The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-13
..u.as stock.

nu.s .,oct that 10 suffering In these hard
-, w.n.s. stock seems 10 have fallen the
,n~s.t n has been In lite time valuable and pro
drcttva. a. has made the fortunes of various poti-
raj speculasors and proved productive Of more ex-
ss,,ent Newspaper articles than any other stock
now. or at any former time, In existence. II Is
calculated that three hundred journals have been
supplied by the Kansas business with three hun
dred daily articles Of great pith, power and pro
xity, and that many political orators have been
furnished with materials for thrilling and sublime
orations, exciting alarming and astonishing an Ia
teillssnt public. New York contemporary has
heard Il estimated that In New England, at least
three thousand clergymen invested their little all
In the Bleeding Kansas Bowie Knife and sharpe
Rife Manufacturing Company" when II was at the
very highest point OF imitation; but, alas, they
ha,. los. II ALI Thirty smart fellows of Yale Col
,sss lately embarked in the same boat but bomb
,hsli from the White House struck it between wind
and water. and not soul was left to tell the tale
9srrit smith. who invested largely in Kansas, is
loud In his complaints, and says ahat he is tired
of bleeding for bleeding Kansas; that Kansas may
bleed II 1t chooses, but he don't intend to bleed
any longer; that he is sleepy. and means to go to
bed. Some Of the New England clergy, however,
still hold on to the Kansas stock, 1t is the only
-
surss Of earth, in which their clerical vacations
have permitted them TO dabble. According to the
New York Daily News, the Rev. DIR. Cheever, an
humble and selfdenying congregational clergy
man. who breaches In a white marble church, in
one of the most fashionable squares Of New York,
10 eth deeply impressed with the value of Kansas
stock, and, like watchfui shepherd, seeking the
temporal and spiritual welfare of his flock, has
r>ad 10 H.tfr If LAT tn a
course to tho occasion. sour opinions, nay, even
our prejudices and passions" said this exemplary
divine, az reported by the New York News, ''are
the isw-the higher lsw-the highest law. The
laws OF this wicked and corrupt world may &C
cord with our opinions, our prejudices, pas
sions, or they may not. When they do, why obey
them when they do not, trample them under foot.
Therefore finally take the Kansas stock, Law or no
law" II 10 said that the Dead Rabbits and the
Plug Uglies Of the Empire City lent a devout ear
to this edifying do0srine, and, in consequence
thereof some of them are likely to find the Kansas
stock rather q tight fit around their throats
Kansas, however, has proved dead failure. a
total depreciation and humiliation, except sundry
Official effects, after the assignment Of which, We
shall hear nothing of this broken bank and
its exhausted exchequer In the meantime, United
States stock, which Kansas stock was expected to
ruin and break down, is in a most fourishing and
bouyant condition; brilliant and solid; a golden
Island In the midst Of the troubled sea, bidding
defiance to the storms and tempest. We advise
Unlimited confidence in Uncle Samuel Always
threatened with dissolution, he is the most solvent
Of human institutions. Constantly menaced with
civil war, he preserves the most imperturbabe
good nature, returns good for evil, and comes to
the rescue Of thankless generation, like Joseph
to the Egyptians, giving them facilities to relieve
their distress, and overcoming them with affection
and kindness. We're he despOt, with a hundred
thousand men In mail at his back, he would not be
half impregnable ho is in his citadel of moral
power, railing by reason, common sense, and the
mutual interests of the people.