Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-15
TA. .'rnsrin Ea.A.r.'' ana their Ds'e'n-

.'PIsrim Faihsrs'' and their Descsn-
The human pests 10 whom tue world has given the
name Of Yarkses (msanirg SLAVES and ooVArds,) are
faithfully daguursOyped in the following sketch by the
Mobile Register:
fhia Il n Yankee War-A war compounded OF equal
marta of avarics and bigoIy, aud sptung from thoee Two
leading characteristics OF the Yak q mind. The NAY
dover bore its germs TO P ym0uth Rock. That nay
Tower" % celebrated in sosg and 30 ealogized IN ieSuve
speeches, proved a PAndorA's box 70 this unhappy conu-
nenL From il leaped into aeuss lie III A@erica me
OF intolerance and persecution. the sPrit OF meo-
ding with other mems business, temporal ana sptri'uai
Il caus with = race Of men endowed WIN inpeuss
energies, who, fleeing from persecution IN the oo
worlS 10 find homes AMI peace among the sAvagts
and uildsTposs of the new, testified their thankfulness
70 God ana the purity Of their own faith by converting
The ssvlpm thoy found Into . mes field OF intolerlncf,
apd themselves, from the victims OF persecution INTO
! sct Of prosecutors. ladiAns. Witches snd Q1akers
we're the Htss OIL sots OF oppression and intermeddlng
h. ,ha.a God.fearnR saints. Their own EufferiDgs Ia the
GA world had taught them nothing of the glories Ct VI.
vina charity aud christian federation. Thy burned and
drowned, 10 Gods name, with all the JUNCTION OF lnqu's.
tors. They worked and thrved, and colonizsd and hiVed
all over the comment where money vas to De mAee Aho
Puritanism preached. Tsey made themselves :" ma
tjou"-"a universal Yankee naaOn." They drew wealth
20 ,heir cold aud inhospitable shorts from every land and
ssa. They suoordirAtei legislation and corrupted the
Government for their sel6-h purposes. Not content with
ssizlnK the best tsst OF the Southern udder, rendered
fat 20 bursting by slaV, labor, and then damning TO etsr-
nal ~psrdidon tho owners and oVerseers OF that labor
they carried their graspiog temper Into The hAils Of
The General Congress, and 10 dehancs Of . written
Oopsitution and eternal justice, they made It's statute
boaks KroAn with partial laws. with fishing bount.ss,
nayiRstion acts, tariff and internal improvement bhls,
and every sort Of act 70 tax the South and spend the
revenues At the North. Aud thee, as II tbs wedge OF
separation wa not being driven hard and las. enough
bsrveep the SECTIONS, ths work Of destruction was aggrs
waited ADD intensified by catsracts Of abuse aud cAlumny
Of everything Southern, from pulpit, press, stump, Inc
a,or Of Congress, lecture rooms and tho seeIhipg Atmos
phere Of their everlasting, canting Religious and baneVo
ant socisties The wonder IL that the strong oaken flores
Of the Union held out so loug. l. took ~thirty-hve years
of the hardest labor Of these hard WoEking fankeSs 20
riTe the oak and make secession On accomplished iseL-
And ros rnsy have dsldged the land N blood, wasted
,heir Southern gains Of the beat part OF 4 century
bankrupted their government, and destroyed liberty
among themselves, 10 the insane tnort 10 restore the
uoioG. broken 10 pieces By their iGfernAl seh'hness,
Lig1uy aud meddlesomsness Snca 10 the history OF Tie
"PilF,im Fathers" and their descendants.