The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-31
Don't Leave Your Country.

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Gods BLESSINGS go with them whefeNe' '''
90, MANY of them We're peculiarly s''"'"
and pr,ferred voluntary exile from 'h''' "'''''
land To prisons and military trloui'"'
Will. we hone they may ma 'ha' f'"''
abroad which they feared they 'o"i" "'' '"J''
NJ home we would advise no one ~ i'''o"
.roir ox,m,,o We can but poorly appreciate
.,,en,,,i.s which must bcset the career
Of the stranger III strange land the ADOPT
ing OF the language the manners ana customs
of the people, and the finding of occupation
and support But the most p"rplcXing ques-
ton 10 be settled on departing from your own
country is: Where will you go: In what
land will you find protection and employ
meni? In what nation that order, that soio
and enduring political order, which yo" hol"
TO gain 10y exchanging your home Tor NE"
One? Will you find all these III any country
Glance your eye over the map OF Europe
from Britains isles 10 the DARK roliihS
Danube" from frisid and despotic husSla 10
the far south. where lies Italy, bright rs the
summer
Where sea born gales their geld wings expand,
To wiunow fragrance round the smiling lana
is there n country that would crafty your
ambition, that is suited 10 your habits, tha'
would open The way for occupation anu sup
port adapted 10 your education Many ol
them afford the protection of strong govern
ment, having all the appearance OF endurance
that can attach 10 anything earthly but III
any one OF them YOU would be like iish our
of water. You were raised 10 the customs ana
usages of this continent, where civilized com
munity is its infancy, where Improvement
and development are continually unfolding the
golden gates that lead 10 new fields OF wealth.
and fortune. The old beaten Paths OF the ola
society Of the old continent-the occupations
handed down from sire 10 son for untold gene
rations-the rigid system of finance on the
golden basis-the low prices and the low
compcnsations-the small incentives and
limited scope for speculation-an, all shut
the door 10 the native of this land. He would
be in state of paralysis, all his energies
restrained, and his hopes subducd. Even
France gay, sprghtly land'-would only
afford 4 temporary enjoyment. With money
he could flourish there; but Confederate
exile is seldom blessed with that; and when
the hard reality of laborinS for subsistence
might be forced upon him, he would grow
weary of France and think of lis instability
and the poor advantage he had gained by Civ
ing up his own home for it, Its great Empe-
ror will probably leave none 10 WELD his scep-
tre-he must soon surrender il and what is TO
be the fa,e OF beautiful France then
England has our language, and gave us orr
laws-it has permanent government, but
there our young citizen would find the field
barren in 4 speculative and business way
Like al Europe, the uSages are the creations
of agcs-the paths are deep scanned, and men
walk the same narrow track for life. Enor-
nous capital and well-carned regulations
alone can command position and successful
business. 4 seeker OF fortune may As well 90
any where else
Save Australia, we know no part of the
world outside the Western Hemisphere which
has any considerable part of the recommends
lions 10 invite our wandering Amerlcan-Whch
has theatre in some sort adapted TO his active
and restless disposition, and which may era
tify his desire for 4 grand fortune, or Il
grand failure, with the requisite facil-
ity. But what a country, How pervcrse
is Australian nature There timber is hea-
vier than water, and sinks to the bottom;
there the lakes are on top of the mountains;
the cherries grow with the stones outside; the
blackberries are red; the swans are black;
and the trees drop their bark instead of their
leaves The animal life is most singular.
"GlDEoS's band,'' in its voyage by the island,
CARGO and the humble bee" are there, and
1.-The horse, likewise the flea very large fell
lows; but neither elephant nor camel. Yet,
they have 4 devil; but rs the place is not singu-
lar in this particular, il cannot be urged as an
objection. 1t is, in one respect, the best place
for penal colony; for criminals there have q
natural tendency 10 become good citizens.
But too many good citizens become crimi-
nails, The prospect j., that England Will have
yet TO establish penal colony for the relief Of
Australia,
But what on earth should carry man TO
than them all, without its disadvantages, may
be found III our own land? Why double cape
Horn 10 be unhappy
No our Young American, and especially our
late Confederate, is natural, social, genial and
belongs 10 the New World of the Western
Hemisphere. He is only happy in its bound
ing spirit, its never ending changes and dis
coyeries,' its new Eldorados, and its bright
allurenents TO the hopes and energies OF
youth
This Hemisphere is his true home and
physically, which of all the countries that 60
10 make up the two Americas viii compare
with that we inhabit? Not one. Climate,
resources, -''iA WI
sidered, our own land is the first and the best.
Why should the Southerner seek another:
Does any one of them promise freedom from
revolutions, security TO person and property
for any length of time? Certainly not. They
are all remarkable for their instability for
the fckleness, indulgence and low moral condi-
ton Of their motley populations. Their lands
are rich in many places, their mines are
Astounding in wealth at some elevations there
is delightful climate, with health. But what
COMPENSATION do these afford for the deSagre-
oae,.ts of such Il society, for the insecurity Of
person and property, for the ever recurring
revolutions which have cursed all the south
ern nations?
Here we have all and more than any of them
III the way of blessings. We have, 1T is true,
had a war and attending disasters and desola-
ton of the worst kind, and the southern citi
zen IL still the subject Of disability and painful
determinations. But this state IF things CAN
NOT CONTINUE. Time will smooth all the
troubles which now make the youth of the
land sigh for other Chimes Let them bear