Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-04

ess imbsciliy '. That once fesohed' Ne may iO'AiO,
,..,,s "a o,ovocatihns az whch the least srss OF
hoDor mus, revolt despite the admoniiOnS OF conscious
rAv.;o.I ins,mty and financial prOstration However
Sos,. Eogland NAV be to u, she views with no oTdn-
-. ,ouDss,ncy tie telling effect CT our resistance in
cons lmmatipg the ruin Of the Yu KEGS We are &C
oomuisblng what size eagerly desired, but feared htr
sslf 20 venture upon The IesUs Is peculiarly accept
alba but The agent achieving it is held to be ObnO1-
iOus because OF the alleged prefix for which is done
Ike maintenance of our peculiar Institutions Hos
lity to rs on this is the merest hypocrisy. Inc
al cted horror Of England at the Ieopsnng ofIbe African
slave trade Wers such to be result OF our success
would If the truth was known, be readily suppressed
we're T. condition Of our success. The ruin Of fanSee
dom IA the All-absorbng with Of England. Humane
combinations 40 called as tbsy rete to the condition
Of ,hs negro would be oheeruly made 10 yield to this
grand object we're choice Of alternatives to be pre-
sented.
France Austria and Spain less jealous for this
contamination. Each country has resentment to graft
f. or an tsrest to subserve by the Iuin OF tie ian
ksss The security of Mexico against Northern tgus
and the spread Of French dominion in Central erca
are causes enough to stimulate French zeal for ih over
throw of Yankee poser. Like uses may be said to
oD,rae viii Austria, while behiad that can be traced
srour CAUSE of resentment in connection with the Ke1
IA indigny Spain has the strongest motives to stmu
late her al in this behalf The safety of Cubs aid the
rssantul thoughts orjured up By the recollection Of
past wronRs furnish motives enough fer IeVeDgeiul
yearnngs in respect the impending fate OF Yankee
dom. The South American Republics have little less
cause for rssntmenis for in truth, the policy Of the
10 fhaRt than adv "a
publican IDEAS Purtanism has an inherent hankering
alter centralized power in one form or another TyIAn-
ni,A and ntolerant by nature is seeks that form OF
most consistent with the indulgence OF these
passions The South has long served the Yankees as
subject on which exercise their utal aid malignant
resentments The passions Of Ia:ors like those Of in
divduAs always seek an opportunity for indulgence
and restriction Of that privilege as among the Ffetch
people, invariably begets internal dsorganizAtlon and
strife TIE restraint upon this indulgence which weak
ness will impose upon the Yankees, will occasion social
mAladies that nothing but military power will cute-
Their natural intolerance and nsOlence intensified by
the wall Ike experience acquired in this contest aud the
savage indulgence of bOodthirsiy passion, will rem
der them bold and overbeariDg to the extreme OF IN
consciousness 10 their intrinsic weakness The prestige
Of former power and ianstica falacous presumption
of its continued existence, despite tie ordeal thr ugh
uhich they have passed, will render them deaf to tie
warnings of sxpediency and wisdom. In the pride
of former l1ry they will, doubt accep; the tender
of battle which England some such other power, will
offer under the gujss OF national insult or papAb!e
wrong They will be driven thus to destruction, under
the fslse presumption Of unimpared power, such as
sometimes animAtes supeFannu.t d bully TheyIWill
In ell probability be cured Of this arrogance, and made
fully to real their true condjn before they will long
enjoy the blessings of separation from the "saVe oil
garchJ" Of the South. 0fcourse will contemplate the
spectacle Of their humiliation with feelings natural 10
people afflicted with the ierible experience Of Yankee
brutality which We are now enduitR