Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-18

8. Conuasr the seeded States by invading armies.-
No doubt this might bs done 10 two or three years Dy Q
Young and able General Wolfe, q d ,saiJ, or a hocne,
with 800 600 dice plinCd ueu-estim sting 4 thru iof
Rlrrisous, and the loes Of yet greater number oy skfr-
nishes, sieges, battles, aud Soushern fsvers. The oes'
trucion Of life and property On the other side you'll De
fiehtrul, however psrfsct the moral discipline OF the ia-
Vadsrs.
The cotq1ess completed at that eno-mous waste OF
human life 70 the North and Northwest with at least
$3.50. 900 900 added thereto, aud Gus 6onoI Fifteen oe
ylstated provinces, not 10 be brought into harmony win
Their couquerers, but TO be held for gen rat o1s, ~
heavy garrisons, at an expense quidrup!e the net duass
or taxes which it would lie passibls to extor. from them,
f)lOWsd by a protector or an emperor.
4. Say 10 the sscsdsd ~Ssates-Wsy Sard sisters depart
in peace.
In haste, remain very truly yours,
WHynLD sc,Tr.
Hon. W. d. SEWARD, 81, 81, 3D.
General Scott. on the 81 of March, having pat the
hsps, tho only man in the United Safes who o,uld have
done thst-not6el him that II he entered upon an a.
tempt to corqrer the seeded Stat 8 that, In the hrss
place, he eoald not do il; that Il woull require q young
general, Ike a d .ssx, q Hoche, or q Wolf; that be VINO
had, not many years before, marched to the capital Of
He1i, % with an army of twelve thousand men, fighting
nins pitched battles on the way, meeting no check and
cor qlering 40 honorable peace, was unsbla, With three
hundred thousand msn, to attempt TO conquer the seced'
ed States in two 10 three years He was iaforme1, that
| u WAQll require tlree nu0Cfeo lDOu5Rnu ulou, ~ y
night when we are only half way through in point Of
time, va have one million Eve hundred thousand. BE
Was told that i. would add two hundred and fifty millions
Of dollars 20 the national debt and 70 day, when We ore
only 4 year and one half through, that debt probably ex
ceeds twelve hundred millions. The Secretary Of the
| Treasury reported it last Nay, at four hundred and nine.
ty millions-doube The amount that 1t was then feare1
would ba r. quired to complete this conquest. Now, fel
low cir Ems, with their eyCs open, so far as they c,uli b.
opened by his great soldier, this attemp. was entered
upon TO corq7er the seeded States.
TIE m,etiu1 broke up late at night. with q genera
cheering for everybody.
The Herald gives the following editorial summary Of
the speeches:
SeymUuT's spsech was principally a defence OF his owr
position and that Of the demcc attic party. Mr.. Var
Buteu csss some iricse on he Administration, drew
dishearteni1g picture Of the difficulties Of tbs war ia
which the nation il enIsged, amused his audience BY
rid cllous sketches Of Dickinson, F.emonf, G7eeley, AND
| the publican leaders, and paid a high compliment Il
| GsnerGl Mcclellan, which drew down enthusiastic ap
plause. Hs Informed the Republican enemies Of Gen
McGlellln that IL they would keep on they would make
him President Of the United States. He dsnoupced Mr.
Wadsworlh as bitterly hostile to Gen. Mcclellan, aud AZ
q disunions,, and he declared the purpose Of the D.
mocrscy 10 be TO sand by President Lincoln as long as
he would let them, and to stand by General Mcclellan
whether hs would let them or not. The most contempt
able Government on the face Of the earth be declared 10
be the Republican Government Of the Northern StateI
AMI after making that declsrs'ion be cried, And nov
| no for For. Lsfayc4e" He had been dieting himself
for tbs last ten month and thought h, could stand FJrt
Llnye:te for tUo mon'hs. 1t could not hold more lhau
i've hundred. who woCli not be missed on. of the Demo
cclic N j)ritY, and hen tbs fort would be better garri
s0uel th.n il ever vas b'fore. His plan was that Nc
Calm Ehouli move on 10 Richmond, that then A conysn'
u)n ehould be called, aud their Southern brethren in
vied TO g.. Tho Constitution mi Ia then be altered, OF
it, provis ons made more disGiac', 50 ii. they all should
hsresf er lie il peace; ard il the South wouli not stay
he would say to then, in 'h5 ~lAugusgs Of General Boot
conviction Of the ;riunph OF the Democracy q. th,
o3pilg elc@ioH, sud said ths. what Wis fret wanted wst
tiNt New lOk s1ostd see tc it tia: her votes Wero do
pa,ie ed in he ,.lo: 6sxss. They sbouId moi lose thel
,im1 in aikilg, Eu6 T. pc pc di1 cht them traitors the!
mus. nst r,op iotlE, bu jls: klock them dSEn snd &c
. hc tcl. lacy .si been told that tie Southern PEG
pc would uo.l live, AID, in biz ia igusnt, they orgh! mo-
to live, ussss Abolition sway, AID 10 would not liv:
WITH them II hey would.