The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-23

III rrA,u thaTtcstoIi--s of foftha s"fc
al H's, .ey West Fcrtifications--Troops In
S n ,shinsten, NC
sM n,vis. lulec. Mallory. Clay and
: ''A',' who formally withdrew from the
4'''' ,.r,hcr lett ten vacant seats in the
r,nr others will le speedily added 49,
washington constitution speaking OF inc
,.o scan events more closely, the
&z 10 'hos' =, ~ ,,S trrd1N. succeeding Others
~ .t"i ,4rgr. cannot hut suggest painful
#x >hoi' "' :. ,,rrt bad enough. II IN the orCl
- ''l"f- ,,,,s of politics the Stsaate Mere
IA ~ nH.I.s nf ~. most ilIuSiripifs member
E4 * -"lt tt,,lo have armed distinction by the
la ,I.,5o'i>lu. ana the purity ui their
- ,,,oS. voices have been ever po-
#4 rf ~" n"",.,,so,, ~ the current tieinagogism
81 ia el1 f,,. she spectacle witnessed ycsicr-
#g q" ~, Witnessed again ere many days
#Y ''. IN = far mere s1d. tar more solemn, IN
x33 -a.,,r u tells oi The reality of disunion.
# ,,ges "a the tact that ths Union has
@&J .v.,, shat thprr will heEcrforth be
3 .s sTorfea,raclr~-and that men who
"a l,rro1 ia" councils Of the country NM
1 1-rlsa are isow engaged in the work nf
~ An aucihcr organization, and con
"a -fnryr lnc experiment OF selt-govcrn-
8 ,ra, FROM Tie sectional animosltics
SS ha,e productgi the present wreck.
# ,.~ 10 naadqlaTters with the following
88 b. 5'ta,Art
M -, t,f.-s - Charleston 10 The Niaisfer If
81 ,r b = Jaanis1n Thi- hag was made ex-
N \, ,hcn to dee uPcGci fer The hrst time on
# >arff-f
q tgr-lg fRos nox, aEo. W. SUMMERS.
n ., GEO W Summers, one Of the Com
.,rsr, appoint last week by the Vir-
& r.-.lafl,re toa National Conference, has
81 ,.-a letter 70 a member of the House OF
Is .s.,te,. riyinE his views on the present
# The causes lac sums up as follows:
a ILL.,. e3nrc,S of our present troubles, and
,,.,.s OF the present wide SPREAD disSft
"a non in the south, may be traced, in the
81 ,l,rp 10 certain unconstitutional ana
d >" '-snrrhen~ihlc eKpedients, adopted iii
- ,he uon-slavcholding States, 10 OBJ
q .., and virtually nniliiy the fugitive slave
d Sac,odIy 20 what seems To be the pres
Il ,rI,a.,. Of party now in the ascenuancy
q >tst,s "a refuse the further exten-
I'd slavery INTO the Territories of the
..,d STATES thus denying TO the people OF
& - >o1,b an equality OF right in the common
q .,r,, of the nation. And, lastly, but per
q ,,,,,re than all. may be at tributrd to that
y t,',t truafieal spirit OF hostility towards
q institution of slavery. which now per-
q r. more or less generally, all the non
81 .,r,ltiUg states. frequently manif"sting
=
81 ...ll with the courtesy du" between neigh
81 .,.., CounonyS oalths, to say nothing of the
q ~ ,.lirstr relations and obV iOUs duties OF
q ...-f StItc>,
Il r.>oIu,lon l. not Justified. in his opinion, by
r,eoei!ou Ol Lincoln and such a step should
.s ,bpl last rrmedv sought by Il border State
-,..4 ,tep which should be taken by none,
q BIZ, nv it last ot ALI All lis interests are
Il, l.,
,..1e,led hy it. lie recommends that The bor-
A- States, ,layc and free appoint Commits
.uqrs 10 meet at Frankfort or Lexington
4, who shall devise some proposition OF
snpromisr. which shall be submitted by
congress to The people. In conclusion, he
i ats
t1ke il for granted that the Convention, if
a.lrd qiil be elected ana organized upon the
,,>., of the qualified voters OF the white popu-
zion OF the State, being the basis OF the pre-
SUI Hou-s ot Delegates, p arranged by the
s-.-;iU. Cons tItution of the State. ! am free
,sy thai / could never consent 10 any more
r.,.ricitd basis 1t viii not be a question OF
a.tribution. but question Of Union or Dis
axiom. that viii occupy the attention of the
iup9sed Convention. In this ISSUE every
n In the CosAm wealth has an equal in
r-r,( and an equal right TO be represented
and heard t-
da mol propose TO inquire whether the
n-hl u STAR secession l. n right resulting
