The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-13

Right ef srcssslon.
From the London Post fGovernmento organ)
Of the 2oth December, we learn that ON the
evenin e Of the l9.h uit Col. Hiram Fuller,
Of New York, delivered An address IN
st. Jamass Hall on the civil war in Ameri-
ca. Although the capacious Hall YVES not
crowded, there was a rather large audience,
amongst whom there were some of the lest
distiDe uished Americans at present resiting z
In that country. The chair was occupied by
tr. Charles Mackay, who briefly lntr oduced
the lecturer IS Colonel In the United States
Army, and formerly editor Of the New York
Mirror. The Post says:
/ Colonel Fuller, n fter a few iutrod uctory
remar ks, said that when, on coming to the
considerati tior of the fratrieidal war which
Eow ragged i'll America, he avowed himself
as q follower OF webster, the great admiTer
OF the Union, he shou ld not be accused of
TOO great proolivity to secession. In dis
cuss ing this subject, on which iaen so warmly
and SO widely differed, he proposed to deal
with facts without cbtrndiug Opiui Ms or
hazarding predictions. He WAS well awars
that he ran tbeIisk a giving sectional OF
fence IN speakip on ques tion which twenty
millions on the one sios aud ten millions OF
the other Were disputing at the point OF the
by oEet. and which rendered every draw
ing room forum-aDd every bar-Toom h
battle field The South asserted q right
which the North deBied-the right of seces.
sion On that he had little To say--it was q
question on which the greatest statesmen
Gin<red. 1t WAS enough to say that The Sou ih
had 81 religious belle in H., and most as
surediy they had proved their faith by their
acts. Inc causes OF disunlOn extended lar
| back, Reaching even beyond the foundation
OF the Government. In the first place the
American system was an incongruous sys.
TEN. The universe itself could not remaiG
entire with two supreme powers at the head:
and how could AmeTica with her seventy.
fonr sovereignties The first movement of
the rractI assertion claimed by tils Son III
was the taxing OF Fort Sumter, In the har-
oor OF Charleston and the voluntary union
Was dissolved whilst the new doctrine CT
coercion was prociaimed~dt Washington !;
Ana INat new doctrine was now preat hed by
Fe,is raj cannoa and FEDERAL bayonets.
The cause OF secession dated far beyond the
union of the old thirteen States-beyond
even the doctrine OF self government laid
down IL the cabin of the Mayfiower, and
signed by thirty fugitive Pilgrims, The
Nor Ii Was settled by the PurItans, the Sou I'D
by the Cavaliers and in this radical fat lay
the seeds Of perpetual antagonism Mkt to
the primary difference OF religion and educa.
tion came the difference caused by climate and
occupation In the North men worked for q
living. In the South, H. bor, which WAS sell,
dom luxury, became less Il necessity. Manual
labor was there not only lrksome. but de-
grading aud thus, while IN the North the
M joriIy paid the penalty OF m4I's DISC bedi-
ence, earning their bread by the sweat OF
/ tLtlr brow, III TIE utu LueJ edTDeu tnelr
bread by he sweat Of their negroes. AnO-
ther cause was The widely differsn legislative
poncy. The North sought fur he protection
of her manufacturing interests, the Sou. Il
was for free trade-open markets with all the
world.
This WAS ra ther fin ancial difficulty, and
in every Congress were found tarin and anti
tariff men fighting for their own pockets
He would now come to the more direct and
immeaiate cause OF the American disunion,
and ne pronounced IL in one word-aboH
tionisTn. Aboiitiouism caused the war-se-
cessionism precipitated H. The peculiar
form OF abolitionlsn WAS political, not social.
Il was the free SOIL party, and no. The phi
la n hrcpists OF Boston and Exeter Hail,
which had driven On secession.
