The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-27

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GREAT PUBLIC TROUBLE has the effect of
| developing in their most gigantic force and
activity, the noblest instincts and the most
evil passions Of the human heart II is well
known that in seasons of plaques and pesti
| lence, when there seems less than plank be
| tween every man and the great ocean Of
eternity, whilst humanity, generosity, heroism.
and piety are stimulated to new energy
in the good, seifishness, avarice, cowardice,
| crime, and iniideli,y also display Themselves
! in their most frightful and audacious forms
Whilst the good Samartans are seeking to
relieve the sick or :saUage the a1,onies Of the
dying in one house, the thief aud robber are
| ransacking tho deserted tenement next door :;
whilst the voice Of profound pe..i,eace and
prayer arises from one hearthstont curses so
fierce arise from another that ne might
think that the impatient icnds had come
from hell to claim their prey; VIZ list tho f,-
neral procession Is going along t @ street, it
passes by dwellings where revei. is roaring
out It's widest strains, or debaucn ry holding
its foulest orgies. The same eat which
har'lens the clay, softens the wax the same
light which gladdens a sound eye torments a
diseased; the same pillar Of a loud which
was cloud and darkness to the Egyptians,
| gave light to the Israeites" Tie different
| qualities of men, whether good or evil, when
called into action by the aiilictins dispenea-
| tions of the Almighty's Land, prove
| that the Scriptures declare the same thing
when they say that God ia love-" and that
- God is a consuming fire.
l. is with war as with pestilence and ether
great calanlities. All that is great and good
| IN human mature bas been developed III the
hearts of the Southern people by the murder
GUS assault of the despotism at Washington
! upon their hearths and homes. Their very
enemies had conceded to them the qualities Of
generosity, hospitality, and courage, but their
best friends never knew before the boundless-
ness of their devotion to principle, the i'm
| measurable ahd inexhaustibie depths of their
spirit OF selt-saeriiice We need not speak of
the splendid heroism exhibited on every battle
field. Nobler, purer, and even more heroic is
the patriotism Of the Southern women who
have given to their country the idols of their
hearts, Offering them up with the deep devo-
ton and unquestioning trust of the patriarch
when, at the command of Heaven, he surren-
dered his son to the sacrifice Ia every South
err home there has been the faith of abraham,
and not content with this, they have fed the
hungry, clothed the naked and ministered 20
the sick, binding around the sacrifice of patri-
archal faith the garlands of the brightes.
Christian virtues. Did ever the world see
such nobility of nature as the Southern people
have manifested in this war, and do not such
| u people deserve TO be free
Bnt, amidst this vas: and wonderful exhibi-
tiol of abnegation, unselishness, and heroism,
| there have been developments, in exceptional
cases, Of some of the meanest, most self-seek-
| ing, most sordid and callous features of the
human heart. Amidst the storm which has
reused the faithful mariner to mount the
shrouds and expose his life for the safety Of
| the laboring vessel, greedy vermn have been
scampering undis.urbed between decks, and
! availlng themselves Of the general confusion to
satiate their hungry ma VS. without Interruption
The lust Of office and of gain has run OF amid
tho agitation of the political elements The
very soldiers OF the army who, without hope
Of pay or Of official distinction, have fought
| the battles Of the country and endured the most
| terrible privations and hardships, have been
victimizedb by beartless spectators, who pursue
| them witk extortions to their very graves, and,
but for the laws of the land would unearth
| them from their last resting place and manufac-
| ture their bones into articles of merchandise
| But these vulgar and ferocous beasts of prev
| are in no degree more inhuman and ravenous
| than the more polished and hypocritical aspi
| rants for posts of distinction and emolumen-
| who think only, amid the general distress
| how they may best advance their individual
| fortunes and fame. The man who. at such 8
| time as this, thinks of himself beyond wha,
| absolute duty to himself and those dependen,
| upon him requires, is not fit to be trusted and
instead of being gratitied In hts aspirations fol
|. leadership, onght to bring up the rear ia the
| great army of freedom. The proper place for
such men is among the camp followers, and
even in that position, they ought to be closely
watched. In the piping times of peace self
seeking politicians may be tolerated but when
the ship is on the breakers, to find them sti
incapable amid the general peril of any thought
but Of their own aggrandizement, is a disDlay
of selfishness 80 revolving, that every hone J,
hand must instinctively grasp for a lash te
| scourge through the world the soraid crew
| who would convert this last temple OF freedom
into den of thieves.