The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-04-16
The Southern Press-The Union

II Ia worthy OF espeCtai ho' ,,.a,,o,t tho
Peace Proclamation Of the -, .,r,.rpa.
Southern press has borne 's''' -, I'D NOR,
HE moderation. II Is i"''' 49,,
,no,;nea "a disrassionate ars"'"e"'
nof,ra that paper appeared l"'s - w.
,,,,r., While ii was uhoefs'o'" ''''
,,r,, Of haItoS corpus was snspenoe"' '"'' =
,,avsnaper might be stopped ~ any ho"'". =
,,,,,;tary commander Of a district, or MS s"o
.,tern. might think proper, there wasa i'eh"r
~ ,,npatience and chatting OF spirit mat 'Asi'e"
The ,emper and stirred tho impulse To OTTER
comnlaint aud apprehension. But the ho'ei"
ment having relaxed its rigors-peacr being
declared and the t1b,"S c"rg"S consequently
restored. the editors are somewhat laciii'"
and begin TO talk quietly and arsumenta'N's
Soacat will lie meekly sleeping on the hea'''
until discovering through half-open"d eye i
thread upon her velvet paw, dropped ny '"'
housewife. she rises in great nervous '\'''
ment and furiouSly dashcS ii from her
There is no measure better calculate" ~ ~,
harm in a country like ours, tina" " AIM
tho press ltarouses bad feeiihS """ "'''s
ishes respect for authority. Inc prs
shield of Liberty, and II '"fi'''> ~ wv
.rrors. Mr. JEffEKSoN,S MANN 'n'' CLIO
>,.sos 20 no dangerous while reason IL left ire"
80 combat il, is very Just. The press cannot
- Gov as,r,y 10 the public injury, Will" II /
notrammellcd and thus enabled 10 '"''N Il,
own alterations.
We need not GO into 4 discussion oil INV II"
erty of The press The public opihloh i '"'
orrhodox. the public mind too Wen lhi"ii'''
on the subject, 10 Justify anything "i me Ai''
Especially is this the case III IN" So"'h' '"i'"'
The whole struggle in the Southland ho'"''h
standing there were papers when h'to' '"'
measures of the Government the Sof1't' ~
daily renrehension and rdicule-h no singh
instance was the liberty OF the press l"''
rpntad by the Confederate ADMINISTRATIONS
Nor are we aware with one exception u''''
tho nnblic indignation led 10 the invasion 'i
tho rights of any editor. a body OF soldiers
nassinr through Raleigh destroyed the press
Of , Very notorious gentleman altogether "i>'
,ova, ~ the cause those soldiers We're hShilhs
for II did not appear that citizens had any
mart in il II was only rash and imst>>iohed
.o+ If the soldiers who We're very gallant lei
lows who had imperlled their lives III hird-
fonob, bartl,s But this outrage, committed
by such men under the impulses OF the mo
ment. was made the prcteXt for destroying the
press and materials of another newspaper Oh
same town. This was the work OF citizens :
50 that il NAV be truly said that the only press
that was broken up and destroyed 10y the citi-
yens dprinr the war was destroyed 10y what
were called "Tnion men" Neither the Go
vernment nor the people OF the SOUTH from
the inception 10 the conclusion OF one OF the
most extensive and bloody of all ciNll wars.
interfered with the liberty of the press
IL. init
emulated so liberal and wise policy, IL Wohia
never have found cause 10 regret H. hao H.
indeed, proclaimed peace upon the conclusion
Of the war, and restored the States 10 thelr
equality, il would have secured immediate
and enduring benefits for the whole l mon ana
harmonized the nation 1t would nave re-
stored industry, revived enterprise, ended dl>-
cord, and subdued the rancorous dispositions
of the sections. II would have 1T once rcor'
ganized the culture of the great staples OF the
South and have difuSed the rays OF proSpe-
.rity and Joy over lands where the genius of
desolation now hoverS i'll misery and gloom
Instead what have we seem With all the
liberal dispositions of the President, so adj
verse is Congress 10 that benefcent policy
which characterizeS great and magnanimou>
minds that he has been enabled To accom-
plish very little in the way of pacifcation of
the nation. Congress has been engaged the
whole session in framing measures for the
humiliation of the South. Their whole policy
AS the Mtioa0l I"ttHiyfucef justly remarks, has
shown "design of coloniZing the south
"makng its States satrapies-and reducing Its
people practically 10 snbordination to I'll"
North, if not 10 the negro race Itself
Such policy, 50 far from restoring the mon
so far from reviying the hopes and industry
of the impoverished South-so far from re-
yiying the prosperity Of the nation ana Ill
creasing its powers and resources while Dur
thened with its enormous public debl-so lar
from doing all this, has only tended TO depress
the spirits and energies of the South to de
moraliZe and scatter its labor, 10 restrict The
production of its staples and worse than all,
to increase the bitter preiudiceS of the North
ern people towards the South, and 10
strengthen the reseutmcnts of The Southern
ers If the Congress had been commissioned
for evil, and deputcd 10 make the breach be-
tween the North and the South endu-
ring and incurable, they could not have Ia
bored with more fidelity for the accomplish
ment of these destructive ends.
Let us hope that, Notwithstanding the time
that is lost the better judgments of the
Northern people may prevail, and that tn"
President may, through their support, tri-
umph in his efforts to restore the Union to
peace and prosperity. While Congress wages
it's war, there is no peace-no proSperlty-no
growth of strength TO the Uuion-no increase
of resources TO meet the great indebtedness of
the country and so continuing, nothing but
ADVERSELY AND RUIN Is IL STORE FOR Govern
MENT AND PEOPLE.