Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-31

BsA snA Pssssssssa 81 Nspoissrs s.lnsas. IsE aksa
Napoleon invoked Gil the attributes Of cruelty and des
potism to crush Gu. noble and struggling people, be
but made use Of H. tyran.s pea. So Lincoln, In his
dangerous and endless pizs, in bis "bg job" OF
"vipng out tho rebellion" kn, thai his true victory
will not b, foaad Ia the defeat Of armies, or the
mrs occupation Of cur territories, but In the moral
sukjug.tlon of cur psOps. That this Il the most i'm
practicable part of the great programme has been sx-
emphed BY the rssstlsss activity aOd persistent cbsti
macy of Napolenr, which were poWeress TO eec. what
bis invinc bic armies had vainly s:riven to scbievr
The spaniard whether in tbs hi her or lower classes
Is more tsctusly prompted to deeds OF daring BY re-
lgious fDa.osm, than, perhaps, any other nation OF
chriseneom and much fno. al of that unanimy which
hiss become psOverOia in their resistance to French
aggression, d due to religious e1ci!ements.
A curious passage In valuable aud standard work
on the French Revolution, Mgnets History serves to
exempily the hatred and the zeal Of the spanlard
against the Oeman of his race That passage refers to
the cattchsm tught to toe Oh dren and it is as rank
lirg as the vsDgabEi Of the Spauiard himself.
This curious production, Of which We give trarsls-
ton btos, lie one OF those potent, although hidden,
sgeneiss, by which dynssies are overthrow and ma
tionaIties preserved It offers food for rel cton to
the trsoers Of our youth stArOs the mind with the
o1ery, whether in war such Is being Waged against
our liberties not wise to SOW in the mind Of cur
youth, the seeds Of haired which shall be ooeIisent
With the two races and which will crush OFT al hopes Of
future fratern zion. But here Is the catechism:
sTel me, child, who art thouf A spaniard BY the
g-scb Of God. Who is the enemy of our happiness p
The Enp, ror of the French. Hcw many natures has
he! Tso-a human and diAboliesl nature. How
many Enperors of the French tsersi Bat enc
real ono in three deceivng persons Wfat are their
nAmea9 NIpoleoO, hurat, and Manuel Godoi. Which
Of ths thres Is the most wicked They all three
equsny 20 Whence DIES Napoleon desceDdS From
Elm Mu7a From Napoleon. Add GJdoig From
both What is the spIit of the first? Pside and des-
potism OF the secondS Rsp;ns AMI cruelty. OF the
tariS cupldity, tressOn and ignoranc,. What are
the Frsncbs Formerly Ch'sians, now turned here
tics Ia it a sin to Kill Frencamanr No, fa.her, We
are sure 20 60 to heaven when We XII one Of those
heretical dogs What punishment does Spaniard who
fails 10 his duty deservsg Tas death aad the iniamy
Of traitors Wac shall deliver from enemies o.
Our mutual confidence end our arms"
T above is peculiarly adapted 20 own case; snd
with the change of President OF the United S.aes for
Emperor of the French" "Southerner" for 'Spsn-
lard Line DIN" for "Nspclsos," Baller" for Murs,
"Wh6 ID Scott" Tor "GodOi," and the yankees" for
the "Frsnch" suggest that this formula of patriot
Ibis generation may forget the bitterness to which
President Davis emphaticsly referred in his inter-
view wish the Ysntee peac,-sPy commissioners.