The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-15

IT,. ,ro,,on, calling out Of the military 10 keep
,b In some Of our large cities suggests to the
New york Exprcss the recommendation that our
COMMITTEEMAN NAV as we'll be silent, for awhile about
the .miiitary despotism Of England f"nrth oil n'y
CREATIONS saws the Express about Hei'-So's'h
naent," and the superiority OF tue "paio' p"N'
ever the cartridge box" are things wen III 'h"'f
Places: but they are somewhat inconsistent WIN
fhe ssmp of soidery, sent for to Keep the. seigo-
sernors' from killing one another ana pF"''"E
down the State Police was the case lately IN the
sixth Ward Of New York.
Newark, On. j. journal comments IN strong
terms upon the objectionable offence OF in'u""r''i
nation in a Republic, In which obedience toia Is
inculcated not 10 much on account OF it'au'"o't'
as Gifts resonableness Yet.he Constitution anu VS.
Law. are set Mt defiance, whenever they conn. ~
collision with the higher law of popular P"s'''"'
and preuiices. Not only this oo'
ef the law and contempt Of its hisn'S' "iou''"i'
are in some parts Of the country Neheheh'i! uFg
ed hv fine nnipit and the press as duty dictated
alike nv religion. reason and PATRIOTISM.
The Newark paper asks,-Can these things last,
and no, end in great CONFUSION? People, 1t
rrpcs. must De- made to bow down TO the law, as
Jo,c and nothing else but law Who is 10 make
them' This involves the interposition Of the mill.
tary power, and. the spirit of characterization.
..
n,ents of the Constitution, as well as an enactment
Of Congress, Is as wide as the arena Of the non.
slaveholding States, nothing less than large
standing army can compel submission. Are W.
ready for that alteration
We are impsled on the horns Of an ugly tlilen
na--on one side nuilification, the other strong
military government. The country is prospcrou,
now, the land is spsrsely settled, and the elements
Of agitation and revolt scattered over a wide space
We are q smooth sea, but none the less between
Scylla and Charybdas. when the United State
become as thickly peopled as Europe-and the tim,
is not far distant,-when their explosive materi
sls shall be pent mp in narrow limits, solu
tion of the problem that fills all rpfectin.
minds with dismal forebodings. will he forced upor
MS by power which We will 10 unable to resist o
avert. Unless we prove ourselves capable of sell
government, and public sentiment sustains the 81,
premacA of the law and brands and Furnishes TO
sistsnce to the law as the highest crime which tn
citizen commit, it is the manifest destiny @
the United States to become q monarchy. The safe
ty Of property and the rights Of persons if insecure
and unprotected under present forms of gov
eminent, will seek some other forms under whicl
they can be adequately defended. Decentralization
in Republic is Treason against Liberty. If "rc
sstance TO tyrants is obedience to God" resistance
dence TO the Devil. the first inventor of rebellion
IL is disqualification and political suicide.
The monarchists of Europe look with iIl+uI
pressed glee upon the spirit Of insnbordinatio
that is fearfully manifested in n republic no
yet much older than the lifetime of n man. Thei
sneers cannot he answered by erandilOqucnt for
rishes in Fourth Of July oratons The best rcp
can give them is the argument of a loyal an
obedient citizenship. There is degradation il
the most implicit and profound subsection to Al
thority in Republic. For the law in repuhli
is but the voice of reason; it is the voice Of tn
people themselves; it is their own will to whic
they yield. The most selfrespecting freeman vii
be the most law-abidng citizen, for in sustainin
the laws he upholds authority of his crea
ton, and fulfls compact which he has volunta
rily made. 1t il only those who have no sci
respect, either az republicans men, who know
NOT how 10 appreciate the dignity of the citizen u
their own manhood, who incapable OF sci
government and fit only for slaves who will resis
the laws, and, like swine, turn upon and rcnd thUs
who have cast before them pearls which they ar
unable to appreciate.