The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-14
National Vice.

thot raheIlion has all rights and govern
n,en,s none. Thus, wherever insurrectlon
NJ sedition manifcsts itself, thither sne
nonular impulses Of this country 60
Ne,o York World. .sz
Very true-any where but at home. AND
it is a great national vice. very con-
contemplate one. We are always IN high
slee when instructions break out : IN
. other lands-rejoicing OF the upsesting OIL
notwithstanding over the shedding OF
blood for the advancement of hberai
ideas - and republicanism not yet ad-
ysnced. 1t is an idle, not to say silly and
inhuman, satifacuon.
There are our crazy political philoso'
pliers, who, with Incompatible self-com'
plscency, always infer that every revolu'
ton is for the promotion Of their ideas
the popular sovereignty, liberty, and
equality, and " manhood suffrage" Not
to speak OF this country, what has beer
the result Of all the popular commotioni
and commissions that have happened in tht
last half century, How much gas hal
been expended, how many lights burned
and how many cannons fred over the tri
umphs of French or Red Republicanisn
which has had more than an ephemeral frl
umph, notwithstanding the riversof BLOOD
that have been shed !!
We have shouted for aRthe rebels ano
all the rebellions everywhere but at home
and always assumed that they would
"ameliorate the condition of man-al'
ways contended that they were intendedto
establish the principles of "American lib
erty'' now grown of itself to be tree OF
doubtful fruit What did we say in the
case Of hungary Why, that the people
there we're fighting for personal liberty and
equality and republican government; ana
when that man who was the representative,
the very soul, Of the Hungarian rebellion
(KossuTH) came to this country, did we not
see that his life was that Of n prince that
he had O sort of royal table for his family,
and separate establishment for his vas
sails, who honored him with kind of obei-
sance which is accorded only to empcrors,
while armed guards stood at his door I? Did
KossurU expect to be less than king
These Americans seem to be haunted by
spirits resembling the witches in Macbeth,
which ever keep the word of promise to the
car and break it to the hope. Republican
ism has been so long spreading itself over
the world without gaining any ground in
its great undertaking that one would think
il is time the zealots in this country had
ceascd 10 rejoice at every streak of moon
shine that appears in the political sky.
The truth is, the troubles political Of this
world come from ambitious politicians and
military chieftains. The great body Of
civilized mankind is quietly disposed. The
real "people" seek no Offices, but are con-
tent to be let alone at their work, and re-
ceivc the compensation for their labor. But
they are victims of the agitations set on
foot by base men, who would sacrifice ma
tons to crafty their ambition. And when
the run-mad philanthropists of the country
cut their capers of joy over the upsetting
Of authority and the spilling of blood in
other lands, they entirely mistake the
cause of it all. The prime movers OF
nearly all the bloody civil wars have no
idea of fighting for the Utopian theories Of
these philanthropists. They arc for more
solid rewards. They want power and the
national purse-stripgs; and when they
have triumphed, they have too often inau-
gurated ten-fold worse tyranny than that
they dethroned; and the result Of their
own expulsion and the establishment OF
kingly authority soon followed.
Fortunately for mankind there is strong
spirit OF conservatism always fostered by
the solid interests and the safety of society
in every country, succored by that much
scoHed, patient, and faithful guardian OF do
mestic virtue, Religion. These act as u brake
upon the wheels in the road to destruction,
and save society IN the long run alike from
the extremes Of grinding tyranny and the
bloody misrule Of demagogism. 1t would
be sad, indeed, if there were no mode of
relief from the gross abuses and brutalities
of cruel and remorseless monarch it
would be sadder still if there were no rid
dance from the bloody demon of demagogg-
ism when once enthroned. 1t would be O
gross impeachment of an all-wise Provi-
dence to say there was no hope of relief
from either, and it is wise and pious con-
clusion that in the long run society has
found refuge in the medium between these
extremes. It may be that demagogism
is the appointed devil that comes in to
carry OF the wicked king; but it would be
. sad irony upon the benefcence which
sent the prosecutor if he were left greater
plague to the innocent victims he was sent
to rescue. 81
We hope that the people of this country
will look at home and be somewhat chas-
tened in their zeal for 6 liberal IDEAS" and
that they will leave other people little
more to take care of themselves without
oficious intermeddling with their affairs
and ignorantly assuming that every bloody
civil war outside their own country is o
blessing.
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