Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-06

CALAMITY was the guidiug star Of returning light In the
medieval ages. Devotion to women makes gentlemen.
And where gentlemen inhabt there woman "rules tie
court, the camp the grove "hn nf,ed presence Gle.
Yates him above his groveiDg natuIe and In re.
turn be is in very truth her slave and With life and limb
and manly honor devoted her service The historical
fact which We last mentioned therefore, truly illustrates
Yankee character. Heavens what q spectacle
horde of spirited whining Yankees peDg shiv.
erpg, defenceless woman into q rigorous exile, for
entertaining peculiar opinion, or not conforming to
some rite of public worship And with what IN
ut rsbs indignation does tho Southern blood boil at the
banging of Mary Dyer simply because she wa,s Qiaksr
This was her only of,pce She died, and died upon the
esows because she held faith ,rsnt from those peo
pie Who had devoted hsmsslrss q sacrifice on the altar
of religion, Liberty The ferocOus and bloody fanati-
osm Of the witch-cra prosecutions !, TOO revolving for
statement. II Is enough to recur 10 it,
"And wha. man. seeing this,
And having human feelings, does not flush,
And hang his head, 70 think hlmssf q mail"
Take the SUI j,ct Of favery-tbs rcsnt gres' topic,
row merged In Others Of more vital moment-eIsuine
the Yankees connection With It, and We will end the
minded s.lfshuess! The Southern p ope we're never
commercial and seafsrng people. Il was th" Yankee
Who went out across the seas lowered with nsatats
thirst Of gain along the coast Of Africa, and fsttsned bis
commerce on "humsn aesh." /! was he who sold the
negro to the Southern planter it was he who, finding
the negroes that he had reserved for bis own USE ur
profitable In q cold climate worked out their emar.
oration, Q) b. sending them into the markets oil the
South and Il to encourage and aid his shipping m
teress and at bis earnest instance that the Constitution
of the United States contained provision extending ten
porary protection 10 the African slave trade. Yet The
moment he ceased to have pecunary interest In extend
ing that species of property aud acquired political in
terest In combating is existence be dscoved v.
great moral wrong and political evil to hold slaves and
would now use the means which be obsined from their
sale, wherswth to visit Southern hcmss with tire and
sword.
Glance fer moment at the Puritans In power In the
ccouy Of Maryland In the year 1876 We have already
alluded to the fact that the Roman Catholics had there e.
taShed perfect freedom Of conscience and opened an
asylum for the prosecuted aud prescribed Of every AL
Avaiug themselys, Of this lberaity Of religious ar'.
prudence many Parans from New R,gland entered the
o. lopy and In the course Of revou ionin the year
have named mounted into political power. The earliest
exercise Of sovereignty By this new and cody rgs was
an edict PROHIBITING the reedo of public worship TO all
pspIs and prelass Here We see manifested the same
despcsble spirit that snmstes the Lincoln govern.
msnt Indeed the Yankee the same animal in al ages
and In all situations He Ia " universal"
Il Is true that the Yankee trade did much in building
up the mier prosperity and greatness Of the United
States But this is all that Is due him. He never acted
from q noble inpu'se Il was Southern pen that
gave to America aud the world that great spreseion
OF human rights the Declaration Of Independence And
1, was under the guidance Of Southern Presidents that
our gres, system Of Republican iberyof constitutions
al liberty was fostered and dsselopsd and at this day.
the Southern people are the only reOple on the tsh'
Who possess constitutional liberty 10 perfect and unim'
paired state When Northern scctlopasm mounted the
batlements Of nsdons honor freedom led those balls
which so often had resounded with the call ct her sent
nes, now defending and protecting her on the soil OF
j. srson, who pledged in her defence, for himself and
hi. that sacred honor which 10 their breasts
,riumphs eseu 10 death, II Is gsin-ingorious deoss-
Jog lus. Of money-hst prompts the Yankee In all bis
movements. he would never have fought the battles
Of the Revolution but for the taxes. King George and
hs Parliament might have probed among bis sensbili.
ties for ages 9Th perfect iupuriy he had been eI.
eup.ed from the operation Of their revenue Jaws New
England had no drawer soldier than Benedict Arnold,
vet he sold his country and his own glory for few thou
.aud pounds, gow was l. with the Yankee heart In the
hs. war with Englsnd. The American fig was grossly
insulted on every sea- Bat war With England vas dis
asrous to the commerce Of the North, and the solid
men" Of New England opposed It, they Sortended that
II was far better for the Boston merchants to trade In
pssce, than that the nation should defend her honor,
aud he rgh CT her brave seamen But for the South
ern spirit and courage that sp "a happily drecSd the
dsstnes Of the republic, she would Indeed have been
humbled and degraded among the nations OF the earth
We will cite no more instances. The truth Of cur
ricturss upon ,ts distinctive and indvidualzug fes.
,u,e. Of Yankee character Is made srcien,ly essr al
r,,dv The great fathers Of the State we're convinced
tina. the heterogeneous peoples, whom they bad bound
tcgsther would not iorg dwell in peace. Washington
sincerely desired the pepetaaion OF tae pnon but
died in the belief that il the course OF time, bis tomb
would become the exc usive property Of the South
And John Adius, perhaps THO next man to AlexanesF
Hautou among the Northern patriots, had clear tp4
upclouded vision Of the great rupture. though be was
some what deceived as 10 ts proximity to bis own day
The following passage from NJ. Jsfssons diary, ire
sent, the views of Mr. Adams upon this sutsc and 10
also inssssstrs another illustration Of the s'prtne
msAnnsss Of Yankee .sSsnsas 9Isp in lie most exalted
type. -
gBscember the son, 1908. The Rev. Mr.. Ceh', o.
New England ~ho is nnv here, soliciting donations for
college in Green county, In fennessee, tells me thss
wien be FIRST determined to engage In this enerPns''
be yrose paper documentary Of the enterprise,
rhch be meant e get syneS BY el-rsymeD, and sni.
sr enc for persOus In civil characisr. ss the head of
which, he u0hed Mr. Adams 70 put bis name, be bring
then President and the application going only for BIG
mama and not for donation. Mr.. Adams sitter read.