The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-27
Safe hives trnentS.

Millionaires have been not little trou-
bled Of late to know what to do with their
money. The wealthy and powerful king
doms Of the continent Of Europe were for
n long time considered safe custodians of
treasure, and money was freely loaned
them. The turbulence Of their peoples
and the iealouses and ambitions of the
crowned heads, developed especially with
in few years, have quite unsettled conf
dcnce in the majority Of them. The Gear
of Russia is now in the best credit, but
capitalists do not seem to like the cold and
ungenial latitude wherein he resides and
does business. France, the leader in Eu-
ropean politics, is regarded not at all safe
beyond the life Of the Emperor-a most
uncertain tenure; even now the schemes
and plots Of revolutionists are shooting out
like vegetation from the hotbcd. Eng
land-even old and merry England-is
showing signs averse to royalty and 10y
atty, and men begin to think she has
reached her zenith and has begun her pas
sage towards naulf.
Considering as we may, upon the basis
of history and philosophy, that nations in
their career may be likened to the life Of
man-having their birth, infancy, youth,
adolescence, full tide Of manhood and
yigor, old age, decline, decay, and death
we may set down this American nation as
lust now having the longest life ahead, and
from its growing resources and power, the
most to be trusted of any nation in the
world.
The united republic called the United
States it is true is in an anomalous and
unsettled condition at this time; but it
cannot remain so. 1t has withstood the
first effort to break it up-such On et1orS
as is always made in the history of ma
tions-and thus given proof of central
force and power which promises a long life.
It must emerge from it's present state Re-
publican or Imperial. If there is recupe-
rative power enough in the republican
system to recover its position, with its con-
stitutional limitations and personal and
municipal projections, We shall have that;
if there is not such vitality in republican,
ism we shall pass at once into the impe-
rial age, with the one man and his power.
The congressional despotism of the many
must soon give way to the one or the
other.
In either event we are to have long
period of governmental union and power,
the magnitude of which, with its immense
resources and unprecedented achieve
ments, will be the wonder of the world. |
Here, thon, is the field for capitalists and
adventurers. Here they may flourish
longest with the greatest thrift and safety.
The agitations of the day are we'll calcu-
lated to excite distrust and alright conf
dence--that sensitive and delicate thing.
These agitations are, indeed, of an ugly and
monstrous nature-not so much marked by
madness, however, as knavery and depra-
witty. But they will find their correctiyes-
their remedies in course of not q very
long time. We now behold the river in
the flood, muddy and angry, boiling and
foaming in its headlong course, bearing on
its bosom the drift wood and debris so
lately dead upon the shores. But the river
cannot remain in this condition. The flood
must subside, and the waters resume their
regular clear, gentle, and peaceful stage.
1t is true that in this country there is
the apprehension Of the influences of the
meniless community upon the financial
system, since under the system of uniyer-
sal suffrage they control the Legislatures.
Even this controlling element, however,
docs not more imperil property than in
safreehonary movements in monarchical
countries. Yet, by the inexhaustible re-
sources OF the country, any legislation
nnffiendly to capital will be more than
oitsetted BY the wonderful multin,,c.t,on
OF wealth which must continue here vet for