Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-22
Yankee Deluslon
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Tbs frs kold which the inPEessi0n thal Lueols re-
sieo.ou would DO the sgnsl fer the EtOie southern
Contsdsraoy 90 ground AEn5 and submit without coz
ddoas has taken Of the Yankee fancy, Is enc Of the
strouEes phsaongcHa Il has been our fortune 20
hear Of foe idea fra promulgated BY such papers
a. the Herald and Tr5uHs 20 enlist votes fer Lincoln,
and n va 80 aaGtsrng 70 YAnkeedcn, that n spread
Hks con taRion The fathers OF It did not originally
b,llsvs one Hord of t. bus they have repeated Il 50
of,ss. that they ha . themselves become oOEvertA-
Even Seward seems have been carried away By tn
tslusiOn ana IL certain thSt the Yankee amy are
% zreas s1.sat s victims Of il TOR sher dsserssrs
and the prisoners We take from them al express their
surprise at seeing muca bent On resistance As
ever. How they could have allowed themselves 70 be
~ cheated Strange. Perhaps Insy are ql'e a. tree
OF the var - We are, aud UlIh the dsPosi0n OF men,
a al Imss to believe what they wish 70 be true, yelo
thar essdsLes without examination OF criticism. Thai
few, nay even large ,dY, should be thus deceived
3 EAluraI. That the ssa-deOePuon should become
universal is The astonishing PaTs Of Ins story.
seward gees bs.Ore oJhers 10 MA ersculity. He
thinks We vii ms only AnCok undsE, bat viii give up
tie principal Isosls-he rllgsaass IN "his unnatural
war a. me dsSnee Of ous homss Is styled BY eerail
polirc.srs The Army Of Northern Virginia, TOR sI-
ample parslysad oJ Jhe tremendous AnneuncsElsE,
tlat ABB Lae u re-Olso!sd, expected to deliver
ap bound hand sad foot, thlt glorious Chief who hSs
90 often led them 20 victory that - may endure the
sIrslns Of Yankee vengeance. And 10 whom I. eX-
psotsd to dsEvsr hims 10 that legged kicked bssti-
nsdosd, dsggsesd Army Of the Potomac, Shisn 1t has
sds run so Offer, that Il has at ss become alnOs dis
graceful ~ & IL 80 shE: horde Of AssASains thieves
u. u
TOO good home Of refuge, and which deserves moth
M % earth bat the gailoS9. That "od fAg'-the
Yankee buEzEd aud gidiFoR-Shieh has witnessed
moro dsgraes thaq al ihs banners united that ever
Ossed above the head Of Amissis 70 Etaes8, at last
ths humiHaiins Of the Confederate Army. In one OF
SCOTS novels (shs Fortunes Of Nigel W. beGeys)
fasd apprentice "a advised BY old be dane to take
20 the road"-shss Is, t5 ,u,n h'shSay roSbeF The
Toath indignant sn0rga At the base proposition; ba,
bis srath knoHs no bodHds uhsn he . told that h1
o,ps,n Is 20 be csItain eOWsTty 5raVo whom he hau
hi,ed cudR led in the presence Of tive hundred peo-
ia 10 9Th the brave Army OF Northern Virginia
TIE UsopCsitloa Itself ia bad enough, aud well calcu
ed I, exotic thoil Indignation But the men, in whose
f.yss they are to commit this &C. OF reaOAey the
us.,sn aud drsfacsi, many times beatsH and many
ines disgFLesd Army Of the Potomac
Butler seems 70 be 40. lass dsmy cODViic ID Of the
psraIyzing fct which Lacoia's election destined
10 hays upon tba Colfeders,y than Seward. Bltlor
thief in his heart Toe d.st idea that comes across
Ma mind in come ZION With this anticipated surrender
the rich spos Il viii afford. de Is for giving the
CouTeIsrstss a chance nominal ole-just enough to
asa Appearances. 20 is ioF naming day-not along
dsy-to aos 81 6,sat line i0r al parts Of the Con
g,ds,aey to be heard from, but days weeks CT -
Hs ia that the time % TOO Short and that the
surfsadsf cannot DO made tfsc,ual within that
Fioi. Then, II {. be no. made, comes tie plUndssng
An the Ianls and goods Ol all Ihs people OF the ConGsd~
sssoy aFs " % taken from hon, aud to DO divided
among .hs Yankees What an dorado "a opened To-.
ths syafico Of lhst mighty race What a source Of
zsslth 70 Butler hiElssl. We saAn hear Of Yankee
DroOr,sto.s ouuug whole e5undss o, YsnLes mer-
shsutsand bankers ou,d0iug Rslhsoaid ard the b
rings. no, shadoa OF doa5t seems TO disturb this
beatiso vision saagsy Bennett however, thinks Bat
Lar Il too hasty Wait says this a'bIor Of the fate Of
nations. Until 10 hear iron Sherman Wait a1til Sher
,aso he's asOasLsi tho universe end the rest Of the
YANKEE asboa Then h viii "a tine enough to hold
mt ths sEoId sai The olive branch, Than We viii be
IL tins 70 shos "our Southern brethren" that slough
We hate them, 70 love theiE property
Uoon suoh decisions a. these tue Yankees have beel
fed from the beginning OF she They haze lost
thsm nllica Of lives aud feuE thousand millions OF
dsbt They have lost them the largest trade in the
world, and driven their merchant Irsrins from the
usoAn. But they cling to shcn STILL win all the ie
asclty Of hrss and oIly loys. Perhaps they viii 6rd
cat In t.le time what tfsos Lnoons re election real
iJ has had in TIE s5ush.