The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-09
3 nNst and the Present.

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- past and the Present.
-. = icnnosp DrsrArcn, which met tenn
anry suspension OF It's existence IN the ex.
E,1ranr nnues OF the recent Ccniederacy,
kkAe 1noenine restored to life. II u again en
s1ev1od With the Promethean fire, ana speaks
rs II rea1lsEs ~ though 1t never Host !" ofeasu
a. - voice. Welcomeft " dear reader, WIN
~ sama kind and genial sensioinues WING"
warm 10 own heart, and let tnere oe es,a-
hasehea once more between it and thee the
...,e c.m1Identaal and afectionate relations
vnich Formerly existed, and which blessed
- revrarded au its toll, oil its struggles,
through the thorny and fiinty way OF journal
ism.
TneeA Southern States have passed through
an ordea, Of trial and suffering seldom the LOT
~ A generation of people They entered npon
, strusxle. In which heysfailed, and In which
,hese trials and sunerings were incurred. Tn
uke most rebellions, as they are called, espe-
ctally when they have failed, those VINO I'M
dertook it were not merely = set OF maicoh
tents. recklessly resisting the clearly -denned
,,olitical Organisms of the country; they were
fortified by q sense Of rights under the Consu-
tntiou and q conscientious conviction OF the
;ustice OF their position, which had Mt least
the semblance of support in the debates OF our
ancestors, who framed the Constitution itself
under which the Republic was formed. Those
truly great men left the question OF the rela-
lions between the States and the General
Government an open one. There were strong
rarties In the very convention which frnsn"d |
the compact OF union upon the Questlons AZ
issue touchin those relations. The very anie
and patriotic men who figured in that body,
.ftar much debate, gave the question the go
how fat them
eeayes. they appointed no umpire to (which 1t
cou,d be referred They thus left us as le-
~acv a hitter and disastrous war-a war which
WAS fought, and fought bravely, to its final
con..,usion. The South entered upon it with
more unanimity and determination than has
bean known TO characte rize the resisting party
In any civil war that we read Of. 1t fought
through it, under its sense of constitutional
right. with courage and constancy which has
CHALLENGED the admiration of other nation But
the question thus submitted to the arbitrament
of war; was decided against them, and they
submitted like brave men ever submit, to the
fates, which all their fortitude and power can
not control. They were overwhelmed by superb
or numbers and resources, and succumbed after
\ resistance which indicated the honesty and
sincerity of their intentions. Their heroism
has lately received q tribute that is alike homo
rable to the head and heart of the magnanl-
mons commander in chief of the powerful
armies they encountered in the field Such
tribute is the most fitting rebuke-the most
scathing denunciation-Of those wretched At
tempts to dishonor the gallant dead who fell
In hecatoomhs on the field in proof Of the truth
and sincerity of their devotion to the cause
Regarding the result. the
cN.ne question, those who nobly
r,erf ,noct eneir lives in support OF the primer
nles they espoused, readily acqulesced, ana
submitted to the authority of the Federal Go
vernment. ant, order and quiet We're instantly
restored. in a country where the devastatio1s
of war and the exhausting exertlohs OF oe1elice
ssainst overwhelming odds, had reduced the
,,oorle nearly to famine. The Subsequent his
torv 1re need not recount The steady efforts
of all to restore order, and the patient and
cheerful manner in which people reduced
from the happiest independence to utter po-
yerty have undertaken to provide for llnme'
iliate want and rebuild their fallen fortunes,
constitutes one of the noblest examples in the
history Of mankind.
In this struggle the DISPATCH took its part.
1t was honest and earnest and does not mean
to retreat, or, in the every day parlance 10
crawfish from its position. 1t sympathlsed
with the Confederacy, did all it could to cheer
the hearts Of the people in the struggle, and
continued with it, and, we may say, fell with
il i'm the calamitous fire of the Sd OF April
Its voice was heard up to that hour. While
the carrier conveyed it's communications to
| the public in one part of the city, its types
and presses were melting in the fires OF an
] other.
But like the noble people in the midst OF
,vhom it was published, and who it now adj
Ia
1 clear decision of the trial of arms-of BLOOD
i It means to abide by the oath which its con-
s iuctors have taken, and sustain the Govern
u paent under which we now live. 1t6eels, TO-
day. As though it had never been suspended
4 In fact its seat at the round table of the fra
ternity has only been temporarily vacant-and
It speaks as though only twenty four hours
had passed since its last appearance. 1t is
true there is no war q; but that was over, in
fact, when 1t last appeared. 1t resumes its
mission, then, before the war-which was TO
encourage and stimulate the improvement of
Richmond and assist in the development of
the resources of our dear old mother, Virginia.
To these purposes it will bring all the ener-
agies Of its improved and enlarged means and
power; and hopes, in it's day, to do some real
service in this noble cause.
Renewing our expressions of qualification at
once more holding communication with our
dear friends Of Richmond and Virginia, the
DIsPATcH promises at once to direct all its IN
Auence to the promotion of their good. NON
"a earth would make its coha"c'o-'
%A as to see our people safely an" p.o
" through that trying transi'ion 49, 800,
B IN w11ch they are now struggling, anu SIN.
b our most enthusiastic occupa'lon S ~
facilitate their passage, dry snoa' niousn
this red sea Of their diniculttes. Ana. o". Wv"
townsmen and the good people OF virginia
God bless and preserve ner'-may pass
through their trials successfully and become
u they deserve 70 be, prosperous and happy,
s the deyout prayer Of the DispArcH
R6building the City.
Thera -. : great mistake prevailing with