Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-02
THERE i. no poiu, ia the Yankee character more

THERE is no point ia the Yankee character more
Il obtrusively apparent than it' boast alne'S'-
From Tbyr,ites 10 Munchausea the Norld has ne
yer seen such braggasis There is nothing M when
the Yankee does not believe himself 20 excel
There Is nothing which he does not declare hia-
selfto be superior % al the Test Of the world He
carries philanthropy TO anaticsni, aud charletanry
10 the utmost verge OF impostUre. His generosity
j. ex,ravsrance, aud his economy IS parsimony. lie
is quite as READY to Defy Bsruum a. 60 worship
Washington lie is proud of his coupiry because II
is bc and ueJsU It's relative Importance Oy the
number OF us square miles. He boasts OF every
thing that be has, aud everything that he rs ana
declares his uualterable conviction thar the Yankee
nation Is destined, 81 no very remote day, 70 rule
the nations, aud TO bring suppliaut Europe TO It's
feet These qualities, sufficiently conspicuous be-
fore the war, have Of late become remarkably az
gravsted.
Quite Is much perhaps TO this intense vanity as
10 any material interest, are owing the passionate
declarations Of atsachmsnt to the Union, and the
feroci1us warfare urged against the South in or
der, if possible, 20 restore it, Tueee are many
influences Of course, and many motives, TO be ia
ken into account IN estimating tie strength Of the
Yankee sentiment which continues to support the
war but this Que is uadoubteily among the most
powerful. The restoration OF the Union aud the
supremacy Of the Constitution mean only the per
maueut domination OF the Yankee nation, and the
conquest of the South would prove far more sol
aee % Yankee vanity than tribute TO the quasi
patriotism. under which that feeling is veiled. We
repeat tbat since the this quality has exhibit
Ell useH more conspicuously than ever before
L fh q 4
parties 10 he contest the vast ext eut Of territory
which mas beon the scene Of military operations,
the gigantic armies which have been called into
the feld the tremendous ornaments which have
covered the seas, the number and magnitude of the
battles which have been fought, have been 50 many
incentives 20 self-lauiation aud have raised the
Yankees 70 al elevation ia their esteem, quite
beyond the reach Of any present or historical co ~
petition. They fancy that the whole world Ia LOOK
iug ar them with astOnishmeut-which is extreme
J.. gratifying 70 their vauity--aud with alarm
which is even more gratifying. To be admired
would he plea aut enough, but to be feared is sur
passusly deigLttdl.
Il never indeed occurred % anybody TO
entertain admiration Tor the Yankees except
in the sense " wonder at the unparalleled
proficiency TO which they have attained in all
the arts 81 Iegllised plumber and organized
robbery but IL Is very natural that tho com
parati-sly pacific nations OF Europe should feel
some apprehension of people who, in four years,
can put iuJ1 the deld more than three millions Of
soldier, and send 20 sea nearly thousand armed
ships. In the beginning OF the war the threats
which were so freely uttered against England aud
France through the columns OF Yankee newspa-
pers aud on the floor at the Yankee Congress, we're
merely the outward manifestation Of the natural
b5asuuIle,, OF the Yankee character. But as time
passed on ami the military and naval power of the
United States began 10 assume colossal proper
ticus, what was at FIRST an empty menace was
transformed into an earnest purpose We believe
nothing . be surer than thai at this moment the
people Is the Yankee States actually desire war
with SOME European nation They are madly anN-
ious TO measure strength with Of the great
historical nations Of the world. They win not be
satisfied until they make their way 10y the sword 70
the rank which they c0yet At one time they
boosted that pIed0muoGce ia commerce, in in-
dustry, and the pacific arts would soon place then
at the head OF moiern nations. Now they dr. cam
Of asserting predomiuauce by force OF arms. Whe
Europe has become pacific, they have grown belli-
cose. The spirit Of aggression il in them. The lust
OF conquest has possessed itself OF their souls. Not
that they are now, more than before, martial o.
q military people; but ambition, the passion tor az
grandizement and natural vanity, have asserted
over them an uGcqutrolable supremacy. The Souai
6rst, and then Canada, .NeSAco, Cuba, the whOlc
continent are 70 be conquered, annexed. Yankee
ised.
He who does not see that the future history
Of the United States, should the South fail
in this struggle, is to be a history Of war
until either Yauksc ambition is cruAej by defeat
or tho American continent is Subiugated BY Yan-
KEGS, is incapable OF seeing. anything The only
possible obstacle this melancholy future OF strife
IN an age Supposed be Grated 70 the arts 81
peace. is the independence OF the southern Coufed
eracy. 1t IS with the resources OF these State,
that the Yankees expect 10 fight then battles With
Eagla land for Cauada, and with France for Mexico.
Ii there are any among Us Hho dream that subnl'-
sion TO the North would rest1Se peace 10 ms, they
are, indeed, deceived. Instead Of fighting the an
KEGS in defence Of our home, and our rights, We
should be forctd q eight England in Canada France
in Mexico, and Spain in Cuba. We should endure
the double misery o: losiug ourhon0r-snd our in
dependence while forced 70 sacrifice ourselves on
the altar q Yankee vanity and ambition While
the soldiers OF Grant aud Sherman would return to
peaceful homes or settle upon the coufscated lands
OF the South, the soldiers OF Lee aud Beauregsrd
would be lighting to plant the Isakee sag or the !
frozen waters Of the St. Lawrence, On the burr
ing plains Of Mexico. We should be in the aruses
OF our Yankee masters precisely what the Irish are
in the armies Of England and the Hungarian in the
armies Of Austria.
VNHE .hoie country will regret 10 see the card OF