Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-16
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The Yankees ~ Seen by Themselves.
One of the greatest Of misery to the Yankees
is that while stepped in barbarsm they are, through
their proximity to higher civilization, rendered pain
fully conscious of their degradation In this consists the
creates. difference between them and their relatives IN
the distant Orient. To lie cheat buser, torture the
disarmed gloriy themselves and abuse all the ross Of
the world traits in which both indulge with nfute
delight. Blu. John Chinsmsn, Of the genuine Ta.Tsng
stamp simpervous to of his baseness He will
cheat you before your face he will to thousand
lies, knows them to be lies himself and knoNs that you
and all the world know them to be lies; but be is un-
abashed-he will even boast Of the hardihood with which
be maintained a selfevident fasehood. B,rbarous IN.
humanity prisoners is his favorite mode Of warfare
Dsolence and cruelty interiors bosterous bravado
and shameful coward;ce, habits Of bis daily life. Hs
ooguae Of this Continent is distinguished by the same
cruelty, where he indulge with impunity-by the
same impudence and swagger and tie same dastardly
hsbitudes. he, too will swinds you from ingrainsd
procliyty TO dishonesty, and from the further motive
the love of gain. lying mendacy is Of the essence
Of his being, and he habitually lies with abandon
that would put to shame Tonlooean Of the frs: BUTTON
but there method in lying undercurrent Of maj
ice pervsdes his most abrioatons and be al
ways has q sharp eye to eject When he swsggers and
vapOrs and parades his gongs and tomtoms and stink
guns and doubebaded swords and whistlpg and
banners and balloons, he, doubt like the Chinese,
expects to terrify the Barbarian eye but il be fails in
his attempt he is sensible of the contempt aud ridcue
which the failure e1cites and he mortified and ashamed
of himself And so Of his lying; while there is any
chance Of his imposing upon Others there 10 no limit
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pers. At this task, while there probability Of sue
cess be is iDdeisgsble and full Of and highly
enterprising Fsl,ehood follows fAlsebood with the
pidy of lightning and he is more at home than
when forging stupendous thunderbot Of mendacity-
But unlike his Chinese competitor he is amenabl. to the
Il auences Of surrounding civilization, and if his false
hoods explode upon his hands he retreats dscomted
and looks and feels ike bslsd shecpklisg dog. His
recuperative powers however, are wonderful; and be
soon rallies and returns with as much zeal his
labor Of love. .a.
Below copy the medi!ators Of one Of these phos-
ophzng knaves the lying hsbudes of his race, and
the sad miscarr,ges which have recently attended their
efforts in the Muncbausen department. Of the war
Gmpses Of the dscred into which their failures have
thrown them have aished upon him from the outside
world, and he attempts explanation with q view TO
the success Of future operations The Yankee bsb-
itudes of swaggeriDg and lying he calls "p'cuaritie'
and talks about "he hghes. pinnacle Of hope and the
lowest depth of despair" He takes occasion in affecting
a manly irapkness and csndor to lard his sfasiops
with becoming quantity of that same material in which
Yankee Is never deficient The Yankees 1t il sd-
mtted told grea. many lies about their bravery their
enthusiasm, and their irresistby. They also shame.
fully lied In describing the timidty ukewarmnsss pow
erty and starvation of the South This honest and truth
full man. (the little villain Of the New York 7inss,) knew
all the while that these we're lies He knew the Rebels
always strong-always determined aud desperate.
he knew they had good generals-"for they got them
from u.s." The impudent, lying ra.csl! cur genera's
have had such lick during the campaign. "Got them
from ml'] He knew that "al the proud boastiog and
self glory" Of the Yankees was humbug; that there
would be "a hard 6ght" and that I'VE should have made
up our mind, to it and quit lyingl"
The following Is the paragraph from the New York
| 7imes:
The peculiarities Of the people Of the United States
were never more strikingy illustrated than in the
progress Of the present We are always on tie
highest pinnacle of hope or in the lowest depths OF
despair. For the first three ontbs Of campaigning,
nothing could exceed the confidence, not say arro-
gance of the supporters oil the Union. We had conf.
dPree not only in our own strength, but an equal de-
gree Of confidence in the rebels weakness The loyal
North was brave enthusiastic irresistible The disoyal
South was fearful, Iukewarm, and demorslEsd The lat
ter had Only be met promptly in the field, and they
would s.olve rebel mob for they not without
arms, without money, and without food.
The early victories in Western Virginia, and in Mis-
souri, where had sharp aud decisive leaders, seemed
to sustain the complacent theory Of the ssngune Union
lists. We of mornings only to read OF further vic.
| tories and TO wonder whether after all, JED. Davis
would venture with bis rebel Congress TO
| cafe place ss Richmond And when we found that
step indicating much bardhood had been taken, we
had perhaps mingled feeling of surprise and pleasure,
| 80 sure were of their capture. 1
| We rode high horse in those days, and compelled
the rebels, in imagination, to 60 foot. Our habituL
thought Of them wss that In due time they should be
hanged. And 80 We continued, down to that fne day,
all so confident "On to Richmond" and fetched up SO
uneasily at Bull Run.
Since that Ill fated day, the very heavens are VeIed
with our upmany amen tatiops Now, oil Of sudden,
20 to work to unsay all Of proud bossings, and
70 pull down the air castles have so assduously been
building Ard there Is little In tho present
shocking abasement Of ourselves as there was IN the
former e1uation and self glory The rebels were always
| strong-always determined and desperate. That We
might have known. They bad good generals as the
United States have produced. That We might have
known for they got them from US. The whole popua.
ton and moned power Of the South would BIO welded
against u.s. That was well known, for tho last stand OF
LOYALTY was made when that question OF secession was an
open one to the people Of each rebel State Here them
we're elements for hard fight and we should have made
up our minds IT, and let alone our eIravagant con-
ceits of our own vastness But did not and were,
| for our temsriiy, endorsed at Bull Run.
rke Yankee. Cheating one Another.