The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-14
In,c DAILY DISPATCH.


Il1,c DAILY DlSfAIOn.
Tssrsds, sierrsrs, Aas.st -, lsse.
II.~ they Come Oat Of Ii.
ruruRE or GREAT BRITAIN
x.-,n BritIsh Review sayI that al Tue
- ENGAGED In the late Eastern war CON. o1'
-. .,,h changed regulations and ID a"e m,
o' rrsnee comes out OF II - the nrS' NIL
-.r ia the world; Piedmont - 'ne Young
ny ~ EUROPE; Austria - the "siy o'a
hop ~ho cannot be thrown overooara, anu
.Ds.., o,,ar. must cooperate, wne'ner tney
rrrtev A. hospital patient husHa'
s.n,hIsa Int promising to enter ON ne" 800
..es.-. Goat Britain, with loss Oh military
.,a -, .,,I, the frst naval power IN LIS
s.,a .nd ri,h inexhAustible resources.
.,,,on Of the Review, so far - Great Brit
- .on.e,ned. Is stoutly contested by an irish
- ,,s Iey. DR. Cahill, IN series OF letters
.,es...d 20 the Earl Of Carlisle. Maintaining
49,, n.,ons. ike individuals, have . certain pc
- ~ exis,encs, and seem to rise, flourish ana
fail bv certain definite moral laws, which, under
s,rcnms,ances, contrast or extend the age OF
rolitie.l kingdoms, DIR. Cahl insists that England
has passed her meridian point; that she has long
ago catered q period Of national corruption and
prof,isacy, and Is now about to commence the era
Of her national weakness. As the Doctor presents
no proofs of his proposition, we may be pardoned
for meeting assertion with denial. The story OF
Ene,and's approaching downfall Is az old as the
revolutionary war We think 1t 10 the auihor OF
the Couubiad who embodes In rhyme pretty
,oueh the saus sentiments aud predictions which
DIR. Cahill has conveyed il prose 10 snas Vene-
rabIe production Great Britain Is described as an
old woman, her teeth all gone, her hands paisied'
and scarcely capable Of welding oroo"stieK-
From that day to this, from Barlow down to Ledru
Roliu and Dr. Cahill, che has been pronounced
decadent, when, in fact, she has been growing
younger and stronger all the time. Tue ois'in'
guished French statesman and author Iohite ae
Montalembert, himself Roman Catholic and an
aristocrat, takes very different view OF thS SUI
ject from DIR. Cahii. He discusses at large Lac
question whether Great Britain has come out OF
the Eastern war better or worse, more respected
or less respected than when she went in'o IT, la
discussing this question, he comes TO conclusions
directly the reverse of those put forward oy LII.
Cshii He declares even after all that Britain has
suffered In the war with Russia, that she u the
most vigorous power in Europe, and that her Ion
eevisy ID secure. NO" says Count Montalembert
England is not GA the eve of perishing. No. she
is not dgusted with her institutions, 30 prolihc OF
good and of glory No. she has not yet fallen 20 low
as to prefer Democracy to Liberty, or equality In
servituds to the strength, the true independence
that she draws from the old aristocratc traditions
of her government. No, she will not follow the
example of the Continent, and the enemies OF free
dom of speech, freedom Of the press, and self Sor'
framcnt-both Socialists and Absolutnfs Will
have to wait = long time before they see the day
of her apostacy and ruin. England Is
not like these Continents gardens or parks with
straight avenues OF well trimmed trees, whore you
look forward and backward, 70 the right and to the
left aud see on all sides straight alleys, neatly gra
yelled, watered, and watched by vigilant police
1t Is vast and tiourishing forest where there are
good and bad roads, paths straight and crook Cd
charming lawns and abomlnable sloughs cente-
nary oaks, and inextrcable briars, but where sll
is spontaneous, robust vigorous, and Astounding IN
every part with life and nature. But you must
explore 1t. sound it, penetrate II, through and
through ia all directions, and in all seasons, to
form an idea of what Ii really Is. Even then you
will never be sure that your idea ID exact or com
plete; but you will at least know and feel that
there ID In 1t . mass Of life, strength and beauty
which must, indeed, one day perish like all that is
mortal and may tomorrow be consumed by the
visitation of Heaven, but where nothing indicates
as yet the rapid decline and early mortality that
the enemies of England proynosticate for her,"