Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-22
American UNITY

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Iti.a,u.rsnt To- pasIls mud IN no Un.ied Safes Ii
S,u deaf and tssasloe 70 an "a hzpsogsess Of thu
oSol9nEsd IA suysgl1aI var, alish cSnraVenes o.
sashss sisn their Oeo ever prSseRs idea O American
Uniy Tuia Is not ssoslss o. aay intense OF ieEVei
,ruteEns lssi-g, -: rem desire 20 consolidate CT
his esntnea. grelL sJe win the mAIeriEIPoWer
va =, 10 Ill - dgmnees IL n. sfAHs OF TIC world
aud .sigz pAsAmsuns aaS-g nA.ions--A args "OEid
buiy Is ready As pursuant VIA DtSte means aud toEcS
20 esash d0Ha a. Lal il any degree be GbncGou
or ~ me way. THIs aL-LOsoEhiGg ssaLiDsntjs nov
cosnr ut rnAn1 aef.s5 tao border; all are injected
Via H. a. aere Sao!e e5mVuJiias N tins midals sge
'oy y.lguo iTsIzG. UlaeE ins P-sliieos deia-
aon, 4 p:Omineg. Rsp-oAsLn jourlal, IN receu
ssuc asure5 Is EeAle.s vi believe It, too, sta
uusc he military poGer Of the reOs Iron 10 broken,
81 he o1llusAsn WG which tue Southern Safes vi.
e. -. vi d. even gges.rr han ne rr.ueagcs va
80 &c usj JEl.y Linz" All this, AiIer ths pso-
De q the S5u.l nave dsIgoue unparalleled sPO
lAdo; al.er nree Yeas ali uAt OF NsF, ia uhloi
10 is.G.ss Of Tue eaemy have been IS ruin
80 Is - ~ " tt a..es 'asJ l4'e pas arms II th'
adj O ssrss 20 Sut ne taroAls oil our Psopti
AID aUer 10 Des, pod the Ssu-h has /, on mo.
q, laearusdi4s ne iAnd shs Po.Om.s 70 ths 81
l,n.; u amy sIsd, TOO, b. tls ms .runeataty OF
toteg ri,euuS sOd,sy, -. 70 taer work o. slsughte
r.o.rs nd bsLsa n.ss o. the. g9id o. Eseen14sAs
our Woud.be OsOshsfsj
.sFhs, have tried me eGpsune1t o: independence,
and found is ruihOu says the sans writer, viii pen
v.rson Of The nush Psgsug comprehension eT indsI G.
other sutAuon than - recall that 20 100 il 1876 AIT
-s,p nav 90 SAid5o have "'sed" 20 some degree 'th
,,ei7rrt Of adeps isBoe o; tee Atnsd and plilsss
s,suah sOdisry, VIA tao immsiiAse rssult Ct thai
ou,burst o. dsmoajsn ktOEa In history the span
an Fury n the tel ecu - OF which the richest city
Cbrl,ten4om Vas converted into ; goas;ly c1Arne
house. and her commercial prosperity shenceiOsWart
4 stroyed forever.
..Hls.cry," sGys she Yankee historian and presen
Ambassador Hotey, ''a1s Teco dsd the account inde
"Lbly On bee 5TsI n tAolep; i be adjusted Ons
q. 4. The jcdg9ent SEA: saoT,; AID yet with Yankee.
lhs sf,o,AEion Of ssle.J before tie slaughter an6
u..aec began, the spAnAfd' We a-o told, "fsl upu
hair knees 10 invoke, according 10 custom the 0es,
ing Of God upon the Davis WORK" TO the
doing o. Which, Ike EeaU.us Yankees of tc.iay
hey marched Vish standard 'ihs ole side OF Ehieh
:, vas blaz5aed With tie orueifed S.Vou-, and the
,'o.her With ;hs Virgin h1ry."
