Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-20
- - Er.ning Eiition.


b. EORTY years Of insult aud oppression drove US
L ont OF the Union We bore from the Yankees
a tbAsand-iold more than we bore from Great Bri-
tain. They denied our right to share OF ttose
very territories which we ceded 10 them: they de-
med Us the right TO sit at the communion table with
stem, they wrested the public revenues TO their
own bshoof: they denounced Us as race OF meTci-
les Shareholders, e1emiuatc towards, ignorant and
bss.tet bsrbariaus unworthy to be associated with
a civilized people they held MS up 10 the e&ecra-
r..1 Of ChrjTsudom az people more cruel than the
Csnauches and more tjuii than the Chinese they
pronounced the Constitution which the bond OF
our union, aaompact with hell; they violated eveiy
se-ard the whole spirit Of that Constitution; they
proclaimed higher law than that conferred aud
a. thGlsst, they elected President who was pledged
20 the destruction o. our social institutions the ab-
ro1stiQn Of State rights end the establishment OF
centralized despot.sm. When Lincoln, with scarcely
q single Southern vote, had been elevated to the
Chief NscistrJcy they would listen 10 no compro-
yni,e. and they took care as Seward boosted, that
the war which we yaiuly attempted 10 avert, should
be forced ON MS by the b5scst OF articles. At last
,rrsr every cxpedicut was exhausted, and when
tb could no longer be placed in Northern promises
i-dsei when not even promise could be eNacte9
We withdrew from people who despised US, and ex-
srcsed tue indeteaSiUle right 70 be governed il our
own way and by public servants OF our own choice
All the blood OF the Revolution OF l7I6- was shed
70 establish the right Of seligovernment. The Reyo-
Is,icu had no other end other meaning; ltit did
not sstabEsh that right, it was sGnguiuary farce
Aud vet. because We chose 10 exercise that right
We we're jared rebels aud milli6nSof mercenareS
eoIsc.el from al quarters of the globe were hurled
--7ius- Us ToUr years, Of terrible, OF baGbarous
,sr.sre-9t cruelty the most savage and wickedness
Old, most yantgu-haye followed. The Yankee has
s.,, SEA himself 10 rs and to the world Our out
~-ysi women our homeless babes, our sons unrlme-
I ;aiu our blackeued homes. our leagues of devaS-
tad land. our battered cities, our slaves IN arms
AGAINST Us. oar prisoners murdered IN cold blood or
ya. YEAR after year IN Northern dungeons all tell
r, what tie Yankee Is at heart. The whole world,
v,h one voice. proclams him disgrace To ciyiliza-
sion liar Jeyoud ali hars the earth has ever known,
f55t-tnirs;y rapacious, iusoicnt, vain, malignant,
mean and d-yilish Ills acts OF couhscltion are IN
esDes.si on his statute books lis cold aud brutal
tirsat OF determination still hangs over Us. His
nap j, still ser upas an idol IN Es pupts, and his
t4uati,aI pgsscbets still breathe thIeatenngs and
Slaughter d., enormous aud daily increasing
dsU, stills uaGqciiaJed. hi, purpose 10 parcel out
oar lands is still fxti Iii, intention to ravagc and
Gesvo.l. 90 deuC, all before him with blood, and
Co leave uotbiu. behind hun but ashes, Is still in
flexible For o j0v he may seem 10 rclent, asin
Georgia. bul. his charity :, more demoulaca' than
hi, anger: f.y Le knows that when we submit he can
SIND US at his leisure ami without danger 70 his per-
s-U..
Yc, we are told in Congress We can get better
terms from the Yankees than from the English OF
me French. GA shame Oh folly What be
i.eye iu the Yankee a5'-7 Pa faith in hs promises
re-5 Ngu5,rcu, Why he could not if he would,
make fair term, with rs. hrs deb; must be paid, and
ne +, mel ,-l5 6. INKS that that debt viii be paid on
OF tl, Yrukee pocket when southern land South
srn cotton. SopsSrn tobacco, southern rice, and
Southern forests n live oak, of pitch. tal and tur
reutfre lie helpless at his mercy. No, better the
;at5 OIL ,uc tiger tle apg, OF the adder, the teeth
oi,le .Esf ,he sting 6; the scorpion. than the mer
c aud jle justice Ctbe Yankee for where there is
neither truth ucr humanity there can be no mercy
aui no iC.t.cs.'