Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-01-02
Tfa Vandalism Of the Yankees.


TIE Vandalism Of the Yankees.
We ...at, oCsr ia7 some Instances and evidences
Of ne tu5egasl cu.,a,ter OF antagonists in the
W.. Eysgy DAY aids the testimonies the subject.
L IS toe Mca geometry 4iseissr says, thar since the
r- vl1a .s- VIA aud savage hordes ef the North of
E,r7s were pr,cptled upon Italy for tue purpose OF
Breaking down the power Of the Roman Empire there
los BEEN no instance among nations claiming any de-
~ o.. civilization where the principles Of humanity,
.5ncy and .ay, have been openly, 80 Wantonly
as they have been by the Yankees who are now
G. ..- our borders, and endeavoring TO accomplish
C.. ..-... la Tie Goths, Yandal5 and Huns carried
4 5...l aud destruction along their path over the
So plains Of Tally bU, they we're savases who lived
g. 90 zs who's she light of Christianity had not been
did ,Lei Is rights Of humanity were not As well
s.r stool a, they now are and something can, there
foe be .a To- p,llstion Of their excuses. So great
however lls bsca The horror aroused by their atroci-
. tal, a;ao ,he tribes themselves have long since
,s,n,as-sd dc nlu,s they then bore used TO
,ignate The most outrageous crimes which can be COM
10 ,ted Their names have become SYNONYMS for cruelty
aud Outrage If snch is the position assigned to the
as.rsred savSess Of ths middle sge EhAt must be hs
Judgment of impartial history In regard to the Yankee
nation, which, while claiming to be par sreefs"e', the
most enlightened ON the face of the EARTH has yet been
guilty Of Outrages SthOlta parallel in the annals oil CIV
fzed vars POstery win scarcely be able to credit the
statement that In the latter half of the nineteenth cen
tlry in the fun blaze Of civilization and christianity
deeds we're perpetated By prOfsssedy christian aud
hamana people, whieh, for oOld-bloOdsi cruelty and
ssrOty rival those that aroused the horror and indg
nadon q medieval Europe
The facts upon which the historian viii base his state
usnt that the Yankee nation exceeded all others Of the
az in saEAss brutaIsy and deeds Of vandalism are,
however too vel authanticAted - admit a doubt OF
their trath They have not done these things in cor
uer where the world would hear OK them- They
we disgaeei themselves openly aud shamelessiy and
El-o3s as veil a. America Witnesses They will not
b. convicted upJa the testimony Of one neighhOrhood
n me The people OF AlabIma OF Mississippi, Tonnes
Sc, 10 islam Florida, Virginia, the Carolinas, and
ers Who have f,l, the iron hahd Of the tyranL and
Witnessed the wln,oa destruction Of their household
gods are eom2e,en, to speak in reg.pi to this They
v not SPEAK from common report. They know from
experiSncs the truth Of the charges against the en-
snv
II would require volumes 70 give even an outline Of
TIE MANY outrage which kuaaas foes have commit
II OF the G0ntc0crncy. PROPER
r. Of al kinds has been wantony destroyed Houses and
s,lrsse, in the path Of the Yankee army have been
,-,l 20 the gro al gsowng rops and provisions
s,u,t,d for the sstcuancc of the women children and
o men. have al.o been eOnsgaed to the flames. This
= en-. testimony Of al those who Zoe from before the
alliance OF the Yankees IN MissssPpi. There can be no
55. IN, enemy have determined that ifthcy cannot
IN ,asa,!y hol IN portion of the COnlederaey, they
lave g. dssert waste In Fioridl they have been
g,.y Of th, sam, excuses Very recently they visited
s, Andrews Bay DESTROYED al the boasts they could not
IA, as 7 bsOv mo aud plundered every house in the
v..1,.v. even oloaug ladies' trunks aad stealing aud
dsr37.a- .5e, drss.s. Al the live stock they could
End gs1r 10 town sas killed, aud everything else
WIt1d tley ia' could be Of service TO tue Southern
pc ? e c.-- q 20 aez'ra''ion
IL yr-s... 10. .i5r, tatq yclr past the Yankees
b.,..-l In a.. I'D. lts,.r.. OF robbery aud murder.
l,o.a,- la. .... -a atig sacred in their eyes to
shell j. .-5l ssa51 Nia,ioas dear 10 their ovu-
srs on a.so- .,s.-ss4,. l..oas rare and costly col
lection o. .l.s -J.s4 To-, a. sad fIu.y heir looms