The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-22

and the Joyous life of his old home in that
South which the ruthless invader is now try.
ing to desolate.
AImirg CsnSl abands.
We dc not regard the threat of arming con.
trabands a.. a mere brutum fulnnen of certain
Northern papers and politicians. We believe
that they are capable of resorting to this OF
any similar atrocity. if necessary to carry out
their purposes. As the French dei6ed lib.
erty in their Revolution, and committed every
conceivable crime in its name, 80 they have
deifed "the Union" and are prepared to per-
petrate any deed that may be necessary for
it's restoration. Burnside has distinctly Do.
clared that he intended to subjagate North
Carolina, and if it could only be done by arm
ing the contrabands he would not hesitate to
do it. Sach will be the policy of his Govern
ment, which has been eager to arm the white
slaves of Europe against us, if it cannot in
any other way accomplish its nefarious ends.
No pleadings of humanity will DO peWaitted
to appease for moment its ferocious spirit.
The malignant demon of abolitionism slim.
ulates the passions Of a strong party in the
North, and the equally cruel demon of ava
rice is the god of that other party which calls
itself conservative. When tn ey prateof "the
Union" they mean the annual tribute they
have hitherto wrupg from the South, and to
preserve which, or to avenge its loss, they
would rejoice to carry fire and sword over our
whole country. Already they have deprived
rs, as far as they could, of our slave prop.
erty, and it is only one step down in the do
scent of crime to place arms in the hands of
those whom they ibe.ate, and in this way
solve the perplexing question Of "what to do
with the contrSbands." The horrors of tho
French Revolution and of St. Domingo COM
bined ere the entertainment which the mild
and H,srciful Government at Washington has
in store for US, if We do not lay down our
arms and sue for pardon.
Happily, the practicability of this scheme is
not as palpable as its fiendishness. They must
conquer with the means now at their disposal
a large portion of the country before they can
derive any considerable accession of numbers
from their proposed sable recruits. And when
that is accomplished, then will commence in
earnest that war Of determination which has
30 long doomed up in the distance but which,
except in retaliation for q war carried on by
the fundamentally now proposed, the South
would never have resorted to. But tho mo.
ment that this threat Of arming contrabands
is carried out, the man in the South who
would counsel mercy and moderation TO such
q foe, would be looked upon az public enemy,
and be himself extsrminated. Not only would
but there would be no longer any difficulty
about the disposition Of Yankee prisoners who
might fall into our hands. The wrstches who
would pat arms in such hands against Us, need
neither give quarter nor ask for it. And the
deeper Villains at Washington, who have in.
angurated such d system of warfare, need not
rely rpon their mercenary guards for security
from vengeance. There will be Brutus for
every tyrsnt in the capital, who will find his
way to the heart of the Stewards and Lin
coins, in spite of all the mercenaries who may
surround their persons. Nothing has hitherto
kept back the avenging hand but the failure
Of the despots as yet, to carry ont their threats
of judicial assassination against Southern
prisoners. Let them consummate their pro.
ject of arming contrabands, and tbs last drop
in the cup of Southern forbearance will be
overrun, and mon will devote their lives to
the work of Furnishing the authors of such
crimes, and hail their own death with salts,
faction should it reach the accomplishment Of
q righteous retribution.
A.
some of whom might possibly be obtained for
the cruel purposes Of our enemies, there would
be fate that would be warning to their
whole race till the epd of time. Slavery has
always existed from the beginning of tho
world; 1t has all the solemn sanctions of re-
keion; but never, in any age, nor among any
people, has 1t existed in a. mild and msrcifnl q
form as in the Southern States. The amount
Of labor exactsd has been small, and the pro.
vision for food and comfort, not only during
the period Of labor but in the Improbable years
of old age, ample and certain The affection.
ate sympathiss Of their masters have enhanced
their pleasures and allsviatsd their sorrows.-
The diseases Of their bodies have rsesived the
attention Of the highest medical skin, and the
wants Of their soul have secured oil the CON.
solations Of religion Dark and dismal will
b the hour that witnesses such an accurssd
return for humanity and kindness - that 10
which "ths aontrabands'' may ere long b.
pronptsd, but upon nons will ~ courses descend
With rors iasseafaaee.s and whitening ruin
tAAs spoa thspssiyss.