The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-02-28


cadse dase national ieR 10 NSye not only over
ths 6tste 81 Delaware md ths States now in
tbs Conf edefacy, but againstv wave from the
hkss totas gull, and fr61n e1een to ocean, the
eaablsn of 4 uaited, harry Irosperous, and
great people.
JoHs s4yIscY ADAMS esscoHRcrox.
Bns, iii. 81 hare dseresss1 I call attention
to the utttraneea Of Mr. Adaea Ia reference to
these questions, that we 1<ay gee whether
those who now entertain To opinions he did
srs properly TO 30 charged VIA being aetuated
bY q fssent sentiment fS1<1 that by which
hs wss actnstod g presurs T VII not be
which i lam about to reasb I have not the ad-
dress IN pamphlet form, bn& & hare it from 9
newspaper protesting to Ne the time and
place, and the persons wA6 were present on
the occasion The extract NJ hfch Ishail read
is contained ia an sdres3 befese the Histon-
cal Society Of NeM York, delivered in the city
Of New York On The 30th Of April. 1882 MI.
had a right TO nuilify an actof Congress, that
no State had Alright to seceA from the Union.
believe evetysword he eSid in reference to
both those matters, and Snooea now, cir, TO
believe what he further said en- that occasion
when he daclarpd
s.Bns the insisscIuble linlssf urion bsswesn
the people of tho several a6etao Of this con.
federated nation liz after al not ia the right,
batiassss eess , ssa e sa . ssss Z; ;,sa come {.
ffa peop1B 81 theae Stase8s aiali be alisnatsd
from each othsr; when the fraternal spirit
shall give way to Geld Indifference, or coilis-
ions Of interests shall tester into hatred. the
bands CT political association will not long
hold together parties ro longer attracted by
the magnetism of conciliated interests and
kindly 8 npathiegi and far better viii it be
for the pes pie of the disuuitsd States to part
ia friendstip from each other, than to be held
together by eonassaint Then will be tho time
for re7eis.pg to tbs presidents which occurred
81 the formation and adoption of the Cons.i.
tuition. to form again more perfect union, by
disaolvipg that which could no longer bind,
and to leave the separate parts to DO reunited
by the la " of political g,avits.ion to the cen
tfe"
Mr. Presidents ard Senators, want no dis
solution of the Union; | want to see all the
States reunited; but donot believe in your
warning in time. Do you not hear in every
breeze the utter aaees, in q very popuious and
powerful section of this country, that the folly
OF exsremes has dissolved the Union and
plunged us iato war, and that the Tina may
come when SELF interest may dic.austhat 1t they,
to escape the burdens which you impose, and
TO have secarity for the fatnrs, may bs bound
10 Ioru = uufUI huplx themselves AZ Nay ue
that the thing now is but imagination. 1t is for
you to consider whether a persistence in the
insane policy of this Administration viii not
lead to suca lamentabie catastrophe.
CONSENT THE oELY WAY TO RE-ToRE THE
UsIoSs
The only msans BY which ths Union can be
restored is tho consent Of the contending par
tiss, based upon such terms as.shal be Ggreea-
bls to both. This proclamation declares that
!" the Executive Government OF the United
States, including iha military and naval an.
lbcrities thereof, will recognize and maintain
ths freedom OF sad slaves" The effect Of
tais. declaration ia, that If the people OF the
South shall al any time hereafter bswilling to
return to thsir allie glance to the Government
of The United States, and TO live under the
Constitution as Il Is and the Union as it was,
they shall nos D. permitted to do So that an
absolae condition to th ii return shall be the
freedom Of thcir slaves aud continuance Of
tns " ar until that freedom Ia recognized by
taarn. Tha proclamation soisn.nly commits
tis;s Administration 20 prosecute tais war for
the freeGoD, of the slave, even should every
other cause OF difficulty DO ecjlsted; the OBJ
iect for which verify Believed it was 40.
oeptsd and prose euiea By tia Administration
from ths beginning. and Tithoutwnieh nowar
would have been waged. More effectuaiiy to
prevent a re- union, ;his proclamation invites
a seTyite insure csion; for while impo-
telly advising tia slaves to abstain from all
violence, this is given upon the condition that
they are not opposed by their masters 10 their
efforts TO become fee; for when acting in self.
defence they may, even under Presidential
advice, act wish gioisnee-"And hereby en-
join upon the persons so declared TO be free,''
eays the President, ssto ABSTAIN from ali vio-
isnoa, unless ia necessary sesf defence
These words. uttered AMID the fiery ordeal
th ,Q6gh wni,h wa 10 n pass, VIII light their
author down in dshonor 70 the remotest gen.
Grafton" Lss him not lay tho fiattsring Uac-
ton so his soul thai he will, on account of
either 'paI sopsl insigni8cance or significance"
escape history. Joha Brown may ss forgot,
ten, oGt the memory of Abfahom Lincoln will
ne yer die. This proclamation further declares
that the slaves sof suitable condition will be
receive d into the arm ed service OF the United
S1atas, TO garrison forts, siions, stations,
and ether places, and 70 man vessels of all
sorts in saia ser vice. The sIaye to become
the murds1er of MS master! And this done
to restore the Cniou, and cause his master to
consent to live IN political fellowship with
those who cause aad approve i'll Verify,
+J,s5s Il en-. hath a I'd 30 Srcsish beasts,
Ani mea have losi their re asoa."
CONCLUSION.
Mr. President, in animadversing it may be,
with apparent severity, upon the action Of the
President, and the means which he has un'
wisely, p-ofsessdIy adopted to restore the
Uaicn, / have been governed by no feeling OF
personal unkindness to him. He, /, all of US,
sink into utter iift'eness amid the awful throae
of a nations dissolution, and In view of all
the consequences to result from it, the giving
up of sil taa. is glorious id the past the de-
etruciioa of ali that was valuable in the present
the rssigning OF ali that was bright id the fu
tnre; the confession taat we have not been ab!e
to preserve the rich inheEilage bequeathed as by
heroic, noble, aud patriotic ancestry, and the
transmission to cur children of naught but the
record of our political foiliss and crimes
affords occasion only FOR thedsepest sslfabase
meat.
Senator's, can anything, even now, he dons
to restore cur ones glorious Uaion, and Il
preserve our once boasted nationality Ifso
we should be esinalafed to make the effort by
the recollection OF all cnr fathers did for a
by all the blessings We shall IosA by Ill thl
Ills our children and chiidren's children, fo1
ali gensraiona, IA ay be forced TO suffer : an6
thar we may escape, not only the ecorn ans
dsrisi5n OF the preseut, but thai our memories
may not ba cursed by tha indignation of thu
vine and good for ali time to come. II my
feeble voice could now become potential,
wouid say, let bostilities immediately ceas>
thronghout the whole land /: let An armistice
by mutual consent Of eOntending parties, b(
immediately proclaimed; lot both ssctions
honorsbly, and a. brave men, ackaowiedga
their faults, and, g iar a. possibls, rstrao
their errors.
I.sE'shs people of every Stats. North, South
| East, and Wess, through their delegatal, mes
| in national convention, and theirs, imitatin1
| the example Of thaie fathers, agree upol
a common baeiao Of Union for aA lime 10 come