The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-10

Of this continent. The respondent Of
to-day, should read the story Of 1878 to
knew how perfectly history is repeating
itself in their especial cases. There
were many days in that eventful period
when hope almost deserted the brayest
ana the best, and noble hearts were al
most m the very agony Of despair; but,
IN uoos providence, great Christian
leader was at the head OF their depleted,
! deteatod and struggling armies, aud from
| ill5 sublime confidence they again caught
! hope and energy. Thc overtures OF
Eu6iani were promptly and unanimously
| rtJec,@c, and 10 proposition would be en-
tcfaiAcd tor Il treaty unless they should,
as a preliminary, either Withdraw their
armies or acknowledge the independence
of thevolonics.
"We have to Gay such leaders, ant,
irouss VIC hear no word OF despair,
| 40 cay OF deSpondency, and from them
and their gallant armies must We catch
fresh hope a3l courage. The yea: 1jIS
! has its parallel with us oc 1864, and,
thank God, our leaders in this great fight,
aud our gallant soldiers, are but p.oto-
types OF ourreyolutiouary fathers. Shal!
We, then, tie property holders ana fire
side citizens, advise a yielai3g up 0! the
right because the enemy is strong, and
proud, and defiant, and presses Us soraiy
on every side? Has aopc left all except
| those in the army? in Gods name, is
it the safety Of property against the
liberty and separate independence OF
your country which so greatly asitatcs
| tie minds Of men? Is life SO dear OR
| peace so sweet as to be purchased with
chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty
Godr
1--WE have been led TO these words By
! reading letters written 20 General ash
ington during the gloomy days of 1878,
| and a letter from that great man himself.
We give below few extracts, and ask
the citizen reader and Respondent soldier
Gf there be SUCH to read them and con-
trast the times but to remember always
that, by firm determination and he
roic submission to dangers and sufferings,
our grand old fathers ctnquered a glo-
rious liberty, and that even SO will our
armies come from under the cloud and
march to victory and to honor.
| "Goyernor Livingston, of New Jersey,
writes in February, 1T7o:
"'I am so discouraged by our pablic
mismanagement and the additional load
Of business thrown upon me by the viii
lainy of those who pursue nothing but
accommodating fortunes to the ruin Of
their country, that almost sink under
! it,
How often hear We such remarks made
Of our merchants, planters and others !;
but with how much truth we must let
posterity judge. Yet it was the same
as we see in the first American Revolu-
ton; and they conquered an independ-
cnce and separation from the most pow
erful nation of the earth without half
the facilities which we enjoy.
Major-General Greene, at Boston,
September, ITS:
"'The growing extravaganza Of the
people, and the increasing demand for
the article Of forage in this quarter, have
become q very alarming affair. Hay is
from sixty to eighty dollars a ton, and
upon the rise. Corn is ten dollars a
bushel and oats four, and verything else
that will answer for forage in that pro
portion. Carting is nine shillings mile,
by the ton, and people much dissatisfied
with the price
Corn ten dollars a bushel; and con
tinentaI money was worth at the date o
this letter SIXTY cents in gold for each
dollar in currency-thatis, corn was sell
ing at sir dollars in god bushel! Wha
would our dcspondent ones in Georgia
with their safes crammed with Confede
rate notes, say if corn to-day, instead O
selling for forty cents, was SIX dollar:
per bushel III gold-that is, three hun
dred dollars in Confederate currency =
Why, sir, taking the present state Of th'
public pulse rs a stand point, We shonlt
predict peace convention in ten day
and reconstruction and hcmble subnls
sion to any edict Eoim King Abraham i
one month Oar fathers paid Tie si:
dollars, l,oweyer,faye, celond paid IN
whole months salary foc 2 peek Oh oat
before iiat war ended ana yet they con
4 Quercd peace and Independence.
| THE CONFEDERA 1E AND YAN
A~EE U.A T.ALRi.