The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-07
Ambmunn Dispatfb.
THURSDAY ar,,rNlN.... Nov :.

THURSDAY MORNING -. NV. :. r~ss
EAuLr.FlSpIxs Is an easy matter 10
End fault Il Is only necessary to be self-con-
cei.ed, qaerutous and dyspeptie Any man
with these qualifications eau criticize Homer.
Shakespeare or Napoleon. Thereis no work OF
man hsnds, no statue or painting. no oratorical
achievement. IN ane, nothing human, which i.
perf-ct In every thing earthly may be found
A flaw. and !, IL the instiaet Of fault finders TO
alight upon that q .w, and direct the attention
OF o.hera to It. Their USE 10 this wo rid is to
disenchant the mind Of man Of It's proneness to
idolstry. andi. tendency TO hook forthat pertee.
lion here which cannot be found short Of H.a.
ven Nothing. in the economy of Nature or Pro
whence, exists in vain Thus, hnzzards anc
fault fin iers all have their uses.
II Is chiefly i'll seasons Of prosperity that q
fault 6nding di-p ,si,ion tiads full scope for i,
energies. In times of great misfortune ano
real peril, men are lees disposed TO erutnbl,
than in the sunshine of good fortune. Whe,
real danger is at hand, the sky dark and thu
roar of the breakers andible. tho clamor q
the most complaining tongae gives place to 81
icuce, sclici.ads, and hard struggle for life OF
death. When the tornado puts forth its wild
est fury upon the ocean, the waves arepresseo
down 70 the smoc,hness OF mill pond, anc
not till it releases It's grasp are they able Il
rise up again and fret and fume. Ia like man
ner the pressure of sons vast, impending peril
bushes for time the growiings and gruu i.
blings of the most restless and d:scontent.d-
But il Is only for tune, With returning
sense OF security aud s4ecess, there Is Leisure
70 criticize the very m cans by which thai sc
curits aud success have been achieved Th
disposition of men and dogs is not as difrren
as their physical conformation. Many d..
will keep perfectly qaiet diring a thunder
storm, AMI soon as ii Is over, como out an
bark furiously q. the slishses, noise or til,
smallest proyocation. Physicians consider If
ritablity AM qnerulousness a sign that tht
patient il convalsscsnt If that 10 ,rue, The
Southern Confedcracy Is oat of all danger
for the disposition 10 - pitch in " to the paysi
clans and nurses of the State, and the house
hold generally. would seem 10 indicate ta;i
the crisis OF the disease has passed, aud tina
the body polite will soon be ia state Of CON,
piets salublity.
To declare that the new Southern Govern
ment ha. committed errors AMI bIunders, tina
Ii !. n:,t perfect, Immaculate and infailible, i.
simply 10 assert that ii is human. We are no
the apoiogists OF ANY Government or ans
party. Undoubtedly this Government hat
sometimes done things which il ought not Il
have done" and left aad,ne what il Gu ght Il
have doue" The beat men in the world max.
that confession snts,anrisiiy every Sunday
In the main, however, it ha: done WEI :.
H. well. We think, as any other le,sGe.
would have done under the same circur
son to expect; good deal better than Lin
cain. with all the money, means. and men
the North al his back We feel confident
therefore, that the Southern people in til,
lale .lection for the Presidency and Vie,
Presidency have given, by universal vote
such g testimony "f their approval of III,
LADDERS of their own choice, and through
ITEM of the great military Captains to WHOM
We are Indebted for our safety, az will con
vince the whols world, both in the North au'
EGrops that, however, We may inherit tn.
Z u milling propensitie- of oar English ances
tJrs we are, nevertheless Il united peon'e
with no taint of Toryism or UIionisln,-th
same thing u"der different name-in on
views, aud that reconstruction is as Impossible
as suti"gation.
We should bs among the last to deprecat,
the very ffeest discussion Of the meri anc
conduct of the S,uthern Administration 4
wanion abuse or ought to TO expose,
and gssailed in the most vgorons and unepar
ing manner But, at least fer the present, lie
mere fsult-hnders torego their pet luxury
Otherwise, the world will say Of us that We
are d peevish, tickle, disconten;eG race, VII,
will never be satisfied ia any Government
under Heaven: that we have Just cast of
Lincoln, and are now ID anxious 20 he rid OF
Davis that those who dissolved the old Union
year ago are getting ready to dissolve the
new, aud will ore hong be precipitated int
rcmediless chaos and ruin. This has always
been the prediction of open enemies abroad
and of secret traitors and tor as al home. who
are steairhily tanning every spark ct discon-
tent in the vain hope of insuri"g the fulfil
ment IF their malignant prophecies. Let lis
never forget that we cannot expect perfection
in any human Government. Let w be thank
ful for the good we have; for the indepen.
deBce, the security, the renown, and for that
grand and glorious future which must be our
own if We are true TO ourselves and our,
country.