Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-08-12

an obstinate determination to lave ones Own way
These traits snveuom the heart and warp the Judgment
dneEpe men 10 take advice from even the Sisest oil
their fsoE-men and make il impossible for them to err
10 their own syss Accessible only to stterers and dur
kss e truth nsvor reaches them or if it should is at
once rejected as emenating from source less infsole
than their own supreme intellect Whatever tueh men
90 il rgat Their lacqueys tell them so, and their self
approval sastsins them They are only awakened by
great disasters and are then encouraged By their pride
Of opinion ana the eourtiers that surround them to
throw the bllme on Others II such man were Presi-
dent, be might drive from his side all the mind Of the
country and 81 his cabinet with plant tools ready only
to register the edcts of his imperial will and to exalt
s further his excessive Self-c0neet BE might quar-
rel with every General whose successes made him pop
uAr He night undertake to conduct unaided the most
ggau.ic war that ever occurred in the history Of the
world, and resen. the suggestions of his officers as so
many reflections upon bis unerrins sagaCiy. Aistakng
suggestions for insults be might wound and sTieve the
spirit Of his best and brsvest commanders. he might
insult Johnston, Beauregsrd StoneWa Jackson Price,
OF even Lee himself
In an evil hour an English newspaper proclaimed to
the world that "Jeff Davis had crested nation. -
This mons.rous nonsense this preposserous fasehood
was echoed by every funky and tcsd-eater IN the
land. Il was blow well nigh fatal to our CAUSE, and
the beginning Of its pernieous effects IS patent to all
men in tee present condition Of Mississippi and the
Southwest Worse effects viii follow, unless mighty
change cocurs The mAn who, at this tune, encourages
the President in his obstinate self Wl and contemptnous
elf-reiance is doing more harm to his country than
hp presidCn
In what right never in what is self evidently wrong
We repeat, the people Of Mississippi and the South
west have abundant cause for dissatisfaction. They
have been badly treated They oSe it 70 themselves
and 20 the cause to do all In their power to bring about
an immediate and radical change ia the clurse that has
been pursued towards them and every other State IN
the ConederScy owes It to the Southwest ard to the
cause to Join heart and soul in the ,T Shs Is making
to reform the cruel and unUise system from which she
has suffered and is still suffering so no nbly.
But while this is true, nothing will excuse luksWsrm.
uess and disaeO,on t. the Cause. That mast be sus
taiued through all trial, msmlnagemen and disadVan-
tags For that the peOPla must prcsS forward, though
difficulties rsa mountain high within well as with
out if the Administration csunO' aid the people,
,hsy must move on withou. It's aid If it stand in
their way they must take the incubus on their shout
leIs AID still move on. AL that they have, and are,
and hope for is embarked in this Cause. Il towers in
masni gdo infinitely above all qussions Of rights and
wrongs among ourselves. Nothing should ever be per
united TO stand between II and Nothing should
ever for moment shake the coastauey Of our souls or
chill :he iervor Of our devotion to IL II We lose It, we
lose everything II We gain it. the greater the glory
or having won it amid many difficulties. To the
people Of the Southwest therefore, to all Others,
say-sssnd fast 20 the Cause; rely upon God you-
eompa ri,ts and yourselves; be faithful to the end
6ghI o. SIGHT eVer and victory will assur,dly reward
your strusg es and peace redress your wrongs.