The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-15
: Rebels -


~ar. 8. iestraotive as the projsotlles of rised
cannon, tie Yankees would long ago have had
the South conquered and subiugated. The
Tliare. Hfra}a and 7imes would have done
the work more thoroughly and quickly than
al the Saermans, 0ritiin's and Rhode Island
batteries that could have been brough. into
u, field. The war in thst case would have
teen mort, sharp and severe, in fact:
The fayoriie epithet with the Yankees is
.5ebcls.' { term implying right on their part
60 govern, and the duty or ours Of obedience.
TLev have convinced themSelyes that we are
81 interior sort Of people; that It IS they who
support feed and protect us that we are
under lie ban Of mankind and the frown sf
Haa en-, for the sin Of slavery, and that ii is
BY virtue Of their OWE extraordinary righteous
meas and favor ia the sight Of tie Almighty,
lid If Tie countcnance and protection which
they choose to youehsafe unto u.s. that Heaven
Lrlrates its trowns, Earth noli6es its anger,
aud We are permitted 10 exist.
That We, therefore, poor, helpless and weak,
should presume to " secede" from their patron
ling alliance that We should attempt to
shuttle I'll aha. they consider the "mortal
coil - refusing life and committing hat suicide
hy the separation, strikes them with amazo-
melt and Indignation. they considered they
we're doing a most righteous thing by pre-
serving us in their holy keeping; and, by run
ming away, We deprive them of the luxury OF
IN ostentatious and most profitable charity
They abused and reviled US, it is true, without
tint, protested that the protection cost them
dearly, aud threatened to turn US out beggars
upon the woIld-au to magnify the benevo-
lence they were bestowing upon US; and
they would have executed their threats
l.ug ago, if. In fact, we had not been
very profitable sot of heathsn dependents.
What is their establishment, therefore, when
the payr, starved, dod- -forsaken heather, with
draw, oi their own accord, from their protec-
tim ana wha, their Indignation at the thought
Of losing the objects Of the most profitable
charity that ever PGritaus or hypocrites be-
.ty6ed urJa lallan humanity Such folly,
suca madness, sual ingraitude, they sum up
IL toe indignant word, rebellion. That bigot-
si pharisaical, self-eonceited feeling of this
soft il 1t the bottom Of their supereilious con-
duct towards us, must DO admitted; or else
they must lie conceded to have forgotten all the
lAeJs and circumstances of the revolutionary
struggle, IN " hieh this very word, "rebeIhoH,'
was the shibboleth, and in which they claim to
have borae a conspicuous and honorable part
Oh The "fe5ep side. Unless we are hel pless,
imbecile. pauper, heather, revolving from a
guardianship of godiiness and benevolence de-
serving Of Infinite gratitude their epithst,
rebels applied to US, Is really as honorable
q. it was IN the case of the fathers of the coun
try In the Revolution. Then, no less man
than the great Fox, annoyed at the hippant
use Of The term by the minions Of government
il parliament, rebuked them by declaring
The term rebe is no certain mark Of disgrace.
All the great assertOrs Of liberty, the saviors of
tLeir country, the beneiactors Of mankind in
al. ages, have been called rebels. We owe the
Constitution which enables US to sit in this
house to a rebellion"
A recent Irish paper has denounced the
t,ppanoy Of the Yankees in the use of this
same tetm with just and eloquent indignation,
us iollows:
"a Republican people, whose liberties were
won by q rebellion, whose Independence was
achieved by secession, parrot us gibly as any
m4Alons OF Old World tyranny the rebels
and the 'yebellion,' phrases Of odium and
EepToach Those who profess 10 mold sacred
he popular viii, 10 reverence the desire for
self government, preceding to drown the
1law 3rsh \ and
by butchery and slaughter
"lf what ie now y sssipg in America took
pla.e IN any OF the Old World Empires, il
would bs al least intelIigible. II the citizens
Of nearly halt Of az Empire five times as
large rs all Enrope, with an unanimity never
surpassed, and rarely equalled, declared, by
Tree poll, iu open day, by universal suffrage,
mat their interests and their feelings de-
nauded the suDstitut tion OF the I'm perial Gov
rrnment by one OF their own choice; and the
Imperial Government marched It's armies to
rush the demand in the blood of the rebels,
IL wOuiI be nothing new among the despotic
systems. But in great Confederation OF
republican States III a system based on the
UsH Y the people CHASED on the right Of rebel
H0n-tnat all this should happen that we now
see-that 10 tyranny or despotism OF old ku-
rope ever drew the sword more savagely 10
Pui down rebellion and trample upon the
voice u the people, than this same Central
tcveFnmeut OF Republican Oonfedsration-
!. is enough @ wrAg tho heart OF any man
I0lerati0n OF popular Governments
Wen may the adyocatss OF despouc mon
sithy laugh In bitter mocaery at those who
IeIeVe that Il people ruliEz themselves would
lever tpiil blood in popular suh)ugaiion, and
,Nlt euch mnrders were done by kings and
tespOit Of old Europs
~ !s Il hideous sarcasm OF RepublicanIsm
- lear the Journals OF the Nor thern States
yeii'Ag for the blood Of the rebels for their
utter subJug4tion and destructonl'
with all the cunning and aptitude Of the
4hkees in private matters touching their in
al'IaUal interests, they are the most giddy, |
hYo!ous, ignorant and silly people in public
ahAfs tha, the world ever bsheld. They have
A'' stumbled upon a single act Of wise states-
@Auship since this war commenced. II the |
PvNey Of LINCOLN bad been especially shaped |
''f Lis own discontinue and FOX Southern Ad-
'sh'Age, by d Cabinet Of Southern men dis |
tU'eo1, 1t could not have been done more to |
'Ne satisfaction of the South than it has been |
~OAo Wy nEwARD and his Yankee colleagues
ANe career ef the Yankee Union without the |
''@fsHanship Of the South, IL, and will be- |
'''he more aud more like the vicious, wicked |
'''shtrio and supremely silly career Of the |
'nnafsn OF Israel when without the guidance
" MOSES and the prophets. 1t will bs = con-
N"'sI ana rapid descent through folly and