Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-06
sniTit of the Morning Press.

The Examiner d, cidtdIy approves the OhambeFsburg
cremation and declares tbA not all the glorious re-
,ses of grsod armies from Manassas down 10 Peters.
burg have kinded such glow of stern joy in the hearts
Of the people as two comparatively small Transactions,
the ssugunsry vengeance o. FOrs Pillow ard this fiery
lesson administered oy HeUsusland at Chanbersburg"
Forrest and NcOausand bass found out what was want
ing. few more shining examples, like that Of Chsm
bsrsburg, given BY our commanders, aud the Yankees
viii certainly open their eyes the guilt and barbary
of such mode Of warfare and desist from it fer the
future.
The Examiner is t1qusitsly fseeiieul over Grant;
thinks il wrong to sua, him with inactivity and indo-
lence emnds rs that in his country he is known
70 be TIA most eonsumma,e commander of aucient or
modern tmes and shows il rot to be his fault that bis
men are lot machines Of brass or iron. otherWise,
.hey would have taken Redmond lO1g ago. In con-
cuson the not very chair abe wish is expressed that
Ina critics who are in the habit Of ridiculi Ulysses
1ers for q little while, ia Ulysses place.
The same paper paints in vivid eOlors tie gnemiDy
Of Kenucky's situation; the degradation into which
she has ialeu:
Kentucky, to. save her Durham cattle, Shutdown
Al sp aud bor es OF Arabian hood bad give up Der
neesoes The loss OF LeF slaves cost her many paugs
buS this sacrifice has failed 70 lie her insaAts mas
81 she Ia now called upon for her young men. The
account n star Historically thu: Her BreC kinridges,
Claws and Guihries possessed many animals OF imported
blood which he would have pst BY inVssoni 10 save
i which precious animals the gave up her negroes and
| her children nuoky could not consent TO entanger
aer oAne, sheep hogs AID horses and, 70 save ihsm
oros with the South BlG she did not freak with the
North when they took away her negfce aid she has
ateuton of breaking with that pc ser that all her
able booted males call d'into the Abolition armies
To save her fat bIasls che did Dos scrupe 70 sunder
Il her ties Of kilship and fraternity win the SouIb;
and 10 preserve these beasts with The alliance which
oro cts them, she give up her slaves without
/ non suaoca and her children without paIg. Poor,
De e AIDED Kentucky despissd, nspled crushed By TIE
Ys kee power, her forloFn condition OF degradation
and N sesy exoites sympitny sorrow except in
che bosom OF that South witch she has betrayed
Discussing the fertile theme Of TIE burning Of Cham
bersburg, the Disra,ek reminds the Yankees that
.what Is saues Tor the goose s saucefor the gander"
fac, Hhich seems to have been clean forgotten by our
.Nerthern brethren" They could fiddle aud dance
our eorRagratious but howl with n6ffible anguish
over their own. Natural enough Nobody ever sup
posed that the flmliArs Of the lsi.icn would have
rsishsd slss.a on the rack; or thai F,rqer Tipyils
rel.hsd the EuiIlotne when bis OWn head rel ed into
the basket. The Yankees need good moral lss;on,
and thew hAv, doe chance to read it by the light Of
the burning houses Of Chanbersburg
The Ssnfirs likewise TjOioes in the ssutary course
Of instruction begun by Hcoauslsnd. Il warns the
Yankees that 70 have commenced a new systeni that
tor at end that stern and prompt reiaa-
ZION is hereafter to be our rule, and says;
Yes, with an army Of half million, divided into MANI
separate Commands, Ill breathing vengeance and thirst
pg for blood booty and retaAt OF, will march into
he Northwest, where there Is . nci town or village q
every i've miee where munitions OF aud provisions
Of ali kinds sb0Vn5, where more than Assto wealth
invites h, der and punderer, where base of ope-
eaions, 10 wagons or other means Of transportation
Hill be needed. We will thus leave the South for yoI
CLEAN in whilst gather rich harvests in the North
You cannot invade sufdgate and hold the South,
| At the ans time defend the North. Our armies WculC
nee. with little opposition unl 8 you give no th'
5ouh and to give up all your possessions In the Soutl
would but end the war. Waich Is all We ak.
As the rest Of the city press, 80 the EaqSirsr, viii
regard to tie burning OF Chambersburg.
Speaking Of the failure Of Yankee expectations su'