Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-16
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gT<aE YaagAss have lad q great mang e%srepsH
il al,,;ho nlaps for ending the war, aud conquer
- b.s,nnne with reading the riot act ana ene'
20 g.. che ,ime. with the immense moral spectacle
',oli Abe,, reelection" All of them have ln-
- i, large amount of display got Up expressly
,a,r;,v the rebellious States into submission 70
,.o ~, universal Yankee nation from tue risks of
N b,,tl.- field, and to enable those extraordinary
peoplc 70 astohish the world ny the exhibition OF
magnificent ornaments, such as had never before
been employed in war.of armies greater than those
with which Napoleon fought his gigantic campaigns
OF nayies surprising those with which Britain
ruled tie wave. u was very unreasonable IN these
S,otas nat 10 ,.disperse' when "Ohd Abe" attacked
them with the rio; act it ridiculous IN them not
| 20 surrender when he pelied them with proeiama-
tio,s and assaiIed them with the Old Flag and the
Csnsti.stion. but it was in the highest degree alb
| s,rI ,,aa they resisted the vast and imposing
r. ,rhtch a,er ALL the Yankees sent into the
6eli rather, at brst, as an illustration OF their
own r. sources; and en- homage to their own power
tbsS with n deiberate conviction thst they would
.,.r he brought 10 the stern aud bloody test OF the
| b,t,Ied .id. Notwithstanding the most reasonable
,,t,,patioh. the rebels did light, not only Tor one
/ ..r MT Tor tuar yeats. Army after army has been
-, tor,h iron, that pIOlilc Northern land, only TO
~ tey.ured Nv the casNllties al war. Cal after
.nh.s been made Tor volunteers, for militia ior
lhsndIei day men, tor c'hscI'Pts; every eApedlen'
b.,n tried In Older to raise their forces to Inc
Standard II TsSIsIlessDess, but the closing Oh e"eh
,ign has ielt item weaker than Ut lis beginning
ILsoyeEsLalrIing armies nave been a-et' 'ui"eu
back, deIeated, ana a!yoSetEeT treated Al Tie most
,re 50, cIial ,Iyle and though sIsy have at tin'es
Oenetr.tSd iAr iRto Oil country, they have he'e!
tie work Of schjugation aud conquest
,ht,A ach One OF them sure 10 coHSGmHiate
Avery t,,ae that Lincoln makes call ior new troops
a.. informs his people thai this time 1t 10 only 10
aIisA;Uy the .gIFat Job, Just TO show the reoelS
Il ~, ,utIh,r Iesistasre must b.: unayaIiHg merely
4, deliver the hnai and killing blow, the eo'P ,se
1 ,.,csot An, Ear 81 tie New York Tribune tells
/ me Yankee BUbhc, 81 conhdEg once, but now, it
appears become lAIAlIIabl: iEcredulous, tnat the
lelSlion Is Oh its last less that ihe Conederacy is
thgrouIhly exhausted that Its armies are waiting
nIy "a. b. tArlUTed BY bFsSdes divisions and corps
M that therefore these 500 600 recruits Tor Grant
md Sasrmsn and lLUiuas aid the rest OF the able
4 .DeraIs, are impeIatively needed. Not 10y any
4 psans 10. tight. 1hey wall have none OF that
svere and unpleasant work to do; but just, yeu
I now to make the tning sure by convincing.
he eontumacious rebels HAT YaIheed0m is in
arrkst sbsct the matter and means to trins the
nan to u close Off-hand. In faf, II calls on lis
,e, pie to hurry up the recruits, precisely because
he said recruits wLl never have to Come within
sight of a battlefield. IL shows them how urgently
.Eey are wanted just because they are Rot needed
md lures them on by promises Cf exemption from
.ae dtty they are required 10 perform. "They will
probably. Gays the Is'','re, ''neTer have to cross
lie PotoluAc Or Ire gral, Ihe bare sight Of them
n tlc dim distance viii be enough, the hither-
ol stuate reteIs VIII emulate Captain SCOTS coon
Il m the rapility Of their coL.ing c~n; and in the
mean tine these patriotic creatures NgillP0cke THEN
thousand each and return replete with green-backs
and glory
safe 10 the pleasures Of their native shore"
All Of which is very logical and convincing, no
ioubt, but the scsptical, recaciran Yankees do not
| see 1t in that light