The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-02
The Alnssuhty Nesr~ /.

When the rsae for blood was at it
height, during tho Reign Of Terror j
prsnos, every fresh act. Of violence wa
anticipated. in the Assembly, by tn
niacrean. Barrers, in one Of thos
speeches which we're called carasaqao's
at the time, and which, from his lips
resNnb'ei the howl Of the wolf for NOR
blood. These speeches abounded II
phrases adapted to the times and tn
nArty that controlled the nation. On
would think that the renegade priest
Breckenridge, bad studied them very
closely, to judge from the display Ia
made At Baltimore q short time since. -
There has not been blood enough
"ths times demand more blood; " til,
SAe Of liberty does not flourish unles,
ssteYed BY the blood Of traitors" Saeh,
and such liks were these phraaes, which
were repeated 80 often that they became,
- TO speak, stereotyped. Everybody
understood what they meant; every
body knew that they were the forenn-
ners Of fresh murders the instigators to
new deeds of horror. At last the 9th
Therniders came; Robespierre fell :;
the party which had overwhelmed
France with blood was utterly extin-
guished. The invention met under new
auspices. Barrere rose, as usual, to
commancs one Of his speeches for blood
Instantly a storm Of indignation was
reused "So more blood" no more
murder no moro carmagnotes" no
more Barrerss," was heard from one end
Of the hall to the other The blood
sucking orator WAS ordered to take his
seat, aud those days Of horror have never
since been alluded to without a shudder.
When Barrere made his last trial upon
the patience Of his audience, the illusion
hsd vanished. 1t had been long, and,
while it lasted, horrible. But it was
gone, and people looked back and won
dered how they could ever have labored
under it
The negro mania, now raging in Yam
keedom. is not less an illusion than the
blood madness Of the Reign of Terror
1t is at this moment at its acme. The
negro is er~ything at the North. He is
the grand centre Of attraction, towards
which the universal Yankee nation gravi
tates Laws are made for nobody but
him. This war is for nobody but him.
All the blood thai has been shed was
shed for him. He has been not only
placed on level with the Yankee, bat
Is made his superior The white Van.
kee must succumb to him. If he want
anything. it must be given to him. If
he owe anything, he must not be asked
to pay. He lives at free quarters, eats
OF the best. dresses in the highest STYLE,
associates with the hes: Of the Goldfish
aristoeracy, is naughty and. oyerbcaring
10 bis manners In word, he is master
Of the situation, and he knows it. The
stateliest houses are thrown open to
him. He il the welcome guest at the
lo-dlisst board, the fvorite beau of the
most splendid drawing rooms, almost |
openly eourted BY the most lovely wo-
men, the favorite in the boudoir, the ad- |
nirsd Of all behelders in the saLon.-i
The illusion 10 horrible, but it is com
ple.e. Under ito effects the Yankee ma
tivea are urging on tho most Infamous
var ever wsged upon free and noble
people Whenever there is disposition
to tire Of this war, the Yankee Barrere-j
Lincoln-has but to issue caraaqnole
calling for more blood in the name of the
negro, and the fever is as high as ever.
But all Illusions, be they strong or be
hey weak, must have an end at last.
fhe erusading "aanto, though it endured
,early two hundred years, finally gave
ray to tho light of advancing intelli-
.enoe. Tho witch mania, which at one
limo pervsded all Europe, and was, of
>ourse particularly virulent in New
ceased when it had no more
'Ictims to sacrifice. Strong opposition
lwayS brings a prevailing illusion to ,
tand. Reflection ensues. and the result
almost sure to be for the cause of
eason. The resistance this negro ma ,
ia has met with has, for the first time.
made people open their eyes. In the {
North, those who have any respecta- /
'iiity left cannot but begin to feel res
i've under the present state of things.
o have negroes riding with them in the
ars. dining with them at the hotels, Wis
ing their houses, gallsnting their
aughters, and ali that, cannot suit all {
iasses. even Of Yankees. There will be
reaction. A time will come when Lin
olns negro carmagnoles shall be vain.
nd when fankoes and foreigners shall '
egln to think they have shed blood
nough for the negro. Then they will :
iseover that these new favorites are cut
as them out Of employment There 8,
III Dc new revolution, and the negroes