The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-09
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bright ana Sofuen HioihiHS,
fr,st was ont Of The earth, and Wheh 'n'
p,onyh In order, and the team Wen fafh ~.
cd. les, the stablc-yard, and under the gu,o-
ance Of the faithful paoughman went % .ne
6aia II sa,low the generous SOIL while tue
seedman scattered wide the line gram ., 'ne
future crop that was to cover tue iah"
with waving fields and ultimately 70 Ill 'he
canacious gamers OF the honest farmer ana
d,snense comfort and Joy amongst the lam.
,,r which looked to him for support ana
for the consultations that are sure to attend
the Drovidential forecast OF that indivldaa'
who NAV be assuredIy styled "the CHOSEN
man OF God.r
Who does not treasure up in his happy
"reminiscences these things OF his carry
DAYS? Aye, and that sweet hum OF tue pee
thu: goes forth to gather from flowers tle
essence OF sweets, and to convey them,
stored on his yellow legs, to the hlVe -
,nas dear emblem OF industry and economy
that has come down TO simple, pious hearts
from The days Biblical to the present time
Who remembers not these things delicious,
blendid with the brightest and best-reinem-
bcycd incidents OF our lives!
All, yes; the generous glebe falling on inc
other side. the gallo sultan, moves upon
il with his eager harcm, gathering up Tue
crop OF winter food which Nature mas
stored for them, and even the greedy Gro"
finds excess for his appetite in what the
nlounh uncoyers while preparing tue eaFth
for the ti'er.
Sweet sounds-interesting preparation
for the new season and the ne" coming
crop that is to bless mankind and bring
abundance and iocund Joy TO the next VIII
ter's hearth.
Do we understand and appreciate these
iovs-tbcsc cheerful SUGGESTIONS OF the sea-
sons-and that bene6cence which mcrcl-
full Providence causes to descend upon man
kind? 1t is thing we should understand
and fully appreciate.
Fit is the time for its application. Ii Is
not possible that things like these can he
appreciated or enjoyed without quiet and
serenity. We must be in the enjoyment OF
rest. and our homes must be bright ana
cheerful. Our wives and daughters must
be liz and around all that secures to us love
and purity and safety. If they be not happy,
how can we be? Ii they be not free from
apprehension, how can we be? Ii deOt Is
pressing, and we know not how long we
may be undis.urbed, what must be the con-
ditlon of the husbands and the lovers:
no in II.
nifty as that.
But give us rest and security. Leave the
toilcrs to the assurance that the result OF
their labor will be gathered that the gains
OF industry will come; that there will be
plenty; that the young, festive, and Joyous
must be chcered by the gentle and content
ed smile OF aye. Let these follow the
gathering season, and close the door O
winter nights with the merry laugh and
the happy certainty Of abundance andquiet,
and there is the blessed community, the
pious and The good, OF the land OF civiliza-
ton.
What now, friends, Is the turbulent, the
troublesome, picture in society which blears
the hagged painting of a.bad dream?
Well tell you. An impaired public
credit which falls like blight upon the
private credit Of the body politic-w hich,
like the diftused evil spread by witches and
marp!ots, casts willing and sickening in
tluence over all nature. and causes the fair
est scenes Of human happiness and pros
perity TO be succeeded by the gloom OF
miasm and Of fever, the Affections OF
plague, and the blight Of contagion-here,
indeed, you have the opposite of that scene
which has been family portrayed above.
Now, what would we not all give 10 live
and always TO reside in happy community
like that We have alluded to above? And
what, dear friends, would we not sacrifice
rather than to be translated to the misera-
BILE realm where we would know and be
surrounded by the scenes that would be
sure TO exist in the land OF disturbance and
OF evil, such as that we have endeavored TO
describe in the second picture!
The first is the sure and undoubted con-
sequence Of that peace and rest which must
come from the peacc-Settlement OF the pub
lie debt OF Virginia. The establishment Of
the public credit upon firm foundation
under good government will unquestlona-
bly, bring peace and ease to our people all
over the State. 1t will give to our homes
and our households that serenity which
favors happiness, fosters virtue, gives to cul-
ture abundance, and to society honor and
independence, which are Indispensable 10
the maintenance Of civilization and refine
ment amongst men.
The contemplation OF this picture, and
its peace, social happiness, and dignity at
once brings in contrast its opposite, that
grows out of disturbance and bad passions.
or course the breaking down Of the public
crcdi!, The injury OF the private credit, and
that disturbance OF social order, the course
OF industry and commerce, which comes
from agitation for the iurtberance OF vicious
policies and seditiouS objects, must work
an amount OF discord and outrage which
cannot be exaggerated in their logical ap-
prehrnsions.
The issue is fairly presented between these
two phases Of life. A man who has nigh de-
bauchtd The noble State OF Virginia, and
who is still bent on his own advancement, il
IL should end In her ruin. This is our con-
dition. Virginia must save herself and
crush WILLIAM MALONE, or she must sink