Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-14
The Yaakse "situatIon..

The Yaakee ''situatIon.o
The latest iafornaion from Washington, as We write
embraced ia telegram published yesterday morning.
Is to she elect. thai IN diplomatic circles with En-
hnd regarded Inevitable that the mex ocean s.ean
er expected to bring Of the recognition of ths
Coafeierae States: that the inactive state Of McCeAns
army is producing prsnonisory rumbing in the North
that dsensOus exist in the Cabinet that the Banks
fuse lend any money and that the last dollar in
she Treasury will be exhausted in week. Tas Is 'be
situation" in which Ass week closed Lincoln But il
Is not aOfit In very many other quarters and shapes
he is surrounded by pers and bsset by msoruues and
be has no. as eOssmPOry says the sOAce Of the good
man. that they are uadaserved HIS folly and insanity
his reckless hatred Of the South and he fanatcs enmiy
her Institutions the same eOtemporAry the n. o.
Bs) continues drove him into war, 10 which he has
made small progress has repeatedly encountered disgrace
AMI dsaser, and has plunged bis country into thom
less abyss Of financial trouble His position at home is
dsplosabe The formidable expeditions got up fright
fu cost have accomplished noshng beyond the occupl
ton Of Isolated spo on our coast the vast armies or
ganiz ID at immense outlay and which we're fondly
pscelto environ the South as within the folds of ar
ahseoadl and strsagle the rebellion death have been
wholly unable 70 Aiyaace beyond the frontier States au6
Whenever a forward movement has been attempted they
have been repused and driven back With terrible saugb
ter. Few and insignificant the trophies he has Won
compared With the disastrous issue Of every battle
which bis reluctant troops could be brought And now
neatly nine months from the commencement of cor
act which Y1nkeedom expected TO close in blaze Of
glory and triumph within ninety days Lincoln fnds
himself compelled 70 keep IN The field si1 hundred and
ssy thousand mea to confront the Confedsrate hosts
which protect aud defend every assliiable point The
war 50 far IS the success Of the Yankee arms is con
e,rned Is remote from termination, such Lincoln
desires, as it Va, when Mcdowell aud bis egons a,d
terrOr-s:ricken from the plains Of Manassas.
Bu' if the Yankees are MORALLY perplexsi and troubled
a. home thsir relations W foreign powers such
to 6rl them With tbisk-coSng fears Of the future
Loadoa sheet some weeks ssO spoke OF them nation
without friends. The phrase S literally accurate. They
have eOntrved to alenats Shs syupasLss of every
lghsensd radon IN ChrtsseudOm. They have displayed
80 much Of spirit Of arrogance Of vAuglOry, of boast
aess ard de6Iee, AID Of disregard for international
comfy; they havsswaggered aad srutsd 50 extensively
10 the eyes Of al EarOpe; they have EsatOny placed
70 many serors inpsaents in the way OF the Just and
lawful commerce Of naiions; they have played The bully
and bravo 50 long aad lOy; they nave abandoned so
waa,ouy and wickely al the restraints which, among
civilized nations Won. IN degree 70 temper the
stern a5peEes Of war their policy has been SO utterly
s,lfsh and a. the same time 80 maeEolent and barba
rous thai BY one they have sarp,d and destroyed
every isinsns Of friendship which once united them
with the great motherhood o. natocali!ies They an
indeed without friends aud unless among the dark dee
potsms Of Austria and Rassa, they may vanly sOk for
solitary CLEAN Of sympathy aspiration for their
success.
Just at this time too, callmies about accumula
ting upon them IA Overwhelming force. Not content
with losing vie moral supper. Of Essand aud France
The Ylnkees in their madness have provoked both tbcse
mighty empires beyond endurance Having iusuted the
British ,s and boosted over the deed they hls.eued
With Jet pusiIAaimiiy to deprecas the wrath Of the
oT.aded party by sSifl surrender Of the kidnapped
ierate vet even in the very act siouemeut they
Ashor. OF the repaired expation and leave the settle
Ipsnt unsasaciorv ard imperfect helnvhls the same
vessel which committed she outrage the front deb
esaely runs into and damages apslcefil' Ffereh mer
cAantman sailing from Liverpool Havana and then
rsfses 10 TOW the Injured vessel into port while U. s
vessel Of var arrests an English brig proceeding from
oae neu.rOl por. to another aud Orcbly ami
carries OF gentlemen, passengers on the plea that
they belong 10 tie S5uh. Thss atrocities, following
coe upoo the heels Of the Tren, prove the madness which
possesses the YInksea madness as would SEEM that
IL the preade des:ru.toa Finally TO cap the climax
Europe learls with iaaguatoa ald orror, that the
Liaesln Goveronsnt Whi,h declares that there Is no
var aud that IL Il only striving to bring certain rebel
lons States back isto the glorious and bes'cd Union
j. actually eug1ged in eadehvoFng permanently to de-
stroy che commercial cities OF the South by sinking in
the channels lsaiing to thcm immense uhaers laden
" n stone. An acs Of su,h unredesmsd bar5arism
which no people cltmag the advantages Of civilization
ever pracissd, which Gahghis Khan, or Bsjlget or
Bombs would have rejected too infamous for IL EN-,
has en- put 10 prac ice by Government prot, ssing 10
b. the very anne c the hghes, practical free lom intel
Hgence, mOrsIy, and religion. Isit sutjses Of mar
vel that all EarOpe should 20 disguised az such mon-
siars, Gnd shoal1 combine sgii0s. them
We believe that lhe European powers least two OF
tbenhAve made up their minds that the prosecution Of
the war with The South BY the Yankees has become an
itolsrabie nuisance to be abated at all hazlrds The
elmmuniy Of nations and the interests OF eOnmercs
cannot be made subsidiary to the savage propensites Of
faction In The NORTH which has subvortsd the COust
fdoo derd-d the restraints Of civil law aud sacrificed
to the eGgsrees Of huge military despotsm every prin
sps Of liberty and every canon Of social order. Sixty