The fres-soii party was opposed to the ad-
m ission Ct new slave States, not on neral
grou;os, but because every State added TWO
mem 5ers to the Senate, VINO acted rs check
on The laws enacted for the aggrandiz -nIent t
of The Northern manufacturers. Sen
tai abclitIonism had very few advocates III
The Congress aud none Ill the Cabines South
Car oi,na wanted the manutact lures of France
and EnKian d duty free, and de- ired TO pay tor
them Ii ntr own cotton, without havtn. 1t
clipped ut New 7 ork on It's way to Manchss
ter. Slavery WAS too great Il question to be
1ippantly disposed OF At Exeter Halt, or to
Dc wiped away by thosa who shed tears over
the imaginary wroN gs OF fictitious "Uncle
Toms ana impossible "Llttla TObeys. ,
Slavery had ever existed in some form or
other. The South protited oy IL and retained
it
Tie negro who could sleep like the black
snake beneath the barni"g rays of q tropical
sun could alone work proftatly III the sugar
fields of the South. BI,"siayery," said the
philan ;hrOpsts of the North, 'ts n grievcus
wrong. aud being implicated in it~cons.iLg-
tionaiiv we VIII root ii out" So they waaed
4 fratricidnl war that four millions of Afri-
cans might ba set st liberty TO wors, wander,
steal Or starve, He could testify that hap
pier, healthier, better fed CT more iishdy
tasked class of iaboT.rs than the slaves he
had never seen either in Europe or America.
The master who ill-tr-ated his slaves was
everywhere detested and avoided, ana even
the women who did SO werr sent 10 Coventry, +,
and yet the Christians of the North refused
to hold fellowship with the siayeholder
Antagcnsm rtpsned into hatred, and the
result was opeH war. The malignant anti
slayerv policy Of the North became organ C
When Mr LincoiA was elected Preside dent-he
VINO declared that 'tEe states must be ali
free or AL slave States" From the momen {
Of his election to the Presidency secession
was u toregohe conclusion.
Having drawn vivid picture of the state
Of popular feeling in the North and SoUth
after the taking of Fort Sumter, the lecturer
proceeded TO say that from that m omenJ he
had never heard from man or woman in tlls
South single word in favor Of reunion Ou
the other hand, they show ed a Spartan de-
termination to spend their last dollar. and TO
| shei their last drop OF blood to resist inva
| s,on, and even the women Stripped them
| selves OF their Jewels 70 equip the army of
| their defenders. The Southern army was
composed of all classes. In some rsSi1ne n 8
| it was moi unusual to see three generations,
grandfather, father and son IF tn. oldest
| families; and, perhaps, no army ever wen
| into the field with so large a proportion
| of we'll educated and wealthy gentlemen
Men like these went into battle IS If they
| were .enterieg on single combat ant per
haps no truer conception of the state OF feel
| ing III the Sou h could be gained than from
| The words, g the spii IL OF resistance is up to
| the dueliing point " Women, priests and
| bishops Were enlisted in the cause, and even
the slaves Asked permission Of IN eir masters
| TO go and fight the Yankee abcli,ionisx. The
| Southern States consisted of seven States
| with u territory of 770,00I equare miles. All
hope OF reconciliation had PISSED away
| Section was arrayed against section father
| against son, brother gainst BROTHER There
were Irish, Freach and German regiments
in the North and there we're irish, Fren n
| and German reeiments in the South. 1t was
no question OF race, blood or reiig on III II
divided them Let him now refer to the els.
ments OF tae different armies. In tho North
there was manufacturing and a. trading
people; the South was peculiarly agricusiu.
ral. In consf quence OF emigration the popn-
iation of the North embraced every nation,
tribe and people.
There were there swarms OF CON icts p.u-
pers, and refugees, and there the right of
free Suffrage gave power which was dan.
gerous element in the State. Unre es.ricted
suffrage was the failacy. When Pontius
Plate gave the franchise 70 the people they
elected Barabas, and from that day 70 this
there were thousands of instances to dis.
prove the popular dogma that sthe voice 4
the people is tn. voice of God" The seeded
States were comparatively free fl ON the ad- :
mixture Of foreigners. There 100000 white
men held 400. 900 900 slaves The Conetitu tion
OF the Con federate States as granted was far
superior to that of the Federal States. II
was particularly 10 in two respects There
was AZ extension OF the Presidential term to
six years, with n prohibttiou against re-.
election; and the appoints tment of all Coated.
crate Offices, except Cabinet Ministers, was
for life, or during good behavior.
Thus there was a check on fice-seaking.
and on the clamorous hounds for place hy