The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-23
mr.. Davis and the Wanneo"ss"e''
IEn. TIM niSnufn III.
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sn,re he has learned tniDS OF TWO ny tiia
,,me-singnlarly uniformed regarding the
temper Of his peigbb0rs and compatriotS, ahu
who also seems TO be q man OF noollity auu
generosity entirely above the comprehension
of the infuitrsmal natures surrounding
h,m.):o far forgot what was que 20 MS iosai
section as to invite no les, an lndifiuuai
than the Honorable Jefferson DAVIS, ia'e
President OF The late Couicderacy, rebel, ana
so form, to deliver the aunua! address at the
fair Of The aforesaid Winue0ago Agricultu-
raj Society, in the State of Illinois, United
states. 1t il true that Mr.. Davis, an ora
Tor of no mean rcpute, and it is sdid
of no little ability, was neither invited nor
expecteL to introduce politics into his speech,
aud there is 70 reason to suppose be would
have done anything Of the kind-and ii be
had. those Illinois people ought 10 have con-
templated With rejoicing the possession OF
so strong card for eectoncering purposes
and therefore tnu secretary thought he had
done big thing. He had, though not &C.
c,rding to bis original Calculations. lie
made The announcement with somewhat
sell u sLred flourish, aud northern paper,
rhe New York Tribune, il l mistake not,)
c,mtDeutlpg on the facts above referred t.,
noted the vast change Of feeling within the
mast ten wears, iii not having been very
long stree Mr.. Davis. goiag into Illinois,
would have bce1 in danger OF his life" or
orr lac President will take foolish friends
advice, assuming that be wishes to retain
mis- vitality Intact, he will not be 10 any
especial hurry to visit the Northwest, even
It a reriod OF ten years subsequent TO the
ate uupIeasaEtpess.) 1t seems thai the per-
>onages connected with and interested IN The
Wipuebago Agricultural Society, Illinois,
did not fully appreciate the proceeding (al
legged to nave been unauthOfIZtd) oil their
secretary, and felt themselves impeT;ousiy
C. HI d on to hold an indignation meeting.
The meeting WIS held, and resulted in about
as Observation-Disclosures series OF reSolu-
tons as has startled the community for many
O long day.. They said Dir. Davis was
traitor Il seem to have seen that term applied
to him before, but shall not swear to it de
was also called a number Of other things; but
the most pr Gmnently striking, as the most
proe; nincntly ridiculous, epithet employed.
we suppose. becS use it was good word with
which to fill up space; we can conceive no
other plausible rcason) was the epithet of
coarord. We had imagined that, no matter
" hat Mr.. Davis might be accused OF, no man
with in elect superior to an insane oyster
woull accuse him Of cJWarGice. But we
live to learn; let US be grateful for every
increase OF useful Information. III the words
of the Richmond Dd!iJs Dispatch, "Who
said the war Was over?
am not prepared 10 say that the North !
has, for the amount Of cruel ulali9ni,y dis
played toward the South during the past
decade, absolutely ~ precedent; nor am
quite ready t. swear that their want OF gen.
Crosity is a wholly new thing under the sun.
But undor favor of "the best Government
the world ever SAW u should like TO ln-
quire of those most learned in history whe-
lher any great nation ever displayed such an
amount oil Snalncs, as has distinguished |
the Government and people OF the Uulted |
States since tie close Of the late war, as eX.
empited in thcil treatment of the "crushed
rebels" Of whom | fear must confess to be
an uurecon,tructcd which," The luck OF
magnaninlty, the maeyolent tyranny OF our
northern friends, ii is contended by some,
was originally based on poli'icil expectancy,
and contiIued for the sake OF consisten.
CT. This is trihe too thin. Partisan
typediency might do somewhat, though not
mich. better; but the claim for consistency
of any sort, except consistent diaholism, is
amusiucly alb :urd. But | really think we
ought. in common charity, to find, if posi-
bic, an apology for o. n. f., plausible at
least; and do not think the search need be
long. The truth is, they do not feel toward
us as the conquerOr generally feels toward
the conquered. A good, square fight is the
best thing for two schOoi-boys between
whom there has been ill.blood OF late. They
will be good friends afterwards, admiring
e .ch other to Il considerable extent, though
they may not have done so before; and
especially on the part OF the victorious BOY
there will rem.iu peculiarly kind feeling
toward his former enemy. L. Is tar barber
for the weaker 10 forgive; but he, too, will
come all right in little time. As to our
small civil mussr however, though we
| were certainly overcome, defeated, the
Yankees did not do it fairly, and
| they know welt enough that if the odds had
not been more than five or six hundred per
cent. against us the probabilities are that IN q
year or two the war would have closed with
TIE recognition of our independence. As it
was, we gave them long, hard struggle,
aud more than once forced them to feel that
t1e rebels bad come dangerously near achiev-
10y permanent SUCCESS. The Yankee people
kno " that their desrly-bOught conque>t-in
one sense literally bought, ia another literally
stolen; and just here may remark that the
tremendous public debt we caused them to
incur is another objectionable o6ence;-
knlw that this co3Quest admits OF no just
pride. The South III her defeat has far
greater cause TO De proud.
The proceedings Of those Illinois farmers
and ey-Sodiers by the way, in the absence
OF contrsdc,ing proof, I should suspect that
civilians largely preponderated in that as.
sem blage; men who never smelt powder in
tneir lives except when shooting RABBIT in
har no -
rent setic4lly, let me observe that We should
be grateful to whoever coiued tina. word. l
do not see how, Just ut this time, We could
well get on without it. Ptcnyune, as every
one knows, is small Spanish coin worth
about six and quarter cents; and down 10
toe far South it has long been used, ad.
j.c.ivrly, as also the form picdyniSh, to
express anything small, masn, insignificant,
utterly contemplate. 1t has peculiar com
-prebensiye force OF its OVID, and appears 10 be
other word 10 the laBgusge at I'LL adequate
to describe the characteristic idosyucrs c:es
Of the great Yankee pa ion. E. g., there are
thousands to remember the WIZ made upon |
the brass buttons of p,roled Confedera!es.
| wonder II 0. N. fever had any idea OF
selling those buttons to their cannon fouDs
IA No' 'uu tuus heIp!CS toward Tue pay nett
Ut the national debit! The YANKEES are
prosernially thrifty. am not writing as
champion OF Dir, Davis. think be has been
much slandered Dy his enemies, and most
injuoic'ously praised by his friends; but
aio fo'eed To disapproye OF too much OF
MS cGnonct duripg the war. as we'll as some
sInees ever 10 admire him very araentIy. !