The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-19

Wll1Hs0t tAxatlen, aithpAt nasionaa debt without
i slandine army, va1rh ~ rad d b Ne pAst r
Where ID the Land whose exemption from kiasly
rule and the horrors Of European war made II .
refuge to the oppressed Of the world Why has the
United States gone the way Of all Republics, and
become military monarchy, subject to all the exa.t-
ions, tyrannies and perils which the nations Of the
Old World have 40 long suffered These are the
benefits which Lincoln Is securing for posterity-
No other results can Gov from the prosecution Of
such war ~ this, even II successful Nothing will
remain Of liberty bat the name, and that will
soon disappear among people who have shown
themselves incapable Of appreGatins and preserving
the thing.
The whole NORTH with scarcely an exception. be-
: lievo slave labor unprodtabie. They may differ
upon tho abstract question Of its lawfainess under
the code Of religion and morality, but there Is no
difference whatever among them upon tho PROPOSE
ton that . it don't pay" They hold that it is the
most worthless. Of all kinds Of labor, that II upov-
erishes the soil and the people, and is perpetual
incubus upon individual enterprise and energy<
General Mcclellan graciously proposes to leave us
this boom He will not interfere with system
which, according the ideas of those he represents,
must keep us forever in weakness and poverty.
Surely We ought to be profoundly grateful for such
friendship We can tell General Mcclellan, as
President Davis told jacques & Co, about his own
nesroes-wo have done them great deal more good
than they have ever done us. They were forced
upon us originally contrary to our circumstances;
they have multiplied with astonishing rapidity yet
we have done the best for them that could. Their
very multiplication in such numbers proves that
they have been well treated so does their sleek and
welfed aspect Nor have neglected their spiritual
welfare More of them have been converted to
Christianity than all the missionary societies OF Pro-
testant Christendom have converted of other heathens
We, on the other hand, have not grown rich by
their labor bat the North has. The cotton, tobacco
rice and sugar cultivated by the negro have enriched
the North, built up her great cities, and furnished
the principal staples of American commerce. Gene
eral Mcclellan and his party are merctfuy willing
that the South should continue to impoverish her.
self and enrich the North by slave labor. Nay, he
insists that it shall be so, and says he will never
, sheathe the sword till it is accomplished.
We are not fighting for slavery We are not fight
ing for the blessed privilege of supporting popula
ton which could not find any other community to sup
. port them on the face of the earth Our right to
their services do not permit to be called in qes-
ton but if their services should cease tomorrow
in every part of the Confederacy, as they already
have in some portions of it, should fight on all
. the same. Whether the African remains a slave to
is question Of the most complete and contempti-
BILE insgnfcance compared to the real question OF
this contest Shall we be slaves to the Yankees p
General Mcclellan says We shall. Very well, sir,
go ahead. You did not do much towards accom-
plishing it when you had command of the finest army
the United States has raised, within six miles
of Richmond. There is no great chance, however,
Of McClellan's making the experiment, as be-
tween two war candidates, the people of the United
States can have reason to change their government
only the old contest between the outs and the ms
II Mcclellan had not committed himself to a war
polcy-if he had left the Northern masses any
ground for hope that his election would stop the
effusion of their blood and money-he might have
been elected. AS to u.s. should our liberties he
taken away, we care not what becomes Of our ne
groes.