In eli The e dead deeds, says Motley, the sanard
had "a dstnts, psso ieAl par9ose. aud we're not in
PEELED By 6lOoa-,hiyst lust nor reVoi &, :" tSci
motive uas syresdiHssa for Oid." SO Eilh tho YAN
ku FuAI, the npellng, "d.slis, practical pup se"
e e.,sdinssl "ic. usIly'a unity watch is 10 bege, q
yinclhilsy AMI d1nnsaOn in TIE AFT iFs Of the wolf
" The sentiment o. American unity % iEdesluelbe."
s,y these ie lows "The AGer.ean people we're never
a dvee3 BY a. ordnance OF sec Rsn TEey Az
{" rot bCen permanently divided BY the war. l. is .
fact ths va has laugh; tne North and S5a.h rsop=
a rocal respsc thai is has shown boia p et0ns lev
Tslaable each s 10 the ieT" Doubtless lhe NoTti
has seen how Valuabls--psrh1pI esssatal-the Souu
And is s2l5 100000 Ut annual s1p5r,Abs produc;
and the home markets Of zoe present C5rfed.ra.
s.,tss have been, aud are, TO ice NO,tb. But Gb,
sl1:aern paopl5 have Likewise Aoarsainsd. beycno
dolos add IN, ---' -.Jad 20 dc ars unsumousy ~
tht tos to-1orroN, ts1s mo southern s,s.sS Voula
DO infinitely more prosperous aud more happ " de
Vslopsd eus Of tie lol han oy any possib Lay il
The value o. The Norsh - them they nav reals
a. having been almost nsushs u0ssr the ola -ystem
IT, indeed, that ssntinent and ysaraing for Auerc,r
unity be 'indstruesiJls" with al AnsrieAns born m
DIR he federal ulion; ii the psOps Of the North Al.
the South are 70 b. put Asunder By ordinances
,scessi n way Los cal uce cessaoa 70 the work
blood-sheddDz aeross DsafJ 20 degrees Of ,IOngul,
aud sons - dsgres5 Of laaiuls! Wy no
trust % q uRdssaOy5d sud impsrshAbls feeling 20
that after a short Pedsd o! peace i. shall drlr
the torn, la5eF.td s1d su1dsrsd parts Of she C4io
azsia toyothas, aod hsE tlsn under the boHign IL
aasuees Of the grsa. hsa 5.sr,1y aud Nituts rather
tnlu 70 leave them 70 tae eona as Of oolOssa armies
an murdsF0ua eA.tssf
Ba sven out Of This TrAalc sb, G., Of ans Se.see
the seStonS Of TIE lave Ultsd States il Eoald seen
Tat tie NOsss to be confidently taught 10 drive
new evidences Ct u1diainsaed Strength o. tbe de-
ire FOR American unity among the So bern pc pv
,,hom they invAds With their mssesa,res Aal pr-1y
1disrs-to raglge all sian h;s- into reullau, uudr
,ieal system, Il Gs,ared basil OF Wdcl is the
saas OF the governed Can human algulg- 80 Ear her
"a tie. uay 20 piiiless sbsuFiiJ' eu'siy
4 Is va has shoBn the To'aiTs s'rsugu
d resgursei Of tn North ana Soub, aad taagas taa
- soata comparatively, "a tho sup5.tof va 80 pso
strong, bsJO0d al anticipation IN va and TEEN
z Wit. rrsousoes and strength nos before dresm,o 0
Wils a. ips,ltutica Which rsgEdsd a. home ana
abroad 81 an elemsBt o. weakness. uof ssi3ds oIn
tsssed OsiO1s the VOrli Erss, siaea Of s're4g's.
1--WE d, 10. beieYe the var hss EdeOei tire gul
bssEesa the se3a>na asseserats III Fsdsisi Pssss
al SIDES ou' No nus, nsvsr.1sis's pao-sSus the
~ 70 T. sP Ausricaa7 ona people. W. mist eondou'
'Aa var, vhisa is not made szsllss the South, bu
NnSi rto'6oa IN tbs Sour" Ia this WAY Only, say
so israe' Of ths Yankee Fssy, cal = great i3,s
% American usi,y be served; aad the people must
ns' b deceived By ,hs Palld phantom Of peace