Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-14
FnOM THE UNITED STATES.


tracts from Northern papers Of the ninth and tenth
insants
ruE,MrErNG OF THE NEW DEMOCRACY.
The following is an abstract of the speeches at the
recent meeting in New York.
4 Fernando Wood was the first speaker:
4 Non communication would not suit the hour There
are two revolutions against the Government-one at the
South with the sword the other az the North, by exec
ulive and legislative usurpaons, the latter, unfortu-
nAtely, in possession OF the Government Iakng ad-
vantage of the popular enthusiasm for the Union il has
Z ider pretext of furlheiiDg this holy objec ST d.
ally fastened chains of slavery on the people. The
influential interests known to the country have be-
come aiders and abeers Of the war These are ls tie
whole banking interest Of the countryside Admins.
tation first borrowed their capital and by legisll
ton subversive of State banking authority it monopo-
zed the Tency by substituting its own credit for the
constitutional legal standard The banks thus torced
to their capitals Fe bound to sustain the Ad
ministraton, right or wrong. 2. New England having
lost valuable customer in the South iavors the war as
a profitable substitute in army contracts and Govern
ment disbursements. g The railroad interests. 4. The
debtor class 8. The Abolition fanatics. g. Many hun
dred thousand ofice-hoders. government employees
! and contractors T. The administration themselves,
wto by continuance of war. hope TO perpeuate their
power fer another term If not for lfe s. Inc
Republican parti ans who love political dominion. y
War Democrats, tired of waiting for the spoiis, join
any party in possession Of the "sinews of war" 10.
Some honest men who believe the Union can be re-
stored by fighting. IL. The army us braOch OF Elk
ecute power These the interests united tor the
war. Great they are, the people are greater. II
asked what Democratic successor or Lincoln should
do he could answer: "Cease hOsites, and Obtain
conference publicly and officially, privately and un.
officially lie would not say there should he coRven-
ton Ii told that the South would not listen to nego
atoms looking union but would insist on negou
alton for her independence he answered. who can say
wha: the South would would not do, under the then
existing circumstances.
John S. Garlic, Of Va. followed. lie spoke OF
| the insanity Of any man who supposed the South
can ever be conquered In his opinion 1t can ony end
in the thorough exhaustion Of both sdes lie had done
and suffered for Che Union than all the Abolition
lists It was his only hope He was born in the South
and wished to die there The war is carried on for
boundary line and for the restoration Of the Union
Mr. Williams of s. c., said he had left military des-
po IN in the South and regretted 70 ind he had got
in another. lie took three days TO see the President
gud then he threatened him with gunboat lie found
the Presiden, had idea OF re-estabshing the Union
His only excuse him (the speaker) for the emancpa-
ton proclamation, checkmate the intention OF
European governments TO recognize the Southern Con
ledeTacy.
Judge McCunn said that, like many others, he had
sometime ago thought the only way Of bringing back
| the South was by armed force; but now, Ike many
others he had changed bis mind. Now he felt it TO be
lis duty to protest against this war so Tar as has gone
| MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
The British schooner Roderick Random, spoke the
and 80 minutes and longitude rs degrees and SO min
utcs, and exchanged longitude with her.
Jacksonville Florida, burned on the 3lst ut, by
Col Rust in retaliation for an attempt OF the r,bes to
shell it aud murder the Union inhabitants, and then
evacuated under orders He brought away with him
| the families of the Union people.
The Eastern Queen, from New Orleans Goth ult, ar
rived a. New York. the 7h, All reports that at Fort
| Philir Southwest Pass, she boarded by U. 5.
boarding officer who reported having received tele
n, fhp rphel hal no
gan to evacuate Port Hudson. The Herald says this is
premature unless il is 10 precptate the whole army Of
the Southwest on Rosecrans.
A Cairo despatch Of the 7h, says: 'ln retaliation
for firing into the gunboat St. Clair, the Cumberland
| Tuesday last Capt. FitE, with guuboat went TO the
tom of Palmyra on Saturday, and after giving the in
habitants time to leave they burned the entire town.
The steamer A. d. Hne passing down the Codwater,
WAS fixed into by guerAs and several deck hands aud
one engineer killed. The Captain was MORALLY wounded
THE RECENT ILECrloNs
The Herald under tie head Of 1.-The Connecticut and
other recent Elections says "Seymours election upon
hi, denoraizng Ieacs PLATFORM would have given sub
santial aid aud comfort to the enemy. His defeat
strengthens the hands OF the Government the unity oil
the LOYAL tates and brave volunteers IN the held-
And vet the results Of this Connecticut election per-
fecy consistent with the great conservative reaction OF
lest ober and November in the Central States. That
reaction was against the military blunders and imbeci'
ties of the AdmL3 ration aud against the impractcabe
war expedents Of the radical abolition faction, and IN
behalf Of more vigorous prosecution OF the war The
conse vative public opinion OF New YORK, last NOie-
her rebuked the blunders and excuses of the abolition
faction and the same public sentiment, or conservative
balance of power among the people, has Just rebuked
| the CopperheAds in Connecticut The people oil the
oya States mean simply that this Administration shall
be sustained in It's efforts put down the rebeOn that
the laws which have been passed to strengthen the Gov
eminent shall be respected but the Administration and
the Republican party notwithstanding oil this, will be
broucbt 10 strict account before the bar of public opn-
ion in the Presidential election OF 1854"
FOREIGNERS FOR lHg YANKEE ARMY
| The Liverpool Abior of March l9.h, -"For
some past il has been observed that from this port
and also from Cork there has been considerable, or
rather indeed, a large emigration Of strong, active
Young men, chiefly Irish, for New York. The extent
to which this draft has been and still is carried, give;
rise to the suspicion that these young men, are in rea.
r. recruits for the Federal army This suspicion is fur
tber countenauced By the well known fact, that for u
long time past agents of the Federal government have
been at work in Ireland, endeavorng surrepntously to
/ obtain recruits The Federal government makes 20
much noise about our alleged assistance to the Coned-
erates that would be as well their own proceedings
/ we're watched more closely. We believe the govern
me bin possession Of facts confrmatory OF the rumor
respecting the movements of Federal agents in lrc-
! land.
| IRON YEw ORLEANS.
| The steamers Crescent and Columbia, from New Or
leans, arrived AT new IoEAi TUG osH, Oi"S,H6 pa
tcuars of tue capture of the gunboat Dana by the
Cop(ederaes in Atehafaaya river, near Pattersonvne
on the 2sh ult Her commander Acting Master Peter
| son. was shot dead and six of the crew killed. Some
25 of the 18th Connecticut and l60th New York we're
| killed and wounded in the action. The remainder on
board 10 in number, taken prisoners The en-
glgement lasted two hours and 30 minutes The loss
/ IS attributable to diSobedience of orders.
The n o. Era, 3lst ult has account ofa rebel rad
into Mexico at the mouth of the Rio Grande, in which
/ Col. Davis Col. j. E. Davis, Capt: W. W. Montgomery
and soldiers of the lst Texas cavalry captured.
rhe Ne xcan authorities demanded the surrender of the
prisoners captured under their flag, but Capt Mont.
gomery was retained, says the account, and hung by
| the rebels.
| CAMERON IN DIFFICULTY.
The majority OF the Senatorial investigating Commit
tee Mt Harrisburg TO eEuuire whether unlawful
j ~ nlrc inn If The III