The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-02

Harcisn once said sAmefica Il fortunate coun.
cry; for af ahrivee by the follca Of our kurureAn
countries Bns Mas new sne mas rxsas1 49, ~
iollisa she has not only adopted them--waf taxes
cppsv sscn--but she has como step farther ana 70
sndeavoring to dcatroy Der own litertier the hber
Hes Of white men, IN order 10 strengthen or secure
these Of the black race. The hlNtory OF mankind
presents Us with many insane ioihes OF nations but
none equal In inasui'y TO this stdpendous folly OF
Republican America In this noon OF fhn nincteenth
century year and half ago the American Ne
public with The motto 'E pluribus unnm" flaming
ia her beak. developing her resources OF nlind
aad body with an external force and an internal
,,eedo@ :aat had never parallel m the wS' ,ha
London Tisass, ''arc In the hands of this people
With heroic past we had the promise of most
glorious future Al peace with ell the world aud
with oursesvestae terror Of the na'ons--a career
af national prosperity was opening before I'M
hmittd in extent, rvdiing Ia happiness the iablcd
Utepias Of the poeta. Dat Of the once unknown
wilderness Ia less than three centuries, mighty
empire had arisen. Upon The scarcely rotted roots
of the primitive ferest proud cities stood teeming
with basy lie, and growing like the prairie grass IN
spring The boidesi aDd most enthusiastic specu'
iat"r could have scarcely ventured 10 predict tho
destiny of this country II integrity had continued 70
govern her deliberations and Wisdom Lad prevailed
Ia her ecunciis. Her WORT enemy, Us no looked CUT
upon tie vast inherit of this people, stretching
from The Atlantic seabcard TO the Pacific, from ia
inland Mt the North to TIE fIordian reels with
adj It's eenng millions and oil lis evidences OF pros
perty, everywhere, must have been compelled 10
exeiam. with Ball, the sen of Poor, as he looked
oi upon the tents OF Israel whitening all the plains
OF Moab, "who count the dust OF jacob, o. the
number OF tie fourth par; OF Israel As the valleys
they spread forth. gardens by the river side.
as trees OF ligu aoes which the Lord hath planted
! as cedar trees beside the waters"
| Ali this prosperity apd promise for the future
was the natural result of the constitutional policy
| Of the Democratic party which had ruled In the
land so long. Tha; party held as the policy OF Its
1 rinf sfrur ffnn off
equal aud exact justice 10 all who are entitled TO
its privileges. snagonis,n to all forms OF sec.
| journalism based upon hostility 10 institutions
whose privileges were guaranteed by the Consiilu-
ton. Had such policy been adhered to- this patton
l today would have remained Il united and happy
people hut n sectional organizations, protesting
for tho basis OF iss creed eternal hostility TO slavery
revolutionary i'll its origin aud destructive III Its
| policy, proposed TO govern this country by usur
patton; to overthrow anr set al naught every guar
antee of ,he Constitution in reference TO fifteen
States OF The Union 10 shut them cut oil tie mag,
mncelt Territories acquired by the common oicod
| sud treasure of the cnonI to maintain this Union
| just ~ the Union between England and Ireland IL
] oaintainedI Just as Great Britain attempted to
| Maintain the union between the mother country
| and the American colonies. When the danger OF
| disrupted Union WAS upon us, aud all the nor
| fors OF Il civil war Eensced, they persistentiy re-
fused al attempts at Cancellation and compromise
| and preferred the arbitrament OF war to that Oh
peace and cancellation They refused Cancellation
and compromise, aud when they did SO they knew
! that war would result from the refusal.
The war they invted-Iay, longed for--is now
upon us, and has brought in its train all the ruin
that has waited upon its blood.staned footsteps.-
| Every fundamental principle Of constitutional lib
erty has been scattered TO the wiEds-enornous OK
penditures the result OF speculation and fraud, de-
| Msnd oppressive and exorbitant taxes-Whoic nee
atonbs of victims have been offered up ana there
| is hardly house, as in ancient Egypt, I'm which
there is not one dead'-a large proportion Of the
productive industry Is being turned from tho peace
full pursuits of agriculture TO where the reapers de-
scend the harvest of death-evory W here indivd
usl and national bankruptcy is staring Us In the
| face.
