Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-04
The Future of YAnkeedom.

The contempt With which o,viIEsd nations will look
upon the Yankees in the future will DO in proportion %
she fear and hatred entertained for them in the past
Measured BY this standard this feeling will be bitter in
the extreme. NAsionI ike individuals, goat with in
Esnse satisfaction the fall Of insOent tyrAnE 10
his days Of prosperity and power he is respected and
hated from necessity. 10 bis oanAl, he Is loathed
and dSspissd. Yankee hsOlencs has laid up for
itself . store Of malignant vengeance, shch
will find fr,S Indulgence in the immensely Of
Ehels AFFECT prOstrAtiOn. By the measure of their
past nsolence and intolerance, will they be served in
their dealings with other uAtons. The debt OF secumu-
lated indigntss heaPsd upon other countries, repaid
viii sfEsotualy diap4te tie s1ravAgan! ideas of Yam
kse PrcWsss aud vanity which may be said to constitute
the ruling passion OF that people in ths past. And Who
doubt oct that vengeance vii be taken to the full
measure Of their bullying in OlsneS to wax aud ulO-
Tending nAtionsg
An unfortunate coincidence Of their sudden fall is tie
display Of barbary which has marked their conduct in
this war. The horrible exhibition svOkes other
nAtOns warm congratulations at their OrsuAAte escape
from collisions which might possibly subject them to The
will ct power 30 utterly lost 70 every feeling OF hu
mAbily. Ifby chance the Yankees should become IN
VOWED 10 war with any European power, they viii, 10
y
ples VI warfare which The Yankees themselves have in
Sugursted. No mercy will be shown than. They have
set the example of barbaEous treatment in the conduct
Of var and by that viii other nations be governed in
respect 20 them.
T Yankees cannot long escape var with some one
Of the leading powers o. Europe. An insOlenee 90
oTebeArng ~ that which marked the intercourse of
tlAs people With other n,tOns viii not remain unFe-
Qaited. The day Of vengeance will not long be dc!er-
red The nsul,ed honor of nations does genef ally
brock delay whsn weakness invites revenge. The i'm
pOrtAns clemens Of peace which tie Yankees slEays
found In southern products will no longer exist as an
ssuouitoa OF the great evils which a war with the
United States would involve for ElrOpean oommeree
ana manufactures. There viii be neither the consider
,on Of physical power commercial advantage 20
strain Europe, and shield them. The full weight
Of European vengeance intensified BY the recollection
of past ndgniEes and the assurance OF no risk
msreAl inttrests viii be visited ths heads Of the
Yaakees England pants for an opportunity aVsDge
the repeated insults heaped upon her il the past She
vii incur no risk By eOla.et Of arms. She would ma.
tsray impair not utterly destroy, the essential sle
msnts OF Yankee power q composing nation. To
force upon them another ordeal such they shall have
passed through when this eCses would be 70 seal
the destruction Of every Vtal element Of commsree and
manufactures which they may then possess The result
would amply repay England the cost Of brief war Tor 1t
would be biis from the necessity Of Yankee impotence
Tue anal decay Of Northern power would constitute
Eognd the great mOnOPOIst Of manufacture sOd CON-
in both hsnisphsrss, Aud then there would be
the nAnis satisfaction o, AVenging insuted honor, to
she extreme Of she most eager desire and The must
Ssntiul yeAsning.
Few nAiioSs 6sides Russia feel any Sympathy with
the Ysrks Few, in fact, Who do not long to see
them sriPt Of every vestgs of power that thew NAV
Ats their long PeOt up revenge AID repay the heavy
ds6t Of indgnity and insult piled up against them.
England submits 70 serious ineOnVeLience TO her mann
featuring and Commercial Interests Iha. che may Wit
nss the decline Of the North to the point Of harm