Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-11
Idol worship.

The New Orleans Bee gnEss the knship Of the
Yankees and the Chinese and fnds parallel In the idol
worship which Is characterize Of each race. With the
Chinese and Chinese ankees, the practice Is
equly universal and equally csprclous although the
otjects Of their silly aud uncertain alteration may be DIFF
ferent One pays his devotions to Obs and Joss and
other deities formed BY human hands-the other ofss
his worship to some fellow mortal at once more and less
than the deisd sulaerum Of b, cousin on the other
sdo of the globe With both the fsrvor and strength
of their faith 10 drec. proportion to the good for
tune that attends the adorer Thus as the Bee says
when John Chinsman has plenty Of rain to cover his
rice fields he il stsunch aud implicit believer In the
bover of his wooden God, but when In answer to his
most earnest prayers the drought continues, and he is
threatened with famine bis faith gradually wavers, and
at length is entirely subvsrted He looks upon his idol
as base impostor seIss the senssless block drsgs IL
through the mud mgtlstss It, aud covers 1t with every
species Of ipdign,y. Ths Yankees are the Chinese Of
America. They have their idols whom they alternately
worship aud debsss. They began With Scott. he was
their mghties. God-ths very hanitou Of fankeedom
He was to overcome the reb by suoheriug them and
cracking their bones anaconda does It's prey But,
after promising thess wonderful exploits to his voiariss
SCOT. accomplished nothing. He planned campaign
which prose9 dead failure, s, the Yankees dslhroued
their idol and act him aside In corner, az melancholy
monument OF BAIL, ID ambition and impotsnt hatred,
from which humiiatng position he has now sought relief
In fight
With Sco.t the grand Colossus Of the Yankee idols,
fell host Of minor dsities Mcdowell had bssn recsiv
ing the Tonnage of mulsitud. Of worshippsrs till ho
fam Mana han ftraf1htwav ho III A.
posed. Paterson, who was 10 have done Iirve.s at
Harpsr's Ferry, and simply remained behind his en-
trenchments, shared the same fate together with Cad
w,lader aud sundry o.hers 10 other dssecllons the
Yankees sought for idols which they treated according
TO the varied fortune Of the tmss Lyon famous
idol and vis ssvsd from disgrace at sorlng6sd by
death, but Segs survived, Spd quietly sent to Gov.
entry for failing to win the day. Then srose John
Charles Frsmont-perhips the poorest and tawdes idol
Of them all full Of prstenson, ever boosting Of his
proves aud his potency, and inspiring his silly aud
crodulous dupes with boundless conf denos fremont
was perfect God of WAR psrfec. Mars and Jupiter
agglomerated- was TO sweep secession out Of Mis-
souri, a, with bosom of distraction and with Gro and
sword he WAS s,ourge the arrogant rebels Of that
State. In the midst Of the Joyous acclaim which h,ied
his promises Le{ingtoa sl INTO tne hahuS oI ueuera
Price, Forthwith did the idol forfeit its Influence and
was accused Of being after all, shsu--i mere block
of wood, Quaker gun. John Charles deposed and
bundled Of in disgrace.
There remains one more idol--MeOlellan. he waged
vigorous and successful oamplign in Western Virgin
ia and set the Yankees crazy with JOY by coping up
half Georgia regiment in the mountains and taking
them prisoners. For tbs, when Scott and Mcdowell
we're dethroued Mcclellan crowned With the tiara
aud all the Yankees Frustrated themselves before him
Since Ii en- be has done nothing OF i'm ooraucs. H1v
ing fought battle be has not been whipped aud hsv-
ing some tincure Of the military art, ana being de-
tsrmned sort of parsonage he ha, ooutrVsd BY col
Lettings m imposing force at Washington, and teach.
ing his soldiers drill TO maintain s)mswha. Of the pres
tigs Of bis original popularity. Blu lie. N,olen take
heed to himself. Nothing is more uncertain than the
tenure of power with sich ,kle set Of voare, the
Yankees II be does not speedily accomplish some
brilliant achisve mt be may expect first to excite mpa-
thence, and then to awaken distIus aud then to 90
down, 10 rise no more. Already the Western ,urnals
are beginning to hint fault and hesitate dislike" The
IDOLS reputation is waning.