The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-20
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WEDNESDAY,. JANUARY 20, 1859
The Revolution Goes On.

The Revolution Goes On.
The end Of war was not the end of revo-
luton. II Was the end Of bloodahed only.
The changes, social and political, which
! the fate Of the war decreed, continue. They
may be said to be, as 'twere, just begun.
They will soon advance with accelerated
speed.
socislly, the changes are matter OF great
uncertainty and concern; but we may feel
assured there is in this country enough Of
the force, fortitude, and forecast Of the
highest type Of man to save it from anv
effect that may be called disastrous. 1t
may be assumed with safety that whatever
NAV not be directed in the channel OF
order, and may become disturbing ano
menacing to society, will be IN time re-
moved or restrained, and thst all that may
be made available to progressive economy
will be used to the best advantage. There
fore. whatever be the present complications
and troubles, they will be safely solved and
quieted in time. Nor should we apprehend
that this time will he long. This country
moves quickly, and what is to be done will
be done rapidly.
The political character of the people and
Government has undergone material
changes, and must pass through greater.
The primitive age has gone by-that age
Of public virtue and simplicity, Of faith
ful representatives, honest executive
officers, and veneration for constitutions
and customs. The second age of national
grandeur and power is begun-the age
when arbitrary authority will become ne
cessary for the management Of public af-
fairs, and to preserve order and system in
vast area with its millions of population.
That this arbitrary authority will ere long
he welded is as certain as that it will he
needed. Then it will be fitting, and, wisely
administered, will be benehcent.
We now living feel more especially inte-
rcssed in the present state Of the country
j
day Of order and abundance is close ut
hand. 1t has already heen remarked nv
intelligent observers ut the North that the
South must become the land of opulence.
II is feared that it will monopolize more
than its share Of the money Of the country.
There never will he again 81, 0n0, 100000
locked up in slave property. The profits
from the rich southern staples will be in
vested in stocks and improvements of all
sorts that beautify land and give power
that power which lives in money-to its
people.
Considering that the recovery Of the
South will be rapid, we yet look upon .Vir-
ginia as likely to be the leading State in
it's upward movement from prostration to
prosperity. AS soon as she is restored to
her place in the Union she will rapidly
bring her domestic economy into order, and
her products will be multiplied. Conf
dence being restored by State govern
ment administered by capable officers, i'm
migration will flow in from all quarters,
and her uncultivated lands and her mines
and water-power will be rapidly purchased,
improved, and developed. Her main lines
of improvement will be finished, and she
will present picture of activity and thrift |
which the most sanguine of her people do |
not dream of now.
Virginia, from her climate and natural |
advantages as well as the spirit of her peo-
pie, will probably with more facility and
speed accommodate herself to the revolu-
tion in all the pursuits of life. She will
acquire greater wealth and power than she
has ever possessed, and while we may re-
member the past with veneration, we may
well look to the future with pride.
Men may vex events =; but order will tri-
umph. Out of the haze which obscures the
future there will come in proper succession
all the national blessings which can flow
from q bountiful land and benefcent
Providence.