The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-07
A. A.GengIEe Yankee Tee Real Object or the
War

THE war ia indeed one CT pluader, and the
invaders Of the South robbers. O; course,
there are le:uGed men in their ranks, WHO are
not ct heart ro9ues, who come net to cur land
for tho purpoge of stealing. Thsy are, how
ever, only exceptional bsipgs; bat even many
Of these fall under the iafusncs of the ruling
passion of the army, and do their part ia sp-
proprialine srd bearing OFT thosa movabies
that may help TO inereass the; wealth or their
comforts, or may adorn their homer. Beyond
this syatem Of appropriation shis stealing OF
things valuable Or sacred-the treasure and
the loved ornaments and household gods oi the
Southern mansions-outside OF til this robbie
ry on the march and { fer tho war, the Yankee
looks to more enlarged, a. more swteplDg
aud wholesale apol;ation of the South-An ap-
prop, iation to his ewn uses in more rerma-
nen. form of the real aud ramovabie property
Of the Southern people. He expects "fiim
in Dixie'-he hopes for corner in that hsa.
ven on ea,th whose inhabitants hs has long
envied This prospee. is nsver lost eight +.
The rich mines, the blooming fields, the sweet
waters If Dixie, absorb his r, Il lsctions By Day
end haunt his visions by night. For thses he
marches and for thsse he endures tha pfva-
tions Of wal; for these he Fl shts, aud for these
rs follows tAD "S.sr- -spaEglsd Banner which
waves him rot to "where glory awaits" him.
bnt wihia whose folds the stealing wiccs
whisper to his soul ths mere grateful III ne
ton, 60 where gaia, where spot and booty
are, aud vixdica.e tha spirit CT EbertJ-'he
liberty Of the Stars and Saipss--ths liberty to
r,b, to steal, 70 pluuder, aud to desoi.ss the
homes Of your enemies" THIS is the vo:cs
that pleasss the Invaders ear--this the il anc-
ton he delights to obey.
-Thi3 spirit and purpose of the Yaukes-this
sentiment inspired by the Northern tiag-ws
have seen nowhere mora pot tics'ly and glow
inely presented than ia Il recent speech deliv-
cred 1T tho Union League mast meeting in
New York by George Bancroft, Historian,
Politician and Puritan, of Boston. This gsu.
tIemen--who has ell the selfshness, all the
bixotry, all the hypocrisy, and all ths love OF
gain which distinguish HE tfbe-throsss all
his influence into the scale OF the war, and
urges on his people to the most RELENTLESS aad
bloody prosecation OF it. H,- defends it oa'
sna out, and, with daplicity and falsehood
premeditated and deliberate, sistorts facts and
logic to sustain unjust coEclnsions. But lac IL
an accomplished and ednca. cd rogue, and i'm.
bues pillags and tho appropriation of what be-
Tonga 10 others..o the nsss of his own people
with the spirit Of pat;iotism and pi,ty and
he hnss Of poetry. One sentence from bis
spsech viii show how be appreciates b Q
wealth of the South, ana how he signs 10 see
il appropriated for the love Of God and the
ben. III Of mankind! Tais sentence relates to
yirginia--so much the better. Read and see
what hs thinks ef the yensrabis Mother oil
Ssaaes, and wha. be would do with her
"Taks Virginia, for an example. Her soil
Il fsrlaie, Der air sainbsiocE; her springs rspo
! yafe health her mouatains glist n with ERA.
| cious ORES. There, In hsr many chambers,
where nsturs has beapsd mp siorssof gold and
| oliver. Of gypsnm ard iron. of salt aud ap,
| psy. 90 esn spirit hxs cast over her ita spslI
lnrd shs ai0spa ir almost hopeless is;harRy.--
| Who will mourn II the tins hss come whsr
| her ion9 and dasp slnnbsf Ehall be broken r.
] Who viii eyieyeN the pFOcssston ef tie 6szr
1 fpensisd D4pneE, borne onward 10 the song
| 81 Sherry, sbail wsks tss from herstauee o
| eeufuriesf Tksn ~ her tlothe hsr beaaitte
| nube Is The rtbse q Freedom and open hs'
hundred halls 10 shs handA u eelE 4ireeted 81
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