The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-26
4 Lessen fer ths Faias.H.aYssa.

To .ks Edisors Of the Dispates q
We are. to come extent, wrapped Ia the man.
lie Of glo2m and uncertainty. rhe ssrious
rsysrSss or fortune which we have recently
sustained. has bsen the Eantora to the hopes
OF n any of our people, sad become q orsake-
OF gigs n.tc proportions In the great his way OF
their once firm sud enthusiastic confidence
in the uIt.mats triumphent and glorious sue.
cess of our efforc3. There are those among
us, "ttving and having their existence In our.
midst - whose timid, despon dent and irreso.
lut enatures have led ;heIn 70 belle evaour cau q
a n pe,ess one; who ean ready paint la vivid
and striking eoiors the mode Of our COM plete
subjagation, the deprivation o: our freedom,
the piundsr' of our property, snd cur doom
to unconditional serYl.u6a aud honGa aSe
They read already with faar and trem bling
the unsparing mandate of Lincoln. in hts
iInpe5tal authcTi$y measuring oct death TO
tue leaders OF this untimely rebei,ion,"
and givetinE he chains OF vessaldse upoI
the followers. With however much coc.
tempt we may regard all sucp dependents
and treat with derisscn their "Infanlile" z"
PHILOSOPHY, yet every ATOM has its weight -
The constant drop o! water will wear away
the stone We often, OF late, hear the har.
70 Vsing and un founded expres-i fall from
the lips of those OF whom we have reason to
ex pect better things. ~ believe We viii be
whipped Willis sueh an expression may
emsnate from one whose loyalty is uCini.
peaehahie, and whose confidence la our
triumph 10 firm and anccEqueTaDie, on the
other hand ~ may, aud frequsntiy doef, come
with gsnp sincerity Of ths heart These
despondel mus. camrn nnica.s their fears
and anxseVe Though tinfd and backward
ri frst, ths .frs "a Mt eseaps Of thouxhiiess
sxpsessio ,.in the character OF a lasa. from
individuals uf kaown standing aud firmness,
will ,mpart toDs and confidence. Conysr,s
will bs mads. While we have tAs most I'm.
moveahle coLAdenes and faith In ths 4 Guins
"xrif'' of ths Southern people ss na.ion,
yet we know that ell srs not com posed Of
that iron texture Of which Beauregayds and
chnstonB sre mafe. Hence, tIp preasions,
DANGEROUS Impressions may he made from The
slightest linden lures on the exterior sa.fecs.
ThGators, those OF cnr eitissns who are Ia
q Ne OF uttsrtng sEch taonx xEtiess e3-
T IN ths form OF .9nD,' should le.
mel! ths ssrsous egils wAica r.ay be thus
t,mss for arch .sts. W. wat srutas now.
caup.sd with united. vigorous, And deter
mIusd sotsan. Enough gloom Go@ pesvadss
the hearts Of our people. The 3oss of
carving anxiety eec2sioned on account VI
lhe uncertainty ccnns etsd with the tes-
minatien OF this distressing yet Siorioas
confict-alI, ali combine 10 maAe saat
gloom more dense White those who b aya
IN reality dasponded shoRld ana ssner their
feeling and sentiments beneath the covering
ot thsir own hcsams, and poadag Aians, thsy
sneaid glide On ths page OF history, back--
.w.ess gr n ths afs sr was sni peaee;
Where De.ss rose and Fl 05ns spruass-
/ Ia that lovely aRs classic iaDd--Shs cradle az
, Freedom, The home or Liberty and learn
tsSfe hnv ~ net amtl saas ussiens Of the
kind wttA wAtch ws ara aAsctsa. &C. 8,
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