Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-02

to further subscriptions" On this point Mr. aemmln'
ger prouounces clearly Also though IL seems not gate
satisfactorily 10 the planters.
These gentlemen desire Government should make
them advances OF Treasury notes, the only currency
of the South on security OF their cotton. Mr. Mem
minper in py gives his opinion that this would be as
gross an economical the Organization oi labor
AL the which the Treasury puts forth must De Tor
the sole purpose Of cauyog on the war II - NOT DE-
sable that the value represented by these snouu pe
greater than Is absolutely necessary since such an er-
cess would inevitably tend to deprsCate their value The
Government would gain nothing by making these adVan'
ces to the planters and therefore, if they want money on
the sscury OF the cotton they storing up they must
apply to the banks in the usual way To us the
Scretary argumtn sensible enough but they nat
uIay excite much dscontent among those who have i'm
mense mssses Of cotton and hardly dollar. Some Of
the Southern papers accordingly give vent to very loud
complaint but must be plain to every one that such
state Of hirgs is the necessary consequence OF the
var and that the Souherners wsh 10 establish their
Independence they go through this and many more
heavy trials Cotton is in fact their only currency
Notes representing 20 much of this staple mnst be
used in the common rlnsacions Of life, and tue banks
may well Issue them as the Government. In ie"
weeks will doubt come to this and matters may be
made more tolerable to the wealthy, but Temporarily
destitute cotton holder But Gaocal distress must con-
nue to weigh on the South long it remans shut
out from the world and her ony consolation must be the
enormous cost az which her enemy is endeayofing 10
ruin her. =.
YASKEE WAR NISsrRKLsY-AS ENGLISH CRITICISM.
The London RsVits, in late article, undertakes to
amuse its English readers with what it calls specimens
Of the war minstrelsy Of Yankeedom." We make an ex
tract from the Reviews article:
Lord Chatham once claimed that IL he were left to
write the patriotic SONGS he did who made the
laws We not quite certain, though should vehe
menty suspect the fact that the dtes which sustain the
courage OF the Yankees must be supplied per contract
Nv the pint firm Of Messrs Lincoln and Seward Il Is
natural TO fad the yugaiy of angry feebeness repro
duce itself in watery gush Of Ihy rubbish Where
men in topping fury, and DO not know with whom
exactly they ought to quarrel-when they mst1ks a
irothy enthusiasm for grand resove-when they charge
he enemy Ike bulls when he is GU: Of sight, and
usr dioOy like sheep at BHPs Ran, when he seems TO
show hmsethen il is that lads abound in quantity
nd fail in quality; and when officers liquor up with
their privatcs tavern bars pothouse doggeres Of
course assume the place Of national mnsrelsy.
An innocent gentleman who acts special correspon-
dent the Morning Sdr for the American civil war aud
who rather overwhelmed by the great honor OF
having been received the headquarters Of the Twelfth
Massachusetts, Volunteers, has favored his readers with
specimens of the national minstrelsy Of Yankeede,
sung in that distinguished corps by
Bryan aud his brother officers. One song particularly
attracted his attention and indeed has already becore
uationo-a fact which If true considering that the dit
" is only few weeks oj is deserving OF tte attention
of wiser heads than that of the gushing correspon
dent. Tue tune TO which it is sung is told John
Brown becauae was great iayorte with that hero oi
Harper's Ferry"
Il is an 'old Methodist hymn, with magnificent mar
ii chorus aud has It seems, been sung in al the prn
cipal through which the Massachusetts, Twtlf
marched, including Blmore, much TO the disgust
Of the SOutherners in the latter place" The words,
hear are ew and simple " and they are for the first
tapZl conssts first of the following very refined aad
at,ta, fhra faJ