The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-14
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x.,v /" Slater Of Charity"

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pa.ria. apostrophizes the visit or Tue Eur
peror to the hospitals, where the 'A"''''."'
are said to receive tho same a''enoo"s - wy
rr.rcb "Tbe visit of the Emperor 10 d"
,,o,ns.a soId;ers and his vanquished enemies
10 worthy of his noble heart, and EUROPE
xv;I, harm without surprise that, II France
:. ,err;bls in battle, she is humane in vic
tory. II has long since been said thai
France was soldier-she is now a sister
of charity"
From another quarter We learn that the
visit of the Emperor was highly appreciated
by the wounded soldiers: "Ths wounded
French were delighted with his Majesty's
attention, and raised their feeble voices in
saluta,ion. The soldiers under arms filled
the air with scclamatious."
The announcement OF the Pdtr'oe that
France has become 50 Sister OF Charity
will send thrill Of JOY through the heart
Of universal Christendom. Since the dave
OF ST. Paul, there has not been as sudden
and rniraculsss Hconversion. 1t would be
worth tip TO Bxrops TO see the new sis
ter, going forth with red breeches and Min
ME guns on her mission of mercy. There
is nothing inconsistent with the character
OF "Sis.er Of Charity" in the work Of
destruction which duty compels her to per-
form. On the contrary, it must DO prolific
OF the finest moral aud religious effects, and
promote the permanent happiness of man
kind 10 An eminent degree, a. We shall
briefly endeavor to show. The over
crowded population of Europe will be
thinned out, many of the worst characters
will be killed, or crippled for life, and the
good and generous, who may perish, will
90 to better world Most Of the comba-
tann on both sides are poor men, hard
working peasantry, torn from their farms
and apprenticed to . trade of war, in
which they only perform the part of pawns
for the benefit Of imperial players, having
no earthly interest on one side or the other
ofthe bloody game. life of this Kind,
catspaw existence, only used to be thrust
continually into the FIRE for the advantage
OF Others, cannot end too soon. As TO the
mothers and sisters left at home, the sooner
they are put out of suspense the better, and
the sharp agony of bereavement will tend
to wean their affections from the earth, and
teach them to place their treasures in Hea-
ven. where moth and rust do not corrupt,
nor thieves break through and steal
Surely this is mission worthy the pioty,
the self-sac.;6ce, and the holy name Of
"Sister of Charity" As to those who are
badly wounded, and do not die, nothing
improves the character 80 much IS a period
ofsiekness, and the opportunity il affords
tor repentance and meditation on the van
tiles of this world, military glory included.
These mutilated wretches are removed from
the temptations and vices OF the camp,
which might have ruined their souls, il
not their bodies, and it 10 better to be saved
with mutilated carcass, than having all
the limbs and organs to be cast into perdi-
ton. 1t il no wonder that they raised their
"ieebe voices in salutation Of Sister Ma
poleon as sho approached their bedsi des.-
Such touching display Of gratitude must
no doubt, have 6lled that eminent saint
and holy virgin with thrill Of pious graf
itude to God for having been the humble
means Of bringing these unworthy sinners
to such state of humility, love and pre-
paration for better world.
The same glorious effects, only upon a
scale Of increased magnitude, will be pro-
duced oil over Europe, ~ soon a. the new
mission can bring all it's energies and np-
planes to bear upon an enlarged theatre
Of action. In India, as 10 we'll known
there is religious sect, tho Thugs, who kill
everybody they can, from the most pious
and benevolent motives. They believe that
to live is to be miserable and sinful, and
consequently, that when they strsngle 8
man they are subtractng that much from
the misery, and adding it to the happiness
Of the Universe. The people of Europe are
divided into kings, mobiles, and she poor,
the latter forming the great mass Of the
community, supporting the whole social and
political pyramid by their labor in peace,
and their perils in war, yet scarcely able,
by their utmost industry, to keep their own
souls and bodies together, and having no
better hope for their posterity than for
themselves 1t was distinguishing mark
of the Gospel that it was preached TO the
poor, and when its Divine Founder and Hi.
apostles were on earth the poor were the
peculiar objects of tenderness and solctude
1t was said that "BlesBed are the poor, for
theirs ID the Kingdom Of Heaven" To
this kingdom of heaven the new Sister OF
BY multitudes. Amid the throes Of battl.
she will bring about the new birth Of her
disciples, and with q baptism Of blood
Thug ever had moro reason 10 look with
devout delight upon the blackened fea-
lures Of his victim than the Imperial Sis
ter Of Charity, upon the hundreds OF thou
sands who, ere this war will close. will
sleep soundly amid the green fields aud be-
meath the classic skies Of Italy. With what
benignant love may she gaze upon the care
worn faces of whole acres of hard laSorers,
wearing an unwontsd expression of repose;
upon the fair cheek Of youth, sleeping as
quietly as upon its mothers breast upon
the grim smile Of veterans, whose proud JOY
in dying for their flag is engraved in the
rigid lines Of the stern face, whilst each fall
en- head is surrounded with q halo Of glory
~ bright and brief as the bubble that
rises and breaks with the roll of the wave.
How sweetly her canticles Of joy and thanks
giving will blend with the doleful cadences
OF Rachel weeping for her children, and re-
fusing TO be conforted
Ofal the orders OF Religious, we suppose
there are none who amid the assault, and
tumults which the Church has suffered from
within and from without, have received As
universal respect as the Sisters of Charity.
Their Remuneration Of the pleasures and
ambition Of life their humility aud self-de-
NAL, their spotless purity, their angelic
kindness to the sick and the orphan, their
uusomplaining obedience to the will Of
their superiors, have hallowed these hum
Bile and gentle beings in the eyes of the most
savage Of mankind, and extorted even from
infdel lips in the French Assembly, one of
the loftiest panegyrcs ever paid to human
virtue and sslEsacrifce! How delightful
and glorious that France should be-
come Sister of Charity" how pleasant
if the lady Superior of the order, who
wounds only TO heal, and Stays to make
alive, would act upon the principle that
CHARITY begins at Home" and endow the
neonla OF Franco With snme Of ,hnsa neliti