The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-07

pr. Burrows. In his late admirable address a. The
Agricultural Fair, In behalf OF the Mount Vernon
Association. quoted from rioald assault Of Ion
Paiue upon usnsrai Washington, one of many
pr soss that the greatest aud best VI en had gea
and bitter enemies
Indeed, the dislikes and antipathies, reasonable
or unreasonable, which every man encounters
10 his progress through existence, may just
~ be considered a part of the system Of ri
al AM discipline to which humanity is sub.
jected. Ii IL sometimes said, by way OF eu-
lucy, of a good man, that he has no enessies.
This Is a very dubious compliment. man may
have enemies, because he is u man of vice; he is
sure to have them Ii he be man Of virtue 1t lie
possible for neutral character to escape this fate
for one who will yield his own principles and his
own rights; who viii not be true To himself nor
any other man; who has no decision OF character,
and no moral courage; who deprecstes the dis.
pleasure OF pigniy morials as greater i'll than the
dIspleasure Of him who has pronounced 3 Voc
upon the man of whom all men speak we'll. Bur
the moral here who does his duty to himself and
70 his fellow men, must have foes, or else the
whole revelation OF God, and the whole teaching
exp, rience, are equally falacious. The Scriptures
do not Contain story Of saint, apostle, patri-
arch, whose steps not beleagured by impiaes-
Inspired manual Of devotion, which expresses and
was intended 10 express, the experience Of every
dsvvut heart, 10 full Of illusions crafty and i'm
plscabie ICES onIdiIg The Psalin.t from WHOM,
ho prayed ~ be delivered. The saviour Of Oh.
wild. who was moekness personihed, VIII, was
humility, gentisness, ctiarIty-every virtue VIII.
could disarra the preJuoIces aud pride vi man Wa,
an object VI the must relentless hatred aud cfu,t
~, aud because lac would not sacrifice the truth
was bimseit sacrificed upon the cross. '.Ohl yir
toe, exclaimed = famous scotch orator If tbou
vert but embodied. ala men would love the.
"fHtues" replied the great Er. Blair, has bas,
embodied, ana how did inrn treaI her! 1b.x ,,.aL
her TO calvary, AMI crueifsd her bstxssn to-
thieves"
IL IL impossible to avoid this common IL, IT..
who makes principles and truth hrs ,,t.
coms IN cannset .ith Evil passions and d..c.,, =,
the very competition of daily in,eres,s i.a,.n.,.
and animasities viii be awakened "a liz, 900,
nj" oath. This Is not pleasant this ia NOT
DE- eat iiir WAS not meant ~ bs bed Of ro.a. !,
~s ssAaasium ~ harden. TO iavisor ,,s .,d
wh eli every manty mi1d will accept wi,ho,, =.
pahs ss hts SHARE Ia The trials VI Existence: # h,
ssS" Ss,lS aeinS ne pro-ukfs luminosity AS
Just se~arss or II conscious Of his ,nt.9r,y .h.,
nnh'nK NJ ssnpse Consolation III The faith that n
has not deserved his and that however ...s
aud frflis, be has upon Lis sid. the God Of a,n,l
and the Avenger OF Injustice Tia In ,hi. gr..
coahIct Of life, . man may have enemies Ia on,
significant Of deiner when those enemies are mn
formiy the wise the virtuous, the men who mr.
themselves the models Of every excellent and ever
aHiebls eharscterisic; not when they are the base
shs week, the unprfncipIsd, the degraded. lie VII.
hssiefaffed the displsasurs u persons Of yirtu,
and understanding, may we'll be cast down ID
spsrif and fhorid st himself Al upon that re
ffmsflob o. manners and life which il the onl,
road 20 Tbs lost respect u those worthy ofhonor.
He. sh" eo1seions 81 bis osn reciisds, l. sssaicd
81 the vicious and malignant. may regard their
hostility - the only sr.bais which base born Nc.
tsfss can pay 70 snperior merit sad be 4 indier-