The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-10

part 81 tne nSetoty u teO UWtSs 49,
rscs ,tly delivered ut Ns&hvfiis Ay AneS
Jshnson, the tool sf tbs FsAerai t3ovsSn.
msnt, II whssh n aAroisly seek. 70 thre al
TIE bisns TOR ths 81 eoent condition oI aRAirs
uD0A the south:
Lsdtss ssI Isuss Oysiss,s. am hsre - Aay
under. ex.rAos diuary ci.cn1astahecs. A. y
wtll haks long oas to-day. ! nigh -.
Rin ~ calling youf attention 10 vast sAtd
long ago, WHEN 0aAs ny v1iedictory In tnis
hail. when rettrtrG froM me du ties imposed
Whsn made taas address, i feel sure ny fst-
low eiii1sns will testify - the truth that
he STAIRS Of the 6ubsrnAtoriAl once
had eesn fNsAfaiiy sdninistsre1; sna
In Q stats Of undlstarsed rsDoee upon ttle bo-
con OF peaoo--peAcs, with all ia Attendant
hatpinsxs, pervadsi tbs ConnoaWssith
tAsa. How Z Il nowf What condition a..e 90 9
ses what IL to - found. when yoa extend
your visfon over The vast boz ndary OF this
beloved country; what dQ yoe Andf xon see
nsa a.nsA e, All ,As erRoin .sas :. 2. 80 ~
artillery; you l.ok upon battle Aslds. and
eee fellow go untrymsa bleeding. Why AL
thisf 4 nd nay not tnqaife vnat IL n&s
bssn for : Why do we bsho.d weePane sasasr r.
disco isolate sisssrs. and o1cken. heart0o
mothssi why II The natioa slotAsd N elacks
and bathsd Ia tsars3 Why - this disssfe.
broaghs aFOa . contacted &aa happy people
why isosI seazaisl land-:le asyiam o. me
bissdf Aeps yoa will Keep up the inquiry.
-Four years ago left nay beloved State
aaist and hapYy--her frss soss ana lovely
rsturn to day In the mtdst OF civil Wat and
the canp-ip the sou Nd OF the can nous roar,
ard In the view Of gltttaring oayonets.
Again ask, why All thssi Sisters. mothers.
fathsrs-I Intend to Ask you something. ana
call upon yoa ~ hold the entity responsible
for shed a.ng innocent blood.
3 Yor know that it has Saen said, and % ID
to me, that this 10 Al unjust war-that 1ss
war against the SoaLh. 1t Is said ths south
10 carrying on tho war for RICH ts--Soathsrn
rights. who ever sought 70 asricSe their
to respect and foster its national structure.
This, cur mother, knows Nd INST, NO west,
40 north, NO SoutA-itts purely national In
it, character.
The nauiry runs alorg, and what 10 the
conclusion reachsdf They complain OF lost
rights, aud say they have been deprived of
sheir jast and constitutional rights in tAs
Territories ferIait zee to make an inc airy, In
40 Offensive Aense, eat sim ply that nay 20
misunderstanding inquiry. What right
has been denied, what privilege Withhold,
what prsrog atives lsst, under the Uonstisa.
ton and laws Of tas UAited States BY any
Tsnnesses9 What eneY Dan ysa tell Can
you point 1t cat! Dan you take up tao Goa
satutiOA and call attention to any iikas tssrs
gaarast esd which yes nave lsetf Onn yoa
see it-eneu tt-taste lt-fsei It You may
tax all your faculties and eanAot tell wnat
right Has bssn lost. What excuse, thea. 10
there fer sll this turmoil OF war; VIVA. has
tas South lost, under tAs Constttu1ioa, thAs
patriotic fathers Of another century p
Slavery 10 tss reply. Whore has the IN
stItatlon Of slavery. Been invaded? Can
sny one tell (nsre Gov. JoAnscE allu.
- -h> =
astsrminsd to stand firm BY the principles Of
s,f-governmsat. had been dsnominatsd ~
traitors, and read the constitutional ds1niiion
Of treason If continued he, 1t b treason to
staEd BY 0nss coastrJ, an more to-day
traitor IL your presence.
was making .hs tnQairy. Why all tiisY
direct your attention 10 soWe fHts In Our
history In the fall Of lss0 yeo. remember
Thrss candidates were PAT before the psople
--RslI, B rec klnridgs. and Douglas. A foarth
Was Eoninntsd-Nr. Lincoln, bat he Aed NO
siexss In shis State. ask Of Mt. Heirs
Union, the Constitution, and the enforce
msxt OF the laws" what did the Dougian
men propose for your apProval7-:he Union,
TIE - nstit.tion. ana M ento!cemsnto OF II.
same. Ivotsd for Breckenridge bscaass
ikought him . batter Union man and .
