The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-06-23

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RICHMOND. VA,
We&nssSay MeTnise, June %, 1882.
MORAL EFFECT OF THE PROCEED
INGS oF THE TWO CONVENTIONS.
The New York Herald Of the aist IN the
-eourss Of o srticle upon this subject say1
Ths Whix Convention has declared essen
TALLY ID favor Of the same ioreign en o uo
tic policy a. shat which marked the De . -.
Consssiiss. Both OF these oO o =. sSe-,he
esernsl uo;cn Of these United States, sno US
nndvins determination never TO medo!e WIN
she inrernaf affairs OF European countries.
Thsse are the two points and aspects rom
which b0tl, Conventions will De rememDS.ea
for ycars to come, in the history Q, sne pol'ti.
cal affairs Of this country. no.n ~ Inu
I'd natter who may be their candidates have
m.de these declarations palpable to the world,
and recorded their utter hostility 10 the raving,
sressonable. disrepntable agitation Of the fana.
tics OF the North and Of the South.
We believe there are few persons in this part
of the country, and none anywhere, out the
abolition pale, who will NOT take this view Of
the effects Of the two Conventions, and rejoice
thar il ID correct. The abolitionisis, Of course,
will rave, bat let them rave on. We rejoice
from the bottom Of our hearts, that both parties
have had the frmness, the magnanimity, the
patriotism to shake off this presidential party.
We rejoice that neither Of them has been Sc
duced BY the temptation Of securing great
victory, to cast its fortunes with them, os ra-
Their, to allow them to cast its fortunes with it.
Even now the effects OF this policy begins to
tell Ia the abolition ranks. Even now the an.
ti-slavery men, Of all shades of opinion, from
the inveterate aboliiionist, down to the mode
rate opponent of slavery, are preparing to hold
Conventions and to nominate candidates.
They have no hope from either OF the parties
by whom they have been so unceremoniousiy
elected. They depend on separate organiza-
tion-upon running candidates Of their own
upon keeping up, by that means, their present
strength, and the hopes of the party-upon
gaining proselytes by means Of continual agi-
tatiou. Bent, as they are. upon effectipg the
overthrow Of the Constitution, end the destruc-
tioa of the Union, they will leave no stone un-
turned to effect their object. The bond OF union
between men bent upon mischief, is the frmest
of all bonds, until the mischief shall have
been accomplished, and the parties quarrel
about the division ofihe spoils. The devils. ac-
cording to Milton, kept together even in Pan
demonium, with degree Of pertinacity, wor-
thy Of imitation, by those engaged in better
cause.
saOhi shame to man, devil with devil damned,
Firm concord holds"
The love of mischief-the desire to do all the
harm possible--is an active principle. The
wish to prevent il is negative. The one acts
upon the offensive, and is always the assailant.
The other stands upon the defensive, and is
compelled to wait for the assault. 1t lie proper,
then, for all men who love the Union, to op.
pose to these, its enemies, a firm and compact
body, which, by it's own solidity, shall be able to
Withstand their utmost efforts. 1t is great
thing TO have expelled them from the ranks O.
both parties-to have made them come under
separate organization-to have reduced them
to the condition of open enemies, instead of al.
lowing them to retain that Of pretended friends
and false allies. Nothing fartheris wanting blu,
steady resistance. The friends of the Union
are cheered by the fact, now become apparent,
that they have on their side, the strength ofthe
country, and that no Presidential aspirant, and
neither of the great parties, can claim affinity
with the anti.slavery men, and politically live.
Yet they ought not TO forget thai their enemies
are still alive, though fallen-that they are still
animated by the same instincts which infamed
the heart Of their great prototype, the first OF
the fallen angels, even after his irrevocable
ruin-that they are still capable of doing mis-.
chief, and still bent upon perpenating il. to the
extent of their power. They mean to com.
bine and arrange all the isms extant, to assis,
them in the prosecution Of their internal
schemes. The first blow will be struck a,
Worcester. Massachusetts, in July, where Z
State Convention will be held. A National
Convention has been called by them at Cleve
land, on the 4th Of August, and another at Buff
falo, in September.
BLACKWOOD.