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The Daily Dispatch: November 10, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
he Pharisee, always adapted to their national self-esteem, has been demonstrated in this war after a fashion which must carry conviction to the most incredulous. It is a formula, more-over, in which even those can join who have not the privilege of being Yankees. "I thank thee that I am not as other men." The Yankee may say that with a grateful heart, and other men can never be thankful enough that it is literally true. So let us all have a day of thanksgiving, and the national airs of Yankee Doodle and Dixie for once be blended in honor of the same delightful beatitude. That the Yankee is not as other men, he proved by drawing the sword upon the old customers whose trade had made him rich, and laboring with all his might and main to cut open the goose that laid him the golden egg. What "other men" would have hit upon so ingenious an expedient for improving their condition. In 1860, their nation was free from debt. The interest upon their debt in 1861 is over eighty-one milli
The Daily Dispatch: November 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
tes." [Cheers and laughter.] At half-past 10 P. M. the Chairman said: I find I have done injustice to Massachusetts. I announced the majority at sixty thousand. The telegraph informs me that it will exceed seventy- five thousand. [Three cheers were called and given for Massachusetts.] It was then announced, amid great cheering, that Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont had all gone for Lincoln--Vermont giving a majority of thirty thousand. The band were called upon to play "Yankee Doodle," but hundreds in the audience anticipated the band by taking the matter into their own hands and whistling that famous Yankee tune in the most effective style, which brought down the house in roars of laughter. It was then announced that sufficient returns had been received from Connecticut to indicate that it, too, had gone for Lincoln. Three cheers were given for the officers and crew of the Wachussett, who had so signally immortalized themselves in the capture of the Florid
The Daily Dispatch: January 30, 1865., [Electronic resource], Falling back. (search)
We wish General Sherman joy of these accessions. We can promise him heavy reinforcements from the same classes in every Confederate city which it may be his felicity to occupy. The speculators and extortioners, the men who have been growing rich by this war, while their sons and brothers have fought its battles, will hasten to his standard wherever he advances. These penitent sinners will fling themselves on their knees as soon as he comes in sight, each one bawling "Peccavi," singing Yankee Doodle at the top of his voice, and wiping their streaming eyes with the Star-Spangled Banner. It would be a blessing to the Confederacy if they could all be massed into solid column, and double-quicked into his lines to the tune of the Rogue's March. They have done more harm to the Confederacy than he and all other generals of the United States combined. They have impoverished and eaten out the substance of the land, and provoked the judgments of Heaven upon our cause. It would have been b
The Daily Dispatch: February 13, 1865., [Electronic resource], Croakers. (search)
six per cents. It is not a world in which a man can live till he is ready to die, and say to his soul: "Eat, drink and be merry." The preachers had told him so till it became a bore, and now he considers himself swindled. He is, therefore, not prepared to take a very hopeful view of public affairs. Mr. Snooks, for example, though he has never been below to inspect the ballast, is of opinion that the Confederate ship carries too much sail and careens awfully. He is always rode by Yankee Doodle — now in the shape of a gunboat; now in the shape of a raider's horse, a very pretty kind of nightmare to a gentleman of weak nerves; and now of a halter. He proposes to consider himself enslaved to the Yankees — destined to become the personal property of a lank man, attached to a long nose, and to hoe his corn or drive his chariot, whilst Mrs. Snooks does the cooking in the kitchen. The ears of Snooks are always pricked up to hear if any Confederate town or garrison has fallen, in wh
The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1865., [Electronic resource], Joint meeting. (search)
igent American editor speaking in language like this: "There a'int an engine with its biler bust in these free United States so flummoxed to a most e-carnal smash by that young crittur, Queen Victoria, in her luxurious location in the Tower of London, will be when she reads the next double extra number of my paper. May the British Lion have his tail eradicated by the noble bill of the American Eagle, and be taught to play upon the Irish harp and the Scotch fiddle the enchanting music of Yankee Doodle." He was thrown into spasms, of course, by the slave institution which his own country had established in America. "This the land of Liberty! They're so fond of Liberty in this part of the globe that they buy her and sell her and carry her to market with 'em. They've such a passion for Liberty that they can't help taking liberties with her. The Stars wink upon the bloody Stripes, and Liberty pulls down her cap upon her eyes, and owns Oppression in its vilest aspect for her sister." Suc
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