Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-12-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RIGhFs,
RICHMOND WHIG.
THURSDAY MORNING, Die. "a, II
Ranresantative Men.

thoughess enough to copy the above nonsense from
Northern paper Not to speak of the encouragement it
gives in quarters where if anything, the discourage
mens ofinOrdnats sels-sucienoy is the thing need
fol above all others, the statement is downright
asehocd, which, unlike most lies of Yankee begetting
IS calculated 10 do immense harm among our people, it
Ouce they can be made to believe it. Convince South
erntrs il such hicg be possible, that the success Of
his hangs upon the brittle thread Ofsny indvdullle
and the frs succe sfa step Yards tsheateniug item
has been takes; for weak indeed is that which
depends for triumph the uncertan hetsnure Of a1y'
man, we're be ever great and good.
TIE idicey OF suppOsiBg that JEFF Davis created a
nation" began with London cOckney, whose ter iy
noance OF our governmental agency for the discharge
of duties imposed and strictly prescribed by allied long
organ zed and indep ndent nations, led him eahy into
al error which Southern man. not arTant fool is
for a moment excuslble even in repeating The dlVe
repeated though by licksp;tles who knew better
and prevarcated wfully when they did Such crea
tues are ready besaveF the feet Of power and
heir oatasome mAn-Worship is more Likely TO
from the earth than any other pure and sell ev dent
wllany.
II is the duty oEmen o. principle not to re5uke these
tOade5 for they atea on aad esstgaton, but to
disabuse tta portion of the public who likely to be
misled by the tu thuaters of iaacy so utterly
With the whole theory OF our Government We will
charge that it Is mere balderiash say that Mr.
Davis Is representative of the Southern people; We
sill go far admit tha. be is all that discerning
and impartial men CAIN him TO be-foF he is not a low
and obscene bud0on like ncoll, and he does write
clever Engish-but rating him at his full vsus still
deny that the cluie depends him. or on any or
set of men in The COuiederaoy If Mr. Davis were
90 die tomorrow, it is than probable that
those who arc bss; acquainted with his disposition aud
nis acts would declare that the cause had not lost by
his demise. For tae FIRST business Of his successor
seuli be TO pack or the cabinet of noodles, to whom
chDss frandcl!ly; to remove the Hindmans,
aOmeses, Heths and oher officers Of evil luck, and TO
put hr places the foremost civil and military intel
ects a the and. And Who DIES no. know that the
country would breathe the more freely from the instant
it became known tina. the diseased passion for small
men had given place to clear reason and sound COM
sense and that hencsforth whatever ability OF any
sort there is in the land to be put once where
could be Of most service to the great cause now pant
ing in the agony of failure upon failure caused, and
caused alone, by the perverse reckless selfish and
capacity only where it is aOec.y suosetvent in the
"Co-nteigence Office" Of the State Department, aud
tor military mbsciy, DOLLY because il enables one man
20 hSar aad f1u! Generals OF the first order, and per-
n!,s rim, without murmur or Interference 10 carry
war Of proportions so gglnc that the incompaIa-
bic mind Of the first Napoleon would have shrunk from
the lsbOs Of guiding it singlshanded WAC can est.
mate the relief that would De afforded by of three
dlsmissas-;has OF Menminger, o. Mallory or Nor
throp1 And yet we are told that the cause hangs on
5bis man. who will retain his cotere of ninuy hammers
though it cost the Conedsracy the whole, ss it Ia,
already the half Of its life and Southern n5wsp pers
the hlrdhOOd repeat this prepotterOus foolish.
and 10 disseminate it among the people, under tie
sanction Of their appreciation.
Iu a Republic, wher5 every man is kiag, in feeling
in fact, it folly to sly that the peoples cause
rss upon any individual Sill less Is their cause de-
pendent a eli gle person, where, as in Gu: case
number of Republics combined, and the government
bui the creature aud agentOf many Sovereign State,
AmonsIch urging against another rsonarch for his
own beboOf, and Of his own WI, MAJ claim what is
sely cl.imsd for Mr. Davis who Is simply the servant
OF the Ssu,hen people, whose war this is most emphali
caly for they drove The politicians sOrely against their
vii it, and many there be who believe that our co.
called representative man." fresh from the quasi
squAt:er sovereignty speeches in Mime was not the
least 10th OF his fellows, to abacdon the flesh pots Of
Washington and visions of future Glo:y in the Union
No. Mr. Davis is not the oaly in the South who Is
capable Of holding he posiiOa to which he has been
called. The people who have borne tho less Of Stone
wall Jackson, could bear his loss-better perhaps than
tae Oss OF Robert Lee and FAR better than tao pso-
pie Of the Netherlands bore the loss Of William the
Silent Our is not that of Prussia under the great
Frederick whose single LIE did c,ntan the destnies Of
people never free and never accustomed to act for
Themselves. Eleven sOveregnties, eech distinct ma
lion aed organized government, are eoagregaled to-
gether, to battle for longreeOgnzsd independence,
assaied by the Revolutionary party which has obtained
control a. Washing on and these nations Lave made
DR.. Davis not Mr.. DAVIS lhsm.
sysOpbsnts loud in their praises Of what the chief
public servant has accomplished in Wagng successfully
t-is great war; but they silent concerning the
ganized governments which at hand to assist him.
Tney talk as if tie Southern people were a Wild and
aWless mob Of ignorant ruians, when Me-. Davis came
into power, and would confirm Europe in the silly Cor
vcOn that his marvellous faculties reduced chaos to
order, raised armies, established laws and introduced
The first elements of civilization among rude and
wage race whose only claim to nooe, a barbarOus
e,urage The fac: is, that without the ate govern
msnts and the intelligence and spirit Of the people, Mr.
D avis could not have sustained himself an hour.
Time when the South could really claim repre-
sentative men. They were men OF good lineage, they
Ov,d liberty and hated the tricks Of politicians They
brave and h<sitStsd not to confront arrogance
and make il quail Have these all died Outi Il cannot
be asserted thai too many of them are, where they
ough to be in thess days of peril in the Cabinet and
the reports Of the proceedings Of Congress give very
Little evidence of their presence there Courageous
hearts and clear heads of the good old days. where have
ys gene Hath Rome "lost the breed of noble blood ?"