Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-02

YESTERDAY was the trst day of the year ls65,
destined as il isuot very difcult to foresce, 10 be
cue OF the most memorable IN the annals OF the human
race. Nuh the last day ct the year the Wig laid
avid, it's o dt,s, eul comes out 20 day ia new suit
OF type Wuh its ancient dress II hays aside also what
ever la, have remained 81 the last years anNietes,
and come, forth with r. confidence Ia the cause that
suru,uut. the apprehension which the events OF the
last .c months may hay, led 1t at any time To feel
Aud VI, ,,u upon our people also 10 come forth from
The slough of Dc>pond-to cast doubt and hesitation
leo tine Uiuds-to resume the cheerful mind and tho
g3l8it bearing which have borne us thus lar forward
Successfully Goa our loumey-to rc,oucct that We
uayc.teyu lu tar worse strait, than now sre-n a
word ly THEN eyes aud their minds on the bright
,ije ui the picture and leave the dark Gu
utyiy uUt OF the question. We would remind
,l,ru that there is uu gooJ 10 Ice extracted from
dependency that Il a. not worth while TO despair
that, htr Macbeth We are e" chained L. the
Stake sud uelr- hike we must tight" Remember
Hlt especially. Remember that have gone far
TIA, Ey cannot tlru hick it we Wouhl. To submit
would o., by uo means 20 ensure safety Il would
Jc m fact 90 rIcc oJr hive. at the mercy Of au en-
ciuy wuo J.y- not know the meaning ot the word
10 UuUkI MT ouly tc Co place lives ia this pre-
.tcJmyut but what is vl tar more value 10 every
lu OF sense col seu>bihty, II would be 10 make an
sb.olute surrender "i OLA liberty. We should be
come not ont, the slaves OF our oan negroes, but,
what is Oar worse, OF the Yankee nation. We should
tC, moreover, tine hye-Uurd aud scorn of the whole
world. Nowhere on earth could CUR feet md a
resting place. Nowhere could We hide Cur shame.
Every where We should bee Knocked as the coward
race who attempted what they had not the courage
% carry through. Oppressed nations and peoples,
and Individuals belonging TO them, lind uo sympathy
with the crest OF the human racc-or, IT they lind
sympathy, it is OF that Luguid sentimental, rose
water description that ryaporatcs IA newspaper
SAP, rostvJtgr ycr,i,lcs; that serves 10 point
paragraph og give an elegant turn 10 couplet. All
over Tie world outside OF our own country, shall
ue stunned as troublesome uutcasts, and la
country doom worse than TIA, OF the Poles is re
served Lr us. Happy Tor us i, il that cur enemies
rave taken pains To- iuior.u as, out OF sheer mso-
eH,y anal Ia the 'SNuit,tiau Of moment, Of good
tituue what they ,N.igu foy u..
But $50 are nv, reaN for tho yoke, and that our
,'''Ui,s uil tni otheiAcost We have still within
., Co greater extent than We ever had before, the
element, ot war aud victory We have the men and
thc n'isr,' and the mcu have the heart to uso the
.-1'o'e When We warn our country men against
~Humi 'si"u, W" by no means mean 10 imply tina,
':,rr BE- 'u. danger 90 10. We merely wish 10 re-
mlnd thu thsl cur cucmic. Will h, satisfied with
nothing less, tud that therefore. Il is r.eess To ro
pur. We viii do our people the Justice to say that
v,eu in their hour, OF darkest de>pDu,lcncy. they
Leec ness. dreamed 1T submitting. They cannot al
i.rt jo o 30 and therefore they ueycr think OF it.
IS Aat SIC would now impress, upeu th.a, is the folly Of
suffering them,eyc, 70 Dc depressed by ANY amount
90 bad fortune -siuce bah or good, they mast still
ply cat th, play va which they are engaged
What there 10 Eiak, us more despondent at this
uvul,uj thsu $50 have bocn ior the last year, We
have t,,si, t,keu occasion 10 show that so far as
Territory concerned the Yankee hold much less
tu,u th,v Ji 10 that time-that so lar as victory is
concerned tb- balance is largely IN our facor--that
tts i,uE,, ir,r juiu. the campaign, lost between
ttr., ,Ut tut hundred thousand iaen-that thoy
aEs uDl. saH,j Savannah. While they have given
up 300 th, country tctaeen Tennessee aud the Gull
90 u,git'. So Tar. then, from despoudhig We ought
@. eu,eT uIpp the new year with feelings OF more
TINA us,ol chccIfuluc,s. The Yankees have tried
rleu be,, and wc have not -uccumbed. II thoy
,aUd not sutiue u, uth such force - that
,i,s hsd thi, summer there Is Ieasen 10
,ar that they ever viii -ubduo at ali. Our PEG
pie have not yet felt the extremity Of var as other
peoples have. Wo have not yet been driven out OF
,h ou ciiies, even all sesports. But were
Ne expelled from them all IL would sthl bo no reO-
SON ior dcspairing. Many people have been driven
% the forest and the mountains and yet have sue
coedc,l in tho end. We must make up our minds TO
endure every thing, aud to count as 50 much clear
gain ali that We are not stripped of Then will we
be- prepared tor an that may happou. let it come
when II may. Al present we have hardly been
touched. cur people recovered from the lethargy
INTO which they were thrown by the events OF the
latter part OF last year. estimated all this properly
They have made their minds up ani viii not back
out.
TE,fIE Treaty 81 Paris bound the Governments of