The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-15

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70 WIN there be Wars ~
whsa Gen. jackson was President Of the United
statea. party spirit ran a. high At any previous
or suhseauent period bat the friends aud adverse
ries Of that remarkable maa bad one ground in
common--the most entire and perfect confidence
in the stern and passionate devotion Of the Chief
20 the honor and interests Of his country. What
ever differences OF opinion might exist in regard
70 Jacksons domestic policy, all men trusted In
his inclination and ability to uphold the interests
of the United States and the rights Of its humbest
citizen ON every shore aud 10 every cline The most
fnveteratc Of his political adversaries INDUCED
secret pride In the firm and resolute Is well as
courteous and dignfed bearing Of the soldier Pre-
sident, In hts conduct Of the foreign relations OF
the american Republic II was because Gen.
jackson represented the spirit of the American
People that he had &c deep place in the Anne
rican heart, aud the same cause accounts Tor
the hold Of Henry Clay upon the affections Of ms
countrymeu. His clarion voice was heard In the
late war vinicsting Free Trade and Sellers
Rights and his name as we'll a. that Of Jackson Is
indissofubly associated With that triumphant con-
test. which broke the spell Of British dominion upon
the sea and upon the shore, and has no small
claims to be considered second war of INDIE
pendenee.
The policy Of this country 10 tionably
Peace. All its great interests must suffer by War
Give us peace, and every department of industry
nourishes, the country grows richer and stronger,
and happiness and content prevail in our fields.
workshops and dwellings. War, even In the best
IS .rnts and lima
I, exhibits human nature In q demoniac aspect.
1t displays on the most gigantic scale the deprav
ity and the agony consequent upon the fall Of
man from his originally pure and happy state
But this great evil is sometimes inevitable, and its
results sometimes compensate for its rayages and
sorrows In its fiery furnace many a heroic char
acter takes form and shape. Amid its briars,
there are flowers of renown worthy to form
chapIet upon such brow as Washington The
hardy virtues thrive In its rigorous atmosphere.
and from the bloody burrows turned up by its
sharp pioughshare, sometimes spring immortal
hsrvests of independence and liberty.
Nearly half a century has elapsed since the
United States has experienced within it's own Dor
ders the stern realities of war. Indian contests
upon our frontiers, and the invasion OF Mexico
did not bring to our threshholds the grim features
of Battle. This last only suficed to show that
the long interval of peace had not enervated our
martial spirit, and it developed in the volunteer
system a new unexpected, aud inexhaustibie ele
ment of military strength But We cannot al
ways expect the blessing of Peace. no matter how
pacifi; the policy of our govern meDt and how ear
nest iabors to avoid collision with foreign pow
ers. In truth, our free institutions render us
object of peculiar dislike aud Jealousy in Europe
our commerce begins to rival that of England; our
small naval and military establishments invite
aggression. The great reason why the rrecon-
cilabie antagonsm of monarchcal principles to
our republican forms has not more frequently
manifested itself in bayonets and cannon 10 a
secret hope and plan of dividing the Union, and
causing US to fall prey to the emily power on
earth which can PROSTATE America-internal dis
cord and civil war. f--
1t would seem that our enemies are becoming
impatient of this slow process, and beginning to
fear that the entering wedge of abolitionism will
not split, scarcely scar, the American oak that
1t will outgrow it, and tower upwards, oyershad
owing the highest thrones, and giving shelter and
refreshment to the oppressed of every land. There
Is manifest disposition OF late to misrepresent
American policy towards neighboring and weaker
States; to fasten upon us the odium of rapacity
and aggressiveness; and even an armed police has
observe the rules of national honesty and justice.
OF late, our peaceful traders in the Gulf have been
repeatedly fired into by British cruisers upon the
pretence that they slavers. They said to
be unceremoniously stopped upon the high seas,
and the right of visitation exercised In spite of
all the blood shed in the last war, the American
flag Ia no protection TO the deck over which it
floats. not even in our own waters. England and
perhaps France will dispute inch by inch Ameri-
can influence and progress in the central part of
this continent and the West India Islands. 1t 10
the heroic soul and iron will of jackson. The
American flag must be respected, and the Taught
lest governments of Europe made to feel that, pro
foundly Impressed as are the American people
with the blessings and benefits of peace they are
ready TO 60 through another seven years war, and
that with all Europe combined if necessary to
secure our national Independence aud honor. The
disposition manifested by American shipmasters
In Havana to arm our merchant vessels for their
own defence shows that the spirit of the people is
mp and prepared for any emergency. 1t is course
try in the very result which timid and dilatory
counsels would avoid. Nothing but bold and enes.
getic action on the part of the government can |
avert the contingency OF war; prepare the coun-
try to meet it with honor and success We have |
confidence In the wisdom and patriotism of the |
President, and unbounded faith in the true and |
proud American spirit of Gen. Cass, who must
have ceased TO be himself il he permit indignitiss
to the flag OF his country to remain unavenged.
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