The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-12

terly irreconcilablc. Every taunt that
can be uttered, every provocation and in
suit that can be hit upon, is devised b
widen the breach, and make that strug-
gle hendish aud malignant, which began
measurably with moderation and a ling
ering regard for members Of the same ma
tionality. In this work the press there
has always played a distinguished part
beginning with the Charleston Mercurg
and that paper having given the key note
in its fierce hatred and contempt for all
not up TO its standard OF what was aris-
t~ocratio, the others have gradually chimed
IN, outdoing their prcccptor in this mat
ter at last. Indeed, whist the Mercury
has TO some extent accepted the whole
some lessons forced upon IL Of late, and
toned down its savage utterance in the
presence of a foe who has compelled re-
spect, its co-laborers get worse and worse
in their angry demonstrations, as perhaps
the best method, in their estimation, Of
making their dupes fight to the death in
a bad and falling cause.
We have been struck with this condi-
ton of things by The sightof a veritable
copy of the Richmond Who, of as late
a date as June 25th, dealing with these
matters. 1t has an article which. in its
way, is a curiosity, and yet so in harmony
with other sentiments Of the leaders Of
the rebellion, and especially with the
current sentiment hitherty in the Cotton
States, that, queer as it is, Il will not at
this time we imagine greatly surprise
any here. We propose to quote Il entire.
"THE MASTER RAcE.--Since the great
battle Of Shiloh, and including il we
have had an almost uninterrupted series
Of victories. We have encountered the
enemy generally with heavy odds against
us, and frequently behind entertainments.
but in no single instance, unless it be the
unexplained affair at Lowisburg, have
Southern troops failed to exhibit superior
manhood to the mongrel and many
tongued enemy.
"Indeed the whole experience of the
war is an attestation of the truth long
since discovered by impartial observers
that the maSter-rdce Of Gis Continent IS
found H the Southern States. OF a better
stock, originally, and habituated TO man
lier pursuits and exercises, they have
ruled in affairs of State by force Of the
stronger will and larger wisdom that
pertain to and distinguish superior races
of meu, while on the field Of battle thew
have in every contest held a priority Of
place, conceded to them By their present adler
sQy5es."
Now if that is not sublimated impu-
dence and elf-complacency combined,
we know nothing about it, On the run
for the last half year nearly, it would
only be a tedious matter to enumerate all
the races in which they have distinguish
ed themselves in a hot chase after that
"last ditch" A glance at the vacated
region tells the story at once, since they
have been made to trot across Missouri,
Kentucky, Tennessee, and from other
places innumerablc. If we take one
memorable instance alone in which these
very Richmond gentlemen made the most
remarkable time inrebel annals, itlsettles
the case forever against them, they them
selves being compelled TO condemn the
"Richpond Blues" their crack corps, for
their lack Of everything which consti-
tutes a "master race" If we take the
other or feiiOw-pmk in this claim to
what is "chivalrous" and dominant, all
must remember the flight fcom the Hill
ton Head encounter, in which the Char
lestonians just as highly distinguished
themselves in the same line as their
Richmond friends did at Roanoke. What
makes this claim more comieal as coming
from Richmond is that no one can assoc
ciate in the past Henry A. Wise with
other than most valorous ~uIeydHces, whilst
his real exploits have only made more
remarkable and shameful his wholesale
and defiant brags aud running.
If we turn TO the West, all must re-
member the persistent uproar kept up in
the Southern papers over the Texas Reg
iment that passed through Nashville on
their way to Kentucky. Every one was
a prodigy Of strength and valor and
Craftsmanship; could beat Pawnees in
their ability to pick up their weapons
from the ground whilst at full speed
their bowie-knives were TO slash men in
two as a housewife might aparsnip, and
their rifles were treble death. But, alas!
on an unfortunate occasion for them.
they encountered "Willich's Germans
at the Green River bridge; the Texan
Colonel was slain, and they were so
completely wiped out at close quarters,
that they have never been heard of since,
except as the remains of a disorganized
and rabble set of bacon and horse
s~toalers, as they He'd through Nashville.
But why multiply cases when the OBJ
iect of all this reckless g~ascOnade is
merely TO keep the breath of life in the
n~ostrils Of q doomed rebellion 2 We
quote again;
" This natural dominancy Of the South
ern people has had much TO do in bring
ing on the war, The inferior race,
grown strong in numbers and ambitious
from prosperity, have reUohed against and
now seek 10 overthrow and destroy those
whose superiority was a constant source
Of envy and seli-reprOach. There is no
ticrcer malevolence than that of caste,
and 10 is this which has so long stirred
tho Yankee bile. Always, in the pres
ence of the Southern gentleman, he has
felt a strong and painfully repressed i'm
pulse TO take of his hat. This conscious
inferiority has CALLED the Jealous and
malignant creature until he has broken
out in s@ervilo insurrectiOn. lie has vain
~ concluded that his numbers can over
whelm and eXterminAte the subjects Of
his envy, and that he, succeeding to the
broad acres and liberal hRbitudes Of the
Southern gentry, viii come 70 be looked
upOn as n gentleman too y
If this is not "piling up the agony
what, In the name OF all that is republic
can and JelIersonian, is? IL Is worth
something TO find the chiyalry trying ia
this manner 10 put themselves right
upon the record" Twenty millions Of
people in revolt against three hundred
and City thousand Shareholders Day is
breaking, full surely, when such reyela-
tions as these come up from Old Virginia.