The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-06

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anUgsnAT MoRNIN 4. AUGUST 6, 1863.
Morality end MiAht The Old WsslA and ne
New
Toe LoeAon Times 10 pleased to expAsisae
a, much lsnsth upon hs text Of this astiels--
sssarina tha. two different prineirlsa govern
tie Oid World of Earope and the New OF sh.
States Of The late North Amsricau Union; the
fsrasr bsiag controlled by MoRALrrv, THE lst.
srsy MIGHT. There il little II suythisQ in
history, either Fdropsaa or American, 70 sus-
s.so the views Of tss rsmes savs .has part of
nsAsssiesn history which dsvsleess the no.
lives and nessarss which tsrniaa&sd Ia this
w.r In Earopesn dip.oRasy MORALITY has
Esd the smallest possible snare. and Va have
seldom sssn her triuuphani save when, BY rare
good lack, che hsppsrsd to be on thsrams aide
with Night Power is never jaat whore 1. has
g se!ash motive cppessd - Justice. The Eng
lsn nation can iay as little claim 70 credit far
MorslI.y a. any power on earth. The Old
World Of whish Il has taea n chief Dtrsssor
es affairs has been the scene Of successive nx.
sonsl ousrsges-a conspicuous ono Of modern
tines being the parti6on of Polard, 10 which
sgland was party. In 81. the revelations
and v1cisa.udss Of nata pns Of that world. whsre
Nigh, has prevailed, it WAS ss often aeains.
Morality IS for 1t.
Oa tn, othsr bsnd, with regard 10 tss North
American s-a.ss, the charge OF ths Times
only holds good with reference TO ths bssot.sd
aod 5ruts!igsd power which low rules In the
Northern States, and which. by iis fragrant
oBtrages upon the Fsderai Constitution and
ias rights Of inc Southern e.atss, forced tia-
s5Iation OF tbs cid uaioa. Tie Sss.as of thai
l'aion bsoaule inGepsaaenl afier q struggle,
painful and prolonged, against the injustice OF
.as Mssar OF Engiand, ths mother country
Thus he frat great set Of the New World was
& triumph in lie war TO. Morality and Right
ever the InjGs.iee and Might of the Old. Af.
TOR It's triumph the States whose combined sf.
forts achieved tina resuit proceeded - form
their own political eystsms. 1hess, ia thsir
very essence, involved the principles Of Right
and Morality agains. the doctrine Of Might,
the power OF mere naabers. They established
ssparate State Governments, which contained
easoks and balances for the preservation OF
Order and protection Of Blight, and they jointly
formed n Confederate Government with lin.
isei ro wore, ia which i. was sought, consti,n
,ianaily, TO project the States aad the country
agains. the tyranny Of numbers merely. In
,ae election Of President tho vote was bv
s,stes. The Legislative Department had i.s
tsvisory and check mating body In the Senate,
10 which each sssts irrespective of tize, sent
two members, and lie President had the veto
power over ae,s Of CoDgrsss a. a still further
protection sgainrt the force of numbers. The |
whole syetem wss interviewer with the moral |
lflacipls-:he safeguards for the protection |
O! the mino and the localities against ths |
oppressioa of sect nal and numerical power |
Might. IL msy be said they were not strong !
or clear snengh. We rasher think they were.
Had they been respected they certainly weud
have been sufficient, and none, however strong,
would have prevailed agsinss that uuscrnpu-
ious and infa,natad sectional majority by
which thsy we're troddsn ss.ie sias anes. .s.
80 that in the political Institutions OF the
New Woridths moral principle was got np
over that of Might. In lis history down to the
present struggle there is certainly nothing to
lnpeavh Its integrity ia Gil its foreign relations
ltssqaired no territory by might save that from
Mexico Ia the war with that nation 1t had
right OH its side, and she acquisition of terri
tory was al incident juatiLiab!s by the highest
examples OF the Old World. lie other acqai-
fi.ions were by purchase; including those from
The pao- or,h American Indians, in winch it
dsyiated from the example Of tie Itmes's own
na.ioB, whose Morality il holds up TO the ed.
mrstion of the world! In the second war be.
tween lhs New World and Old England, The
tormsr was resisting the principle of Might aa
ssrtsi by the latter, against the Moral prinei'
rs that msn had right 10 choose MS eoun'
lsy and ssrve undsr what flag he pleased.
The Government. of the United States in all
l;s relations with the world mp to the time Of
me dIssoation OF the Union, presents the fair.
est record of all nations. Not an act Of injus.
lies stained Its pages. Those who shaped ita
policy and controlled its councils were distin'
gushsd Southern statesmen, and to them Ia
chiefly attributable the Morality, the Might
and Justice which prevailed.
Bot The United States was doomed 10 repeat
history, and to initiate the Old Word Ia I'D
many examples that n ight makes Right, IN or.
der to initiate here struggle that was to teach
them the lesson OF Morality. Il did this not
in its foreign relations, but Ia i's domestic The
hs.ott.d d power Of numbers which became, by
regularity of pursuits and social condition,
esn.sssa In che Northern States, broke down
,us barriers of the Constitution which had
Lssn raised to protect the States and the minor
itss and for the first time involved the New
World In that Crime which has 50 raach cursed
.es Old, and which hRs made England in days
gone by conspicuous among the nstions-ths
crime Of substituting The power Of Might for
lhs. of Right. In this eituation OF AFFAIRS We
confess part of the lecture OF the leading
journal OF England is applicable to the New
World II thus truthfully tells the fate which
mast follow the persistence in the rule OF Might
by the blind dsspotism of the Federal Union:
"If they persist in the rnla Of might, there
isenly one result They will just annihilats
one another A miserable remnant, . ruined
country, q relapse into eavagery, and 0tner
evil. unknown and inconseivable will be the
only possible result. We see II because we
are bystsnders and spectators, and because
We look on from tho vantage ground OF our
uted communities, or established prnc'ples'
and our ancient institu.icps From this van
taRs ground. az II from q sscare elevation in
q wide spread d&luge. We tell these poor
.,sownino xwrafchsa that tkev have no chance