Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-05-25
Indas booker nd The Iribuns.

Judas Hooker and The Tribune.
Ths end Of the world is certainly at hand. We are
rot testing Those who have little preparations to make
had better make them without deayior the dissOlu-
ton of al mundane things cannot possibly be delayed
longer than say six veeks Our for making this
solemn and affecting statement must convince the most
oollrats scepde. It's, in brief ,his: the New York
TrJaas has commenced telling the truth.
This premoni,ory symptom Of the end Of the world is
strange But there is something stranger The truths
suuucsted BY the Tribune aimed az the Abolition
Conmsnder Of the Abolition Army Of the Potomac,
Jo,epb Hooker or Fghtins joe or, best Of all Ju
das Hookern-tbe lar baggar; radueer aud betrayer.
An Aboilonist Esr denounced aud reved in the Koran
Of the AhoItonists Surely this Is wonderful, and be-
tokens some mighty CONFUSION in nature. No more be
81 said that dog won't eat dog, for here is big black
bu-lard picking out the eyes Of little crippled carriOn
cioW L is passing strange, to be sure; omiuous Of
,irs events; and full Of meanings uneonceived and in
conceivable in these parts
Judas Hook-r, says the zri5,rps With l59,SOO men
oold not whip Lee with only $1,000 After he had re-
dased Lees force to $4,000 or 10000 Judas retreaied
vid lS5 900 able bodied men az his heels This is
bad showing for Judas and an astonishing ter-ruth"
u come from "The Papiarc6 Greeley.
Bus Jrdlz vithireg ,rOn The south bank OF the
R,yyahanrccs before delivering general battle for
reasons wen knosn to tue army, and which human
sssaey or resources could have Ogeseen prevented"
tbs does not reer 70 anything supernatural performed
b. Lee and Jackson but 20 the eOEsrice Of the llth,
l2a and other COPS But judas hath mo-e TO say in
attenuation Of bis unimporaus rs,rogressOn to Fal-
R,ath.
ia sighting (uars, he does not say be did so
Szh9 At dislivln.lgs ~ would have been recreant
go or tust ourselves, our cause aud orr country
-o'ouud,, loyal au conscious Of is strength General
Jss- special attention IS called 20 this profound loyalty
SD -sss tge ll-i corps-and conscious strength-yide
he whole aruyi .as once Grand Army OF the Poto-
NC sill give OF decline battle whenever its interests or
honor mag demand
Hre Sc collection Of " ter guths" equal to any ever
uts-sl by Patriarch Greeley. Unfortunately, they
we're preceded by another "ser-rulb.' Judas, wbar
tine he stood JsrridgaIy entenched amid the fast
nssss OF Che Wilderness proclaimed to his braves and
% The whole world, that he bad obtained position
vhch compelled Lee either 10 ly ingloriously or to
GONE out nom behind bis Lees detences and fight him
IJlias on ground Of his (Iuda, own choosing where
CERTAIN destruction awaited him" Lee) This ruth"
is recorded in everlasting print Il is monument Of
o-,ss, ere persan and taITes infinitely very minute.
IT, s.h bc teF-ruihs' Of the eougratuatOry General
Or5s7, No. 40"
b, the Trbsgs Ia another article closes With some
additional tsT-ruths" sbca are as eOnsOnant with its
ss-oa Of Judas a7 Julass ter rutb5" are with each
5er L says shat judas whipped because his ar.
-ay vas 1is7c7sci bl soon it vas gathered to.
-sr az TIE Uaited States Ford, Lee did not dare to
,k t. AID tsat be hls never dared aud never viii
Zero &c E,s5 battle 70 toe Army Of the Potomac on
,t -rccci where success depends on solid fighting
nd rosuSo- strategy" Nov this H. f possible, more
.t,,7 r.-o7oa-.5 and ,elgossly tsr-rue" than any
= tts previous te5fas' Of the Ir.blrs or of Judas
r,.5i1ss IN Iks ~ echo siih she I. fauB1s Of Jp-
cas =5s- K Irs5 - bis vocs 10 The Wilderness 1t is
cors..as5 or I'll tte official reports OF Mcclellan, the
Dlos,7; PoP5. ths Preposteroas; Burnside, the be
I'D; Scott, ,hs PoaPoa5i ana Mcdowell. the De
fon-t.
w9 admit fsnsly. tat sally, Lee is afraid Of the
Sc S-nud Az-a7 cf he Pctonsc.H BE has never dared
and never win dare to 6gbt ca equal ground The
s87e-szo has always bsel on or side, vhehsr al Ma
r,.-as. BsIPs Eira william burg, El,hsu's Landing,
s.vs, P-ss Eechaaicsvills, Gaines hill, Trazer's
I'm savazo Station Malvern Hill Cedar Run, Manss-
a 20. ?, Ok Br Bo0nsborO' Champions Gap. Sharps-
bar4 sbspber6s:ovu Fredericksburg, the Wilderness
Or Caaaoenors7ia Ne have in each AID every one Of
Il -ss battles without q solitary exception, been power
f,a7 fo-i6sd; have ouDunbered the Yankees three
70 one; have hsd twice as many cannon longer range
.naskes; Infinitely better equipments mOrsto eat and
t-e5r7 tnes as many balloons Yet We have been in
vsr..ol7 snd sbasfly whipped, and the Confederate
Capital which We ysuy sOugh, to dcierd, has been 50
often captured that Fitzpatrick can take it with squad
Of cavalry whenever he chooses. And the reason Of
tbs Succession Of astounding and disgfieefu Conf'de-
rate flltes Is plain. Judas tells rs Why The Grand
Army Of the Potomac has uniformly beaten tue Army
Of Northern Virgnia because it. the Grand Army, is
ao7Oloundly loyal and conscious Of is strength"
Yea, 7srly, this Is "tsr-rue, strictly terrue," and
30 knows il OF surety, therefore. the universal
lais Or end Of an things draveth nigh