Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-10
what has Produced the War MANN ut the

What has Produced the War MANN ot the
north
Our able contemporary Of the Augusta (6a) chr0"'e'e
AND Sentinel makes poltico-medcal inquiry in'o inc
cause and character Of the sudden rabies that has ezeo
the northern mind. He says
That there il A war mania among the people OF tne
North Wild reckless unreasoning madness, tenuins ~
their ruin the evidences furnished oy 'ne 49,
public meetings by tenders of men and money seem cou
elusiyely to show II may be madness that sha sOon
waste itself into Imperative quetude to be
and again by bringing into view TIE predispoSs
or IL nav prove be that dU, heavy species Oh haue
that has no lucid intervals Be that as it may II certainty
evbibs great violence present. uncomfortable inPa'
tiept Of restraint and to be dealt with summary
L,kitg or Ls head That's the only sort oil treatmeh1
we think the case, in its present shape, admits oil:
But what has brought this sudden and terIlhe war
feeling among our late brethren One cause has ope-
rated on one class another another and great va
rietv Of feelings impulses and interests have Jumoieu
together 20 produce the erect See In moment, a
IL we're the North came distinctly to see, after the ia
of Sumter that really in earnest thing winch
had 70 be forced on their unwilling comprehension
They became suddenly aware Of the stupendouS iae',
which they were 10th 20 see that they had lost u.s. os'
us Iorcrer and that BY their wckedness and foy'
Aud a. the thirtythree hours bombardment IN Oharies
ton habor awakened them the real state OF the case
the actual condition Of the country also 1t stirred 'ne
great DEPTHS Of their hate their malice, their revenge
We have no idea that the North entertaius the opnon
that It can by arms or any other means, preserve OF re-
organize the Union formed under the Constitution oi
1881 Il knows well that the UnOn is gone Is thing
of the pas and in frenzy Of rage and passion, the
Northern people are impeed to attempt punishment o.
"a They have no hope Of our ever living again WIN
them as members of the national family ana they
fad it in th.ir hearts 10 give parting bow-o hAn
rs 10 the extent Of their ability though they are
themselves vastly at the same time and even though
they know war will make eternal enmity between Us
and them aud destroy their commercial intercourse WIZ
u.s. upoa which they have fattencd for long years. IN
shows Nhat they madthat passion not reason rules
the hour.
the war shirt and that concerns simply miserable party
interest The Administration has been induced 10 be-
Teve bv is more radical followers, that the Republican
marty viii be destroy d. unless a vigorous, determined
oolcv be pursued The desire 20 peTpstuate party oy
nasty thus has it's influence in Bringing men 10 the hgG
inc point And besides the Administration has got the
idea that unless it axe display Ct power, TIE Govern
ment will be disgraccd and dcmoraized IN the eyes o.
the world But tie fact seems 70 nave It's Loce
as many other equally glazing acIs have done before
that the Government is already demoraized because II
i. founded upon a debauched public sentiment, built
upon a base OF sand.
After hate and thirst for revenge, the next strongest
passion urging the Northern mind tedr-iear OF the
clemens OK dcs.ruc ion the seeds OF revolt thieky sown
throughout all the length AMI breadth OF the land IL
fact tbs military crusade against the South IS but the
last d,spairing expiring struggle in the North Of
hat upeouth monster, that fierce demon, Democracy
To save themselves the who have stake IN society
are goa5ug the tigers cubs the unemployed the house
less AID homeless TO a foreign war. BY their own acts
they have driven the South separation, they have
brought revolution they have deranged business para
wed trade stopped pndles and looms, and FORCES and
triphanrers and amid the ruin their own hands have
worked amid the crumblug OF their ehse and corrupt
societv rlen Of wealth striving TO save part by
giving part aud to turn them from their palaces, ana
warehouses and baak-vaults and patechess they point
thejr ipsurcent population Southwark, SAYING, Behold
the rebels thew have done this work-hey are the au
thors of an your woe By-andby this brutal spawn OF
false and merercious society will get an idea into It's
head a notion that NAV make giants growth IN single
night aud that jea will be, torcbly suggested by
the Charleston Mercury that i, il far easier to sutugate
their own merchant princes and cotton lords, aud cod
fish gentry than 10 subugate the South, and that 1t will
pay vastly better.
These are, in our Judgment the main ideas which have
so suddenly aroused the North to an exhibition OF war
Ike intent No, one Of them founded on reason, on
good policy or on sound statesmanship. Whatever may
come the events of the past few weeks have at length
opened al our eyes 20 the ac that the North loved US
ouly for what u could make Oi usthat It would keep US
because Ne are matter OF value to that We have no
friends there God grant that this dearly bought know
edge may never be uulearncd and hat may estimate
these people hereafter according to their true value We
have parted company with them oreyer-our paths lead
rherAud farther part all the time. We are TWO people
henceforth 20 the end with nothing in common but
white skin and the English language.