Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-06
Sectional Quarrel. at the North.

The defeat At Manassas has brought the 81 face the
secret an;Agonsn which pervAdes the different sections Of
the great Yankee Nation. fierce war Of elimination
and reenminauon is raging among them 10 who ran
hrst and who ran fastest The Down Elssers say the
PAnle began among certain " RsstHn R.giasnis ~
names no. gvsn-therby hsctug all the heroes OF The
NorthWest to the foul asperson Of cowaIdiee. Some
body Oa behalf OF the West retors that the Nassachu-
sets Isl and New York l9h set the first example Of
running on the lsh at Bull Run and that the Connrc-
tOa Brigade of Keyes were the first to take to their
besl on the alst and cDstrippsd all others in the ce
erity Of their movements This assertion is l'ly
ested By Others who while denying the etness Of
any Of the Yankee bStaliOus, affirm that the Rsgu'r
cavalry the FIRST give way and would have been
ia Washington before snndown, bat that they
rested deserers at Arlington Heights. ssms of the
New York papers oblivOgs Of having broadly charged
all the oecers Of the Grand Army with cowardce, tun
round of sudden and ley the whole blame OF the roGt
on the are-ea1g legOns Of Boo.sn Pennsylvania u.dsr
the command Of that dasardly Pennsylvania General
Aluding 70 Patterso1, who absent and Who there
fore could have had any agency in making the Yam
kee ofsers and regiments away. 1t IS obvious from
late Washington Developments that this Pennsylvania
General Is be made the for all the inquies
of the ssift-fooed Yankees at Manassas But even If
PAttsrsous failure to march from Harpers Ferry in due
time caused the defeat do not see how that will vim
GicAte the herOisu Of the Yankees, who led as men
never a.d before from field OF battle.
We 90 not believe Pennsylvania has been very famoas
for her ehivAy but that does prevent her from be-
Ing extremely sensitive to imPutatoas her courage
Her stod papers in Philadelphia beginning TO resent
the lspersons cast upon her honor and commenc-
ing the Of retaliation by protesting against the s
pOn.mens Of that Yankee Attorney Banks to command
al HArpers Ferry. The great city OF PhiladelphS it is
alleged peculiarly exposed to attack by the way Of
HArpers Ferry and of approved ability and mill
experience required that pOs. insure the safe
~ Of the city and Commonwealth.
These wrAuges betAy the existence Of three distinct
sectional parties at the North which may become as
oelv separated and hostile to one another as the
North is TO the South. The Yankees proper Of tie
New Eugald Stats compose of these parties the
Middle States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New
York compose another; and the North Western
States the third There Is common interest between
sny two Of these parties Pennsylvania and MassaoLp
sets made a temporary pac: ia the Morrill, Tariff by
which they fleece the res: OF the Union. Ia,
even the great profits in a common system of plumber
are insufficient sdds innate rePugnance an5 make pso
pie friendly who have no sympathy in eommoa. 4 de-
feat brings life the latent hate and makes each sscr5e
90 the ether the disaster. The interests Of the
thi,d party the grea; North West no. Only ideu
ca bat NnasOniseal to those of the other In
restricted intercourse with the Souh and free trade VITA
AL the world, their prosperity consists.
How far this dcOrd nav operate 20 paraiyzs tho epe-
ies OF the NORTH We tel. Il is probable, ;hA
il viii be very seriously i. Bat OF TIE South shooil
base no reliance uPOn IL They are all Cur eneasS a1d
we must look 10 ourselves Tor salvation. We
nav concur in the opinion, that all Of them behaved
dAstardly on the field OF Manassas and may udu3c
the hop, that they viii sEermiuase themselves by "a
iuteruecine war; but nsYerthel,', stogid relax no
sdort but put forth all energies, though had
10 resist the bravest most wsrke and powerful
tion OF the globe.