The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-24
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W. hav. reveS been Of the rgr,aber Of those
who doubted tire courage OF the YANKEES as a
paop,e. We lave often been compelled to
express onr diyseut from the general opinion
IA this subject ana TO held that IL is hot only
wrong in ussf, bus impoIitc thus 10 uuderra,e
all enemy. Among the many faults of Tho
Puritan breed, WANT OF courage was never n.
crlbed TO them by anybody. Oliver Cron-
we'll aud hi, X 5uudueads were IN psstisnt
citizens anj as good soldiers az England ever
Produced. Their oiehoots iii America " ere OF
no eaine character iaDatiosi, cruel, intoler
tat, da,lieh, but hardy aud courageous.
bcn sicn suau are Ia o. f0ugBt. 1t IS as IN
it,t''u car OWL soldiers a4 10 themselves Ia
sfIG Aa: - inela as ,o@ards That agreeable
d~usIon only tends 10 oiniuish the vigilance
AID etersy OF oar soldiers, and robe them OF
sne glory ~nicu tneIf victories deserve. That
Tie Yankees are MOI Ar military race as the
people of tie South, Is evident enough. ana
That IN tuis war their position rs invaders 0l
rl,ul she's their courage and efficiency, We be
heve Bat. in general although lighting
QUALITIES may not be ms uulVersai IL The Nor,o
as tie Sluth, they are q people whom We
ought 70 ii chs Is it'll both hauds, aud not deiuds
ouTselyes ~ relying upon their oowardice
il jho sanIe time, we are free TO confess
that We nave not derived oar ideas OF
Nprsbera proves from anything see have
seen in TINS vst. That IDEA was derived from
our kn1wi edge of ths bEnneas of their race
in the English and American Revolution, and
-, - Iuy Epuix7H IlaVa 70
th0se whom the present war, for the first
'a,. has Induced 70 believe that tbs Yankees
are men Of physical courage On ths cou-
srary. Il anything ccuid have shaken our pre-
conceived opinions ou this sui lsct, sud couid
have made ns believe that any RAGS Of men
aya destitute, 80 a whole. of physical vaicr. i
1n-i have bean the conduct aud eircum
stances Of the present var Il began with
/ tie cowsrdly declaration: We ere elssteen
| mill7ns # people and you hui SIX rnhlious
and can whip you with eAse' 1t has not only
had all the odds Of mem ald arms in itb favor
but relied upon chat odds rs It's means ot con
qusgia, the South, It's Leading organs deeIar
Jag rns, it was only By outnumbefin< lie Two
or three to ono that it's objects could ho &c
somp.ished. Ia point Of fact j. has only been
bv to. uost enormous odds that II has eser
gained il victory Such 3 thing rs victory
.aluei By q smaller against larger nun1her--
whi, h has been the character OF every South
eru success-has not vet been achieved 10y tn"
NaGh III this war. It's trlumpns, IN every
single Instance, have been gained ty ihs Ih"e'
tremendous superiority in numbers. aad !"
III. kiud Of weapons employed. and II all i1e
equipns,us and munitions of war-tr,0mrh-
which y I.a.jou Ike Eug.sni OF France ~oaii
have Aapshed a. exuit over. Is troops. es?e
c;,,ig those - tie West, have tonight vel.
apG in SOME INSTANCES will conspicuous ya.or,
bor~u every case they have had the su,mating
idea that they outHumberet their enemy
i5ur 10 one tnat hey had weapons Of lougeT
raDXs and superior character. aud taat the5
were themselves II yast dlFcipilued army,
id, az ayainst msre mob, Inferior ia uum.
,.rs aud m.ssrabiy armed Tie conduct Of
Tie .. sytrument has d0ua no more than thai
o. +, j.. opls Ia add iaurels 10 Northern repu
tstio1 l. has tried to hound the " hoe world
uli to the assault Of al enemy rot one thru
rs Numbers it has ran lacked every nation IL
Europe icr materials to ill Its armies, and II
shrauk most ANONYMOUSLY from conflict
with England which it's own bFaggart pre-
.ensoua had rendered imminent. l. Il enough
to make the bones Of The old PurtaDs 5hakr
in their graves 10 see the conduct Of their d.
sceniauts in this war, for whilst those depart
ed saints would smile anprovingly upon all
the scb eynas Of persecution and piGader they
could never forgive mea whose boldness was
rot equal to their villainy.
The steel breast plates baye added tie finis
ing touch to the dsgeneraay of the Yankees
in the eondnci # this war. What nation o.
the earth, except themse!vee, puts its soldiers
in coats OF mail And hat too, against ar
enemy whom they ou'nrm Der three % ons
What would be thought OF the dueuist VINO
sacu' take she fell encast in hidden armor!
Fortunately, as the battle OF Corinth proved,
brssstplates srs IA nnsubstautial as most
Yankee Inventions. They are Intellectual to
protect even the breas's, they cannot
.heler the head which is a large enough tal-
get toI SoutheTn MAJ ksmen.