The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-14
COMPLIMENTARY BANQUET
TO THn
HON. job b. + L . ID,
AT The
Exchange Hotel, on Friday Evening, Jan. ii


tRKPosTEp roR tina DAILY DisrATcH'l
A number of the friends of the Hon. JOHN
B. FLoYp, de.irous efr ubiicly TESTIFY Ing their
respect for that gentleman, ana their appro-
VA, Of his course, rendered him a compliment
ta,v dinner. which came of at the Exchange
Hotel. IN this city. on Friday evening, January
Iith. It was an occasion Of great Interest to
all present.
The banquet commenced at 0 O'Clock, and
the large company discussed, with great ZEAL
the substantial subjects placed before them
Gen. A A. Chapman, of Mouroe, presided
the guest OF The evening being seated on his
right, Judge Hopkins, one OF the Alabama
mm,ssioners, on his lett, aud +. NJ Giimer,
E.q the other Commissioner. next TO Gov.
Floyd. While the festival was progressing
Gen. Chapman arose ard read q telegra pho
dispatch. ANNOUNCING that Alabama had Sc
c.d.d from the Union, which was received
with tremendous cheers.
Al the appropriate period, the President re-
qusstsd the company TO come to order, for the
purpose Of listening to the first toast. He
gave
| The Constitution as our fathers made it,
| Muse tn .ouMbia
To this sen tim-nt, Ii on. JAS A Seldom was
| invited 10 respond. He SAID he baa been, as
he was now, such a lover OF the Union that
he " AS anxious To improve it ana probably
his fl suggestion might Be a L uion of the
| 5 ,uln. He alluded to the past giurles OF the
| Union, wbich h al been taken possession of by
| IA d.vouring demon. The Union of our fathers
| was mol so much union OF interest as union
| OF 81 pathy; union upheld by honor and
| bravery. a Us T! IL was nov a union of hate.
| WY this change, and how a, He claimed that
we of Virginia were fauitiess in the matter
| Always ready To main tain the Rights of o hers
| co uaiIy with our own, we had been engaged Ia
| the work OF developing our own Industry.
| Yet we have been tor nve and twenty years
| tas obiAcGs OF - northern naligDIty AID out
rage, unui a. las our wrongs nave cuImina-
| tea in the election OF Abraham Lincoln 10 the
| Presidency. Without giving u catalogue OF
| our wrongs, he said, 1t was time t. exami ne
we'll aud l.quirs neither there is not IN that
| erandest work of man-the Constitution
| 8 me imperiec ions which may be remedied.
| We must inquire into the cause of the mis-
| cniet, and be ready To apply the remedy. Ii
| Will not do 10 merely wipe out The wrongs at
| ready iofiic ed, but we must destroy the viper
| from whence the poison springs. he eau
| toned them TO be careful 10 demand some
| power by winch our DIES my may De helo In our
| .Wu IaIor, aud not subj CT hereafter 10 Black
| Republican control. Mr. SeddOn was ire
4usnuy hpplauded.
| Gen. tlemen, we have met
| around the festive board 10 do honor To a no.
b. son OF a noble sIre-one who has received
| nonors from The Government, but who has
| quit nj. position because ne could no longer
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| pledge tkat had been gwen by that Govern
| meul was violated. give you
| The Hon. JohI B. Fioyd-fh' worthy son OF
nobe sne All hotof to the Vars man VINO
| mothers righ aad 70 entss hoiher WTonss."
| | Us aud tuTee A., he Gov lloyd
| Mr.. FLOYD expressed his deep seuee OF the
| honor Conferred upon hin. He had not made
| public speech since, tour years ago, they as
| sem Died under ChIs roof Ia ceiebrate what was
| theu Considered great National triumph
| hHrH n,
| we'll heir leader STOOD upon platform OF
| peace-a piat1 rm II snirati. Ii. Fur short
| years have rolled away, and where are h 81
mop. Buw IT 1be-gpLe ike ias' years cloud
aud gone forever. He the VERT " the causes
| oI al this. You, NE said, lave done nothing
To biiug A. ab put II is attributable To a biiud
fanatic ism, hich has Iesni ed IN al alienation
If the N ortn and Sou Ii, aud al leu g disrup-
| tlon OF the most gtoIious fabric On earth He
| alluded 10 the couultiuu OF tuIBg$ thirty year
| ago, when abJiltionism VS. sptck no bigger
| Than II mau's maud, but WIch Was now Il cloud
| over shauoWIg tne whole earth. II has
. zed upon and destroyed the peace Of >, cep :,
| eaurd the religious ius itutions Of the
| country, and has at last reached polut
| where foTbearance Is no longer possible
| lie then Proceeded To SPEAK OF slavery
| as an institution winch G,d approves
| IL was Instituted by GOD himself, On MOunt
| Sinai when the commandments he said
| uuu shalt not coveL Thy ueigho or's servant
| Tue first slave catcher Was an angel, The &c.
