The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-24
Mr. harm Conservative Ceunsals.

great many Northern people that the Soutn
will not lie s,ill and permit herself TO be
governed in tie way that the North sees best.
Il il conservative souls who think thus, some
of them honest and candid in that opinion. II
il trne that Willard Fillmore, the most con.
sentative of all conservators, once decla, ed
that If the South would elect a sectional can
diiate over the North as the North was try.
insto do over the South, the North would
resist the degradation, and asked his audience
If lie was right. to which they responded with
s unanimous yell Of affirmation. But, now
that the south is doing exactly what they
would have done themselves, they think bet
ter Of it. Perhaps tber consistency may be
reeonced by the fact that the North could have
leii the tnion without hurting anybody but
herself, and therefore might properly be per
mitted to res's. even to dissolution any attempt
of the South to control the country by sec
tional organization, whereas the South could
not leave without bringing the North to bank
rcptc> Northern rebellion is innocent. be
oause it could hurt nobody but itself, South
ern rebellion il a crime of the frst magnitude,
beca use it hurts the North as well HI benefits
the ) nth.
There are good, easy souls in The North
who think the mselves most moderate and
mereiful because they are not in favor of arm
lax he servile population and hanging their
masters, and who are really surprised that
the South could not rest content with her
former peace and comfort, permit the North
| TO enrich herself s.. southern expense, and
| carry on Il sectional crusade for the abo
litipn OF southern institutions, which they
say had nothing practical III it, without all
| this con'usion aud bloodshed All that was
| ever asked of the South was by fishing tres.
ties, tarli, internal improveme nts by the Gen
| era! Government, national banks, exclusion OF
| foreign vessels from the coasiiug trade, to be
| Heeced of her last dollar for the benefit OF
, Northern commerce and manufactures; but
| sill the south had enough 10 1--we on, Ia
| rla'u. com for,able way, aud that condition
! neither very rich nor very poor, Is we'll known
| rn be the happ est aud most vlrtuous Ill the
! ward As 10 abo!ilionhm, when the vast
! N,r,berc majority elected II President on an
| auii.slavery li.ttorm, they meant nothing by
| it, they were only dsoeiviog the people to get
| into power. which has been a conceded priv
| ege OF politicians tiom the first invention OF
RenublicaEisu In regard 70 Lincoln procla-
marion for seventy 70 Thousand men this tn ey
assure rs, would not have led to any serious
,es,lts, If TIE rebel leaders had obeyed its dI-
rert!ons, and dispersed to their respective
homes Whereas instead OF dispersing, like
reasonable men, they made new recruits,
ard compelled the Government to call out
levy of Yankes4lom, CT masse, to bring
them back to their senses and their allie
glance. Even now, all that they ask is,
having burned good many Of our homes,
and murdered considerable number of
orr people that we should lay down our arms
renew our tealty 10 the glorious Union, and
trade with them as before We may keep the
niger, and even be permitted to elect our
own State Governments, which MIR. Lincoln,
ho weveI, has instituted Us, bear the same re-
iation TO the Federal G ,vernmen, that counties
do to q State, provided we will continue to
cultivate our soil for TIE ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the y orth, and trade entirely with that inter
esting people, being content ourselves with the
moderate wages of board and clothing, which
is all that we need, and which will best pro-
mote happiness and morality.
There is no doubt that there are men III the
North VIII, consider these highly reasonable
propositions and are not Only surprised but
prieved that their Southern brethren should
hot so regard them. Bat there is no account
Ing for tastes. There has always been class
IL abstraciionsts aud i,npracticables among
mankind both in the Church and in the State,
embracing noble army of martyrs in the
cause of conscience and OF freedom, who pre-
fer The sacrifice Of al! that is dear on earth to
the surrender Of honor, virtue. and indepen-
dence. The Egyptian fieshpots were more
comfortable than the horrors of the desert !;
bat as often as the Israeiites murmured for
them in the wilderness the Christening hand
of the Almighty taught them that the highest
government OF man ls that which is born Of
trial. and tribulaions The came conserva-
tive counsels, which really see no reason
i'll incurring hlooished and poverty rather
than lie s,ii within the folds of an anaconda,
who, If we will only lie still, will not crush
us till he is ready. might have been urged with
tenfold force against Gen. Washington and
the other heroes and sages of the Revolution.
WHY give up the comforts, peace, and pro-
lection of colonial condition, for the pur-
pose of escaping miserable tax which no
one would have felt, or of indicating the
| abs:rac,ion.that the colonies had right to be
represented in the body which imposed the
| ;axes-a right which they had themselves re-
liuQaished in accepting their charters under
| the Britieh Crown, and which none of Great
| B-itains other colonies undertook to set up 7
! Why, for a questionable princidle, expose
| themselves TO the power of the mightiest En-
| pire under the sun--to poverty, the prison, and
| the scadold-to civil war among themselves
| and TO the cruelties of the savages at their
| doors Yet they boldly dared all cheerfuly
endured all, for seven years, rather than sub.
mi. to a Government which was the embod.
ment of freedom and Justice in comparison
with that of the North which never plum
dered the people of their property nor threat
eued TO abolish it which instead Of draining
them yearly of ell the profits of their indus
try, Was iteelt at vast expense in raising
Heels and armies for their protection. De
generate, indeed, must be the descendants of
such an ancestry, if, for the sake of being
permitted to eat and drink enough for it's
wants, they permit every civil and political
right they Inherited from their ancestors, aud
which even the King of Great Britain did not
dare to medde with, TO be torn from them by
brutal despos at Washington.
~ We were in error In our notice Of the
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