The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-05-19
THE DAILY DISPATCH.


Mondey 11erninx, May ~. IsSg.
~-~>~''>rr~-'..>.- slavery.
~ ,s's.,I..s ~ 4 growing un
AMONG ~. 49,. - .s,. c,,.nsrv IA an elabo.
friendnno - aSs.s,.., Institutions in the last
rate ss.Aa's Jpn ,l. !. ne,.y Mondes.
n"''D q. --.,,ar che article besius. q.
III .h,sh hss need TO turn back upon itsel
and to sound by reflection the aanae e. .ne ,u'ats
concealed eeas ~ ap,srics The prodiaious increass
Timer reputation the audacity OF their enterprises
the prosress o. mel stsn .sa,,n srS s.ss hss;,
the aa.eves Ofsuch Illusions there are abundant
EXAMPLES but to cite nsns hnt our own-wnat stran
ger vi visiting the .ubterranes. res lust about to
,.t fnom our soil in appearances 10 solid, and the
strange, unpercsivea war covered up uhael t ~. 70
found pessss sis,.n,. h,.h f.rmeut the boz
som OF American society and yet in bringing tosetn
er the rrincipai features OF ~ s;Ia eontmdic.
,;n. ~ fscs and rscsI ncompatibilities not at all
accordant with the ideas that history eisesu' VI ~
NATIONAL strength ana Pe'"a" A..
Amongst these radical ineoinpa'o'
writer includes the institution Oh e'".', 49,
advocates, he insists, are endeaSorins W oo'A'n ~
the power of the government, snu to' .' s
do not fear to favor me Ass.s'sions "N.sA 80.
not merely feeble negnoofs' ou' WHICH, " GO.
tain degree, infringe upon tne INTERESTS 'ne iae~'
the honor, even oil european napons' 90 uA', ~.
der the actuai ercums'Anees' hu,op0~A
against America Whatever Inisn' Do LAO cause "
the pretexf OF H. would DC hAsy 70 lsH' On 'io
character OF monarcniai crusade ior 'ne isn's u
man against Nepuoie winch o'sfesA'a' anu ny
presses them
Significant words Inc allies went 70 war '0f
freedom In the East, ana now they may 20 10 war
for freedom IN the WeStt The writer Lueu pTo-
ceeds to speak OF the heartrending eruei''e'' 'n'
atrocious laws, the eorrupting innuenee Vi Aiu''i
can slavery. II America continues 70 prosper
with such an institution, II VIII % .no hfS' y.
stance OF Republic maintaining isel " Pc.
ing morality atits source, anu III 'He .".e " 80
common idea that the streng.n .. 'ep".s
Is IN their moiah',es A -. !,
with all steam up, head long 'o"aras oafoA'iSw
Now we 90 protest mos. eAney asA ..ss.a.
opinions, declarations ana oecrees Vi 'Ns iu'e'o'
ing fros'eafer. we oeseecn nun " ieeons,u.. '.'
case and see It's quite as oaa a. h,s' NO
supposes Is 1t TAR 70 eonc'uoe 'nA' oe.auS'' ~
ls43, no stranger would have supposed the exist
ence OF "suDterranean hres In frahce' 'neie.oie'
beneath the smooth surface OF our own society,"
there are lurking dangers OF equal masni'oaef-
There is always volcano under France and the
year, and did not suspect the existence OF suoter
ranean fires" would have visited Mouat Etna' ana
concluded because the sky was clear and the era
ter quiet, that it would never burst forth again IN
flame ana des.rucnoh. a peopie WIZ IL o'A'!
years have violently changed their government
ten or dozen times, do not anord an accurate
standard by which TO Judge the staoih'y Oh any
other society. Our chief Danger, the slavery sun
ject is not subterranean, out on tne surface sp'
parent to the eye; 1t existed when the y nion was
formed, and the Union embracing that element
has prospered, and we venture to predict Wiiicon
finue to prosper, and nourisn IN iinmor'ai you'n'
long after despohsm IN France mas ceased 70 make
slaves OF thirty-six miiiions OF wnite men.
The alleged cruelty OF American slavery Is
pure fgment of the romantic Frencnmans imagi
nation. He has been reading MRS. stowe, ana ne
thinking OF the horrors OF french slavery "nen
he talks in this vein. II Is wen known tnaI 'ne
Spaniards, French ana Engiisn are the most cfue'
OF masters Spaniards perhaps, Hrss, rfencnhien
next, then Enghsnmen-tne eterhai at.einp's oi 'ne
slaves at insurrection showed no" gaining anu lett
bic was the yoke imposed ny tnese 'yranss. ne
horrors OF 81 Domingo were 'he fesui' Vi 'Ae
enormous innumanny Oh tue fenon !" 'ne'i Slaves
At this momen'' INC haiueS'' anu VIC may aua ING
only haro anu cruei HaS'eiS' % Al 'ne ooo''
are men VINO nave con,e iioni ne0 so0ie'y' anu
taking up the ioea 'na' 'he negro orule, treat
him a. oru'e IN every Respect oou'netn Slavery
Is not the lining LILLE pnlan'ni"pto fienoninsn SUI
poses 49,,
But the unkinoes' cut .. 81 Is tna' ~ "nicn he
talks TO US Oh 'ne oeH''iAnAins 'nNaenoo anu var
barousnesS OF sAseiy' 40 p.au'nui ~ neAi MN
discourse OF Tue fsluo - no'An'' ~ NepuDn''
Lessons OF virtue iion Aiis ~,o ioie'n"s HV,
cry one KNOWS 'na' ianSo' 'n' isDuo' y, inoi a.
excellence. In e',iIa.ou, "'o' nc neeAiy aa'
nit that we are la oe'nu sna' leNn1u anu .n'eiii
gent country froni ouf eaine' ooi'nifi history.
we have lived on In tne most savage stare OF In
ternal quiet, law ana efuer' "hiis' c"nzed france
has never been for more IMAM ten years al time
out OF universal ana pioody row. we elect a
President. in our rude, barbarous way, without
drop of blood she'd Louis Napoleon lnaugurates
his advent to power, by sending an army into the
streets, and shooting down innocent pedestrians
on the pave and inoffensive spectators in the win
dows. We had Revolution, in which the most