The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-05
Abeiisionism Iub,ia"f Harning OF tbf Ton


From the New York psily News, iune =
Year by year. the people OF the United
St,tes have witnessed 'he ceremony, On each
recurring Fourth OF July, Of tina "bIrnlHg Oi
the Cons tI3utton." nv Abolition i,AU&tics.--
1a-y have taet togefhsr, aud, after listening
10 the "a no!cal harauga~s al senator y ii
sen. Weui.lI Philips, or a Garrison have
renewed the proclamation that n" tonsutu-
ton was - letgue viii he'll snd covenant
with DEATH chat the God OF the OLA Iesta-
rrnt possessed 40 attriont"s Of The Deity De-.
cause that SACRED book sanctions slavery: and,
aHtii bias ptipInUus orgies worthy OF the Ma
nicneau Couyenticles of the middle ages,
have GOA signed 10 The flames the wisesJ
Instrument CT legislation that ever was
:. srntd IN the history of mankind -
In these disnrdeyed times, men have been
threatened with hanging, shooting, ANA other
cbhfiiSn punlshm~nt@, Tor calmly asserting
thai brothers should not shed each her :
blood ; fCTasserttug the opinion that clyI' war
was au evil, ana pro ting ae INST the utter
overthrow OF evil liberty, ana the substitu-
zion IA is place of anarchy AMI Il military
de- pOti>m. Yet, during 4 period If thirty
years, TRAITORS, notoriousiy las tigtted b. Brlt-
tsr stttesmrn, AID paid by subscriptions col
lrct+d ~ Exeter Hall have WaTfei against
th- integrity u the UaiSn, with scarcely =
rebdFinS word, unti they have Acquired
strength 10 occupy every important pcsitlpa
o. 20 arr IN the land. They have warfed
th~tT way into Authority, with no symbol or
thclT Il ~ bat the Cons titution in Il tsse>, sSid
tlirIr Hist act, upon oOFi1Hing tnA Goa Toi OF
the Government, has been 10 Tend IL iuto trdg
.meuts and trample upon every one OF its pro
Nisjaas
No wonder that Ihe leaders of the Abolition
Society have a1n0L need that The ceremony If
"buruIIg tle Consultation" VIII ''tili~ var be
al pen I'd W tn 80 They have maze IL as OBJ
s..iete<as the II AS OF LycuTgus. The Exscu-
tive chair once occupisd ny Washing ton, J ct
tersou, VI pilson, j Achson, and Monroe, IS
dpS.cTated, ard Ii tyranny estahIis bed t.nfold
Verse thu that Inch compelled our ances
tors TO thro" Oft the yoke OF Eror,e III, and
the acts OF " hose ad vis@rs thru W tle memory
Of Loiu North ara his conpeers into Tie
fnJd5 They have gone through the Consul
tuition, aftiUIe by ar lee, ANA, Eioiati, = every
o&ih C! oihc", IerJuiinE heir souls beyond re-
deiII / ~, ui>bJuvIiag The very HaIn-s t1ty
bear, aud making them, IKE tnat OF Arnold,
the symbols OF reachery ana peIli"y, have
tTampiet req uiTeInents Unuer EOut, 81
realizing the insane, vi I'D wishes of the
fan ttics who gave them Office, have turned
a Reasonable appearance INTO a dire reality.
uLiF towards tail 10 perceive THAT the Uni-
ted states, within three sht RI mon tn, have
ceased 10 be 4 Cons tltntional olic, aud
his become an HutccraCy- The ruthless Ad-
ninistraliCn at W sshiuc ton his robbed tue
people OF very Iight which the traditions II
centuries had caused The ArR.O-SaXOn race TO
bold sacred. MOD Ia ": gag upon the free
dom of the Press aud the liberty Of : qreCh;
Illegal eniiStneuts; 4 blCCktda Of Southern
ports, IN defiance of lDt"rna tionai comfy; Tue
seizure OF Geographic dispatches; the ibvt
s!oh at Virginia; he false pTeteuCeE up III
which war WAS forced upon the cuuuiry;
massacre upon massacre, with acc mpany~
tug outrag.s unparalleled in history, 1T ~.
LO1i7i the unCGAs t!tutun1l proclamation Of
military IiT in the District of CJlum Aif.
Maryland, Missouri and AieKararia; the sub
ver-lod OF the schools al West Point and An
napOiis, the ;.SIu ~ stt!Ou, without aut horitY
Of Congress, OF the national debg bv nundrsds
of millions OF dollars, the atroCity Of suspend
ing TIA" writ Ct hG5toS cprpus; eLcroachments
upon ORDER ia the army, aud the ami hiia lioa
Of every security for the property and freedom
OF private C3lIL-H.; the insane attempts TO
force The country INTO war with England
aud France, are al only outlines OF u hCrrihie
picture, SE4tnst which the aged Chief Justice
OF The Uniltd States has f it com PEELED TO
raise his voice il pro 'est, and which nave in
sFiTed every good ci;Iz II with miugl q shame
md lear. Aboiilion'sts, On the contrary, are
cJnteuied TO pend the ceremony of bum
irg the Constitution - They feel that II has
Peri bed irrecl timabiy; the Obi 81 Of their
scheTning-, for over u quaTIer ~ n cen terY, IS
iIuea. aud hey may rejoice with ImpUAity
ri the IS ,rucli ion they II ave created.
tIjd, the arm er VI human events, can alone
forssee when the fearful cai9Tnities IN TO which
the country has fallen will end. II alone
can tell to what Depths OF ruin and degrade
ton IL may be necessary for us to sink Were
peace has moment 70 h declared he ppan The
Nor h ana s,1uth, tha revived sober thought
OF the country would cause every upri2 h pa.
triot 10 mourn over Tne wreck and iemOraii-
ton Of The last halt year. Tne natl u would
ell down Ia dust and ssheS over the lives III II
have Sire1dy been lost, the blood that has
been he'd, aud the misery tbat mas been coca
stoned. But, alas, it is too evident THAI tile
eed h not vet Only one thing i certain, that
the howiing nends VINO nave so long yearly
hIrne the sacred document which Confirms
TIL schedule OF our freedom, have erased 10
do 60, because they believe that they have
achieved IA final Triumph over it, aud hut
It's provi ions can never obtain respect and
Obedience again.