The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-08

the principles Of Yankee human nature
and held their hearts in the hollow Of
his hand. He. made ten strike when
he appeaisd to that patriotic love Of pro
perty which CLOVIS in every New Eng
land bosom. With all it's faults, Jona-
than appreciates his country-especially
its real cstate-and if he cannot love his
neighbor as himself, he comes As near it
as possible by loving his neighbor's
goods, and regarding them as his own
When Butler holds out to Massachusetts,
every foot Of land in the Confederacy-
the poor mans few acres and the rich
mans plantation--every house, every
chair and table. every article of property
Of every kind, he touches the in,nost
chords of every New England soul; its
sense Of right, of justice, of humanity,
and, above all, of duty to itself and to
posterity.
We warn the people Of this Confede-
racy that this is no idle threat. We tell
them that the Black Republican party of
the North arc in dead earnest when they
threaten confiscation and determination
unless the South submits. 1t is idle to
say that they could not be so wicked. =
Wicked, They do not consider it wicked.
They regard it as the essence of vir-
tue, justice and religion. 1t is their
solemn opinion that "rcbels have no
rights. Their lives are forfeit. If We
slay them all, We only do justice. -
True it is, Massachusetts, was the
first "rebcl" in the old Union; she
gloried in treason in the late war with
England; she passed resolutions de
claripg that the annexation of Texas
would afford sufficient ground for the
dissolution Of the Union she was always
busy in nullifyins the fugitive slave law,
and her fanatics declared that The Con
stitution was compact with hell"-
That is the very reason she is more mcr-
ciless than any other community. 1t is
human nature to loathe and abominate
our own defects when We sec them in the
characters Of other people. Whatever
the reason, the South is hated by those
New Englanders with malignity thatit
people have no conception of. Their de-
testation of our persons is only equalled
by thcir.lovc Of our lands. Not one Of us
will have roof over ourheads, and very
few head on our shoulders--unless we
save it by exile-if we refuse to return to
the American Union, and are conquered
by our enemies. We warn the people of
this country that, incrcdulous though
they may be of the existence of such gi-
gantic wickcdness in the human heart,
they will find it out to their inexpressible
anguish when it is too late, unless they
resist as men ought to resist whose all
on earth is at stake Let every soldier
of the Conlederacy bear in mind that,
however humble his home is, that home
will belong to Yankee if he does not
fight for it as a man ought to fight for
his home; let every citizen open his
heart and his purse, and cheer on the
heroic defenders of the soil let Congress
put the bone and muscle of the country
in tho field and if it has any question
Of the availability Of any particular class
of the population, for military service
\ refer that question to General Lee, who
! is the most competent Judge, and whose
opinions upon any subject connected with
the public defence all men have conf
dence in. With united and determined
action, we can show this Confscating ant
Exterminating gang that the deliberate
scheme Of robbing and numbering a whol'
people cannot only be prevented, -bu
punished and avenged as such diabolica
crimes against humanity demand.