True Democrat., 1863-04-22
Yanl<eeaRiS Talk"

The Nashville Banner happens to nave oh hand few ''eiegant extracts from ankee papers about the time that hOstlttles broke out. In the light of subsequent events, they give n grotesq 6 illustration of the ideas with whi. h the heroes of Bull run entered into the war, and enable Us to determine with what meas ure of success they have executed their pro- gramine.
 The first quotation of the Banner is from the New York Timrs, edited by that remarkable military genius, Raymond. Says the Times:
 Let us make puck work. The rebellion as some people designate 1t, is yet an unborn ta,lp le. Let us not fall into the deusion, no ted by Italian, mistakng "local commotlon' for rev yintion. strong active "putl alto gether' will do u- work eHoct~ally in thirty days. We have only to send column of twen ty-hve thousand men across the Potomac to Richmond and turn out the rats there; another column Of y>tve thousand to Calro, seiz ing the cotton ports of the Mississippi and re~ taning the remaining twenty-five thousand, in cludinp Mr Iiueous call for 7j,00A men, at Wa.hington not because there is any need tor them there, but because we do not require cir services elsewhere . Rare military geni1s!
 But the Tribune Greeley's paper, ever ready, ever willing, to take hand in any Dragging or bullying, united with the Times in this wise: We do not regard the Southern revolt as any l.thng more e.nOr less than the natural recourse ot all mea spirited and defeated tyrannlcs to rule or ruin, making, of course, a wide distlnc- ton between the qrjW and the poacer, for the hanging of traitors is sure to begin before one month is over. The nations of Eurore may rest assured that J eff. Davis X Co., will be swing ing from the hattlements at Washington at least by the 4th of July. We spit upon a later and longer deferred justice.
 Philosopher Gree ey has somewhat changed lis tune Indeed, as the war progressed, the air was changed to suit circumstances. For example, ql1cr the much anticipated 4th of Ju~ | y, we find Greeley speaking in such terms as l these:
 1 We were somewhat deceived in our general | estimate of the strength of the rebels. We are now assured that they are better equipped than we had at first supposed. But stIi u rapid apd decided advance on to Richmond would settle I the whole matter.
 In the outset, the New ! 6rk Herald, it will be remembered, was strongly Southern. It spoke differently and sensibiy. Here Is Ben> ne Us reply t. the Times article above quoted:
 The ''ittle william" (Haymond of the Times ] hu6-turnel General. lie makes out noble campaign It will De observed, however, that 1 he studOusly avoids any thing more than gen- cralitics as well he may, for within thirty days, vt. now tell him and his whole gang ofruatllns, there will De heard such q howl as was never dreamed of. The south cannot be run over wi Ii 75 GOO men. Two hundred thousand can not more than reach Richmond.
 But listen to what Forney, of the Philadel> phiA Press. say:
 NJ man of sense can for moment doubt that this much-adO about nothing will end i'll a month. With such man as Cameron in the War Department, such another as Mr. Lin coIn over the civil and Generals as we have, led by the ''hero of an hundred battles, We are si,rpi1 iuvincible. The rebels, mere band of rayaluli4s will fl like yhaT before tie wind at our approach.
 The western Yankees were as violent as the Northern or Eastern. As specimen of the 'bjo talk of the West, we select a paragraph from the Chicago Tribune. It's editor sim plc enough to believe that "IIlinOiS could whip the whole South by herself' That paper said:
 Let the East get out of the way; thisis war of tile West. We can fight the battle, and sue ce5sfully, within two or three months at tarthest Illinois can whip the South herself We insist on the matter being turned over to us.
 The Cincinnati Commercial, i'll commenting on the claims ofthe West, remarked that the "West ought to be made the vanguard of the wsr"-and. proceeded;
 We are.akin by trade and geography to Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, and in sen timent to thenoble Union patriots, who have a majority of three to one in all those States An Ohio army would be received with joy in Nashville, and be welcomed in speech of con gratulation by Andrew Johnson. Crttenden and Frank Blair, are keeping Kentucky and Missouri all right The rebellion will be crushed out before the assemblage of Congress no doubt of it."
 Not a Yankee paper at that time had the remotest idea of the conflict; not one that rose to the emergencies of the occasion. All were filled with passioa, rant and bombast. From the Chief Executive down to the lowest subal tern, the raging idea of "wiping out the South, fan easy conquest, and on, went roaring like prairie ou fire, from right to left, from left to right, consuming all before 1t. Ever now they are not fully undeceived; but we dc not despair of bringing them to their senses b. leSSDOS