Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-05-16
No Place Ike Home.


Divine instruction teaches cheerful resig-
nation to the DEGREES Of the Author of all
good. Adversely as we'll as prosperity
should be accepted alike by all, for the tu-
ture will in time develope the plans OF In
finite Wisdom, and that which is considered
an affection may be His beneiicent discipline
for the accomplishment Of the wsest pur-
poses and tine greatest objects. Upon the
smooth sea Of prosperity all may sail with
safety, and for the time not a murmur or
complaint will be heard. Our aims, per-
chance, are, or seem to be, accomplished,
and nothing disturbs the bright prospect
But, when the rough waves OF adversely are
encountered, We are too much inclined to
surrender ourselves to dependency instead
Of philosophically looking forward to, and
diligently striving for, that retrieval of for
tune which the future may have in store for
US.
By many OF our people the failure of the
Disunion scheme is regarded as the sum
total of human woe, instead of that blessing
which We are confident it will ultimately
prove to them. But they look only at the
dark side of the picture, and in numerous
instances are contemplating self expatria-
ton from the land Of their nativity.
Why should they abandon the broad fields
and green pastures amid which they have
been reared True, the desolations OF war
are apparent on all sides, our system OF la
Dor has been deranged, and there are va
rious discoursgements looming up but the
climate is unchanged, the soil as productive
now as before the war. All that is needed
to restore prosperity and beget happiness is
the manifestation of enterprise and energy.
The days OF supineness have passed.
IL We have not capital in specie or cur
rency, we are not destitute OF the means
which can be used 10 contribute at once to
the establishment Of equilibrium in all the
elements of material wealth. As certain
as We SOW we shall reap.
The production Of cotton and tobacco will
return TO US capital. Commerce will ditfuse
a circulating medium. If we have not our
former system Of labor, let US accept at once
that new system which We must take. five
fail to use our fields for the purposes which
Heaven has designed, others will crowd us
from them. To delay is but to surrender
our prospects Of success. To falter and
dream moo5ily over splendid prospects in
other countries is but To yield to delusion.
BE that prospers must work. Energy, in
dustry, enterprise, are as requisite for sue
cess as food is for life, and go where We may
in pursuit OF ease and happiness, this in
flexible truth will present itself.
Our advice is to every Virginian: stay at
home. Those fields once clothed with yer-
dure and teemiug with the richest products,
though now barren and desolate, can be made
prolific again. The once thrifty cities and
towns now in ashes can be rebuilt. The
thousands of mechanical and Industrial es-
Adjustments that sent out through all the
land tine busy notes of prosperity and emil
vened the great highway Of progress, will
again be called into existence.
No! Old Virginia must not be deserted,
save By those who would prolong strife with
in her borders. All others should remain,
and tremendously unite their energies in de-
termined efforts TO make the future cheerful
with smiling hopes and solid rewards.