Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-01

LOrills, iVcak lLlc4l4ecules 49, -
THE 4,h day of March will be grand day Ia
l Yankee land. Nothing like what viii then De
sean has ever before been witnessed on thisconu-
uspt or On any other. There VIII be indnite bell
riDrinr,. Unlimited fireworks, uuresrained rheto-
rio iumeasurable professions And why p
wherefore i. the free American air 20 be vexed
with an this hub6uD' Because, simply, ON that
DIV Lincoln viii be irauguraei as President OF the
United States; ard on that DAY the Yankee nation
j., 20 celebrate, with all the wild enthusiasm for
which is so remarkable, the recent victories OF
The Fei5r.l ,ruIs, the capture Of Charleston ana
iluugtou, the march Of Sherman through South
ClroIina. and the anticipated suppression OF the
g great rebellion" It IS IN this manner that the
Yankees have resolved 70 celebrate the 1y'5 morisn
onScouies of the C0nteieracy-ior fear perhaps,
that .hey may not have another chance. and That
the accurscd thing msy start again into life and
yigor from q condition which they nave determined
10 be moribuud at least. Ii viii be interesting t,
read the repor OF the doings aud especially ofthe
swings on this extraordinary occasion. All the
great Yankee orators viii qucstionoSs, harangue
the expectaut crowds, describing in pathetic terms
tLe miserable situation OF the South, and painting
glowing pictures OF the prosperity and power OF the
colquering North.
Seward viii be seized with another IL Of iatidcal
fury, and will prophecy, as even he never prophe-
sled before exceliug all his yaticiEatng predeces-
sors in holiness Of prehguremcRt lie wall, for the
twentieth time, declare that the b, approaching
SIS close that the armies Of the UuiOn engaged
in seres Of rations which must ensure speedy
triumph. that the area OF the rebellion IS now con-
fnei to the limits Of q single State aud that IN
very few days Sherm n viii shake hands with Grant
IN the parlor Of the SpOtswood Hotel. lie will
then congratulate his hearers on the wonderful
power AMI resources Of the Yankee nation, con-
graduate them on the re-inauguration Of Lincoln
congratulate them on the sound throshing which
they are going to administer England aud France
and all the res; OF the impudcuJ world, soon as
this little affair with the south is brought to its in
eyitsble sue.
Put what Il, Seward and the rest Of them should
Se mistaken What if they should exPend their
Esi0icusS for triUmphs destined 10 be married
b. defeat, and squander their prophecies on
events 20 be perpetuely deferred What il
the Corfsieracy, after all, should reiose to
die aud reject the Obsequies got Up at 80 much
trouble and expense No matter, it is ali
one " tn tine Yankees. Like Moliere'5 Do:tor, who
insisted that the patient dead because rule re-
quirsd him to die Seward will declare the Con-
tederacy defuuct because, his theories, the Con
te5eracy cannot possibly be alive. II makes no
kind of difference TO him that he has been making
The saalc kind OF declarations al any time duIiug
The last three years thar he has proved by ire
fragDir logic that the Coniederacy was bound 10
expire when Fou D9nelson was taken that she
could not lise another month when Vieksburg was
ciptgred; that she at the last gasp when Al
ieil and that Ia spite VI all, she displayed
sufficient vgor 10 defeat a halt-dozen Yankee ar
mes and bring humiliation On hall a dozen nrst
class Yankee Generals. So Il would make no dit
ference should &c turn ont that Sherman tail ia his
present enterprise, and that, instead Of meeting
Grauj IL the Spot3wood Hotel, he be turned back |
on bis path and forced to find refuge By the waters
VI the friendly Sea, that he be overtaken by a
defeat disastrous TO al the cherished Yankee |
hopes @, triumph ana conquest. But the Northern |
paper exhibit already symptoms OF uneAsiness al
the aspect OF the situation. They TeJoice exceed
1nZiy over Sherman march 70 Columbia, but they
woul very much like 20 hear something more IRON
kim.
The New FORK Tunes, IN copying article from
-ALl ~ eENluN 20 altir'NN ia tuS tHNNls 'hfN'
the only plan Ctsring any promise Of permanent
results march boldly forward IN spite OF the
perils Of the enterprise, and hopes tina; wheR he
does this, the Whiq will be consistent enough to
confess that he has really accomplished something
permanent Certainly the NAG viii admit the
facts, whatever they may happen 70 be but the
NAG thought end still thinks that any such effort
on the part oC sherman viii involve him in ire
trieyable ruin. The T-i5sae, too, argues the sub
ject, and comes TO the conclusion that Sherman
must succ ga because OF his ''brOnzei veterans"
prmcpslly-a very good reason doubt, bat one
which does not seem to be emiueutly satisfactory
20 the TR-BUys itself as that paper suppOses that
Sherman ,sll now direct hi march 10 the eoast--a
safer trust indeed than the .'bFonzed veterans
Altogethe Sc should advise The Yankees to defer
their celebrations Just ia order to settle the ques
ton definitely Ii would be pity that SO muCn
.. Joy and hilscity should be sac eeled by mourn
iug aud desolatiou aud that fireworks and feur de
y.is should be followed by sackcloth and asnes.