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The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
f the present invasion. The North is making itself ridiculous by its crazy ambition to achieve great military distinction. All Europe is laughing at the contrast between its slow, awkward ways and its high-sounding, vainglorious pretensions. Whilst brave enough, soldiering is evidently not its vacation. But who ever saw a man that was satisfied with the gifts and calling which nature endowed him with, and did not prefer to shine in something for which he had no talent? So it is with Yankee Doodle. Bargaining and trade, manufactures and commerce, are his vocation; but he is determined to prove himself a great military genius, and has only made himself a great laughing stock. Still, you can never convince him to the contrary, and he would carry on the war for twenty years if for no other purpose than to satisfy himself and the world of his superior military talents and prowess. There are, however, more powerful springs of action — cupidity, revenge, and fanaticism — which wi
The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 18 (search)
endeavor to lull the people residing near the river into a sense of security, but we would advise them not to be deceived by any such professions. Remove every article of value far from the reach of Yankee hands. They have acted from the beginning of this war with the basest duplicity, and they have stolen every article of value upon which they could lay their hands. A Yankee cannot live without pilfering. This fact has been too well established to be successfully controverted. Yankee Doodle in Arkansas. Our intelligence from the distant State of Arkansas comes along very slowly. The latest paper received is the Little Rock True Democrat, of May 8th, which gives some intelligence of the Yankee invasion not hitherto published in this section: Our city, during the past week, has been filled with rumors and reports of the advance of the Federals in Arkansas. Some put the whole force at 20,000, others as low as 6,000.--A number are coming or have come down White rive