The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-27


lon, for ausrtes 81 a century; nor that as
unicu, without war. was at All ~ be expected
But it seemed q remote contingency, not nkei!
20 occur In cur day and gepsratloD. nor Wa
il easy to suppose that. If attended by war, IN
war would be ca such q ecsle ao the present
.ad, leas, cf all, that L. wcnld be conducted II
such spirit Of vsndalisni and Humanity "a
characterize .hie horrible INVASION,
We 81. hers in the heart % Virginia. ani'f
the s,esa fields snd bs!my sirs Of srfsng -
lesth tie shadow # OH own WHO spd he
,rse, AID at our very doors huge anaooiids
lies coiied, which has Travelled hundreds d
uiles 70. our destruction We, the innooSn'
md unc Tending, the wrcls extent OF wHose
| wrong doing consists in asking tc b let eiors
, are b.l.aguered here ia our own capitol by al
.mmense army, recruited from 81 the NATIONS
II the earth, end sent to shed our blood on on
,wn soil, t. take away on: homes and o'n
property from us, TO make oar wives wioo"s
aud our children orphaae, ard b menace them
as B,tler has done, With fate wcsse tasn
death, if they dare, by VOID, look, or gesture
TO express displeasurs ct tbs performers Of toss
intoierabs wrong.
Wa have claimed ihs right fe- which our
spsr,;es themselves wsnt to war in the Eevo
,nt,on. of raauasing our own atfalrs in our
| own way. We have grown up IN tie oehe1
tnst tie States were Sovereign, aud had the
.ovsrei9u sttribu,s Of directing their own des-
| inv. Ia accordance with this belief, We have
| chosen to separate ourselves from States who
| aad long ago broken VITA impan.sy that n=
,.oral compact which they would hold US to
| - fire and sword We Fever dreamed Of CO.
srcing item 10 maintain the Constitution and
he Union. II they had chosen TO give mp the
Union openly, instead Of retaining is forms
| md violating Is sYiri', not one Southern arm
would have been raised 10 force them to rs
main II we are no " In arms, IL is upon cur
WI s,ii and 10 our own defence sud even in
,ur ryru defence we have neve. sssumed the
.gvressive never invaded them, never mo
Isstad their households nor invaded their
,smes. Yet, here they are, seeking to de,
Drive Us Of life and Of all that makes life
xurth having simply becsuse we will ne. be
their slaves.
Ifany one bad predicted Ssr years sgo
hat the North weult have embarked In such
wax as This ag:iuss ia. S,uih, they would
has. oeen net by sps,ious ars aments drawn
troa. she pretsnsio1s d Northern civilization
aud f-yn the tremendous interests which
the Ac.th had iu peace. The North pro.
fsssed t. be the modsl people Of he.
nsuisy and toisrs,ion They were SO NOR
bidy compassionate 20 human 2ufsriD,
hat they could scarcely bear TO consigu 50 tie
yalious ths most bloody mu,dercrs and pi
rstss in ssversl Of ,h sir States capital p1a
nish neut hayl been abolished, nd it was t!eic
boast tha. No political offender had ever los. lis
Iifs LII tbs GIFTED States. They sJmpathissd
With rebellion III every cline, and exalted into
uartyrs aud heroes every man III Europe
Mexico, ana South America, who rAss,i his
hand against his Government Vine could
ever believe that such a people would for tine
frs. tins punish with ali the pains and penal
lies of rebellion those Of their OWE country
rneu who dared to CONTEND for the iualisnab!e
right ot gsif-governnreut; that they would
transfer 10 American soil the despoti an OF
Bonba, crowd prisons aud dungeons with po-
iitical offenders. crimson the soil with tho
blood Of thoe. whom they still pretend to
claim Sc their brethren, and threaten them with
the deprivation Of eyery right Of property, vi
freedom, and independence Moreover, even
If AL ths eould have hseI Ola y ned, ". should
asvs beea told that the cool rsassu sud pro.
verbal calculating qualities et tie North
would have iusbirctiveiy revol.ed ega.ust tbs
! process Of preserving lae Uaion by wa- eli
! Invasion. Tae vast revenues which they d.
a; lived from the South would have bssn az ap-
| peal to the pocket which would instantly have
| should have oesu told that they wers the last
people upon earth 20 cut opsi the goose that
laid them the gold en- sgss. II the S)uth I'd 1t
! supplied the General Government the greatest
| portion OF its increase, it was Southern staples
! and Southern Labor which hGilt up Northern
! commerce aud msuataotures, aud made their
cities vast Lives oI industry aud wealth. Dis
/ onion did 70. necessarily Twelve tho loss OF
these advantages, If peaoeably effected, it il
more than probable thet trade would still hav.
| continued in it's accustomed channels. The
! North, Ne q reasoning aud calculating people,
| u,iQht havs been expected to prefer the chances
| of psace, ~ q. even Of ultimate reconstruction
| IT, the ioss Ut everything which IL war II inva
| gon would tende, Inevitable But how com
| pie.ely have all such reasonings been exploded
| Ths boasted Aua-@-lty # tue North hss giveI
place to h ferocity unsurpassed III the annals q
| modern civil zat,ou The men who mournet
over the Necessity vi sending murdsrois to the
xallowe have no led like wild beasts for South
ern blood The people who oheersd ON rebel
lion Ia every other land, have pursued 1t here
with wild cry for suhjugation or sxterlni
nation Tue nation which permitted such al
abcmination a. Utah to 4 aunt the Gag Of 70
bs!ion dsiantly In its very face, have raised III
army of seven hundred Thousand men to oblit
crate from the very face Of the earto If they can
| the Christian and oivilized South. Aud IL thei
reckless .hs2 ard Of their own prosperity, w
$50 how little power, reason, aud even inter
est have against the madness Of passion snt
tanasicism. Tie impulses Of blind rage an
vengs ancs have hurled reason from Ter tarone
and made them ss insensible TO their own wei
fare "a 10 our rights They have converted
those who would have been friends into eter
nal foes, and even ii they could restore the ex
tant Union, have made the restoration OF South
cru trade aud commerce III impossible 10 tie re
surrection Of the dead The cotton that mad
their fortunes is burned 10 ashes . they *,
vance, If they impoverish us. they will rende
'us unable b. trade with them even if we wo,ld
il they bring rs back to ti,eir Union, /. vii
only be wilderness which they will gain. full
OF thorns and bfiars, aud deadly ssrperts
UsjYu. Cosspl I'M Ms 70 General.
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