Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-17
Spirit Of the Morning Press.


house. the theme for drected structures against the
princes of the exOrtOn world the trnculsnt butcher
The follouing pen sketch well desires TO bs repro
duced. Says the Enquirer
Heis stern, trucuent and insulting, as becomes =
capitalist who las made money enough by selling shin
oorss M The price Of porter house steak TO keep bank
book and nves; msney In real estate or blockade run
nsrs and set down daily repaS Of oil the luxures
10 the midst OF public famine The constant sight oil
gaung Womec, trying to higga few more m1uthiuli
from the hilloaks of meat piled around hm-the pa
tbec exposiulaons of little girls that he Si not send
them bone With al bone Ia their b5sket-the fJrorn
sd0E Of sCms mechanic volunteer killed in deIenoe Of
the city contracting into few hauoiusa her dsuy pur
asses when he bad known her 20 stop and rest upon
the ydrant the marx basket loaded Win a5uIdant
uroysons-,hess thiBgs Tall upOn tue butcheriY soul
Ike dew upon paving -ltOne. They only pvlish aud
make pleasant his e1untsusuce with the evidence Of Die
own exorbitsut gaice H. heart is casemsted With
o,nosit az be altogether UNCONSCIOUS OF al demon
STATIONS msde sgaius thess picket guards OF humanity
the feelings. garCe OF tie credit SIDE oil his bse
book o5literae al, sgch memories.
Toe Epg,sirsr concludes b. showing the advantages
which public agencies, suoha - thai which Col Ingram
directs are Intended s,caIe; and shoWa the effect
which The decline In the necssssres VI life Is calculated
70 produce
II the Purchase and ssls Of corn and cloth could be
enemy would be sn FUR her discouraged and the peo-
Ole would be convinced that vhst they are called 90
% endure msny pr.vsuons their public authorities are
triTng 10 alleviate their wants Les the uEion Of pub
10 means with private enterprise so on urt the people
shall 90 fed, cad and warmed by public agencies.
The Dispatch shows that the Ygnkees have no expec
tAtlOn OF retaining even IbOse portions of the oOnfed
eraoy they nov hold. This is Illustrated by tho prices
pad for copfzcAtsd property For Instance, In AeKal-
dre, which they have held since tue beginning Of the
var, the property sold By them did bring Oneteuth
Of It's actual value Al the purchasers want is 20 enjoy
the usaruct during the brief term OF their power. So
likewise in New Orleans and other places. Bot every
whore they exhibit their pFehensibe talent by stt ang
vhatsyec they can lay their hands especially books
aod paintngo. Not because they possess literary or
artistic tas:e but that they may pass among their
nsghbors Tor refined and educated people. This is the
slo1; cut 10 "gsnti'iy" which delights III, Yankee
soul
They steal pictures, to1, to ssl aud the Yankees
bur beususe they read that to have pictures lie owl
deIce o. lasts just they thick Is an evidence OF
learning TO have large library, although the majority
OF she books be nothing moro t6an wood, With tbs tte
o, a book printed the back. or silver and gold
utensils aud oruamente they, Of course know the value;
and OF carriages and horses no less, as Ge'eFs krg
proved At Fredericksburg when he bOugat Me. Robbie
carriage and hors.s tor 6iy de!l1fs from Mr. Robbs
servant who bad sto3n them and run away, sHd when
be no: only rods 10 the carriage during the eAmosgr
Que sent 70 NsE Yosk for hs wife and children TO ride
II also.
Tho Dispatch t5iuks that all of our blockade run
niog vessels ought to be commanded by naval of,sIs
A. fact Ia support o; this opInlOn, it states that only
one vessel has been lost while commanded by navel
officer Willie vessels 80 commanded have been sue
e,efu in every trip except me, every shp aot COM
minded has been lost-and nearly every one Of these
wa may remark, on the drst IOyAse.
The EramiHsr reduces the history OF tie war to q
Observation-Disclosures the conquest Of Che South BY the
North is in all respects, impossible.
But something more has been demonstrated than the
mere physical neompeiency Of the North for suejuga-
ting his COnledsrac the denomination hes appeared
be orc the resistant energies OF the South have been
fully taxed. Pho campaign l,aves this Ooniederacy-
after resisting ell this effort of more than three years
tor vishstandng the potential enefgy and colossal
M mentum Of military power greater hsn has btSn
exhibited IN al the warfare o. tls WoIld-stFOpge
than at tho beginning more capable OF strenuous o'm'
aat more rtectly cnioTed wish the clemens VI re
sstaDcs hotter nerv,d than ever In the sneTgT Of
unanimous, knit, resolue public discrimination So far
rom What she hos suffered en- lost having breken her
D r that Spirit was never nov thoroughly roused
q combined. Her military oTgAr'z itiol could never,
until the present period, he regarded ~ pefsc end
resources though restricted are more sum ent Tor
her needs than the supesbuadGce possessed and wasted
at the beginning. She ia in a condition analogous
10 that Of tie hlsee trained by eeyere prae zoe aud
Diet 20 hs especial work, ard endowed With the Vg0ri
kill aud endurance 10 compete with doz ~ men She
Is practically stronger tnis day taa9 she has been al
any period Of the suggle, and will DISCLOSE greater
iary Cfcisncy hereafter thai she has done at any
period IN ths past.
The Examiner argues tia. West Pointers are not
entitled to tre conspicuous positions they hold in our
armies II shows that many of our disasters have
Oysytaken our forces while uuder command Of Weet
Point Ucers But il does not shoE that these
we're in any Wy eOnaee;ed with West Point eduoa-
ton The following statement, We think, Involves the
tfn ald the argument both sides OF tbis question
1, Auy young nan entered the Provisional Army
At the begun Ug of the war already well grounded
90 matry and other branches OF mathematics, and II
ne has also been imbued With zeal and devotion 10 the
service 80 imu, hin to study the tex BOOKS faith
uly b ls he saw de principles Of warfare applied
constantly in practice, be Ia much moro thorough
solder than West PJintes on the dly be graduates
with frat h0aCr. OF course that West Point graduate
Ell the Confederate service az the time, sud
making es good use Of his experience, would 90 row
Composing otaer qualities Sq1al) better soldier than
he othes end I. Is bY no means intended TO dis
parags tho high advantage OF special military edu-
cation in youth.
Hsoos L follows, that military education Is de-
ssb.s ching for military maui ard that estsrs Pari-
Bus, tire educated soldier will make the best ohi'eF
Tue Sentinel illustrates tho chivAlry Of Il South by
the gallant deeds Of ssmmss and lis comp'nions Bot
Il does not ooz that beCsusO Confederate soldiers arc
brave would be proper laEsviTe the times of ohlvsly
-.he-laUee the bstte-sxa, aud the tournament Lees
veterans understand the OF gunpowder much better
than any Of these tli7gs. Organized the ohiValry
pso according 10 which tho oicers we're the only real
q ybtiEs meu, and the soldiers nothing but mob Of
seville dependiu,s, they would stand up very long
against eveO the Army Of the Pc OusC Warts an art
noW--ConsdsFate generals undsrs AID IT, and Oonfed
ess sOldiers practise It. In the haCyon days Of chlv-
alrT the battlefield tohipg but big prizs-ring
In those happy. happy times, the gentleman who