The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-18
u.cor.nle War NO, to be DspIored.

Tai, not to be den ed that the cost OF war
10 ALI concerned win be very heavy. The pc
rns,,ry lnss and the material destruction will
te vroat It,iu doub;less be far greater to
the North than n the South; but IL will be
sore and yr,oyous 20 each. 1t is In this form
that the evils Of var arc E"st severely fei'
Put the losses Ct all honorable war have Their
c,npcnsat'ons.
War ssamrs d new character upon soclety' |
Prolonged poaco brings into play all the scr
did principles Of human nature War br'og'
on, tho heroic qualities, aud gives them s"Pre-
rn,cv In tho aspirations and Ia ihs o"ndue' ''
mn. Tho bot cssui,ts, uhila dopreca'hF
war /, it.elf, havs held that it would DO vel
II every generation could havo some expert
,noo Of II. Whon people deyetes itse'' for
fuo OF three generations 10 tho uhih'eh"'
p.rsui, If wealth, and TO tho on5"y'u =! q! '-e
.neryat,cg and demoralzing indoience when
,.o.,,h induces. it lie only tho exigencIe5 Of
war that con recall them from l9tharSy ana
ssls.hrn.s to sentimcnte of honor. patriotism
a., r,orv. The sentiment o! patriotism II one
Of the most nnobling in the human breast; but
how little il it exercised in the dull ana scihSh
routine Of peace! The difference bc'"eeh
ne.re and war in the impression tnoy make
ppon character, /. the difference between 1hr
,nox and OrrsLLo; the thoughts OF the type =
.,ao,sun.n Mammon, Of the other upon sloly
Av.rice i. the passion predominant Ill olo cor
d;,ica, honor In Tho othor. nation could
afford to sacriice the gains Of half century
of pcsco for the olovatinZ senrmcnts & honor
and patriotism which Z 81 gle year q ~nr VIII
;nsrire. Ono year Of soIfS7crhce Ia n"oIt
csu,e is worth moro 10 tie character q 4 mar
ard OLA nation than a lifetime Of scif seeking
seitindul gonce and pecuniary thrift, Heaven
nourns the growth Of wealth and luxury Hell
delights in il. Ali tho wees ilo'-liah In TIE
time prosperous peace the pfiVnuoHs anu
trials Of uar nip them all IA the bud.
lis mistaae to suppose that peace, alone
is prop:tious 10 tie growth Of FREQ principles
On the contrary, il is war which best IT'S ih't
fer freed IN and stlfsoyernmcnt- Lioeri!
Gourishcd III Greece as long a. the heroic char
aotar Of that people lasted; when they coase'
70 10 warriors, they ceased to be freemen -
The grandest days of Rome were these Of tn
Eapublic. when the T mpie of Janus was mos
,.ro,y closed. Tho foundations Of the grea,
mes. Of Rome were laid in the ages of per
ustuxl war, wLiIo tho Romans were tresmeI
7. re1uir,I MANY centuries 10 destroy IL
mighty fabric, but the decline began in tn
bour when tho liberties OF tho reop-e wei
t.kou away. and it was thor Lhat the legion
ceased to DO inYinoibse.
Great Drituin has been tho theatre Of PEI
pstual wars; and shoro i il that tho fires {
liberty hare never beon c1tinguished. Irelan
ha, been the scene Of but little organized va
and when was not Erin more OF less IN & sta
Of suhjugatiou, Switzerland has been Il
refuge of liberty in Europe through ali mo-
err ,imee; and has during the whole reri'
furnished their beet soldiers to ita sovereign
Il is not pretended that war does not oit
crush out all the sestiges Of liberty, Destroy
!, a. efrctuail, by force rs does peace by Il
derminiug and corrupting it. Bat liberty h9i
i,hes no better in China and Japan, "h'
they never fight in earnest, than it did III ;
rose while BoNAPARTB converted the Con
nent INTO camp IL Nds tHO EO' i'''"'-A w
OF the aborigines If our own country Il
kent them stripped Of al the comforts OF /
but it Was these very wars that kept theih u
The Mexcans subducd b. CoRrs2, enJ"ye'
much hi.her state Of luxury and civiliL"t'
but It is hardly q question whether tho COZ
ton Of the half starved children Oh the h''
erp forests WAS not mere desirable than ina
tho subjects of MoSrEzUNA. The war
Tsrtars are certainly robier race thah
yordid Chinese, the AFFECT lindoes, or the
iseh Africans.
Whatevsr be the race OF eopie, or their 81
OF civilization, or their progress IN Iu'elllgo
peace will depraye while war will enn
them Our own people constitute no eXoepuo
the general truth nor is there anything
the prosperity Of he country, or in the
hghtenmeut Of the age, TO modify the ruI
our peculiar case. War was necessary to
vats the American character. The h'
principle still had existence at the South,
Il was extinct at the North. BUTLER is q 81
men OF the only type Of hero which the
can furnish. S!cKLEs is another; LIN
liar, is the beat type Of statesman that
North can boast Paradoxioal as 1t may s
none who know him vii! deny that JoH
HEESAN has more of the higher quahti'
character than any of the creatures we
named HEGNAS is man Of war in his
Circumstance c4s st bis lot in the lowest !
of society; but, even in the sewers, he de-
his life to fame rather than to gain and
a better man to-day than BUTLER, OF Sci
VI LINCOLN, or SEWARD.
The South was far from being eorrupi
the principles OF gain aud selhsbness'
DAVIS, BRAUREGARp, PIckESs, WISE. 81
McCrLLoGu. aud thousands Of their sta
would be a libel to say that her race OF |
was extinct But war is the nursery Of bel
and 1t ID doubtless for some great proyid
purpose tina. her sons have been invok
arms. The thoughts Of her people wi
turned from self-aggrandizement and in
ual thrift, to thugs beyond self. aud
than personal ease and enjoyment TIL
fact VI men abandoning the pursuit Of
offsets to devote their energies, and their
If need be, 10 the cause of country, lift
above their old nature 70 n higher ext
The fact Of deserving the love aud tn,
man and woman elevates the eharacte
bles the sentiments, and gives pew incen
honorable exertion.
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