The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-23

ceuseAesates Abroad
Am,d the general privations and heroic
exertious or our people, It 10 gratifying 10.
know that the Confederatcs abroad are en-
during with unsxampled fortitudc their sep.
sration from their native laad, and their
auIct,ne deprivation Of the labors and re-
novn IN anna which their brethren at homo
are achieving. Nis distressing to think that
these unhappy exilcs can have no share In
The Aellverancc Of their beloved country
from its opprcesors, and that their posterity
win not be able to point to their names on
Tho emblAxoned scroll which viii hand down
20 future ages the bronxed and immortal
veterans who arc carving out with their
good swords such heritage OF glory as
Greek and Roman never won. The ragged
raimeat, the bare and bleeding feet, the
couch Of winter SHOWS with It's canopy OF
Heaven, the terrific battle shock, and the
xravos where warriors sleep, are all denied
the homcsick cxiles OF the sunny South,
who, imprisonel in the splendid capitals Of
Europe, pine like Gagged eagles to wrestle
with the Tempest and bare their bosoms to
tAe-.thunderb,lt. The captive crusader,
<0oking out from his rugged tower upon
-. GGlbattled host OF his warlike brethren
J fkssing by to humble the proud MOslem,
and, amid the cheering blasts Of their Wild
clarions, failing to hear his cry for deliver
ance, must have felt pangs akin to those
which rend the bosoms OF those distressed
Confedcrates, whom Yankee blockaders aud
. stern sense Of duty to themselves are
chaining to the inglorious security Of Eu-
rope.
No man with a man's heart would will.
ingiy leave his country at such an hour as
this, and therefore We can easily imagine the
pangS which rend the bosoms of our expat-
rated brethren. To be compelled to stand
aioof from ones friends when in adversely,
to be obliged to go ont when burglars are
working away at the old mansion house
where one was born, and to know that the
with US In our childhood. and whose blood
runs In our veins, are In imminent peril,
whilst we are constrained to look helplcesly
on from neighBor's window, is arefncmcnt
Of torture enough to lacerate the toughest
sensibilities, and to drive Reason from her
throne. Such il the sad condition of our
unhappy brethren in Europe. Who can de-
pict the anguish of their souls? Every gale
from the east seems burthencd with their
plaintive sighs. Surrounded on all hands
byrevilen Of their domestic institutions, ard
living under Governments which studiously
ignore the existence of their country, they
are doomed to q condition OF isolation and
Orphanage in comparison with which the
crimson wreck Of battlefield and the red
flames of the midnight conflagration are
agreeable and animatiug spectacles.
But there is no condition of humanity be-
reft Of all consolation, and it is pleasing to
discover occasionally from foreign journals,
and other vehicles of intelligence, that,
whilst the minds of Confederates abroad are
subjected to unspeakablc tortures, their
bodies are not denied the creature comforts
which may be picked up here and there in
European capitals. We rejoice to know that
they have at least enough to eat, drink, and
wear; that the roast beef of Merry England
and the choice vintages of gallant France
solace their desponding spirits; that they
aremuch admired and sought after in social
circles, and sometimes give vent to their un
earthly patriotism at the festive board. 1t
must he touching sight to see them swal.
lowing with cOnvulsive Threats an alder
mans turtle. permitting the Good Samari-
tans Of Liverpool and London to pour oil
and wine into their bleeding wounds, and
drinking In solemn silence to the memory
of St0newall Jackson. Let US hope that, by
these merciful appliances, they may be ena-
hled to survive the rigors of their separation
from desolate homes and from fields where
brave men fight and fall, and that "when this
cruel war is over" they will tbrong back to
Us like swallows in the spring.