The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-18
The Times-The Remedy.

We are passing through the period which
requires more GOODNESS and nerve than
any since the failure of the Confederacy.
We must look at things as they are ana
act vigorously and wise with the view OF
preserving the interests and welfare oil
the country. We must not stop to iamen.
over our condition. We must not waste
time in defamation and hunting alter
remedies that have no virtue or force.
Any wise man..any calm ana sehS''''
man-can see that there is no earthiy way
of avoiding the result of the war as con
trolled and directed by the power OF oon-
oress. now supreme over both the execu-
tive and the Judiciary.
The sacrifice that we have to make is
evident and inevitable. We cannot say
in advance with certainty that it will be
ruinous. We ought to hope that it will
not be seriously injurious, and we ought to
90 to work to prevent, if possible, any
evil by controlling it. Universal suffrage
is here; and the man who deems it dis
honor to. participate in public affairs on
that account is recreant to his duty. He
is not sensible Of the real condition of his
country. He is like the man who sits upon
a rock in the sea, and will not move until
he is submerged by the rising tide. lie
will be drowned and lost in the food.
The revolution has led to certain re-
suit. 1t is, we may hope, the last point
in the sad train of misfortunes to
the defeated side. The ruling congress
sional power of the victorious side decides
that we hold the relation to the Federal
Government of conquered provinces, and
treat us as such. The President, who diff
fered with the Congress, finding himself
defeated by the constitutional majority,
proceeds faithfully to put in execution
their laws made in pursuance oftheir theo-
ries. Thus setting us the example of obe-
dience to the laws, and placing over us the
authority to enforce that obedience.
What on earth is left for us but submits
sion-to carry out fully the law of Con-
gress, and establish in safe and orderly
manner that condition of society which
there is no escaping? To do otherwise
will be ruin and anarchy.
The die is cast. The sacrifice must be
made. If in this final act of revolution we
take our destiny in our own hands, we can
save the country and protect society.
Once the crisis passed, a new career must
be opened to us. We will have preserved
order and have secured the integrity of the
superior portion of the population-supe-
rior in numbers and in intellect. This
ensures the welfare of the State. Labor
will become systematised, confidence will
be restored, enterprise encouraged, and
capital invited into the State. If on the
other hand, we pursue the course of pas
sivity and inaction, all is lost, and the State
will be plunged into lower abyss of ruin
and degradation than the most deSpairing
apprehensions could portray.
We are sure these will be the views of
the great body of the people of Virginia.
We must be calm, practical, and deter
mined now. Our State has been brought
to the very Threshold of hopeless bank
ruptcy. We cannot afford to add to that
anarchy. We may happily not only avoid
this, but restore order and confidence to
the country. As soon, then, as We under
stand what is to be done, let us all go to
work, heart and hand, to carry the State
through the final CONFUSION of the revolu-
ton and restore her to peace and pros
rify