The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-15

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o,,a No nome IKE our own sunny .
uo,,,o .. where the heart If, wneEe III.
.,ca- ~. - gathered together; and
u.a. :. ho a hoyel or palace, the |
No. attraction and Joy OF It are the fond
o ,.,:,a,;nn. ~hich cluster and put forth
.ha;r flowers and fragrance beneath III
~oof The south, though desolated by
49,, hand of war, is still the spot where
49,; we're born; whose beautiful land
scapes are mirrored in our hearts; whose
men and women are the companions OF
our childhood and Of our maturer years.
flesh Of our flesh and bone Of our bone
dearer to us from the sufterines -wh'c''
have been the common lot. II we nave
been tried in the fiery furnace OF adVer-
sitv. we have come out purified ana So
lidified by the process; If we have lost
r,ncb we have not lost all. The over
archinr heavens and the mother earth
arc still the same; the stars which we
watched in our infancy still shine Sc
rcnelv over our heads; the grand old
mountains, the lovely valleys, the beau
tiful rivers, still offer their charms to our
eyes; tho moral dignity, the elevation OF
soul. the generosity of spirit, which have
always characterized our people, and have
formed the peculiar glory and embellish-
ment of our social state, are still unim-
paired. Brave, genial men, and graceful,
hiph-toned women are still found in all
our habitations. There are no ruins which
the vines of domestic virtues will not
render less unsightly, and no storm so
dark that religious faith and hope will
not discover some rent in the clouds, and
rejoice that behind the transient vapours
shine the everlasting stars. Here
is our home, and on the soil where we
were born there let us abide, and there
return to the earth from which we
came.
Viewing the future even in its gloom
lest aspect, let us perish, if perish we
must. beneath the shadows of the house
hold tree. The true Virginian would
sooner die upon the breast OF his Ole
mother than live in foreign State. But
we are not disposed to look perpetually
on the dark side of affairs. When the
Divine founder of the Christian faith was
about to visit scene of great peril, the
Respondent, yet courageous, apostle, ST
, THOMAS, exclaimed, "Let us also 60
that we may die with Him." A com
mentator on the passage remarks: "Why
not 90 and Hve with him?" Why take it fo1
granted that nothing butimpoverishmen
and ruin await us in the future? 10 ou1
eyes there is a very different prospect
The thunders which still growl angr1ly
may be the thunders Of receding, no
an approaching storm. Long after
fierce tempest has dashed the ocean, tn
, waters continue to roll in perilous waves
and dash furiously upon the shore. LIE
us wait in patience for the storm to sub
, side. Those generous sentiments ex
oppressed by President JOHNSON towards
: "the Southern States" to which Genera
!, BEAuREGARD so touchingly alludes, ant
!, which he tells us have persuaded hin
and great many other Confederate Off
GERS and soldiers to remain at thei
homes, give promise of a brighter AM
happier day, and we hope will yet i'm
: press themselves upon the great conser
= vatiye mind of the whole country
,, When that grand contamination
reached, we shall again sit in safety an
low beneath our own vines and fig trees
possessing all the happiness Of our forme
condition, with none to modest or max
us afraid.