Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-12-11
Haste Makes Waste.

Those who in their eagerness TO bring about DISCO
luton Of the Union utterly regardless of the conse
ouepces that may ensue either to their compatots TO
Others are properly rebuked in the subOned article from
the Mobile Register of the LIST instant;
UPREcIPIrArIoS.- are not OF those who look upon
the dissolution OF the Union holiday amusement,
drunken frolc or thing TO be done before breakfast
Not thing to be done in haste and repented al leisure
las il surely viii be if done in this manner but great
and sublime task to be performed by an intelligent SELF
covering people, and which requires all the coolness the
prudence the wisdom. the calm elaboration that such
people can command IL surely cannot be dsrust In the
Intelligence and fixed determination Of the people, or dis
trust in the Justice Of their cause that the eyersh
excitement Of many TO hurry on in darkness over
natb 80 beset with danger viii not walk secure
y for knowing well road aud having abundant light
10 see aud avoid its slippery and dangerous pacesl Are
not difficulties best conquered by being foreseen and
carefully guarded against rather than by wautony ig
noring or studiousy eoncealiug themy Do our people
need sort of political "Duteh courage" to make them
execute what they have once resolved upony Why,
then this hot haste which We hear counseed on every
side Its the mpetuOsity OF temper, which IS one OF
our national characteristics and which makes impa
tent of an even the most necessary delays This impet
uosty has It's value but that value lies in the fields Of
action not in the halls of counsel In the one it Is
virtue in the other is not We may need IT, and need
all of il but not while devisng the means Of con-
tpung undslurbed in prosperity and the security Of
revolutions known 10 history.
at is said that in barbarous ages the ampuation Of a
lee was effected by the stroke of axe, and then the
stump dipped into boiling pitch to prevent bleeding to
death-a treatment which few patients survived Modern
surgery is less heroic but successful 1t uses the
zcape instead Of the axe and carefully binds up each
severed artery Are there not arteries, also through
which the Hieblood of North and South is coursing to
and fro and which requires more than boiling pitch to
close when severely
Rash action is almost always mischevous, because it
involves consequences which not foreseen and la
ken into account Yet rashness that involves the grav
est consequences financially commercially and political
w. is advised and exoled the perfection Of Southern
patriotism as the only means Of Southern safety We
have in our extent ofteTrory in Rmassed wealth.
in our still greater resources in the dependence Of the
world upon productions and even in our peculiar
system Of labor many guarantees Of success in any
undertaking. that may deliberately resolve upon and
wise, execute. Why should recklesSly infct
run the risk Of Dhc,ing injuries ourselves which
not demanded for the Of undertaking. nay,
which reard and leopard that SUGGEST Either are,
as a people fxedy determined TO dissolve connex-
ions With States whose interests and policy hostile
and dangerous 10 us, not IL are, then let
Us act wisely and cooy we'll considering each step
take leaving hurry those who afraid Of Others
of themselves and carefully protecting each interest
entia to our prosperity from the pers Of political tran
son If we are not so ixedly determined then we had
better wait until our minds are made up"