Litchfield enquirer., 1861-08-22
SOUTHERN ESTIMATE OF YANKEES.


 The Richmond Whig thus shows the con ; tempt of our chivalry for the free laborers who compose our army. We trust the eyes Of these rebels will at least be opened to their mistake in another world :-
 THE RULING RAcE-We are too close and too much influenced by the great events which are passing, to indulge much in philosophizing But the rout and dispersion, at the great pitched battle near Manassas. brings into bold relief the ] great fact, that the Yankees are humbugs, and that the uhue people of the slavehofding states are the true masters-the real rulers of this continent Under every disadvantage on our Side, the preparations fer that combat were m;ide. The northern states had seized upon all tie common property of tine partnership, they monopOllzed the whole navy and army and all the material, with the entire machinery of gov ernment in full operation; and boasted that they had an inexhaustible supply of men and money to wage an interminable war. Fol months, with all these advantages, they have been diligently engaged in organizing their for military character of the age-not of their ere ation, though-for they have never produced a genius capable of anything beyond arranging a hotel or working steam engine, or directing some base mechanical contrivance- ex- pended millions of money and drilled armies of 300. 900, and equipped them in style unheard I of in the annals of war. They met the rude and poorly equipped rolunteers of the southern states. drawn from their peaceful vacations fol the first time, to the theater of war and they are routed and slain by the thousand, and driven like chaff before high wind Though guided by the highest military talent-of Virginia short grass growth-they have nothing to rely upon but their numbers, and that, in the flight proves an element of weakness.
 The fact is- the Yankees are very little bet | ter than the Chinese. They lay the same stress on the jingle of their dollars that the Celestials do on the noise of their gongs- Originally en- dowed with no single amiable trait, they have cultivated the arts of money getting and cheat ing, until gain has become their God, and they imagine it to be omnipotent. With money in their pockets, won from generous and chival l rous race-and multitudineus as Norway rats they are swollen with conceit and fancied they were fit for empire. And yet they do not pos sess one gentlemanly attribute. nor a single tai ent that qualified them for war. Of the very first elements. they are destitute. They don't even know how to ride horse-a talent only to be acquired in youth and gentle ayocations. And as to arms, ninety-nine out of hundred never shot gun, and we have it on very good authority that Old Scott lost all patience in at ; tempting to teach them how to load gun. The vile old wretch! He reap< a just reward for his treason and his talents misapplied.
 The break down of the Yankees, their utter unftness for empire, forces dominion upon us of . tine South. We are compelled te take tine scep- ter. and it is our duty to prepare ourselves to wie!d it with dignity and effect. We must adapt ourselves to OUT destinies. We must elevate our race, every man of it-breed them up to arms. to comnand-to empire. The art of mil itary should constitute q leading part of every white mans e,!ucation. The right of voting should be high privilege to he enjoyed by those only who are worthy to exercise it. lii a word, the whole population of the South should be brought into a high toned arstocracy, duly impressed with a sense of it's superiority to Yankee trickery; and of its own functions, and its obligations to freedom and civilization.