The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-24
rhe New Regisnents.

We trust that the project for an increase Of she
standing army will be now and ~ all times stesdi'
ly resissea by the representatives Of the scufn-
The army Of the United States IL large enough for
all police purposes and Il 10 not necessary TOR any
| thing else IL has always been large enough TO
chAstise the Indians, the only enemies with whom
the country 10 ordinary times has 70 deal ana nov,
when the Indians are constantly eliminating,
there can be no reason for increasing our military
establishment The Mormons can be ehectaaily
disposed Of a. the Mexicans were, by disciplined
volunteers cooperating with the regular army
Az for an European war, IL Is an improbable con-
tneency, and nobody 10 the country would consent
70 the organization Of such an army a. wonld be
necessary TO meet the immense power Of England,
OF the half million soldiers of France, or Russia
We look to the navy and privsteers for defence In
an European war, and to our volunteers on land,
raIiying around aud supporting our regular sol.
diers.
We cannot look without dlstrust aud apprehen.
sion upon every considerable increase of the stand
Ing army Of the United States 1t Is impossible TO
disguise, and useless to deny the fact that the
most dangerous enemies Of our people are not the
Mormons, not the Indians not foreign nations, but
our own ceuntrymen. European governments are
too sagacious and Discreet to seek cur ruin by
would recoii with destructive energy upon them
selves, when they may more easily and safely
compass oar destruction by secretly tanning the
embers Of discord and conyelsion within our own
borders. Does any man In his doubt that
the success Of our Republican experiment will be
ultimate ruin to every throne In Europe, Yet an
open rupture would only preclpitste that ruin, and
the only chance of salvation left to monarchy Is to
set our own States by the ears and make US cur
own exeeutioners. The slavery tepic affords an
entering wedge, and If they de not silly drive 1t
home by every method in their power, it is be-
cause they have lost the instinct of selfpreser-
walton. We are perfectly satisfied that the anti
slavery agitations of this country have been in
dustriously and systematically famed fran first
to last by the hired emissares Of foreign powers,
who have every motive, with some political, aud
some commercial, to PROSTATE prosperous and
gigantic democratic power -
Now, we do not wish to see that convenient and
facile engine Of tyranny, large standing army,
placed within the reach of q federal government,
which may at any moment turn It upon the South.
ern States, and extirpate domestic institutions
by the sword We believe the present Executive
tional statesman, though we have such miracu-
lous political transformations of late years. that we
hardly know who to trust But how long are we sure
that national man will hold the reins poweri The
Free Soil party came near electng their candidate
In the last canvass, and who that knows the hsto-
ry Of COL Fremont can believe that be would hest.
tate at any aggression upon the section to which
he had already shown such heartless ingratitude
and disloyaltyy If Benedict Arnold, after his de.
sertioD, baked at any demonstration of hostility
against his native land; we may conclude that if
Col. Fremont had been elected, his administration
would have been characterized by benignily to the
South, by moderation and impsrtiality.
At the next Presidential election, Col. Fremont
or a worse man, will be the nominee Of the Black
Republican party. We do not wish to see large
standing army prepared for his occasions, and
ready, at any moment, to be hurled upon the plains
Of the South