The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-11-15
A Leaf from Hora,io ssymeur,s Reeo,


The following extract is taksa from q speech
made by this gentleman In 1861 II was rspro-
duced during the late canvass by H. Hew York
Tribune, to show that Seymour ment to make
peace with the rebsls:
"The condition Of our affairs forcos upon us the
alternative of compromise or civil war. Let us
contemplate the latter alternative We are ad-
vised by the conservative States Of Virginia and
Kentucky, that force 10 to bs used 1t must be ex-
eited against the united South It would be an act
Of folly and madness, In entering upon this contest,
to undsrrate our opponents, and thus subject our
selves to the Disgrace Of defeat in al ingodous
warfare. Let us also see II succss ssful coercion by
the North Is esS revolutionary than successful So
cess;on by the South Shall We prevent revolution
by being foremost in overthrowing the principles Of
our Government and all that makes 1t valuable to
our people, and distinguishes II among the nations
Our own countrymsn, whose white population Is
three fold that Of the whole country In the time
Of the Revolution. Their courage has never bsen
questioned In any contest ii which wo have bee
engaged. They battled by our side with equal
valor in the Revolutionary struggle, In the last
war with Great Britain ard In the Mexican con
flct. Virginia sent her sons under ths command
of Washington. to the relief Of bdsaguered Bos
desperate effort of British power to divide our
country at the bsttle of Now Orleans From the
deys Of Washington till this time they have fur.
nshed their fell proportion Of soldiers for tie field,
triotic Senators for cur legiglativs halls.
at is only bisoted ignorance that denies the
equality Of thsir public TO those Of tbs North.
To assume tha. our brethren in fifteen Statss lack
the capacity to undsrst and, and the ability to pro
tect their own interests, Il to easume that our Gov
srnmens il q failure, xnd ought to be overturned
It IL to declare that nearly onshalf Of our people
are incapable Of seltsOvernmsnt
"In what way L. this warfare to be conduct.
edi None have been mad enough to propose
to muster armies to occupy their territory
Great Britain tried that In the Revolution,
than 100000. SIZE attempted invasion again
In the late war; when their numbers were less than
$500, 600. Nay, more while she armed Indian
savages to carry murder and rapine into the homes
surreotion in tho South. For this we Cursed her
brutal inhumanity Her own Indignant statesmen
EXPIRE ssed their abhorrence en- the floor of Pariia-
ment and yet, this DAY, those who quote British
journals to influence Americas opinions have init.
mated that there might be q eradication of their
hate In tho burning homes Of murdered families Of
their own oountEynaa. O. ly cutting the embank.
ments Of the nisaoiDpi I'D sablaerging their Land
"But some have suggested, With ecmplacsnt air.
that the South could Be saAly subuga.ed By block.
aiding their ports with M ships Of war. Lst
these gentlemen study The ssoersphy Of eur eoun'
States Is 35l miles, that Of the South including the
Gulf of Mexico, Is 307S. We have 1s9 and they
have 249 harbors. Great Britain with her Immense
feet attempted blockade, ana hilc4 But aslum-
ing the success of this measure, who to bs the
suffsrersi Are We waslng war upon the South or
upon the Northi Upon the southern planter, or
upon the Northern merchant manufacturer, and
machanic9 = =
"But let us leave these pecuniary considerations
for others more weishty with every patriot. Upon
what held shall this contest be wagsdi Upon
what SPOT shall American shed American blood :
Where, on this broad continent shall We hnd the
arena where every association and msmory OF the
mast will not forbid this frAtroidAl cOntogtf Or,
when unnatural war shall have brought upon our
people its ruin, and upon our nation ts shame, to
what ground shall we b brought at lasts To that
We should have accepted at the outset"