The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-25

We fnd In oar Southern exchanges the 70,
lowing interesting letter fror, Ceoroa n
saunders to I.euiS KpSsuth =

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Saunders TO Louis Kossuth:
NASHVILLE, Tssx .yov. g lss,
Ny Dear Gorr"or: Your old and ,ru.,ra
friend :. has jnst arrived here fr.r,
his new home IN s*Ss AS he /. .ho,,
10 leave for Europe, EN- brace the oppor,,'
| American affairs va
1t must be difficult for you TO comprehend
snas people who fiocked by tens and hun
uorsa o, thousands to listen TO your immortal
WoIus upon the rights of States and s'peo
| pee 10 govern themselves in their own way !,
snoulu, In few short years, forget all your
,,o,,.. ,t.u.aenings, and surrender themselves to
| Po,sIeai and military despotism wo,s ~
.li OF i's aspects than that from when va.
n'u JUST csc Ped. despo,ism erected to,
| S.e .s soie purpose of subj ,ting independon
| ,ha ,is. u, use peopi", allied to them ny all
ene uss which civiiizad nations hold M .,
saereo. rely upon our sagaritv ms far
| seeing sIatesinan to at onea d,ssfpate tts
u'msy sophistry by which the Lincoln ,ov
| ernment ana press attempt to ,us.ffy or ex
| cuse this usurp tio,. and unnatural w,r
-oh Tue ath OF Hovwmbsr, 1861 the United
| osa'es was never so s'rong re - M tion NJ We,
SO prosperous lovnue and hopeful M peo
| PIE On thtt fatal day u msjority of the
| american people, owing to CIV lsions in III
| lconstifutiousl party of the nation, wara en-.
apieu under the forms of the Consultation t.
eject Abraham Lincoln President This m,
horlty and lis chosen chief were pledge {,
ose the power of the FEEDER Il Government l.
cur .ai' tna rights aud privileges of tn
o'a'hern States and peopi. FIR the sggrt..
azament OF the Iolitical power and wraItt
OF the Northern states and paonle Tnx
threatened overthrow of the Consti;urien
Ino assumption of extraordinary pow-,s Gf
Va" sasrai Government by Lincoln and his
.,aF'y In Congress and in the Northern Stat.
Leg sialnres very "aturally excited lsrn'
>ou "a carolina, more w,,,chiu1 aud s,gacioUa
'hah IN" oth"r 1T ttes, declared her sSp1rH
ION from a Cnion, the POWER If which W
so soon 10 be used for her ensIsyem.pt l.
would nave been in brci.ity and cowardice II
ne lowest character 70 have aw.ited the
iorslng ~ the chai"s Bat, even after Soutt
aroma htd 80 wisely taken the ini;i tive
PRESIDENT Davis. then Senetor from Missis-
siopl, Senator Hunter, o. Virginia, Courrde
Iate 81 ties Secretary for Foreign Attire and
senator Ioombs, OF Heorgi /, now Genera.
~ ,hs tohlehpra e army, asked Onl, for rea-
son oe constitutional guaran ices aud pledge
from the Lincoln administration that III.
II a nus and interests OF the Southern States
thd people should b- held insiolahia IT,
sfeao however, Of receiving such 4ssur4n Q.
my W're met with nothing but leers an
@ cen IN. menace The Republic n ader., in
toxicated by their success aud thirstiop to
unlimited power, had nor the % ,trIofis,n %,
.he eommoo honesty 10 summit the ultim4.
yum oI Tue , 'nth 10 u vote of The people O
the North. Had they do g So thera vouI
nave been peace. But no they uganimousl,
otetared for war, with its fat contracts auo
tah Vulnerable offices for tn ir hundred thou
sand hun cry place hunters
lew anttqa ted poiticiaus of rrax;ops,
good standing In the :. uth out who uufor
tohstTly Tor the conntry b ad lost All ha viz,
~! my ~ CT 10y once possessrd. arc not WI u.
CUT uit. Bad devnuon u the r.. nm rr-
-" t'' 'he seeing tie stealthy strides of ti.s
tFnf o~rn lncpadi5rV destroying the VIZ
saris io~ VIII ch our first war OF IN deprr ll,.r
sde fought
L!Eii- did eav II our Rsvalut;ouar, sirsa
dream That the blcou-3 Is GghI 'utop w,,.,;,
'h'y ran founded 10 protect as from extrrr.l
I ss t'nif 'e 80 soon and successfully nsaa h,
n 7ic u m, GRITTY, 20 he destruction of tn.
| ! IT ft,-
nihii .t,oE OF th+ indepe 7deuca of STATES ar
the liberties of the peopie-the sources Of all
its power and grandeur
All propositions for adiustu.art hay;pO
been voted d wn By the Lincolni.es in DON
gress, the southern representatives. retired
rom Washln- ton. and the seeding Stat =
gent Ir~ sh kepresen tariyes, including many Of
me old, TO the Congress at M sutsomery Ala
At this new Congress, ch osen by .syar.,eD
conventions Of the respective st atas the r,e n
mana ~ Fellowship was again rendered In TIE
tohsutuiion thay adopted The free navi.
