The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-03

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world iocalities which snigtk be compares
TO Paradise In their beauty and their oelag W
we should name the vaiiUy OF the Jas'res, TUG g
Shenandoah, and the Holston. In those
valleys nature. bias .done eveEFthsns esassaee
man happy, aud, as is too generally tue case
man has omitted to do things That were
plainly wanting and would have made aYaii-
able some OF the most beneicent OF! tue Tue
etftsof Heaven. In such lovely ana oouln ~ :
.tifullands might have been expected pFoao
and liberal views, warm and genial iDspira-
tions, intrepid enterprises. and tractap DIX,
dispositions. In such gardens OF human ma |,
happiness should prevail order, thrift, an 9
serenity, and from them should be excnlocu
indecorum, irlciyiIty, ill-tempcr, and vulgar
ity. where Providence has shoWereo lts
blessings mar, should be always kind anu
gentle in nature, and never inclined TO tres
mass or to infringe the rights OF others: Tie
land OF plenty and OF pleasure sponid ever
be the land OF peace and OF right. such a
land is no place for the angry partisan, the
iil-tempered politician. The scene is re-
buke to all such. The meadows, the tower
ing elevations, the pure streams, oil rebel
against the passions and the vices that scan
dalize the scene fitted only for the preya-
,ence Of the better natures and the phlloso-
phies which exalt man and promote alike
his happiness and dignity. ~
Such paradisiacal localities are those IN
which should be found ever themost JUST
dispositions and the greatest amount OF &C.
niality and peace. There is where should
ever prosper the proper ideas OF right ana
wvyIr.one-the proper respect for the interests
and rights OF men. Among people OF cui-
ture it is always regretted to lind man
who eptertains immature ideas Of right and
wropg-a man who from rashness ana pre-
iudice is incapable OF approaching even
handed Justice, and also incapable OF dis
pensing it. It is passing strange When a I
man who is thus impaired in his sense OF
Justice is native of a land that is blessed OF
Providence. 1t is always revolving to kno"
that one who should be so grateful for gooo
things should himself be unjust, ana faVof
ideas that are sure to impair human happl-
ness and stand in the way of public justice.
When We are looking over the dear map
of Virginia, which we often do, we are sure
to consider these paradisacal regions. Ihcy
should occupy the most prominent posi-
tlons, socially and politically. They should
discount in greater degree than other sec
tons the plenty and the pleasures OF socie-
ty, and should occupy the most forcible as
well as beneficial influence upon society.
Socially their example should be eyer gem
tie and refining. Rough ideas, rude poll
cies that impair civilities and inculcate m
Justice, should never have their birth in
sucr charming regions, SO genial to mani
kind.
We repeat, in these regions should exist
the best influences. They should be always
delightful TO man, and especially to the
traveller. He should ever be happy as a
wayiarer in such lands. There could not
be greater mistake than for man. who is
rough OF speech, unrelined, and unenlight-
ened in manner and taste. to represent a
country that is itself lovely and fertile. We
should always expect to see the represent
alive men OF the lands that are peculiarly
blessed OF Heaven at once the pride and
defenders OF tue country they represent.
Such lands should take care that their
country should not be dishonored through
their representatives. 1t is important 10
them all that they should more than ever
take care that they shall be represented with
advantage. Their representatives should
be men whose public conduct should be-
speak the culture, the civilization, and the
right standard of comfortable life and usage
that prevails in the lands they represent.
Monstrous as are always the opinions that
are opposed to justice and truth, they are
peculiarly horrible when hailing from happy
lands, where public equity and public honor
should ever flourish. 4.