The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-14
TUE FUTURE.

" e are no go, Az pAVPhOfo oi O'ii
and whilst there is bright side remsining
to any object, if il be- only one speck of blue
sky in the cloud cover ed heavens, we desire
to look at it, and to see the star of hope shi-
ming th rough it. But it is the duty of the
mariner, who would preserv 9 his vessel from
destruction, when he sees bre ak:rs ahead, to
give the signal, and the press of country
ought in like manner to lift mp its voice,
when danger is near, danger to the govern
msnt, to the Union, and even to liberty itself.
We have read of great naval battles, IN
which the ccmbatants were so bsorbed IN
their fierce struggle with each OF her, that
war of the elements began to rag without
attra letting their observation, and the bowling
of the hurricane and the roar of Heavens
artillery did not drown the thunder 'of their
own furious strife. 1t was only when masts
and yards came crashing about their h eads,
and some gigantic wave involved them IN
common wreck, that they discovered too Lite
their danger.
In like manner It fs to be feared that the
political parties of the country, in their ex-
citing warfare with each other, will forget
the terrible perils which threaten the ship of
state in those schemes of abolition and dis
union. which never were as Formidable as at
this hour. The next session of Congress will
witness such an onslaught upon the outwor.ks
to the Southern citadel as the country haSne
yer yet beheld nor even imagined. The trfaAs
and dangers of the past have been as child's
play to the storm which will howl around
the federal capital next winter and rock it
to its foundations. 1t becomes patriots of
every section and of every political creed to
unite in a solid phalanx for the defence and
deliverance of the Republic. Whilst parties
are pouring their broadsides into each other,
let them not forget to keep bright lookout
upon the big, black clouds that are rising in
the North, lest, in the midst of their conten'
tions, the ship of state shall sink to rise no
more.
THE DISCHARGE OF THE BURNS RIOTERS.
This announcement, made in our paper
yesterday, of course took nobody by sur
prise. 1t would have created much more
surprise if they had been brought to punish
ment. If Massachusetts wishes to astonish
the South, she has only to abide by the re
QUESTIONS of the constitution and maintain
the laws in good faith.
We would do no injustice to the conserva-
tive people, for such there are, of that State,
nor derogate from its public spirit, its cour-
age and intelligence. But, unfortunately,
men of the baser sort seem to have obtained
the mastery of the wise and patriotic; and,
instead of the Massachusetts, patriots and
gentlemen, who figured in the Revolutionary
era, we behold in the halls of legisla-
ton, and in the most influential positions,
ignorant, brutal, treacherous, icentious ia
natics, whose public and private character
is alike beneath the contempt of civilized
men.
1twould be crying injustice to suppose that
the official representatives of Massachusetts
are representatives either of the intelligence
or virtues of her people. Heaven HELM her
if they are! She has thousands and tens of
thousands of good citizens, who look with
= pain and shame upon the conduct of the man
now in public station. But they seem unable
70 arrest the mad march of faaaticism
poweriess to prevent the fearful public and
private calamities which it is inevitably
bringing in its train