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The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], Our army correspondence. (search)
Punishing bad boys. --Admiral Porter, who, in the intervals of his leisure from bombarding, seems desirous of winning laurels as a moralist and politician, has vouchsafed his opinion that the Sook a fish you must unquestionably catch a fish. The difficulty consists in the catching, as Admiral Porter, who has passed his life among fish, ought to know. It is also true that bad boys are not reformed by mild words. Even Porter might have become a gentleman if his father had flogged him soundly when he was young. The mistake of Porter's illustration — a very natural one for a Yankee--Porter's illustration — a very natural one for a Yankee--is that the South is the North's "boy," that Uncle Sam is our "daddy," and that because we don't mind him we are "bad," and deserve to catch it. Now, that is just the point at issue between us. We denetting over fences and rivers, that we have never been able to do it justice. We advise Admiral Porter to study the history of the Colonies, the States, and the Union, before he blathers any more