The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-28
The negibutisn 10 Gene

Ia the dispensatlon of an all-wise Provi-
isnee Is ever tba: OF national retribution.-
Tradition, Bibls history, profane history, all
Sgss and all records, presen. for the o5ntem
rAion Of men, and, if they choose, for their
btDsat. examples Of that inevitable rstribution
Fisei npon nations Am midst the diversified
l1iQ-.es and dislressas wnich our ruthless in
Tslers are bringing upon the SJuthern people,
We nay be assured the overiowing cup OF
tit:srn-ss viii one day be co nmendsd to their
own lips, There are at present at the North
oli.1vlnss Of discord, conflicting interests and
ofianns. governmental tyrannies, and popular
i1psaense OF restraint ind eppsAsaiS.-all
tending 70 collision and rupture. S1ch signs
hs1y other nsticn would be more unmissaka.
et bat sven amongst Yankees they may be
leading 70 very na'urai and inevitable reeulta
"asihs' they be or not, however, thus drift
'rg Sc know that the retrioulion in store for
19se Psop!- must come. If these things are
loi n1w !sadiag directly to it, the irresistible
causes vii soon appear, If no nation can be
i-vsd from the wrath il las hsapsd up for it.
sell, taeu the nation Of the Nor. IA has day OF
tsFr0r tsfore it.
Whether or not the South may be able to
cufy the war into the enemy 3 country, never
Asirts War al their own hearthssones, bloody
I'D dssolaiug war, is a. certain as any future
event 1.-THE United States have steered clear
ol taai calamity since tho establishment OF
snSrnLn ID1anan1aa,A ftha 1oct W.T. n
Aasland and the Mexican war leaving their
oEn territory they cannot expect long con
-a4aCee Of such good fortune. No nation ey er
1as escaped it, and least Of all need q nation
sl'sT.ain the hope of i. which is carrying on
'.ch denoniac invasion as this of tbs South.
"le OF the reasons most urged by the North
s2slnst 'disQnion' iE that il will breed con-
tIaaI wars. Do they expec: 20 eacape the
common curse Of humanity Is the United
Mates to be the solitary spot on the globe, the
.4se nation in ali history, which has never
Lhown war at ita own Iresidesf Are they,
ACoye aii, who are the most heartess tt nd c.aal
q mankind, TO avoid Doom which the nest
'iftaoas and valiant have been compelled to
A~~e8 Let tAcN bot APcCt w uluupU over
ess.iBy, aad over The retribution which comss
upon guilty nstions as well as upon guilty men
asday will come when, either from foreign
lavasi0n or war among themselves, they will
sansr I'll and more than we have suffered ;
'Asir young men will be slaughtered at their
V"n thresholds; their women chased from
10 htss Of their burning homes; their peace
u! ciliGe-s shot down in their own dwelliugs
'lelr 3 5its laid waste. the roar Of cannon and
~usse'ry ever ringing in their cara, and the
SSilngs OF beTeaved households ever rising to
'ls heavens. Tne present war but eighty
"uehes their own sensibili'ies, for they care
h'' ior the slaughter of the Foreigners, with
Hhom they tli their armies. Blu. one day the
'afses "hieh they are visiting upon this people
VIII come home TO roos. in thsir own bosoms
@a' saaw their own vitals. A just and righte.
VIC TOD rules ths earth, who has warned tie
wicked not 20 exult because sentence against
81 Evil work Is not executed speedily. 1t al
Ways comes at last, and the more heavily be-
'AS'e Ii has been long deferred,