from he uatur. Of the Federal Government
lGI from the Terms and manner in which the
>t,t-, b.clule parties thereto. 20 be exercised
hi the seeding States without a co-reIatiye
rI-ht oH the part of the General Government
.l prevent the Vthurl wal or, whether it 1t
revolutionary right, suhiecting the ~rceding
>gtr 70 The }"s training power OF the General
Government. and the hazard of conquest. am
a'opHiun that the Union of these States canno
be- adyauiageou>lv preserved by force. Ifit is Il
trmgmtained hN standing armies and blockad
Agsguadrous. II will not he worth maintaining
V hen one or more States decide for them
elves. either that the Government of the I nj
lrd STATES has become an oppression 10 which
hey can no longer submit, or that Il further
connection with other States has become iulu
nous or dishunorab BILE, and Withdraw from the
|u.nn. It Is better 10 leave them To the teach
m-s a the experiment and to the hope OF re
l'uciaiun. IAN. by the employment OF force
inIoy" the country in civil war. The inabil
Hy OF the FEDERAL Government to compel al
unwilling State TO elect and send members Il
70" two Houses of Congress. or 10 perform tho
duties OF Il State within the Union the want
g power "a force citizens to accept and dis
.harse the duties of Federal offices and ap-
polntment, within The State, and the ineXpe-
.-'tcv and uucouS tltutionaiiy OF making wal
lpeh the States. as such, or holding subjugat-
PRESENT lusurPrable objections TO the employ
-tnt OF cVertTc means of retention.
FROM CHARLESTON.
Inc Charleston papers of Monday furnish
ss ilis following Items:
chester District has raised nearly five hun
dI'd volunteer ready To march 10 Charles
~" az the shortest notice. The Rifle COMPANY
FryousiY org iaiznd. when notified they couIt,
"ot he accepted aS a rifle company, was
hanged 10 an infantry company. In the Si-
a'@ BdJlailon, Gretnyille District, eighty
H'r persons volunteered Laurpns District
ms now nearly five hundred volunteers ready
lo march
ihe ladies Of the Lower Battalion, in that
b'tIicl tender their services to the yoluu.
'4h 70 MAKE clothes and do other work in
in.fAShihg an outfit for the COMPANY The
"!' no hiilrinen, OF Greeuyille, have ten,
|''rd 'h"lr services 10 the Governor and have
T" accepted. -Four companies have been
'-.sed III Abbcyille.
brenmln I. Rawley, of Spotsylvania, Va
Ie'd 10 Years, WAS on a visit TO Petersburg
-. "hsh he heard of the occupation of For
"1"I ana the probability Of war agains
vain carolina He Immediately sent hi
'''s' heln"i and ss.t cut for Charleston, walk
ti's great part of the way. On his arriva
II'IT' alld The report Df his intention, Colone
'AH y preston generously undertook to equi
,' I'M and lie IN now aw aiting response iron
"a "a" W ~ carolled as 4 recruit under Lieut.
!" hampton GibbeS. Columbus Daniel,
,stS ri age, has reached the city from Nash
III on 4 similar mission, and has been eIi
'|iru hN llent. Gibbes.
IAs anniversary OF the battle Of Cowpen
Ia as teit',ra't4ie the military at Morris
alh Saturday. While the fesii1itie
NJ a. IN" height. three guns were fired b
- anderson but Nghe ther as il compliment
~ oUU ~" W carolina, 10 her citizen soldiers, q
Fvasaraay ,hr aay We celebrate. has not transpirec
-. Ui4ag considered, il was possibly in
49, lu -. 70 remind All parties III the aeighJoy
. il, ,ha 'ua foreign enemy WAS still tolerate
,si, ,' waters OF South Carolina The entel
H.. ia'ilell mem was continued until o'clock, and ii
VA pafiielpants agree in the opinion that
"1s a. delightful celebration.
as ~ ~ RANK aud Office of Captain In the Nay
I,o"th , taroiina, have been conferred o
M IL. North late Lieutenant / in the l. !
cisnt @ alia hohorAbiy distinguished Tor eff
CALI "uNtf OF Fort Sumter, on Saiurtla,
for ~ d, ~, ul' counting room and subscribe
I'm t'.s ~ !, CHARLESTON Mercury 10 be mailed
80 a' i ort Sumter for TIE afrf three month