The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-28
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Absence from town is my excuse TOT 80
,atf, notice OF the criticism OF !" hlssop
an nv hasty scrap under tne 49, Will
sspartv.o did not see tue cr.slc's .ho a srs,
Yesterday, and to-day ! emoiaee sh'
leisure hour to offer bf'ci res vVnse
M, NIECE Was written in consersatNe
-: ms ND pmS did not design to say a WORD 10 |
pn,,n,,a tho ire Of any; and least OF az oia
$3.50 70 treat the belief OF the . nan OF
.n,a.;stnnSomv with contempt. SO lar from
s,snh n,rpose as this, would ratncr Iul'y
ss'srote q man OF any religious belief thah
a,iI IN the Tna,lisition to aid in teaching him
ss,,nd doctrine. / did take some liberty
9Th the name OF James IL; but 1t was not
hecanse Of his religious belief 1t was pc
canse I thought him narrow.mlnaeo
6esnot. who bad failed to comprehend nis
trne relations with his people. ln shis
nn;n;on I am confirmed by the views oi
some OF the wisest men OF DIS own on"i'o'
;ncludiup. as think, the rope hinsen.
8. History" makes severn, points as snnid
William, the most OF wn1ci, t.i'nh nV
take mn without fear; but 1t wouid occupy
1870 snace than would be convenient 10 the
n;ennfcb. and forbear. TO one or TWO
..ain.S T o,lude to show what stlmpartiai
bb;stnry, would be il written by my critic
His,cryn charges William with by
,ocr;sy. and the proof is That be recos,
r,ized the religion OF the nation, ana oia
not try TO bend it to the measure OF us
own oo;niops. Now, so far from this beng
nroof OF his hypocrisy, think 1t rather
a nroof Of his far.seeing wisdom. Ii James
had adopted the same course, he might have
been a great blessing to England ana ire
land: the two countries might nave peen
gradually knit together as one peop'e, anu
James might have gone down IN tTahq''iiiIY
TO bis grave. followed by The blessing OF Tue
three Kingdoms.
secutor. and quite overlooks the fact that
hnth James and Louis were amongth most
.omorseIess prosecutors OF the age. In COM
harrison with these the record OF William
was worthy Of such high praise that Hallam
saws OF him, that "he was the only CONSIST
ont friend Of federation OF the age" And 1t
secms TO me that one holding the religious
views OF nv critic might be glad TO forget
that there was such word as persecution
in our language. c,.,. =.
William to his wife, but he fails to recail
that both James aud Louis were fully MS
eouols in this regard. AS writer OF ''ln-
partial history" he should have avoided this
alluston, or taken in the other two.
A. "History" seems TO blame William for
nil the horrors through which Ireland bad
to pass about the period Of the Revolution.
chose horrors were many and severe, ana
have went while reading Of them. But
think The blame really attaches 10 Louis ana
Names rather than to William; and, per-
hans. the people OF Ireland might blame
themselves for those horrors more than all
three OF the kings. For surely If mode
rate portion of the genius and energy when
"Old Erin !" has displayed upon a thousand
fields had been used in harmoniZlnS the
feelings OF the people and concentrating
their efforts in the cause Of their own coun-
try, Ireland might long since have been
lifted to position Of independence and con-
sequence among the family OF nations.
Finally, may be very credulous, as His
toryn saws; but never form an opinion ON
any event of history without reading all l
can find on the subject. OF William, my
opinion is mainly based upon Hallam, whom
I take to be one OF the most judicious ana
impartial Of historians. In his Consttu-
tional History, Halam fully dlsSects the
orange which seems so distasteful to my
critic, and in the process reaHs monument
TO the fame of William which will most
likely survive the blows OF my critic.
Finally, If History" can see nothing TO
commend in the 'thead OF petty State "
he is welcome TO. the sweets OF prejudice.
For my own part shall still think the SIM
pie fact that young man without friends:
without resources, and almost without eX-
perience, yet proudly conscious. OF capacity,
promptly steps between his Inundated
country and the gigantic power OF the
French monarch, affords spectacle most
admirable in itself. II he had failed he
would have deserved to rank with Epaml-
nondas and Lee: as he succeeded, leave
linn guarded by The noble monument winch
Hallam has reared to his memory. Here IS
a small block taken from that monument:
"The desire OF rule in William III. was
as magnanimous AID pubic-splrited us am,
bition can ever be in human breast. 1t
was the consciousness not only OF having
devoted himself to great cause, the securl-
ty OF Europe, and especially CT Great
Britain and Holland, against unceasing az
erosion, but OF resources in his own firm
ness and sagacity which no other person
Dossessed.'' J. r. X.
HorEwELL, HANOVER, February 8, 1879.
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