Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-08
Stewards Bootblaek.

A COPY Of the Notiondl is,sHigrHesr Of March the
80 has reached this oice. The leading editorial t
PLAYS none Of that dull Poysylhbc pOmpOsity for which
the once venerable. but prosttuted sheet is dis
tinguishej. There are plenty Of plain Saxon words
and not oaly that but good deal Of sarcasm. The
sarcasm abcred and long-winded, but the tortuOus
far,setcbed sentences have point They aimed at
Cass;us II. ca. who ia shown to be an impudSnt
coward, refusing 20 tasc the field as long Liucoln
declined to set free the slaves Of the South and ster
the Insurec,oa PrOeaaonis issued still backing oct
Of the war on the absurd 9retext that Hlleek the Com
mander ln-CheC is too intensely pro,syery" TO do
Justice 20 a Of his yiews.
Here is room for much fun, Of which the writer Of
the editorial in question ayails himself in rather lump
ISL mastOdou EAe but surprisingly agile fashion for
the E,tsLliysHesr. Nor IS this all. From volume OF
Diplomatic Correspondence lately printed by order OF
the Yankee Congress despatch, written By Clssius
while Minister to Russia is hshed up-an exceedingly
loSved document-whieh proves ina. the anti slavery
anti-Haleck warrior is as great Aunky be il a
coward and wthal an fool lie dwells With pie
been delight on the fact that the Gar recei'ed him
standing advanced TO him. and said he pleased
10 see him. Moreover the eminent Ruler was much
grat6,d aud really moved BY remark tina. Cassius
m de 70 the effect ghat the liberation of the seF would
aid more TO the physical power Of the eouHtry than
Peter the Great had done by consolidation and extern
sion. Further, the Emperor seemed 10 ike NV (Ca =
su,'0 seeming defiance Of old John Bull very much"
All of which goes to show that CaSsiu like every other
genuine Yankee Is toai-ester aud abjsc. worshpper
Of rank.
Whatever value these things may have in Yankee
land, they can hardly be worth two entire columns of
IRONY in the seda;e aud majestic neligencer. Was it
worth the while Of the editor to drop his solemn Chad
hand STYLE 70 waste his lux aud 10 endanger the good
repu,e Of his fogy6ed journal in order to prove that
any man. mu;h less Cassius II. Clay, Is upsaIt ~
ing, eowa1dly, silly gurky! No one will believe it.
What then could have been the motive that induced
much useless labor and such disregard Of the pro-
prieles? Tae answer is far OIL, when it ID discover
ed that Cassius winds up with fling at the Secretary
Of State" Says Cassius, writing TO the edtOs Of the
" Y Times, who had held hin up 70 Iidcale in
tele headed Russia made Happy'-"How far Russia
shAn be "made happy viii appear when your friend
W. II. Seward shall place more Of my correspondence
and less Of his own before the public"
This is the direiul fling that drew from the editor of
the Integneer much stately aud such stilted
satire Say what you please Cassius, Of Lincoln or
any other man. touch the sacred person of the
Premier II you do his Jersey bOOman will be at your
throat forthwith For know that during the winter Of
5O-6l when State after State seeding, when war
was impending, when this Jerseyman assuring his
southern friends that il impossible for him 70 take
siles, when he protesting neutrality more strict
than that Of England and giving his therefor
al that very time this identical Jerseyman sneakng
az night 70 Stewards and preparing to sell him
olf body aud soul 70 him. War declared, the sale
was effected the Intelhgeneer became Stewards organ,
she Jerseynan at its head took up his masters boots
and ever since has been ready polish them or to
polish Of any meddler like yourself, who dares 10
mention bis masters tame. Cleaning Stewards boots
is dSty work, but he loves it. and how does he know
hat you don't want the place YOURSELF Beware, Cas-
sius, The Jerseyman calls you "Recacitrant Soldier
aud DiplomatisL" "Recalcitrant' is a heavy and
bard word but il is natural for bOoblaek to think of
heels Be warned in tine Cassius you may receive
an sppelatOn pOlysyabc and so pedal that you will
usyer recover from it-never