The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-10
The Dssinfes ra,isn of Empire.

&c DssaHtt&FatkoE OF mFtEcs
From shs Eanphis Appsai.
ssWestward the star OF erapirs vsu<ss its
way" These words were uttered by ons OF
Ensiand's nctlsss poets, when THIS western
coa sfnent wss IN infant .ulong the nations Of
earth. Europe had Just recovered freul ou a
of those periodical shocks which monarSls
are obliged to avert by terrific wars, as.d the
en piovnent in battle OF tneiT revolutionsse
e,'.lentss and row TO the new worid Of the
0 seident their eyes were turned for 8 solution
of the experiment. which vigorous vouu1
peopls were making :
The elastic minds and raongrei mixture Of
American Population had full scope 20 devel-
cp the new idea A simple form OF Govern
meat yTas established, and all kingly orea-
rsnts were cast aside. The ntmsst freedom
was the boon OF is people,and In the brilliant
futars they sought the height Of superiority.
Upward and onward was tne favoTits cry of
its people. and wealth ard prosperity attend
ed their efforts. Peace spread i:s sweetness
oyer the land, and the peerless prize Of liberty
vas the palladium OF their worship. Bat
with wealth came pride, ana cormorant t
crew of mar wo-ah ippers taught us the
pleasure of honied words, which maskad
revolution ard destruction. They fstten
ed on tho Injuries gained from tke base
prostitution Of genius and wealth &c the inos-
DINA e vanity which became a peculiarly Of
orr nsrionas character. Turbulsnt fhseri8s,
propagating the most outrageous continents,
were accepted by Jks sxctaole fanatics and
veuel agitators in the Northern StaGss. The
bes tiaii1ad de5rie and the incendiary tnadmen
OF 81 nstions, eGucht thera IN zsp inEn tglza
justice and governm snts watch were naost for
tEnaJe ia oeing 4id OF faastt prsssnus A.hs.a
they yended their poison, and succeeded in
making, 8 universal hospital CT the land, in
whose Tenotest corners every disease Of shs
human mind had repressn satiYe.
Now anne the last for power. The infant
repgblic stretched its Brisvean arms abroad
and ciutched at the golden beauties taat
daZHied before It's eyes Gluttonous ior 'ha
accumulation of wealth aud domain, it gras ped
the cooweb fabric OF misruia, and with unex
aInpled greed, in tbs igEab,e pursuit CT dis
honest gain, dishOnored - name al home and
abroad. isy trsa2hery and miserable cunning
il sought 70 supplant all nations. By teing
first at the feast it secured all the delicac.eg,
and CnGenercusiy seorned the protests OF its
colnpeer5. N supreme contempt OF ali no
tional rights, and with the daring os ig1pu~
denco, not courage, it 5ailded Il throns OF
commercial and gOvarnmen tai power, TO which
they reg Uired absolute homage, ana to whose
rule they demanded, the aequiescenca oG }the
world.
Foreign powers were supposed to be in hs-
clio and panic-strnck at ths exhibition Of
power, and would in ssrpese no obstacles to
the haughty ambition Of the Western ern pirs
Tho comm ercial and Industrial classes reve.ad
In the Injuries their capital and industry Sc
cured them. In the pride of wealth, power
and excess CT NUN hfTs, laep dictated ~ tho
sections on whom thsy we're dependoat. Ths
very LIS element on WHICH they subsisted
theg sneerel at. They contamptGoUsiy de-
randed obedience a9d tribute from the South,
claiming IL as q mevs laboring or producing
pro vince, over which &ae rich ~..G ~ ~ ~riu.
North vas ths lazy maker.
Their sneers ana contumsly eventually
pierced the honor OF the needless Son tn, Its
sunny climate had made its people ltstless and
careless. Within its borders there could not
be found the mongrel elements CT discoTd
which cursed acd agitated Lhs society of its
Icy Northern brother. In its social life was
seen pictnre OF con ten tinenL aud Comfort
which became to the inddels Of the North
political element, On whose basis the ravolu-
tionist5 created 4 question which inaGeuEt2ied
the dlslatc{ratton OF me Federal en- pire g.
Conc nest, purchaae and commerce had e1
haustec every political idea which coqld
make party sumptuary lavJe had fonnt bnt
few advocates, and those only among ast etiGs:
hence, when Red and Black Rap1b.Ganis1a
struck & compact to agitat9 this her pre-
tendsd question of morality, and tila bloody
refugees OF all nations cast into the corrmon
fund their stook OF ranscendentaiisIn, it
readily EalgaIaatsd with the InauJ!lin senti.
man tslism which deitteG g noveiiSt's cs.i.t
tore, ans established strong arm in govera-
ment, which legisla ted 20 destruction and
gloriet ia misruis.
Within rhe last decade We have seen tho re-
salt c. .a.s gross nisc0nSeptio ion OF power. =
alton, once Grst in rank, a-nong tha InCst
powerful and glorious on ea-1h, now Siismem-
beTeG Its ;paignia Of poWer tram nlad upcn
and the prestige Of its greatness zone. On it-
salient points OF excellence and rhs traits OF
beauty, the traditional merits OF our apCeS-
trys wisdom, the Scuth has built & ten pie
whose sin picity win iiiG 10 it the prido OF ma
t;ons and within whose sacred Iaas we " III
treasure the virtues and mobility o. true Lib
erty.
ior the insane North We can only see a.
wreck CT despair and blight. Il has the e'e.
ments of recGperation but It's greatness Is
gone. 1t has proved It's inca paclty for self
govern ;lent IL has too much infJel eieus n {
IN its ag' ta-ipg scciaiism. We preSune iL Will
ind avenues Tor ezpan SION, new ialdg to sup
ply With thelr productions and that, even
tually its eas tcity will place IL in an aIaiahle
position OF excellence but first i must suffer
the refining process of depletion. Il must de-
scroU its d4scorGanE elements It mast De re-
| generated politically and socially.
The proportion o. irlGaensa empire 20 which
fhs United States had inflated, necessarily
enge aaered every vice the world can know /;
10: the least of taese Was tyrdnny, and this
drew the last wedge which upheld the plat
form cf Our uoSIe fabric. -.
All nations have the elements OF diacrgant- =
cation within themselves. and we see them
totter and fali " aea ty-2a IS have oelnroGed
all vestiges OF liberty and reason. Thus it
was that the tyranny Of the pta.aoas lcst %
them their most valuable people. Thus it
" as when Dionysus de2 tToyed the greatness
of his empire. This element disn ragrated III g
aioriors fabric OF Ron1es greatness when
Nero tyranniZed TO it's fail, Thus it was when
Napoleon tran uscended tho license Of reason, ,
and in a single decade depOSed five monar2hs Is,
en- throned eight, anu dictated terms to nations
about whose venert-ted capito,s ivy OF g tho1-
sand years clus tered.
rims IL Was that C'eorge LII. Il 2 Esye1
years tit of lunacy, endeayored 10 make the
bean tifai vestllents OF ioerSy and esrelnsntS Is
with which 10 enwrap her il a tomb. It is IN
obedience Jo q madness Of tyranny, that the
new era OF War rs upon Us. Naaions ever
must dtsintegrasa when they becQIcs lO2 tn
some ana effete. and to the empire CT the West
Ihs day OF doom has come: the sceptaP Of It's
iron power is broken. The willing dsspGt
and tool Of 4 MEchIaveliaI pTsusSer, I,ceu-
lating war secretary, and a yain renegade
war chieftain, will descend 10 the tomb OF the
accursed, his epitaph
LtNooLs, TIE TEKANT