA tending
directly to the consolidation OF all power in
| the Federal Government; thus establishing
despotism precisely similar TO those of Eu-
| oh N n ninHt raYytiy ha nd pH
| The artful agitation of the African Slavery
ques ton, was only an instrument cunningly
devised and employed for sinister objects by
the political schemers OF the North, who, Tor
long wears past, have been undermining and
working out the destruction OF that once glo-
rious Union of sovereign States. Every sin
cere patriot, every lover of human liberty,
must nope that the people OF the North may
vet discover lin time TO arrest the awful ca
lafnity of interuecine strife, which their mad
rulers have commenced,} that the lnconsde-
rate support which they furnish to those rn-
lers who have so insanely rejected every ami
| ga bile propos zion for settling these questions
| of State sovereignty, must ultimately END IN
| the destru tion of their own liberties, without
| the pOssibility of ever restoring tina. Union
| they have thus rutnlessly rent asunder Be
| fore however, this hope or expectation can
become reality. and can possibly effect ter
nina ton of this nefarious invasion, through
| the prevalence Irrational and Christian prin-
| cipIes it is our sacred duty, ennrlng alike
from our oath of allegiance to support the
| Constitution in it's purity, as well as from our
| obligations TO the cause OF human liberty, 10
| take sides with those States which, finding II
| i'm possible to secure their fundamental prIn
| ciples Of State sovereignty within that Onion,
| hay We seeded from its perver ted associa LIon -
| Guided bv these principles and these conslde-
| rations which ] earnestly aud sincerely be-
lieve and feel to be- right and true, l have of
| tered nv services to the Confederate States OF
| America and have accepted IL commits sion
| under their authority, directing me to raise
for the period of the war, twenty companie
of soldiers to be formed into brigade, or &c
, | raise two regiments, to be received into then
service, with the proper complement OF OH
GERS.
> Respectfully submitting for your considera
; ton and approval the foregoing views, which
, constitute the principles Of my determination
, and nv ac ton L now most earnestly invoke anC
: call upon you, my fellow exiles from the des
| potisrns of Europe, to unite with M IN defence
! OF those cherished principles OF self govern
e ment, constitutional liberty and state SOW
| ereignty, which the glorious slres OF the hrs
| American Revolution conf led TO the opecIa
| guardianship of our American fellow -ci tiZens
| as well to the descendants OF those liberty
4 loving foreigners whose ancestors mingled
| their blood with the blood of these illustriou
| Americans in the rs establishment OF these grea
principles l l is a legacy BEG ueathed TO us Al
z alike. Eighty years OF its peaceful enjoymen
Z | has proved its priceless value 1t should o.
: | upheld W tn all our devotion, until the peopl
| OF the North shall discover and understand
5 the selfish Vaccinations of their unprihcipe,
= | political rulers and finally comprehension
}, | their own delusion, shall at length return re
$ pentant to that glorious temple of worship o
f Washington and Lafayette, OF kosciusko
t Pulaski and De ki.b, and all their illustriou
e com peers OF Reyolu tionary glory.
Your aiftctionate and
v liberty loving fellow exile,
GASPAR TOCHMAN,