Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-06

Il is surprise that tue progress oi Iec"tS'' "St0n
had been so slow in States thar bad been CON
auerei'' b. the Yankee arms. The States which
had been conquered the Times did no. enumer-
ate. but Us reasoning showed that it designed M
cludiug under thar head ~ that had been nomiH
ally oyvrruu by Federal armies, such as Arkansas
Louisana Mississippi Georgia &c. There IS q lessoh
IN the fact rea.arScd upon b. the -lls5 that North
err politicians would dc well not 10 dismiss with
mere expression OF surprise. What If it should APP
near that ~ spite OF The enormOuS>eNPendiiure Of
military force Is the United States, the pohcJ q
reconstruction has made absolutely Ro progress n
the Couied.rate Statss-th4t even in the States
that have s1Hesei most severely the people are as
sternly opposed 10 reunion now as at irstaRd thai
il the most sayacely used districts OF the State
that have been most oppressed aud worst ravaged
the union SIS are qc more hume r0us now than al
the opening OF the war; The Yankees declare thai
they are fighting Co restore the Union aud that the
Will accomplish this end or eXterWiusIe the PoPula
tion OK the south TIE alternative doubt, ex-
presses y,eH the intensity OF their desire 70 re-
establish the Union, and the teroclty OF their hate
fJr al. who resist that obJect-but does not ex-
press !sct. such thing the determination
al a race, tdud us, IA smiuently brave aud war
y
habiJiug zoo = country vsfy favorable Tor de
fences UubEoSu an history and i, smpl
a physical mbossibihty. IL irighteEs acne Of u.s.
aot the feebiest aud mos, tinorous-tc be told that
we are g. he extermiuaied, for the al-sufhcient
reason tho; we know such a thing could not De-
done, Scge the Yankee nation twenty times rs M
snerous aud powerful o. it is. No matter, there
fore, VIVA, .e1trayagsRce or violence OF Language
she enemy employ, VIC are 10 understand merely
that they ycbeu,ently desire the reconstruction O.
tbe Union, aud viii effect 1t they can.
L, tie end st which they aim possible' Certain
A. not /. eo continue t. resist H. They ale obliged
70 confess ald the fact IS visible 30 the Wbole
world. tL-; siier four years OF gigantic warfare,
the cfs,u between the North and the South Is a.
vide aud a deep As When ,Ae dtyUl,ion first occur
Ssd. Nc progress, not particle OF advance, hs>
been made towards reconstruction. The policy ha>
gained Fr0stlyJes. The people Of the South
look up,n the idea @: aihating with their treache
rous, .gaish and bloody handed enemy with az
abhorr.n,o thlt ao;h ing can add intensity to-, and
uolLin- Caa diminish. States have been overfIh,
nut they .Je uo, and cannot be held down. The
columns I'd an army passing through one OF them
make, nut little more permanent impression than
Through the arr True they leave many memorials Of
Sheig bartagi a tut tue elastic sP!5 Of the people
rebounds d, readily as the water from the snip Or
Che air nom tic And iJ is the spirit Of the
people tat must be coaquered, before recoGstruc-
t.on can be Thought OF possibility. II - The
New Iors Ta4s, ever undertaken 20 estimate how
long may take % SO subdue and break the spiti,
O cur pe0pic th1; they will be willing 10 accepta
master. aud TO SUomit themselves 70 everlasting
in,Jmy For II is this OF nothing There can b.
no recoostruction until an hope all hate all man
hood are beaten out OF US and are willing e
put cur hands 70 our mouths and our mouths-in
thc dust au5 cry unclean, Unciean; VIC are uuwor-
thy SO much IS to eat the crumbs that fall from,
your tables, make Us 10 he numbered among your
hired servants. There can be 10 reconstruction
till We not only cease - make resistance, but as
sent 10 tle restoration. The Only union posi-
bic is Que by cur Consent. That consent has t.
De gained, and the enemy are. sworn 10 try no
other,way Of gaining It than beating us. We are
equally sworn % endure every extremity Of sui
fering sooueF than yield. When they count upon
conquern g our Will, they couu, upon our eowar-
dice We have convinced them that have
IS courage 10 tght we have yet 20 convince them we
Lave courage TO endure. We have suffered In 10
caltios severely already bub as a country,
sec nave lot yet experienced more thar
The premouitory pangs OF that travail through
which other nations have passed. Yet We have
eadured enough to satisfy the enemy, ii they
we've not d,mented, that the road - the attainment
OF their object does not lie 10 the direction they are
pursuing.
We assume, aud noue Can gaiusay the proposition,
thar it is only by ccnquering our consent that the
Union can he re-established. We assume further
aud ihe fact is undeniable, that rogress has
beea lnaie towards such a conquest In most places
where the euemy have gone, they have found
wort les, riiiraH, with here and there knsve OF
some pre;eusjou, ready to side with them, and IN
s,u.e places they have attempted Of such material
L. construct government, and maintain It By mill
tlry fOrce, bat we assert that no where have they
by their presence succeeded jther by bribery OF
persecution IN Transforming a community or any
portion oi It ever really with rs into Cni0nists-
Years OF Occupation have done little in this way
as mere transit. Tue respectable population Cf
New Orleans, OF Nashvill', Of Norfolk and other
llces he'll ~ item from al eariy period in the war is
IS sincerely With Us ever. The very ground upon
which Grants army lay encamped all last winter
sasta'ns now as loyal population any. ia the
country.
= Tbe Valley Of Virginia, in which armies have
f,wn back End forth Ike sbutlsc0ck fos three
wears, and where the Vanial pro9eusties OF bFu-
tai sol5iery hsve bsea stimulated by order from
Headonarters 70 ulake Is "a howliag waste is as
erect IN spirit as stout aEd GnyeIding was the
immortal eaiaflsia whose name VIII BE- its specia
heirloom, bat whose glory viii be wide as the
world. How long--we ask the Tiass to make the
ealculation-would il take TO subject the whole |
country TO what the Valley Of Virginia las under