The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-08-22
THE RULING RACE.

We are too cl ose and too much influenced by The
great events which passing, 10 indulge much
| in philos0phizing. But the rout and dspeIson al
the great pitched battle near Manassas, bring mic
bOld releI the great fact, that the Yankees are
humbugs, and that the 2chte pe0ple Of The slave
holding States the true masters--the real rul.
ers of this continent. Under every disadvantage
on our side the preparations for that combat were
made. The Northern States had seized upon all
the common prOpertyof the partnership, they mon.
opoiized the whole navy and army ana all the ma
terlal, with the entire machinery of Government
in full operation; and boosted that they had an
Inexhaustibie supply Of men and money TO wage
an interHinable war. For months, with ali these
advantages, they have been diligently engaged in
organizing their forces.
Under the direction of themost yaunted military
character Of the age--not of their creation, though
for they have never produced genius capable
OF anything beyond arranging hotel, or working
q steam engine, or directing some base lnechani-
cal cOntriyance they expended millions Of mon
ey and drilled armies Of 3UO,000, and equipped
them il a style unheard of in The annals of war.
They met the rude and poorly equipped VolUnteers
OF the Southern States, drawn from their peaceful
vacations for the first tme to the theatre Of war
and they are routed and slain by the thousand, and
driven like Chah before high wind. Though
guided by the highest military talent-of Virginia,
shUrt-grass gr0Wth-they have nothing to rely up
on bur Their numbers, and that in tie fight proves
an element OF weakness.
| The fact is the Yankees arc very little better
| than Chinese They lay the same stress on the
Jingle Of their dollars that the Ceestials do the
noise Of tn cir gOngs One riginaly endowed with no
sage amiGbie trait, they have cultivated the arts
OF money getting and cheating anti gam has be-
come their Cod, and they imagine il to be omnipo.
/ tent. With money in their pockets, won from a
! generous aud chivalrOUs race-and multi,udlnDas
as Norway rats they are swollen with conc5it aud
fame ed that they were fit for empire And yet
they do not posses one gentlemaniy attribute nor
a single talent that qualified them for war. Oh
the very first clements, they are destitute. 1hey
don't even know how to ride a horse-a talent on.
Iy to be acquired in youth and gentle avocations
And to arms, ninety-nine out Of a hundred new.
er shot gun, and we have it on very good au
thorty that Old Scott lost all patience in attempt
ing to teach them how to load gun, The vile old
wretch He reaps ejust reward Tor his treason and
his talents misappled.
The break down of the Yankees their utter I'M
fitness for empire, forces dominion upon Of the
South. We are compelled to take the seeptre and
tits duty to prepare ourselves to WELD it with
dignity and effect. We must adapt ourselvesto our
desstnies. Wenust elevate our race, every man OF
/ it--breed them up to commando empire. The
art military should constitute leading part OF
every white mans education. The right oil 9ting
should be 8 high privilege to be enjoyed by vnose
only who are worthy to exercise It. In word,
the whole white population of the South should be
brought into high-toned aristocracy, duly i'm
pressed with a sense OF its superiority to Yankee
trickerv; and Gifts functions and its obliga-
tions to freedom and civilization.