Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-27
rlIr coNsrIrUrIoN-srATE RIQHTs.
RICHMOND WING.
Monday Morning. March -. IsOS.

.Tis the custom of the Yankee newspapers to
boast Of the immense power displayed by
~ cir Government, aud the unequaled proves eA-
bibited by their people N the pending war There
wasreyer anything like either IN the history oil 'e
world If We take their word for it,! They take no
account Of tho power and proves exerted on our
side in making successful resistance to ther vast
ly prepondera,ing numbers aud means Inc! al
nit no equalitysgith themselves in any oil the exc
listing great powers OF the earth, aud boldly assume
that Ell the military glory OF ancient or modern
nations uales before theiy own And all TINS pom
rolslv ao irau,Iuieutly assumed credit Ehey fancy
attaches 20 the Yankee race. Ii is eve" amt 'o"r
anu sds' all tne time with these vainglorIouS ana
blOaed creatures. They resoluteiy shut their eyes
to the fact tba, ther Government is operating up
on fictitious car.tsl, and is bankrupt whenever 1t
shsu %, called 70 a reckoung-that it rs not an
kse means that has prepared and maintains tneir
iasmyAsc var oCtGt, but spurious credit, WHICH,
sooner or later, will fail and leave their Govern
rnelt Ia, hint dollar, and its millions OF victims
on both sides oftle Atlantic without the shadow OF
remedT. II they Lad been compelled to operate on
actual Genital furnished by themselves, this war
would mos haze lasted twelve months. BY means
of Misunderstanding and DEMONSTRATING upon
mammoth scale they have contuved to keep up till
the -~asen; time; bus tne very devices they have
rrae.i,ed will make their ruin more overwhelming
A., 4 irretrievuble when it comes. II our hope had
/ a. in the beginning, TO utterly destroy our enc
Ell We Nigh, we'll te!ieitate ourselves that affairs
had progressed 50 steadily in direction that en-
SUES the completeness OF their dnal downfall.
6ut the swagser about the proves OF the Ian
kee race is still more ridiculous. How Yankees
propcr IN .he world cav at Bethel and first Ma
nassas. Thc conclusion of European spectators, as
made known 20 rs through the London Times, was
that fighting was not their vocation. Their per
formanees in this respect were the laughing
stock of mt,ind. No civilized people ever made
~ ridiculous and diSgr5ccu an exhibition oil thehi
selves as they did, until they got assistance from
other races. They outnunbered ustnree or four
10 one, bat they were afraid to continue the con
test without help, aud so they commenced yigor-
ou,y beating up recruits among people better
suitel 10 war than themselves. They entFapped
AMI bou.ht into their service mercenaries oil
every tongue. and summoned to the banquet
of blood the bauditi Of al lands Not sat
listed with this and sal, uncertain OF their ability to
slaves and Forcing them TO Join in this general cru
SADIE against us. A tar hack as two years ago. we
saw an authrgiic statement Indignantly asserting
that the tcrei-ueys n, their ranks did not exceed
two-tli.ls: laI more recently Lincoln himself mas
stated tuJt the negroes in their service numbered
two hundred thousand, aud ,AJ, it woald be impoS-
siLie TO carry ou the war without their rlp. But,
readiag the Yankee newspapers, aud seeing the dis
gu,tIug Standardization Ia which they indulge, one
would imagine tlat al their iegions were made uP
uf genuine desreulart- Of the Pilgrim Fathers, and
mi.st exFec; 10 hear nothing nut the nasal whine
OF the Down Elsrcr from one emil Of their lines 10
tie lja-. IT,, fac, is, the prescac" OF the
genuine t.uc-aelicd Yankee ia the war IS very
rar,. IA, troops from the West, their best fight
ing stock. sys the dc,ccnlmts, 10 very large de
g4ee, or c.fyr.uis nom the slave States ald the
psrric.il l2si, tlsl raise against Yrgi1;a, North
AMI South Car7lins and Georgia shoad he smtten
with plr1,..i.. Cvs5riice and cupidity have uni
ted 10 sty- ,ae original Yankee ont Of the war
He ha, no scat for 'the rapture ofthc strife" but
q h6AsSug aai ,Liystins Tor the shoddy gains to
be acquired by remaining at home.
BIT it i, The Yankee race, nevertheless, that is
ed to the world as being engaged in the
performance oc ieats OF war that surpass all Ro-
man or Grcciau fame, and thai is to go down IN
history Yankee history at least, the brayeSt OF
TIE brave, As not WITHOUT intercs; in The matter,
we mi.EJ ieel caHed on 10 protest against she mon
strous p-etens.on, bat for conviction that the fl
nal i,su, OF the contest viii be such as to deprive
tie question Of importance, since the World is net
ap, 20 award large degree OF military credit "a a
beaten party, and never troubles Itself with inqui
ries into the martial qualities Of those VINO are de-
fea;ed.