Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-22
THE FOURTH OF JULY-AS GRAFTON SUITABLE FOR THE
CCCAsIoX-EEPosURE OF YANKEE HYPOCRISY.
Foa tie London mss, July l.

''The Fourth Of July las souLd qli.s different to
Eaghmen aud Americans. To u it is ike any other day
70 them Il is festival sOiemay set aside for gratifying
10 something more than safety national vanity the
most inordhl,s AID tie most tx cling the world has
ever seen o. that day, in every town and township Of
he United States, chosen orators address app ling
audiences on two sUbj5ols-tls The OF lheiE
oEn country, the other the depreciation OF curs.
We'll now, let Us suppcs, that on this present
Fourth Of July some OF moderation aud good sense
With some hi lose and with spirit Of fairness
aad candor could be Induced in defiance OF tho pI6ji
lice that would naturally attach itself to such ch.rsc
IT. 10 u, dsr.ske Fourth of Jiy Grafton and let rs
consider hos he would express himstH We will drop
eaglss ,huadertois, EstsrsEol and hurricanes, tho
Moth and the South the East aud tie West time space
eternity and iuhny, aud the other c5ndinents OF Fegu
Ian Fourth Of Ju OraO and pTCc ed 81 once TO tie sub
81 what such person Chs be supposed 10 have
,Ay: y low zsns" he hit naturally observe, "his
IS not meio ek'ravsgant aud t1sggsratcd paregyrc Let
keep eCgqsnoe for botttr times, and endeayor il
" can 20 learn something frou our present position
We rave had our own say ~ this mater of the war and
ere not far a. zee, very much the be! for il
I El-l5h tod u oil Gony hit We had betr save
gur bio "a and mcuey, aud make friendly parting
sih the Souh, since i. clear there chance
dwelling together under the samo government auy
more o. cOuTss, We islt the grta.ceE contempt ard
hatred for vi Elglud sd AID knew tina; it must
be done with wish 10 ruin "a. Bus, for all Can see
E7gl4nd hot very far wrong. We have always been
goir 70 conquer the south 10 uiry days. We have not
done it yet, and fer my pat, don't s,o shat
much nearer doing !. than when st began
Here W have been foe eighty yeaT9 triumphing over
poor old Elgald because che q: the distance OF three
thousand mice, was not able TO CO; Qler her colonies
with France TO help them and here We after year
AID bali Of wa not yet able 10 lake Richmond, one
hundred AMI thirty miles south oil Washington aud very
much afraid the other day for the safety Of Washington
tsslf Then have been always at England Tor hiriog
HessiAn5 'ni other Germars 10 conquer u.s. But what
does the S,uh cay aud say truly? IL says that all the
q mans tina! fought for ng George mere lambs
and chickens compared 10 the gentry WHO fight under
the blrssed leadership Of BlCnksr, and Sigel, and
aeinizelmon They do fight that's certain, On! then
there is nothing that th,y will not steal. Suce
70 fad ourselves obliged TO employ such means
TO coeIce the Soulh, need nos be surprised
shat poor King George, who lived in day beio.
pie urd rstood anything sbou the rights of man. should
have taken the Sane ccugss, Then for military yiO
lsuos why Whist were eli the armies tie Engsh brought
iu.O Ia hsd compared ".h h-se that under the
jtrs Cf eur gspesslsf d0l's believe that H1He or
Cl.atgu Bad ever at any Uo fifty thousand uudlr
hls orders Lord CcruWallis, wien be suus1deTed ~
Yoik.osr, had oly poor seven thousand men; while
Mcclellan and DAVE, AI,ck and Seavregsrd, carry
Ing On tie work Of destruction with haf million Of
each Size. We have been in the b. hi. oil a5kng,
HHlt right had the Enssh 10 call bss aud TO ehso
ircp Of blo1d 10 seeking 10 retain Us against our
VII They oaght to haze kRotoa ha. al men are free
and quail and have right to consult lhli. owe sssirl
In toe choco OF government end the search after hap
pinCss That's very true; but no. the Sla'h free sod
equal iooY Lave not they much rgh se.to consult
,,r oSn ielD IN the ch 1ice OF govt aud the search
ser hsppineSg The Vsest psoph Ia and, during
CT depencGuoe eoocidsr,d thai success even
b. die dSi than iure for while failure )uld d.
mnsh tn euIi G. would destroy the 5srt;es Il
he nation Does not Tho same danger hang usS II
lose the South cse large population aud vast
territory tu, population increases fast in new coun.
tries, and, IS for territory, shall still than
w0 know what 10 do with. IL however We quer the
South, Wa must govern them by the sword and how
sail VIC contrve TO set up m ii;ary poser and
cuiye able to keep the south in slavery and yet
able to eorOsch upon the liberties Of the North TIE
has got the horse to kill the stag but when be
bias killed him, are we quite that he will get eff
agAinY 1t vas very wrong OF tho Eaglish to mike
o. nation speaking their language and Of their
own kindred and lineage, but the relationship
mOtei and though England and America dOta belong
- the Isme crown, they ud not be said to be tie
same country. But ere dong our bts 10 exteTmil.
d fellow colntrymen, With tia same language the
same traditions, The sAns laws lhS sams history. How