Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-03
Irresistible and Immoyable.


Toe Yankees have a. last discovered tie method Of
solving the problem hitherto found mpcs he to solve
The way to beat the Confederate armies and conquer
the OOniederacy Il is truly the royal road to victory
and success The OElJ woAdsr is thai With al th's ii
gsnuity they bad no. found il before. It certainly
srSr &c that the people Who could triumph ut
ern simplicity By the fertile s1pede1ts Of HgueCu
megs ami superstition, pumpkin seeds should not bavr
Invented same equally eisAeOus of triuwphine
Southern armies Il would be surprising had Yankee
genius exhausted tsef in the cultivation Of the field
which offered SO vide scope for he exercise of Capt
WragSs energy and enterprise a moral agriCulu'
ist. IadsCd a moral agrcuturst, the worthy Cap
lain, in comparison with bis Yankee rivals, very
small eulsiVA;Or. He may have been master in e. G
land, but he would be . simple pupil in the United
States. Therefore, cannot conceive the Yankees
have expended their ingenuity snd invention on the
arts Of peace. In truth, Ne 6nd that they have sp
Il.ed to a state Of very much the same principles
which gu Odd them in their pAci6c relations. C.pain
Wragg 6rss announced the great truth that what tae
world called sHiadling Only discreet rGse en-
the part Of sag,eious individual Of the ar. of living
st the expense Of Others. But the Yankees pr elsd
the art long before the estimAAle Wragg had ever
thought OF employing il and they carried it 10 80 gieat
perfection that they able 70 accomplish as a ra-
ton what he ooud eOnsunmA.e only ~ an individual
So they have been The 6ss 20 teach that VIA. the
world calls robbery is Only eOn6scAtoB what the uolll
calls murder Is only gentle cAsg alton; and that VIA
she world calls cruelty Is ia reality the most t1:raod-
aary and prlisesorthy fOrSeArAnce.
This IS certainly goOi beginning. It shOEs thai
their invention is lively ever; and that their i'm
4,
At last, il truth ue commenced by rsmarkipg they
have hit upon the grand sHPeisns which has hitherto
escaped them. Il will astOnish the world and strike
terror to the souls Of the Conledsrates The great
riddle Of the rebellion Is At lAs solved q iipus i,
thrown into she shade and the Moderate Sphyu1 IL
rush uady to her death Aud yet the simplicity Of the
solution b less remarkable than is iii aey l.
nothing less than TO make the Yankee arm &C
irresistible. Il clear that this il tbs one thing net d
iuL LIT the Yankee armies be made Irresistible a
the Con.sderaey is done for. Redmond il taken
Lees army is destroyed and all YA0keedom bold.
jubilee. It has several times bee1 announced that zoe
Yankee Administration had resolved to end che va; 10
bsins matters 10 = close 10 6sish p the rebellion
Bat these devices would not precisely the p4r
pose They we're, perhaps liable sac imputa.ior Of
begg ng the qissiOa. Nobody could deny that ,hc
bes. way 70 finish the rebellion 10 end the nsr;
a1d.that the way to end the 70 aaish the re
oelion. But there something vicious in this cir e
ls EGl Discovered that in order 70 fad the end they
hid hrst 70 6ud The beginning. The plan WoC!c,
qlssOnlsss have been effective, bu. Tor this trf ug
embarrassment.
The new plan Is nos subject 20 the same difficulty
Il does nos beg tie question least il does not b
Ihe sams question As the previous one Is ID pl.u.
simple And direct. Il Is worthy Of Ylnkee concepoI
and ingenuity. BuL altar ILL With Gu, Difference to
the superiOry Of enemies in al such mAt.ers we
would suggest that difficulty, plrhlps overlooked oy
them, may interfere with the perfect execution Of this
otherwise infAli be plan. Admit 10; toe sake OF the
argument, that the Yankee armies be made irresistible
L. does certainly that in this their objse
20 accomplished, the ended and the rtbe.l on IA
shed Bui suppose, the other hard, just for the
sake Of the Argument that the Confederate armes be
made immoVs bic. WHAT is 20 be done then, and What
sil be the tf.ctf problem even more diff. ul. OF
sSu.iOn presents itself; problem which NC defy n
kes ingenuity to solve; problem which has been %.
long me standing bslOrs the world, out has lever
yet bsen SssWsred-n rrss.s iOls lorcs cone in
contact with an mmOvabls body, What will be the re
sulIS