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

Iads M Uat 5 ratsOns q lkas asI-.crlrIsIon
Il Scema 10 b pceuliarly ana unnatNrniS
| sweet. tt recrieer the south. - cxempis.
! who have experieneel allthe horruGe that wHF
can bring il iss train, pray day and sight that
they .snny never again Ia visited ny u. lhe
| mpvAe OF The North. GA the other hand' VINO
have but very dim perception 81 what u He-
tually il, seem always ready to plunge into II,
/ We s,Nak OF tho bo.iy st The lHorls. mol Of tlse
military class. soldiers are always inclined to
/. mccr. l4vfttans arr the men who. In nine cases
| ou. Of t~m. bring on war. As soon rs Il comes
/ they ~, on, Of the way and leave the toll and
danger to the soldiers, who newer have any
| thing to s,o with producing il, aud whose duty
| Is confined 10 fighting 1t out
Til. people Of the South, having had war 1T
their doors for the last four wears. are ex-
tranrly DESTROYS to pass the r~st of their lives
i'll peace. For that reason. without knowing
any thing further OF the rela tons existing be-
tween France and this country than what can
he gathered from the newspapers. they uni
ver>silv cherish the hope that they may he OF
such nature as 10 permit the continuance
OF peace without loss Of honor. Besides
the enormous sacrifice Of life rntailed upon
them by the late war, they are literally ruined
In fortune to such an extent that An exception
to the general rule can scarcely IN found
They Wish leisure. TO restore their shat
cred Finances and support their bTeared
families and they cannot HOPE for ii ii we are
to have n foreign war SO soon after that domes-
tic war which has left them 50 desolate. Be
side. all this, there are few families in thc
South " no have not lost some of their mem
bers in battle. and they all Shudder ut the
chance OF losing those that remain in the same
way. The voice of the South, however, can no
longer he heard, or, at least, If heard it can no
longer command attention. Unfortuna tely for
us, the voice Of that portion Of the nation
which has the power TO order all things nc.
cording to its will seems to h opposed to the
wishes OF the South. We judge from the |
tone of the Northern papers and of the
who figured on Thanksgiving day. I
The difference Of tone In the two sections is |
'asily accounted for On the principle we have
aid down. A burnt child breads the fire Il |
"ople who have Just been suffering all the |
,orrors of Il bloody war cannot b. expected to
irsirc its immediate renewal. Al least one
must pass away, and be replaced by /
mother that shall know nothing of what its /
predecessor suffered before the South " ill ever
~ Clamorous for another war. Six years ago |
10 doubt, ii would have been rs eager for it rs !
he North appears To be now. But Il mighty !
'hansc hes come over the spirit of all its !
Dreams. However, ii the alternative of war or !
rational dishOnor be- clearly presented there :
IAN. of course, be but one choice. In our view
IT the position of the two parties the issue can
hardly be- doubted. The United States are here
ipon the same continent with Mexico, whose
is contcrmcnous with theirs 1t has
ust shown its power to send any number OF
men into that country that may be required TO
fleet the expulsion of the French. They en-
II million of men in the subjueation Of |
he South: they can employ quite us many
lay, twice as many, il ncccsSary-in the war
With France France OH the contrary, lies
hree thousand miles off, on the eastern side
# the Atlantic. She must send here all the
men on whom she can rely hy means of ships
Vow, all the ships Of all the navics, military
md commercial, cannot transport troops
'nough to resist one million of men, Her
roops will fight g:tllamtly, beyond doubt
french troops always debut they cannot re-
ist the pressure OF numbers, to say nothing of
he possibility that their marine might be de-
troyed and the sources Of supply entirely cut
n II Is the idlest of fancies to imagine that
rance or any other power of Europe can sus-
ain d ColoHy III any part OF North America ii
he Government Of the United States do not
wish it. England holds Canada, even, by suf-
GRANGE. and the United States could drive off
'ussia ii it Mere profitable or desirable.
Still we, as Southern men, do not desire to
re war at this time. 1t would be ruinOus to
s especially, and we believe it would bring ,
reat calinRities on the country, let the result
G as favorable as it might.
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