. roaser candidate thaA either Douglas or
Foil; and hero let ms ask those Bell, Doug.
las, or Dreckinridgs men present, IL they did
act oast their votes under the i'm Pr ssicn that
they were tryiae to elect the ssro nsest Union
cAndidats3 Ny bslisf was taat Freckinridgs
vas o more eligible na7 than Ball; that
from his we'll known position In the eyes
OF the nation. hs eoAId defeat and put
down secession. 10 was stronger man
IN the south than Douglas, while 1t was
agreed that Douglas WAS strongest At The
North We mad reason to hope that, BY
Dom bin alton Of their strength, Lincoln might
% defeated. II all were. dsfssad but Mr..
Ill
atministsrsd ths al sirs Of Stats wisely and
soastitutio aaily, he would - thankfully
sapporsss-.f IA attem pied 70 encourage eee-
tional legislation and aaminisisyed the afaiIs
turn him out. Twas not for bre- king up III
Govsrnmen. bseause, forsooth, the aims Of
any set Of politicians mad mtscAeT,sd II We
are to have revelation apon sseh q ptifsl
vretext what stability OF Government co
We possess To yield 70 the dispieaslrs Of .
certain set or party, 90 far ~ to partitioa .
pslitioal str uoture OF Zach grandeur a. oars,
would % to follow la the footsteps OF dis.
yraeted Mexico. I sold my couairyman 10
give Lincoln . fair caaucs; II he sought 70
invade .hsif rights, or compress their free
dom eIscy another-thS ballot box. snt net
tAs Sword, was me insInmsa: 70 wi .n
idency, had labored through \ fltigaing
canvass, exposing myself TO al! the anpisa-
san tess Of t-Avsl and the exhaustion OF d..
eiauatton. was enlisted In his fortxues
for the sake Of my county 1 believed him
TO bs the snfsst for the crisis and can pic
daee evidence fron maay solrcss to justify
the belief. Threats were boldly made 70 de-
styoy ,he eouatry II Breckin, idee shoatd not
se elected. To avoid this calamity would
make the sacrifice Of ny hsalth-nay. mr.
life, ny all.
for the part you are snacsfns IN this siopdy
deAmaf Let ma ask, Dougias supporters,
how G uld you 60 OF into the disunion
camps Twas witness Of ths reign OF terror
which followed the defeat Of He'll, Brock
inriage, Add Douglas, and wnsn the elect ON
was over, repaired 70 Warrington. IL was
there that Breckinridge showed the c,oven
foot. So0th Carolina was bA Sely and adcCi .ly
Brsekinridgs sni co avsrsei With him; told
htGa the people were all d!sa appointed; that
we had bssn caught Ia sASp; SscsssiUnists
woela break ny the Union. What was bis
married., "I, 10 our IA y to ave .hs Govern
ment." "Wtn yon eouss1" Ae again Dc.
mandsa. / taid him not o dsaiis technical.
ttics--the laws must be enforced. II oas na2
eoan .erfstt moupy, or coMEit any other
crime sgaiAst II . laws OF tbs Uni ted states,
Ia would - punished, and 1t mattsrsd not
whether IKE law was broken BY ona IA \ or
twenty, or an hsnored, or evea BY the State
itsslf, the 0,vsrnnsnt m ust BE- Indicates
rhs soul Of Liberty is tho love OF law. II
this be 20, aad yoa have no authority to en-.
force 1t, you have no law 70 project the
weak ana defy the Rsr0EG.
NY interview With Breexinridg$ was like en-
icebsrg in ny hoson. lW;s dessived In him,
aad discover ei that Brec xhridSs had ro hops
Of seipg efes ed-no hoe bat for ksatacky
was wining TO disanits thv 3tatas hsct ass OF
Ar LtlcolR's success, aad hscause discoa-
tsnts-i 1euth CaroltnA agis - the sutjsctY :
Ts hi, question 6rscslar.aGs r.pli IN q
eaptasdsa slSpg aboas sDSjrgauon aud the
h0rrors OF . civil coz nict, convikct me sAa,
he had goas into tAe aras OF Gtaa aios. A.