The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-03

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10 Ntisnaessa 0.orisse u thaeasse
have ssSk ,SunsrHx rod sAs utysse, ID
in hanA, SSuise Ne 6nd tAat 1a11on - 80
their afsetain1eih s sosshsrA fsosla, wlen
thsys only essns1sr three = one, bus u
responses tfsus lhr'iiavs been 1sw and unsatis-
faesory. Except shs newly invsnts4 khgdou
u italy, which, being juss admitted into good
seeissy. kas psrvsna jealousy Of al new
corners. not q word igaiaesss Of safFiendli.
pess 70 thu. South has been uttered BY say
European Govsrnmen& Except the riff raft
Of Earopeaa red republicanism and tho Du-
gala Dalsessy sAvsnturers who serve under
any banner for proyans and pay, the United
States hes no moro friends among the Euro
psan people than among thsir Governments.
This 10 the testimony OF their own letter.
writer's from Paris and London. They 81 .
psrpeiually complaining Of the unfriendliness
70 tie North Of foreign Governments, and
that the foreign press, which expresses the
public seatiment Of Europe, almost univer-
salIy s5mpashizss with ths southern rebsls.-
Ga their own showing, they have no friends
iug and bowling over the seif evident fact, they
ough, to cit down. and candidiy and solsmnly
investigate its causes and consequences.
When an ndividuai man has 10 frie nds, il
10 eafs, o. . general rule, to assume that he
has no money, and no means Of getting any,
ane therefore, no one cares 20 cultivate his &c
guam apce. He may be as pure as the drlveL
snow, ~ just rs Aristidss, as honorable Ne
Bay ard, but society," rs at present constituted,
does NOT perceive mnch advantage In hif
friendship, nor any great calamity in bis dis
pleasure. Now the North, ia the eyes Of uni-
versal Cnrisendom, is at present. bankrupt,
With this signal difference from the Case OF d
sirtuous individual: that 1t has become b
bankrupt by i5s own crimes aud eXcesses
shat its wealth made il iiceu.ious, vicious, anu
cruel aud that Its character uas beeo inc ID COZ
rapt and cowardly that even Its wealth could
scarcely ncutraiizs its rnsntyiny cffensiveuoss
IN the nostrils~of mankind. But With ueithel
q ealta nor character, neither gain nor godli
aess, an ndiv idual or a Hat ion becomes alike
unit for the society Of nien or gods, tor thia
world OF the next. The virtuous poor have
=, least this consolation, that, after q te mpo-
Eary depression III the scale OF humanity, they
VIII be admitted hereafter to some better
companionship than the Fifth Avenue or the
Wes. Fad; but vicious poverty has no friends
and no comfort in Heaven or earth. This il
lie reason the North is 20 unpopular
IL produces nothing that anybody wants it
can no longer furnish Europe with cotton,
tobacco ana rice; il is looked upon as an i'm
postor aud swindler, who mas been pretend
ing all along 10 be the possessor of those sta
pies, when no was the mere factor, employed
NY the Southern principal to sell his goods. a
confidence by W bich lac has grown rich, and
which Le is now repaying by trying to break
into the house VI Lls iAluigent patron, cut
his throat, excite Instruction among his SER
wants, and give over his dwelling to the
aames. Ii the North does not see the turpi
Jude of such conduct, it il the only part OF
the world which is bind to the giariry mi
putty. The consequences are equally paipa-
oie with the causes Of the universal odium III
which the North is held. When nation ex-
and is 60 weak and devoid Of spirit that ii
can be insllted with impunity, it will not be
long before the civilized world chastises il
for its offences However much rich sinner
may be permitted to outrage the moral sen,i-
rnent Of a community, the virtuous indigua-
ton Of mankind never pardons such offences
in those who are both vicious and poor