| In The legislative councils Of the nation every
hour makes manifest that the object Of the war is
rot 10 uphold the Government: the Constitution,
the Union, but TO lift the artificial weights from all
| mems shoulders" in the language Of President Lin
eoln--to wage 'an irrepressible conflict against
the Institutions OF savery-to rob the white man
OF his liberty, that TIE slave may enjoy it Nine
teplhs Of the legislation of Congress has been this
session directed towards the condition Of the slave
and kow TO alleviate that condition. while the
full situation OF this Government, intended for
white men. is entirely lost sight of. Ia the mean
time the nation reels and sgsers to and fIo like
drunken man"
Democrats Of New Jersey! the hour when you
70 meet in council is not far distant. Upon you
together with your confreres in other States rest
the hope of the country. With e bold. vigorous,
and de erEined effort you can help to save il but
i. wiz not be by Aaiftp ,eaporszias measures.
You cannot save 1t by endorsing and approving the
acts OF The present Administration by endorsing
attacks upon the constitutional liberty Of the sub
ject; by approving Of q war OF subjusasion and ex
termination. The cunning unp1iuci pied promoters
Of this war, who are specializing upon the blood
and treasure of this nation, have desire that it
shall cease Under the specioGs and dalusive cry
that Government is in danger aud the Consultation
must be- upheld, they are uprooting the f0unda-
tons OF the one and rendering nugatory every pro-
yision of the other. Read the history of the past
year. read the daily legislation of the in Con-
hpup an afri.t.l them tail
honestiy-do you believe this to be war fer the
Unon or the preservation OF the Constitution Ii
you do not it is high time you should cry aloud and
spare net
ii is time that you should arouse from the letIar.
e. that enerv:tes and the false security that de-
ludcs you Ii you believe that the further coutinu.
ance Of this war viii only entail untold INSERTS
upcn yourselves and your pos:eriiy you have a
right to demand that 1t shall cease You have the
right by all Institutional rlcans within your power
to en3eavor to make it a l1aty. Il not, You ac-
knowledge right and power in this AdIaiistr.i-
ton which only belongs to despotc Governments,
thal are founded III folcc and rot IL the consent Of
| the governed
| Let this war go on in the spirit il is now bciug
weged, and you viii dig an impossible gait be-
| tween the North ami South Remember what aena.
tor Douglas 5aid IL the Senate before disease had
dnnied bis eye and paralyzed his mind: whether
| tee war that these Republicans now clauor for
lasts one year, seven years. or thirty years. the
suit must be the samea cessation OF hostiiities
when the parties become exhausted, aud a treaty
of peace recognizing the separate Independence Of
each section. determination, smt;ASatioa, sepa-
ration orc of te three glr@t be tie reslt Of the
| bettreen Norlksra and S9aths7a States
MOVE, the question Ii. will you wait until
OF years has Frustrated every interest, destroyed
six Il part of your population, and made u waste
and desolaiion of the North, or will you demand
peace now Z Is the freedom of the negro of more
Importance than that of tie white mani If so,
clanor for war. Are the groans of the wounded
more musical TO your ears than the whirl of the
shuttle and the ring Of The hammer! Then clamor
for war. Do you desire All incubus of taxation
that shall make you and your remotest posterty
"newers of wood aud drawers Of water to the
Federal 60 :ern,nent Then elemor fer war Do
you desire to zee this Confederated Government
transformed into vast centralized military despOt-
isn't Then clamor for war. Do you want TO wit
ness the final wreck Of all the gories OF past,
and hopes for the future Then cianlor for the
war.
PRISONERS ARRIvED--The prisoners captured
by Major Bailey in his brilliant cavalry dash on
Sonnersvile, the county seat of Nicholas, Friday
last, arrived in Lynchburg Thursday night. They
number sixty 1.-TWO privates and four commissioned
officers, among them Lieut.. Col Starr, the com-
mandant Of the place at the time OF it's capture.
DIR. Rueker Is not among the number having been
detained at the Salt Sulphur Springs, the authori
ties not having decided whether he shall be treated
as q spy or prisoner of war.
TkayFLIN0.-(soy aLetcber and Mayor Mayo, of
Richmond arrival in 1ynchhurp Vhr,rsdav ayen.