The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-18

TIA latest Northern news received here
HING. the rumor that Mr.. Vsllandighsm has
,..n s.u,snced by the drum-head court that
,,ss him 20 two years imprisonment at hard
Ishor on the Dry Tor.ugae, Florida. The
l.,o]d aiscredite the rumor on tho ground
,hs, the rigid rule Of seeresy prevailing in such
co,,,s a. ,ried him would prevent its decision
from gaining publicity until made public by
Ire cour, Itself The same paper takes occa-
sion TO SAY that such sentence would make
,.-su MI. VS. election as Governor of Ohio
in the fall
IN the meantime there are Indications of
sous popular excitement on account of Mr..
yslaudishsm's arbitrary arrest and trial-es
r.,jslly in New York, where large meeting
had been held on the subject Mr.. James
Brooks, of the Express, made very strong
declaration in his speech to that meeting. He
sad In my judgment and belief it is not go
unch the intention Of the Administration to
subugats the South as it Is to subjugate the
North Mr.. Brooks ia mistaken in this
uaeh That i, is the intention to subjugste the
u,
dsrs ii necessary to subjugato the North The
very process demands the exercise of arbitrary
power that lie utterly inconsistent with free.
dom st the North. Both North and South must
be free, or neither. It is impossible that the
S,ulhern States can be conquered and held as
provinces by the Washington Government,
Wills the Northern States retain their indie
psnden! sovereignties under the Constitution.
The Federal Administration is certainly not
more humane in its purposes towards the
South than the North. 1t merely ignores the
State and personal rights Of the North as a
means to make more complete the crushing Of
kll right, all justice in the South-the general
sabjuyation, robbery, and ruin of the Southern
people But Mr.. Brooks is bold in his Ian.
susge, and may have to follow Mr.. Vallandig-
ham 10 Tortugas, if Lincoln has the courage to
ssad him there.
viii Lincoln order the sentence of the
Burnside court martial 10 be carried out, If
that sentence has been correctly reported
Whether he does 60 or not, be must suffer
damage. If he sends him to punishment, he
must arouse deep sense of outrage in tho
public mind, except amongst his own immediate
party. If he fails to approve it, he will ap
psar as too tmii to enforce the natural and
unavoidable DEGREES of the tribunal be has had
the hardihood and tyranny to establish. To
what other termination could such court,
With such accusers, under Burnside g death
order, arrive, than that of the cruelest i'm.
Fri,onment, or death itself, for publicly op-
posing the measures Of the Government He
nus. have known that such would be the re-
Ealt when he ordered such court to try and
Elaish euch An offence. If he now remits its
sentence he will bstray fatal iudecision-the
sceptre will tremble in his hard-a woeful
sisn for the despot, and one which is sure to
!esd to his downfall.
Mr. Brooks is certainly right as to the pur-
pose Of the Administration to subjugate tho
Sor'h--end today the Northern people are
mora in danger of permanently losing their
AbeEues than are the people Of the South
That gentleman aaid that New York and New
jersey we're the only free States in the North
The honorable gentleman may speak little
100 faFt- 1t certainly has not appeared yet.
tyraut has not tried conc,usions with them.
Those States have not yet failed to respond to
hl' demands for troops to crush the South,
and no Issue has been fully presented. When
one is, If they prove their claim to be regarded
free and Independent States,' it will raise
them high in the estimation of the world, and
very much surprise us of the South!