The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-02
D.,r.v,,v Of Northern Sentiment.

DeprAviey or Northern Sehue.
The tremendous drama Of startling history ,
which thu people Of this country nave
enae,,ns for the las, six months, has no parai
-, A. The mast. A Confederacy enjoying
~rs. ,sr degree of pros perity than was ever
,v,,ns.sed before in any land, with increasing
,,.-.- .ugmeatins wealth, and a name dis
,,,x,,shsd and res pected throughout the cav
,,,.., vworld il in a few short mon TINS over
,nrowa and annihilated. II is an incompre-
h.n.,b,s fact TO the intelligence OF Europe,
ga .tili AN iuaudible one to q large portion O.
the American people, who persist In asserting
that the Union still exists, and must be pre-
served by military power.
The causes which have led TO this catas' /
.rophe will prove an instructive lesson 70
mankind. The restless, turbulent, intoiefant,
ara IN priueipled spirit Of Pnrttanicai aggres'
.,., .iwavs malignant and fanatical, sowsd
the wind which has grown into whiriwind,
.s., has urostrated the Government and 10
th,s moment ~ eepng trresistibly on " blood
.,aa and civil war. The great Democratic
80. Cor thirty wears constituted one OF the
chief obstacles to the progress OF TINS mon
.,ro,s fsnn,icisu but this potential organi-
s.,;on at last proved Intellectual Tor lis re-
.,.,ance The Nor III is alone and exclusive
,v responsible for the great catastrophe 'ne
Ara conseo uences. The men oil the No's..
have been the authors and the hnisheie "a
this monstrous crime. Through Iheir sSs
,.natic perseverance the fountain heaue "a
,ubIic sen timent at the North have peeh POI
.opss and polluted. The schools, the pulpit,
and the press, have been turned INTO engines o'
~..i,i.n defamation and SANDER directed
against the South, its institutions aga peopie
Th. Northern press, above ali other appii-
,,aI, nst N
of the Constitution and the Government. II
-, h., for MANY wears fostering in false
hooa and ia at last iaboring under an ini-
arc. ,,a ,.prosy of lies. The mind ana sem
.,on, NJ the North have been educated anu
+r,ined To subsist upon this disg ustihs ''ii"
,,,,.ouous aliment, just AS the people oi solii'
countries fatten upon arsenic Inc ioo'''ep
of tru,h have marked no impression "Po' ''''
North for the last third Of century ine''
religion con sists of a pharlsalca4 lIoi"s'"0'
of Nil fanaticaI conce,ts--of hhe chuIches "''>
adulterous pars sons. Their honesty Anu iio''o
consist In keeping balance 10 theii 'io"'' "
their bank books. The spirit Vi cni'"i
among them is only TO be found III the oosoi'
of the fancy" ana amid the hauh's "a Ia
nprilists ana Dead Rabbits Ihey invent "l'
bu,ld no, into immense proportions s"o'
,,e.pbemias as Mormopism with theT re'oi'
,no crimes, and rush in furious muits'uue
,nto the teachings and practice OF Iiee-io'e
They denounce the Government which tue
swore to support rs - league Win "e" "
and a covenant with hell" ana Win ) G.
ike the doomed of Pandemonium, they un
cea.ingly cry aloud for another Goo anu AM
Their revelation.
To sneak to such a people of the sacTedhe'
IF a constitutional restriction, the pihoAi'
ef,cacv of IL solemn compact, Is just Tue SAN
a. pouring into the ears of the HottehIot IL
mys,eries and saving grace OF Inc Ohfistia
Man Of salvation. The faculties of mind
comprehend It are entirely wanting; as IL
nah of the waters Of the Mammoth Cav
doomed to eternal night are without eyes,
ara these people from their perverted and V
tlated training and education, without u
faculty of virtue Money is their divinit
Their benevolent Institutions are often iit'
be,ter than dens of thieves. They make me
rhaudizs of all that other people holo 10
sacred nor can they understand the uses
Government, except so far as 1t can Do tuFh
10 purposes of rapine and plumber
Independent tly of the disturbing question
African slavery, the United States Cover
meut could not have existed much loni
puder the rule and control Of Yankee sen
ment That cues ton was fatal only beca'
1t seized upon the least robust part Oh the
tenn and thereby speedily manifested
weakness and decay. 1t was the caroan
which indicated the carron condition OF
system, and brought on the demise only a
more speedily. The Northern man Is inca
ble of self government for any great ieng'
time becau SO he is without honor ana Ir'
and because he subordinates government
urion and every thing elss to his love OF 10 o
his lust tor gain. as long as the do'ernil
Of the United States was in the hands OF 80
arm men. prosperity peace and purity rei'
nnirersa,iy throug out the land. The moi
m. mower was transferred to Northern
aruinous change commenced Twelve
Of successive Northern administrations
resulted in the permanent overthrow Oh
Government.