Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-12-05
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RICHMOND WHIG.
-ySArURDAY MORNING. DEC. 8. 1855
Anci.Dt and Madam yankees.

ancient or modern, Of inSttntng any comparison DC
tween them and the Yankee race but there are some
popts of paraleism and similarity between the ancient
Garth ,pinians as described BY Roman and Greek Wri
tsrs and the modern Yankees known to ourselves,
40 striking As to suggest the probability that the latter
are the lineal descendants Of the former. Carthage
took its rise from handful of fugitive TyriAns landing
upon its shores, jus. as New England did from the
landing ana settling of the "Plgrms" In each case
the neW settlers became involved in troubles OF
their own making With tbs natives and WSged upon
them cruel and e1termlnAting warfare.
The CArthaginiAns brought with them the CONNER
ca genius of their mother county, did the Yankees,
and Ike them, by indefAdgGbe industry and stinting
frugaty, obtained wealth and became insOlent
bearing, rapacOus ard aggressive towards surrounding
races TIE commercial prOoVities Of both nAtu-
rally engendered the idea that to get money was the
chief end and aim of life and the ArdOur Of this long
ing readily produced Indifference as to the means to
be employed. A historian says: AS the desire OF
gain Is the chief spur to commerce. and as the greatest
men in CharthAge never thought it beneath theu to
engage in that lucrative employment all the historians
have represented the whole body Of the people 50
nsstably fond Of smassng wealth. that they esteemed
even the lowest and dItiest means lawful that tended
to the acqu Iton of their darling object. Amongst the
Oarthaginaus, Gays Poybiu nothing infamous that
was attended with gain" This language apples with
admirable e1actness to the Yankees.
The Carthagnians we're famous for their perHdy, pub
lie and priyst. The Romans continually charge them
With the want Of public faith, and have handed down
the Plniea fdsS a. q prOVerb. In this respect the
Yankees would resemble them perfectly If they did not
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parsOu. Yankee mendAcity and fithessness surpsss
infinitely anything We know or can believe Of their Punc
prototypes Already the race has been dubbed in Europe
"a nation Of liars" and their highest military officer
has received the title of "Nsor General Of LiGs."-
Treaties compacs laws constitutions, everything held
slcred and nvOabe by other people, they regard As in
tsrestng only sordng subjects for the exercise Of
their ingenuity IN breaking Public honour is some
'hirg Of which they haV5 exception, and personal
Veraciiy is 80 rare as to be nearly undiscoVerAble
Cruelty, especially to prisoners of war, is another
Of the accusations brought BY the Romlns against the
CArthagnians and tSsir brutal treatment of Regulus
goes fA- to sustain the accusation. The Yankees copy
them with great fidelity in this particular by refusing
allow exchange, and by exposing their own men as
vel to all the horrors of prolonged incarCera.
ZION. Ia many cases they have practised drum head
assassination upon prisoners, and in all have subjected
them to such and Improbable hArdships
to evnos innate enjoyment of the suffering thus oc-
clsioned.
Another practice of the CarthAglniAns was to rely
mainly upon foreign mercensrIes to carry their
Their wealth enabled them to buy from the
nslghbOring States. in Greece and Africa, whatever
number Of sOndottieri they needed. AOntaga, in his
Reflections Oh the Rise and Fall Of Ancient Republics
says 1.-THE number Of native CsrthAginans which We
read Of in any Of their armies 50 extremely small ~
to bear no proportion 10 that of the foreign MERGE
nAres The CarthagniAns purchased all their oonquestS
by the venal blood Of Foreigners" We need not speak
OF the adoption OF the same policy by the Yankees
Their armies are, to a very large extent composed of
ilrg cuithroats from Europe, and their agents are
al this very time abroad engaged in buying up and
forwarding recruits to replenish their wasted
ranks. Every nationality and color under the sua is
represented in their regiments and the duI ky continent
that chiefly supplied the Carthagllians is nov, by
of its sable children here their great reliance
These sordd hirelngs of the ancient Yankees are
told always ripe for mutiny and sedton, and on
occasions did revolt aud tear their masters to pieces
Carhagnian finances running low at the conclusion of
the first Punic war the mercensries broke out into the
most bloody ard destructive recordsd in history
lasted nearly four years and left the territories around
Carthage wide and shocking SCENE of blood and de-
vastatiOn. This ia experience the Yankees yet
to undergo We need trouble ourselves with no doubt
about its coming.
Other points of resemblance arc not Wanting-such
for instance as this The CarhsgnianJ affected to be
the enlightened and learned nation in their day.
as the Yankees do 10 this, out Roin oontemp.uously
Aifns that their education in general amounted to no
more than VIZ ting and the knowledge of merchants
accounts. The boosted system of free and universal
education in YankeedOm amounts to but little more
than this Bat We pass by other resemblances, and
come TO two features Of the parallel which
are yet 10 be perfected Ia the first breach between
the Romans and the CArthaginsns while the latter by
reason of their commercial character, we're supplied
with large navy, the former bad not single chip
adeed they ignorant Of the art of shpbulding,
and we're indebted 10 CArhaginsn galley, driven by
accident on their coast, for a model They set about
providing themselves with vessels and before the ooso
of their wars we're masters Of the enemy a. sea- The
prospect "a not good as could desire that the
Yankees may undergo like experience at our hands,
but let US hope that something will yet turn up With
our nautical MicaWber, Mr.. Mallory. The second IN
perfected but ye. possible feature Ofdeny is such an
invasion Of YankeedOm as Scipio made when he car
red the war into Africa and compelled the evacuation
of the Roman territory by the admins
terirp to them blow which made them forever after
lmpOtent for mischief Heaven grant that the parallel
may be made good in this particular.
Summarizing the Government"
We not uufrequently meet with editorial homilies on