The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-31
THE SENTIMENT IN THE UNITED sTlTfs.
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puss aYe SIoOmler IN Sneif v4uolnotl0n0 about the
war. than they have bsen since its opening Each
batch IL more somhrs than the preceding one. To
compare the editorials Of this month with those of
November last, 10 Q very pleasant and genial
amusement Tor Confederate. With gold At 10,
and no prospect Of decline, the Yankee nation
seem at last TO seaiiss that this s,susais won't
"pay," and that after oil IL the argsmsn. with a
Yankee. White the bespanslsd mummery 0.
"erecttng'' Louisiana into the Union was being
acted out in New OrIoaus, on the twenty second
OF February, very different and moro serious
exhibition was taking piaee In New Jersey. ii. j.
chief speaker being Eon. James w. Wall, late q
United States senator from that State. The
Speaker has but one thing 10 learn, and that is,
that there can be no "feconsiiatson," In his mean
ina Of tho word, between the two nations; and
with this explanation we copy soms
EXTRACTS FROM THE s1snoH or SENATOR
WALL.
The mad fanaticisn, that now rules the hou,
would extinsuish this nrs BY feeding It with moro
fuel. They would pour Are upon the confasyatton
instead of water. They would save the Union
through tho very agencies BY which the Union has
@ been DESTROYED, or most seriously endangered
They would strengthen the fabric Of the t;onsti,u
ton by repeated assaults upon the foundasiOn.-
They would instruct men how to ampli!y and pre-
serve their own liberties by sanctioning the aHalhi
intfon Of the liberties of their neixhoors. They
would violate one part OF the .onaiiuiion In order
TO preserve another. Many Of them, in their ma
tfiOtic zeal, are very much like sir Boyle Roche. In
me hIitish Parliament, who was wi ling to give
up not only a part, but, II necessary, the whole or
the Constitution in order to save the remainder,
We doubt whether, if all the mad houses were
let loose there could be mustered such collection
OF incomprehensbie and mad theorists as now have
control and are shaping the policy of this unfortu
nae Government. II these men think they can
calcins Ice out Of guupowder and make silk out of
coewebs, or bt,le up sunlight to let ont upon their
gardens In iuclenens seasons, have the right OF
calling iu question the system Of reasoning by
which they have brought their minds to such absurd
conclusions.
know that the question 10 time and again pro
pounded, through what avenue can we arrive az A
settlement of the grave Issues OF the hour. save
through vigorous prosecution Of the war. / an.
swer. not through the agencies of continued war
certainly never through war emblttcred By the ex-
asperaing and insane legislation of the North. The
plan OF conciiiatiOn Of The ruling powers seem to
he thai OF the infamous Duke of AIva toward the
unhappy Nether'andcrs, TO make every Sodiherner
feel as he lays down at night or rises 10 the morn.
luz, tat his house at any hour may fall and crush
him. 1t would seem really, to read the debates In
the Senate, ard House ut Washington, a. If these
bodies were endeavoFtng TO revive the Split and
transactions of Alva's. "Council of Blood" The
experience OF three years of this species of policy
still finds, az every sane man knew II would, the
Southern armies iu the field, strengthened In num-
bers, more effective by discipline, and breathing
hate and defiance embittered BY policy pursued
toward them that has no warrant except In the
practice of the most baTbar0us nations A con-
tinuanco Of such a war and such policy must
only widen the breach, and render separation
certain, and feconstructlon impossible. II asked
how I would propose to settle the issue of the
hour, my answer would be that OF B6ike, In
the House Of Commons In if7s. From the
commencement of the breaking out Of the
beon in the colonies agalnst the mother
country, Mr. Burke directed a most dill
gent attention to plan Of conciiauoD, as invoiv-
ing the primary interests of great empire. BY
maintaining constant intercourse " tn many Of
the enlightened characters OF the different colonial
Provinces, he acquired more extensive and init
mate knowledge of the physical and moral condi-
ton of the coonists, with their real views dispo.
his contemporaries. 1He result, Of this tnvestiga1
ton was q decided conviction that he boldly an
nounced through every stage OF the eontroveysy,
that the exasperated feeling which existed In the
colonies could only be allayed, and their aienatea
attachment revived and fundamentally secured hy
risc:ng Them exactly the T0otlng they stood pre-
vious to the rebellion. IF tile men who now clamcr
svsFe uatoFs, so was MIR. Burke. The national life
OF the mother country was just AZ much endan-
gered there by the existence of the rebellion, a.
