Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-28
Quality versus QUANTITY.


About 1851 wlea that great Northeastern deluge,
Of which mention has been made swept over Com
InonEeah and laid waste our lorg-eherished instu-
tOus very much the ashton for "the dear friends
OF the people hold up the Yankees the models Of
every virtue They the thriftiest the shreWdest
tse cues the most ep,erprsing the most in dusrous
ani ;he ms; money getting people in the world But
their wealth. their stOginess, their venay, their deI
terity in sWindiHg and ursirupalousness in lying at
plsd before their unma.ciaole fecundy. Behold how
they multiply They ara muliiu lnOus the stars
In the heavens or the sand on the seashore. Malhus
favorite With the sentiuentslst though teeT-
ing with the p-oiouades; wisdom, universally dis
crded E hirbls and charlatan. The great Yarkee
nation, which doubled itself every FIVE years the
sxsmplr OF al political science, and the only model
Of national greatness. lis very the Yankees
emnently endowed with the provocative faculty. Their
men are ccSesoJs monkeys and their women crsggy,
scrawns, and lard as WhipcOrd breed like Norway
Tas and they fl all the brothels on the continent It
Is not psesunabe that the tender emotions Of love
penetrated their horny bosous but they indulge the
passion because il smacSs Of the SAVIOUR Of forbidden
fruit-whch ia their sinful natures. But they
mutiply-the only Sctiptura preeapt they obey-and
boast their millions. So do the Chinsse-so do the APP
sda aud all the other pests Of the animal kingdom.
Pull the bark from a decayed log, ard you will
mas Of maggo.s-full Of vitality, in constant motion
and eternal gyra;ion, oae crawling one aud
other creeping under anOlhsr-al precisely alike, al
intenty engaged in preyng upon ancther-and you
have al apt illustration Of Yankee numbers, Yankee
eQlaity, and Yankee proEess.
Tbs war willles. the physical virtues Of mere
bers Sou,heru ask no better odds than to
three Of the western, aud to six Of the Eastern
Yankees Some 20 far IS to say, that, with Cqlal
weapons ard equal grounds they would no; hesitate
70 encounter twen.y-mes their number Of the last In
resp,c, TO Administrative talent the world has never
seen such a failure. With Government thoroughly
organized to their hands complete in all It's branches,
thsy have well nigh smasheth the whole concern 10 less
than .twelvs months 50 numbers do not make either
warriors or statesmen.
In regard TO the moral, the effects by no
encouraging We doub. # any society, since that of
s1dom aud GomorrAh, has been more thoroughly
s.eped 10 every species Of vice than that Of the Yam
keys Iuianlicde is one Of the established customs OF
the oriental Chinese; and ii Is by no means certain
tia, has not extensive prevalence among their broth
rea Of the moral North Bat this inpu.aton need not
b. laid to their cbarge-thsy are bad enough wlhou;
"
cep, mouey-gst;ing Il that eau be cllled virtue pur
sued ia b. them to the sitting of every sentiment
of generosity aud honor. With envy and malignity,
they parsle every .1oslsuco that shows itself among
then, uaeoulecsed with money; aud gentleman theirs
glands no more chance Of existence than dog docs in
the Grot.o del CaoO.
We happened With party not long since at old
Virginia homesieed-the inmates Of which, back and
white, exceeded hundred The advent Of guests from
distance soon drew together the neighhorng gentry,
dho in very short while inproviSsd dinuerparies for
mouth-And if entered upsn, they would have gone
on extending aud eulsrgng their circles indefinitely
There was more rational erjoyment, real happi-
ness more refinement, more hospi,aty-more Of every
taiag which makes life worth having, within that gen.
tl3man's domains than has existed in New England all
put together, since the landing a. Plymouth Rock This
frank cordially this free and joyous intercourse this
open banded hospitality, in which all share and all SYM
pahiss present. picture of social life found nowhere
outside Of these Southern Stses-sxcept in Englsnd,
whsre the demarcstOns between classes as broad
and clearly dsl ned between whites aud blacks here
l. Is picture which presents exact conlras: to the
mean stngy and wretched existence of the Yankee
Il may not be democrac-it may DO monSrchica in one
mans reguug ever his hundreds thousands Of acres
with his attached e5ateatsd Aad submissive vassas; il
may he srstOcra,c in creating whole nation Of petty
kings lOrdy barOrs but il Envelopes Individuality I:
produces east Of proud aud Independent country gen
tsmea, devoted TO freedom jealous Of their rights
and respectful Of the rights of others. They may be
few Ia NUMBER compared with the muituinOus Chinese
Aad Yankee ma ions bu; they vindicaie their pre- emf
nsnca as moral social and Intellectual beings, by their
superior rsaaemsns peace and their inyincibe Prov
ess il war.
Is /: not possible fer human Institutions to be 50
framed as TO foster an entire nation Of such men
majority of our population sre such why may not all
tss Nav not the system, which engenders and fosters
them By being extended create al Of the same stamp