The New York herald., 1862-01-13
A REBEL. ESSAY ON YANKEES
MORCEAU OF SOUTHERN LITERATURE.
[F'rom Tie Richmond plspaich, Jan. o..

TFrom the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 81
Among other qualities whsh distinguish man from ths
brute creation the faculty OF reason Upon this he
pecay prides himself and the Yankee man IN particular
has always xulisd being not only he superior OF tho
tho beasts but Of all other a al bong Upun
the article OF soul upon the attributes and the
domestic and social aiec ions, ths genue Jonathan was
very exclusive But pure the god Of his
dostry aud the capacity to cacuats consequences, dis
corning his interests aud holding on 10 them at all ha
yards and TO tina last extremity were the CHIEF glory II
the OF the Pilgrims The head and not the heart
their seat of greatness and looking out for number
Estimated, then, by the standard which the Yankees
have themselves adopted what are to think of YAM
kesdcm illustrated by the present war; What has be-
of that super by which they claimed
10 be- exalted above all other mem What Of their ntei
gent sefnter What Of their capabity for calculating
consequ and taking OF number There is
no explanation OF their course except on the
theory Of national insanity, OF moral cpl
demic which has seized poa their whole race
and prostrated their Goddess of Reason in the
dust That all their interests were involved TO the pre-
ssrvaon c the late Unon they now admit and that OF
all the ways Of rescuing it, is the last every one IN
der heaven but themselves. Yet they persist ~ an
enormous expense incarryag on gigantic scheme OF IN
vasion, which now, after years trial, has proved
fearful abortion and which, hour that 1t continues
increases the hazard OF adding crushing war to their
After the crownng madnsss OF eecting President by
the Nerth SOUTH and after the secession
OF the Gulf States there still course by which they
might have avsrted the heavy judgment that their folly
had provoked and have held out chance OF a
construction Of the old Unon Thoy might have with
drawn from the forts Of Charleston the few hundred
soldiers who strong enough protect the pro-
psry OF the United States and whose presence only tend
cd to rrtate the South and provoke collision and blood
shed. They might have sought to conciiats the border
States, which were to meet them than half
way who would have clung the Union forever if
they had been permitted 10 do without dishonor But
IN vain these States. led on by Virginia, the grand.
historic Old Commonwealth Of the Revolution,
begged and mpored for compromise and justice.
judicial blindness seemed to have seized upon
tho whoe Yankee nation. Lincoln, their chosen Presi
dent, hardened his heart, like Pharoah and would
let the people 60 Instead of yielding the suggestions
Of prudence and moderation he adopted measures OF
savags violence; which absolutely drove Virginia and
every other out OF the old and
forced them TO lake up arms in defence OF their rights
and liberties. Instead Of being warned by the solemn
attitude Of ste border States the whole Yankee popua-
tion was excited TO such pitch of frenzy had
before been heard Of outside unatc asylum We believe
that day will come when the Yankees viii read the ac
counts Of their horrible against the purity Of the
Southern households and the lives and honor of Southern
men at the beginning of this and confess that they
were stark staring mad raving Bedlamites and 1T only
for straight Jackets mad house. Yet this is the
people who have always hela themselves up the
nation Of pure reason, and have affected to look down
from their iceberg upon the sunny South as
race OF impusive, passionate beings, who were mere
children in comparison with the wse rational selfpos
sessod and self aiming philosophers Of New England
to be hoped that the present contest will teach the
Yankees true wisdom, which consists in knowing ones
SELF and IN knowing other people in both which branches
OF knowledge they have shown themselves lamentaby
deficient and which also includes the cultivation Of the
moral well the intellectual faculties They are en-
gagged present the Quixotic project under
taken by people since the foundation OF the world
they could subugate the SOUTH it would only be by the
extemnaon OF its inhabitants and the dssolaton of its
whole territory, consulnlnation which would involve
their own manufacturing and commercial destruction
well as that OF the Southern people But they,
succeed They are piing up mountains Of debt only
ensure DISASTER disgrace and evellastipg bankruptcy
Tbs South will dispute every inch of ground with them
from Texas to the Rio Grande. 1t will make every hill
top an Allegheny light, and every plain Manassas II
will demonstrate its Independence to the satisfaction of
all mankind and when has done So the powerful
tons OF Europe always willing help those who able
to help themselves w array themselves agains: The
United Staes and pat the crazy North the straight
jacket OF compulsory peace They will be turned out to
graze-ke Nebuchadrezzar-witht the oxen, and become
in the end sadder, but nation. Alas for the
knowing. smart, rational Yankee race TO what state
Of hopeless idocy and imbscility have they falenl