The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-07
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TYR f.cspscr Now.--Ws had not until
now thongtt q Southern man susceptible Of
sympathy for people whom we SO abaor ~
those Of the North. but we DO confess 70
ssuse Of sorrow for the N1thern pubic IN
der the humiission which Seward kAs
brought upon them The only circumstance
which tends 70 mitigate this emotion sfhe
s;oae: whether that people really feel their
Disgrace 3. all, Passions,eiy devoted to in
.eees,. and Obvious 10 every emotion OF
honor, pride, or shame, In conflict win tnn
yu.;ns sentiment, Il 10 NJ least douosi"i
whether that people, in their Joy at ESCAPING
a destructive csnaict with England arc sus'
cep,ibls 10 any scuse Of the shame WHICH the
rrayen act Of their Cabinet has ehta'ied upon
them =
Oaa If ,bs mos interesting studies OF mod
.rn ,,n,. all, be to witness the ELECT CT Sew
.ra.s ccvardice upon the Northern public
There we're several most significant speeches
pronounced in Conasese before the denoue.
men, Of ,h.s Seward Russell correspondence
The extreme wing Of nboli,ionis.s, what III
IaIm NVhss0 NC Nns10 Wv AApthaaAhs WV
uneqaivecai in their utterances in favor Of re-
s1siug and resea.;uy the expected demand oil
Great Britain. The spesch ef Hale In the
eeux.~, tue resolutions in compliment OF
Wilkes adopted by tbs House, aad these of,
Iesed demanding strict incarceration of 81 ason
aud Sldeli, hut TO, adopted, III The same
Chamber, sufficiently indicated the temper Oh
the popular party OF the Norli, OH this subject.
4. RI maine to be seen whether the power OF
crush out all opposition 10 It's measures, is
sufficient 10 sGs-Aia i. under the severe ordeal
TO which Stewards letter will subject 1t.
1, seems 10 Us that despousm Itself could
Lot MAJ uss.in its power uider The Indignant
ffcwns and cures of an outraged people,
smartiog anGer tae shame OF iii act OF COW.
arfice - conspicuous and so aiiect, Ms tina,
by which the Washington Cabinet tar just
degraded. ascl., Eor even il tho Northern
people are wiling ia take advantage OF the
tgnom,nioas proceeding Of their Cabinet,
yer, as the traitor il eyer despiscd most cor.
daily ty those aao accept TIE frul's OF bis
treachery, so we SHOULD think the koxlesn
people would make hssts 10 remove from
prominence, oAcs. . aud responsibility, Il
Cabinet which he's trough, upon thea So
much tiishonor.
Ia this foiut of view, there mey result from
This sorry termination of the hfst imoIoe 10
between the Moth ;pd Great Britain rome
remote possibility OF ,,acitcation betw cen the
North nnA Sou'h. IL has been plain nom the
beginning OF tlus CONTEST that there Was no
chance OF poaoe 10 long a. the tricuens I'D
snins.ration which inaueuratea the war re-.
iained It's supremacy at the North. That adj.
ministra;ion seemed until now to hold i,s au-
shortly by So finn and strengthening tenure.
'' that lao prospect WAS presented for any posi-
bic accommodation. Ii the present Caaiac.
should fall bs fore the jus. indignation Of a
betrayed aud disgrac,d constituency, its sue.
csseor would be either uE.de up from the rab;d
wing of Aboii:iJnists, or else from the more
conservative class Of Northern men In the
former event, large portion of the Northern
people would be djsgnsted by their extreme
anti slavery policy; and ail the population in
the border States uow adheIing to tie Union
.anse, would come over heart and hand 10
sao o'uti- Al VIC i"''ef case, tiss entife pei.
ley Of the Northern conduct of the war
would bs changed, and measures would IL
shaped towards an a,nicable separation Of the
two SEQ ions La either event, Wcuid q new
Thaee 90 impaired 10 affairs, far more favors.-
BILE to peace aud Southern advantage, than has
Represented itself.
If neither Of these events should oecnr
then tho North will labor under the ,is,.,iva,..
tagc OF conducting its affairs under the aus
pices OF an. administration disgrsced in The
opinions OF the wofli aud disbonored even ia
the eyes of dts own people. In either Of these
three alternatives the South holds all the van
tage ground and is master Of the Situation. >
Pro Seward writes to Minister