is now And yet no nan'in England who had any
reputation dared to charge Burke and such states
men as Fox, Chatham, Pitt; Barre Luttsrell, Pom
nall, and Others who sustaned hls views, as trait
0rs, disioyal to the State. He desired peace be-
IL
membermen, OF the empire; for, ~ he foretold,
few more years Of war aud the peace would have
TO come, but with the loss OF the very colonies 10
which the ministy had held on win such death
s:My proposition" said this bold commoner, ''is
peace. Not peace through the medium Of war |;
bu, peace to be hunted through the lahyrinths Of
eegotia,ions; not peace TO arise out Of universal
peace TO depend on the judicial determination Of
perp,e King questions, the precise marking of :hc
sbadowy boundaries of a complex Government -
II 10 simple peace sought in fts natural course, s
ordinary haunts. II II peace seught IN ths spirit
Of peace, and laid in principles purely pacific.
propose, by moving the grounds Of differences, and
by restoring the former unsuspecuE5 eonnoenee OF
the people In the mother country, TO give pssAa-
nent satisfaction TO. your people mean 10 give
peace. Peace Implies reconciliation, aud where
there has been a material dispute, reconciliation
does imply In manner concession Oa the one part
or the other. In this state of thngs the proposal
make bdld to affirm ought to originate with US -
The superior power, wrong as the colonies may be,
or you think they may be, can Offer peace with
honor and safety. Such all offer from euch q
power will be attributed % magnanimty but the
concessions OF the weak are the concessions or
fear"
The words Of wisdom were no, needed BY the
vigorous prosecutor OF the war politicians Of that
day; and eseat Britain lost her colonial possessions
BY the blind Obstinaey, shortsightedness, aud
tneans vanity that may yet destroy this Union, and
secure the 6nai Independence Of the Southern See
tlpn. admitting that our arms had been attended
with all the success which the most ssnguns ad
voeates Of the war have 6attersd the country with,
had the South been disposed from their defeats ana
suffering to sue for peace, what city Of refuge has
been open for them, what horns Of the altar could
they take hold en- and be saved What explicit
terms short OF degradation and dlshonox than
death have been proposed to themt What seeu-
r.y {innocent and guilty. that they should not be
treated as conquered people aud subject to what
ever yoke their haughty vctors might please TO i'm
pose upon shemi It would be madness tO expect
that men who had takOn up arms 10 de6antiy, and
struggled % courageousIy ~ the South have done,
conqusrors, especially when they had 90 little
70 hope and so much to fear. The only hope
can be, and tbs now, to my mind, 10 the
isintest possible, in % change OF ,1.H.- .ys,am--
measures that for three years have char
acterzsd northern legislation for If the confidence
and affection we have lost Il ever to be rsgained,
1t can only be by giving the south the most unde
niahie proofs that We wish not to Oppress them ;
tina, we are willing to remove every ground OF con-
plaint and to afford the am lest security for the
enjoyment Of all their constitutional privileges in
the future wsive all questions Of authority AM
right. With nearly million Of men slain or rem
dered useless, with tghtful debt OF thousands Of
millions, increasing at the rate Of two mlllions
dey, and national ruin and bankruptcy, the inevi-
table Consequences OF this dreadful war, peace,
speedy peace, should be our object, and 70 accom-
piish this q repeal Of those obnoxious legislative
ucts is demanded, which are an tnsurmountab!e
bar to reconciliation, and have lost US the 'nfl-
dence and good viii Of those who might have
been really kindly disposed towards Is In the
South. What greater folly can there BE- than
% expect to force people into q friendly
union with ycu, to inlrust their rights once
uors into your hands. aud submit their props'iy
aud iives to your U0vernment 0y desoiaung tneie
country and spreading famine and death over their
land Z And what are the laurss acquired In the
destructive warfassl We have sabdaed not their
aruaes but the small remains Of their a6eciionao
the country their reverence for its laws and tneir
power, or the mere pensioners Of the hour VINO
now cowardly sustain them and their policy, ever
attempt t1Dfeason from the anaiogtes OF history -