The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-04
AcrNrY ~ NOR FOLK.

ID eli reception AYtff tHe uout u"s"
AGENCY IN NORFOLK
xu n voarrR. ESQ. IL the Agent for the pAiif
nuYAfcH In Norfolk. the etrcakton :" 'no p~r'
IAsre having Increased 10 an extent DEMANDING per
mi attention to liz distribution the coectn On
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where are the Peacemakerss
soms quarter Of century ago, gentleman by |
IA mama Of Ladd, delivered addresscs At various
sn,n,. IN tho Northern States, for the psrpcse Of
,rvaaixux Peace Societies, aud bringing about the
,.,yu Of Universal Peace. He was stout gentle
mas. with full, benevolent eounteuance, and no
evidence about him Of dyspepsia, constipation, or
.uy Of those maiadies which have bad good deal
n ianusnce In eusendering both public aud prl
rate auarrels Mr.. IAdd was evidently man
whose gastric juices were In the proper condition
and Who was on kind aud agreeable terms with
himself and the rest of the world. Being at per-
fact peace with himself and his fellow creatures
he could see no good reason why they shonid not
be Mt peace with him aud with each other, ana 20
he vent vent forth en- apostle OF universal love-
and no doubt fattered himself with the hope that
he would prove q harbnger OF the millennium, q
John the Baptist of the reign OF Universal Peace
Tor a time Mr.. Ladd produced a decided impression
bv his eIocuence, his evident sincerity, aud the
humanity and good will to men, which beamed
from bis kindly and radiant features. The chnrcn-
A uartook Of the enthusiasm which was kindied
by this benlgoant yet fervent spirit. The cause oil
Peace found place In the prayers OF the clergy
men, AMI the finest flight Of the sermon was that
b,eh petured the dread horrors of the battlefield,
or the calm and beautiful repose OF domestic HE
upsroksn by the elaugor OF the trumpet ana the
rnas alarms OF war Mr.. Ladd soon passed away
IN a land where his visions were realized, and the
peace soeetiss did not long survive their excellent
and energetic founder. Ths brief revival CT the
doctrines of William Penn Is now almost forgotten
aud could Mr.. Ladd rise from the grave, he would
bs xr,eyed to see that is still the same bellige
rant animal as Of old and that neither principle,
conscience, nor mercy, that nothing In the worid
but interest, can keep him from war. The bloody
fields Of Florida, Mexico, the Crimea, India, ana
the lowering front of rebellion and civil war IN
Utah and Kansas, would convince our pbilanthro-
pist that the day when tbel lion shall lie with
the lamb has not yet arrived. Elihu Burritt's re-
cent attempt to revisify the Peace Society has
proved dead failure, and his peace-preaching
pamphlets, entitled SOLVE Leaf" have proved
about as capable of controlling the turbulent and
destructive passions of mankind, as real Olive
Leaf cast upon the ocean, in the midst Of tropi-
cal tempest of reducing the tempest tost waves to
the calmness and composure of an inland lake.
Nevertheless, Of all the legions of fanaticism to
which this witch ridden aud spiritrapping coun-
try has given birth, none is so amiable and pleas
ing % the cause of the Peace Societies. which
has 90 much show of reason, none which appeals
90 strongly TO the benevolent heart. 1t is enc of
those projects which every one wishes could be
triumphant, the practicability of which every one
a M Ia 30 tad Eava
doubt that Ladd was honest In his demonstration,
just as William Penn, much greater man,
honest. And il must be admitted that Penn's
theory bore the test Of practice, when tried on
small scale, remarkably we'll. lie went among
the Indians at the head of Peace Society and the
Indians we're more completely disarmed than they
ever have been by swords and bayonets. They
never troubled the Broadbrims. No Quakers
scalps we're ever found hanging In their lodges
But what a belIgerant State Pennsylvania has
since becomel There is no trace left within it's
borders of the peaceful policy and character of its
original settlers, except few extraordinary hats
and bonnets In Philadelphia, unusual degree
Of cleanliness in the streets, and the merciul and
humane spirit shown by the children to animals,
We are told that the squirrels in the public
grounds Of Philadelphia will readily come to
stranger and feed from his hand. This Is most
credible fact to the humanity of the Philadelphia
youngsters. Otherwise, Pennsy lvana may be set
down as of the most warlike and combatve
States in the Union. We know not another Com.
monwealth 10 the confederacy which we would
a. much dislike to lock horns with as Pennsylva-
MIA She has plenty of pluck and stamina, and
nobody in these times would offer her indignity
on the presumption that she would return it after
the manner OF Penn.
When We express our sympathy with the object
Of Peace Societies, impracticable we regard that
object we of course do not extend our respects to
any of the modern champions of Peace, except
the late Mr.. Ladd As for the Tribunes and Lbe-
rstors, which used to sing such charming Pmans
to the advent of everlasting Peace, they are now
completely fallen from grace, and are perpetualIy
bowling for blood. As the New York Journal of
Commerce Justly says: "How many Tribunes and
Liberators must be turned over before encounter.
ing the drst paragraph which speaks of peace and
denounces wari Who now calls for Congress of
nations, or petitions for disarming of the militia
or opposes the manufacture of the most unerring
Instruments of death 1t Is patent to all that the
peace spirit has died out not in well princpled
and consistent men, but In the sham philanthro-
pists and reform papers, and the sscularized
pants OF the pulpit. An eloquent advocate of the
cause of peace could hardly gather full school
room of hearers with weeks of advertising IN and
Of his mission. Not resolution is offered, not a
sdeing word il uttered in its behalf Ia the largest
ecclesiastical bodies and the anniversaries OF the
most popular religious societies The war-spirit
has revived, not, however, in the manly and omen
torn, as when injured nations went forth to mea-
sure their strength, but as in the dastardy assas
sination of the officers of the law or the fratrici
DIAL butchering OF our countrymen In Kansas
Swords are no longer to be beaten into plowsh
or spears into pruning hooks, but rather both
plowshsres ami pruning hooks into revolvers and
Sharpe's rifles"