cation OF the Mississippi. whose tributaries
branch into so many of the Northwest.r-,
states, Was guaranteed, also the power WIS
reserved 10 ADMIT the aS free States in 20 the
tonfederacy Simultaneously w tn the se con
stituuonal Offers of Friendship on the part OF
tne sooutn came actual war from the Lipcoi,,
Governmaut The free trade policy IF III
>cutn threatened TO at once isst the ra-
venue, manufactures and Commerce of the
North. The representatives. of these q /, rests,
aithohSh many OF them hsfsi been regarded 40
H..
dlateiy became clamoroas Tor Il war OF sub.
lugalion, The money power thus suddenly
aoandootag tue conservatism which had hi
therto marked its character declared fnr a
War to be waSej for the benefit of cap,ral
manufactures and commerce; the unseatiue OF
these great interests by the free trade poiic,
OF the South being imminent.
The best people Of the North have as vet
taken no part in this suicidal war, inaupura
ted by the capitalists, manufacturers ana
merchants OF New Io1k, Philadelphia, and
Boston; ont are anxions'y awaiting the arri
val OF our armies in their midst, confidently
believing that the sober second thoueh ht or,
the orthern people will rescue their section
from the brutal despotism which now over
aweo it.
Scarce six months have elapsed since the
war began, and it is aire'dy raRiug along a
line of over 700 miles. Nine hunare.,
thousand men are eng ,g-d in th- nf1ict,
and as write, the telegraph announces The
defeat and disastrous rout of he LiucoIn army
ut bus, on the Mississippi, nv the
: S,ut;Iern patriots. The Sou he.ners have
whipped. aud will continue To vhip the Lin
coIEit,s Whenever the odds sre not greater
than tUo 10 one-like the Hungari tr when
they fought against the Ii psba,g tor their
independence.
Fortunately for the South, wi tn her numar.
ous navigable rivers, ramifying railroads and
high mountain defences, she can DEFY the
combined quartermastera and comm - .riss
of the wor d. Her military resourc IS are un
bounded; her rivers. harbors and mount IN
passes are fortified W ith innumera Die canuoa
from the larg st el~ven inch eolumbi4 T.
the sma.lest howi,Zsr One million of the
fn.st "sho's" III h world are under coa-
staut DR. II wiLhin her borders, aud four hun
are thousand Of these, we'll srm d ma wsl
ofhcered, sre rea for imm. diafe hat tile W.
have inrxhans.tbte supplies iron. coal
IL ID, copper, sal a'tpene, and sui lphur; ami up
are now making seven ihous I'D pounds OF
pow tsr psr diem, which will be increased tu
twelve thcus~nf by the Gloss Of the month.
our numerous workshops will In u short time
of n.li
arms. which mum Der will be tpidly augm.n
ed hl-chanic labor of all kfnus was III yer
oets~r renunerated or more respected III any
community than in this.
Our rivers and railroads we find by efps.
rlence TO De great avenues Of da;eace, and a
teriy vnl ueiese to he tnvad.r Thus the
grand lea of he Northwestern d m. gogu ua
that be would cu mis- w y down the Missis.
81 ps in his :" flostiAg scow" has become a
mere pHetical figure by the pra c ctical lesson
gwen yesterday TO the Lincoin gunboats at
Columbus.
AS yon have probably seen nons hut tho
| Northern accounts of our tif1cniu-s have
gone back. ~ order that you may have some
| idea OF the southern though. from the besin-
| ming Of the revolution. The Sou theru crops
have never been so good. Wheas, rye, bsrl-y,
| aud oats have been prodaced In such abun-
| dance as 70 induce the belief that benign
| prevtd-nce has eepeci tily smiled upoa us. -
| ra ice the usa 81 amount Of Iarisn corn and
garaen vegetables were pl 'nled, ana vet ths
| season was propitioua that l. is tn uah =
that the cotton and engsr erope vii be Q.tts
equal tn last years Weld. In the rising of
horses. cattle, sheep, and hogs. the SUN San
| slvays excel the NORTH. II brea stnfis And
provisions OF all k,nis, sxcaf hog M a., the
south could now b. exporters. l menssots
.nese tniags ossow you the absurai5y II ID =
l Sat,nern iaea OF reducing the South 10 sua
| mission bf starvation. Il assure You that The
so".a cssn carry eh The war tor yeAIs 4siia-G
se Sor.a, ana wall ssiffss less from nl q s.a~.
| ana esnusfxors than tAe North og ii Thar OF
the European nasion- VITA wn.n 49,. h +.