The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-14
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Remarkable change ~ OPinsen.
Among all tie sonsrssss ever turned By that
illessriess professor Of the srt the London fs@es
ases sessls Tie revolution OF lie oplnsons aud In
Assd that u ethsr London papers, whscn sosiow tse
lsaA, upoa the absorption by the United states OF
Ms1ieo snd Cuba. The wAirlibg about has bsen
- suAdsa that Il makes the head dizzy 70 look a.
it, and ~ really Jet cannot 1aite determine
whether The 2gaes Is talking y u With its head
~ 10 heels.
n there II quarter Of the world 70 which the
ussssd States d accustomsd 10 look for lessons Of
pssissal morality, Il 10 Great Britain. We know
shas this eouatry u politically free and indepsn-
asst bot, With shis solitary exception, We also
kaow that oar laws. learning, literature, aud
manners come from Great britain. Brother Jona-
than has arrived NJ pears Of discretion ~ and his
iAshsr can no ioaEer click him II he wanted to,
I've aonssises think, 10 spite Of all the cunning
old fellow says to the contrary, that nothing
would do hin more good than to take Jonathan
across his knees asd give him Ats, y but, sill he
h chip Of the old block, inherits his fathers
tsrs. and thinks more Of his appreciation than
thak Of anybody slss. Nov, II there 10 enc vice
which honest Mr.. Ball has taken more pains to
eradicate from the mind Of his docils. bnt some
what slippery pupil, than any other, It 10 the
heuksriag afssr other peoples iaad. We could
Aua voisms With the sdifyisg homilies which the
worthy gentleman has read Jonathan on this sub
jecs, and the brosdsides Of wholesome Bslingsgate
which the old fellow, infurtatsd ~ Jonathans
psrsstsat eovstousoess, has hurled at his schem
Ing bead. Il we're enough to warrant the idea
that ali virtue he'd Ned the earth 70 zee the wick
ID thus psrmiftsd 70 put good men into . pas
sion, and 70 make swearing snd cursing necessary
u the rsiisf Of their perturbed spirits. We reeoE
lsct that, On one occasion, when one Of our Ameri
can Presidents proposed taking small slice Of
Mexico, not By way Of robbery, bat in exchange
lor fair eousidsration, the London press was 30
overcome BY its virtuous rage that it called his
message, - battle array Of lies, 70 enormous 10
magnitude and 20 inexhaastibls In numbers, - to
defy snsIysis and exhaust contradiction" There
Vas . good deal moro Of this robust Bug'ish, in
which the political honesty aud truthfuluess Of
the President were euphaticaily denied, and his
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upon Hss.n Il 10 shameful to think that Jonathan
should have put John in such rsgs, and, worse
still, that his thisviug propensity was sbso-
lutsly bomb proof, for be went on and bought the
part Of Mexico he wanted, and paid for 1t, just ~
81 HE venerable father hadn't demonstrated, by
soms Of the most abusive words in the language,
that the whole transaction Was downright rob
berry.
What gave more point and emphasis to the objur.
gstioas Of honsst Ball, and strikingiy illustrated
the psrvsrsity and obstinacy Of young jonathan,
was the knock down argument which the old geo
tlsuan's example added to his prscspt. An indi.
vidusl abouinases his own vices when he scot
them In others, and 10 does nation, and 20 espe
eislly doss parsnt when be sees the reflection o.
his bad qualities in = child But II there ID any
thing on which orr Anglo-Saxon father pridss him
self IL 10 bis honesty, and bow any child Of hii
could ever show propensity to steal land, was be
You'd his Imagination to conceive. It was true, he
had, In former days, traded In negross-a little
but thas wa before his conscience was
and he has been repsnting Of the sins Of those e
whom he sold them ever since, and trying to stea
them back again, ~ the only means of restitution
II his power. But, landi who ever knew him Il
want any land but those three small islands in thu
Atlantic, which he called his homer Who eveI
knew him to covst, or plunder, or annex II The
earth Vas girdled with his possessions, and the
ssh, ~ Webster said. never set upon his nag, that
was the fnlhlment Of prophecy which he did moi
Sbsl ct liberty to resist; that the heather should
BE- given into the hands of the righteous. We dare
say that Jonathan felt some secret twinges of r.
morse whom he compared his own profiigacy with
the vrtuous abstinence Of this venerable saint and
thought Of the sorrow and shame he had brought
on the old mans gray hairs, fer since he bought
Caliiornis, he hss been ashamed to make asy more
purchases, though there are q good many eli
gible situations in bis neighborhood. He has CON
tented himself therefore, with smiling the clover
fslds on the other side Of the bars, and looking
through long spy glass at Cuba, but 90 honesi
had he become 81 last under the excellent training
Of Bull that he declared war of determination
agaiLst oil nllibusters, volunteered to act az spe
eial constable under Bull to catch his own coun.
trymsn In Central America, and helped the old
fellow lay . tslegrsphic wire under the ocean %
that he could have all the time under his pater
nal eye, and. II " do not behave ourselves knock
% over with his thundsrbolts before We know
what hurts u.s. 4
And, now, 1t this precise moment, when the
United States Of America has arrived at the most
exalted aud celestial state Of virtue, when We have
become 20 honest and immaculate that We are
more At to die than to live, our .guide, counsel
Tor, and friend" our irrsproschable sire, under
whose holy distractions and example We have be.
o5me too good for earth, turns round and deIibe
Sstsly tells TO give up on ridiculous prudsry,
annex Mexico and Cuba, and be quick about il /
We confess this 10 more startling to NJ than the
sheok Of the Atlantic Telegraph. IT, after Moses
had delivered to the children Of Israel the Ten
Commandments, he had told them to lie, murder,
Ald steal everything they could lay their hands
on, the chosen people could not have been more
astoaishsd than Brother Jonathan at such advice
from the exemplary Ball. Not that Jonathan 10
iacliusd to disregard IT. his niiai piety IL too
strong to allow him to disobsy the old gentleman,
whatever he says and, disowning all moral re-
sponsibiliy for IN act 10 which his sense of duty
to the best Of fathers may compel him, he will do
tho best be can, Qf Bull will stand between him
md Louis Napolson,) to knock down aud drag out
10th epsis and Mexico But he cannot help
doabtiug his own syeaight when he sees the
London papers recommending the United Statss
TO appropriate Mexico and Cuba, and wondering
whether, after ell, be has not made some great
mistaks In his Cstechism aud Ten Commandments
OF course, there are iliuatursd people who say
that Ball ssss no othsr chance Of getting his
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