| .onu Was St. Paul. Ii is an Institution sus-
| LaIued b. ali scriptural autnuritie<-ordaiued
| OF God, Recognized oy Ills chos~h J. g pir, couh
| t-nanceu aud taIAe0 b. he Sa. iou and his
| Apostles Tue result oi us establishment III
| IA. American Cuiouies mad oren prvsp -rlty
| unparalleled to the " hIte race, AID 'iViilAatIon
| 10 me black Tue cultivation OF cotton Was
| auot her great result. Cotton Was now one OF
| the great x vernibg powers OF tue earth. IL Is
| 9ith the produc OF slave LABOR tnat "e settle
| ~ he balance accounts Win England aud ali
! Europe every year. IL keeps up the banks
| II Keeps up The ships, II keeps up The WORK
| shops, and does more .han thaL-it puts Eu-
rope under boLd, 10 keep the peace wItn The
ULIted States. Yet, VAIN ali hese lights be
| tore them, they have advanced aud iaid their
uauds upon his Institution VI fod Almight ~,
and SAID "sIano back-We are noiier tnan
tSUu."
The speaker then all uded to the abolition OF
slavery III the IalfesL Isle Uf the ocean, ty
T. 4giaud. aud what Was the Result! Inc
African man got his freedom, ana Went owh,
down, To heatheh idoiatfy. In The Norm,
where The shackies mad beens struck OH the
African had sunk 10 poverty oI u insanity.
Is not The maud OF God Al this Aud yet they
come aud say 10 you, you must nuerdle these
people or you must To damned.
The "irreprcssibe COIL ict' doctrine was
next considered. The election OF LiIcoin was
upon The avowed declaration that slavery
is sin aud that tue curse OF God Is npon IL,
aud now they fiaunt their banners ia our faces
| with this principle inscribed thereon. 1t was
an easy lnlng 10 surrender proper Y ana posi-
| ton, but for q VIrginian 10 surrender his
of. Tney demand Oh you an acknowledgment
of your lnferiroity or they demand your blood.
9Jd knows, he Id, they shall have every
arop of my blood before / Will surrender one
i.ta " their demands. He bad come u cast his
lot with Virginia, and would live = she sa d
| So, or die tor her ii necessary. lie Gould sse
no hope for the future, but through our own
united opposition 10 wrong.
Tue distances Of the election of Mr..
Buchanan were adverted TO, as we'll as his
| subsequent acts as President. He had been
true u his political pledges, true to the Con-
| sutution, and true 10 the South. lint that
WAS insufficient TO satisfy The fanatics OF
| the North, AID they sugmatized and will
| hed The Administration. The insidions ser
| peut If abolltioniRm crept into the coun-
| Gil CHI In Der OF the President OF the Uni
| ted States. He would gladly pass over his
| phase IA The history Of The country ii ne copd.
| tie had believed that great con troVersy was
| about To arise, which IL r. uired wisdom, for
| arance q, d prudence to laret or IT Won ID end
| Ia blood. He nud never WAN ted 10 60 to The
Cabinet, anu when he became The subject OF
vitupeia ZION by ,ucal as .,iran is, he Undertook
o to dispose OF the business In MS hi d that
| II might be said, "tni, man has done his duty"
| IL was due 10 the truth OF history To say, that
| In the terrific controversy through which Mr.
| Buchanan was going, he mad not been q u 10 so
| strongly sustained BY the South as he ought
| 10 have been. But perhaps IL Was natural tnat
he gould not come q ute So near The wishes vi
the SJut b, rs SON could come ~ the wishes
Of nis mutaer. he alluded TO the TWO poiicies
| sci TOT, b Ia the annual Message Mr. Attorney
Black eaid We must execute The laws. i, SAID
Mr. Fluy could not quite bow 10 that. Mr..
Buchanan said, ihis q uestion OF The forts Is u
| question Il property. agreed TO that. said
more. ! said, am your Secretary, aud have
IA my hands this property Of The forts Will
turu over TO my successor that property
,nviola,e. l Know these people OF South
Carolina. ] went to school among hem
/ kno they are not thieves. Isaac Hague,
MeuixauiI anu aux Pickeus are good men-
they are greai msn-aud Will BACK their hon.
esty aud iuisgrity, n neces sary, with my bio d