The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-02
BIccdy RJack Republican ToYyiSns,


Tho shaiiowest. most conce; ted, and Hip
pant, as we'll IS the most unprincipied and
blood thli s.y, abolition Journal which daily
makes It's appearance in this city. occupies
itself lust now, cor nmore, with the task of
urging The Government to hang the officers
and crew OF the privs teer savannah, Landed
here. on Tuesday, by the Harriet Lane
.rrl.er crime, }" il says, " is clearly piracy,
and is punishable with the extreme penalty
attached 10 that crime. iset IL tlierafore he
:nfiictaf. " What ccnteIll .tible, short
sighted i.nbecility Has the editor Of the
aforesaid newspaper ever read the history
Of the earlier stages OF the war CT indeT-en-
6arca II 50, has he forgotten that Il certain
George Washington, Il potorious rebel against
the British Crown, was similarly uenaced
With death rs u traitor, il ne could only he
caught? And that LORDS This, That and The
Other, issUcd proclamations. declaring that
every single voionist taken with arms III MS
hands vas Gn.lty Of und3uetsd felony, aud
to deny the rebellion. lie justified it as
having been forced rpon Americans by Brit
.sn GrSpotisIn-uct it!e tithe as bitter
ths south ii:is 2roaned Under ., tLfs .'ands
Of the AboIitioristg of the North-.and
in answer 10 tie threat that his soldiers
should be execu sea, contentsd himself wi th
aUlemplY assuring the Commander iu- Chief
Of the Tory army that where the latter hung
one man. ne wonid string up two. Lot Nr.
Lincoln and his advisers proceed to the length
Of hanging the creT OF the Savannah, and we
have no hesiTation in predicting that such
nioOGy repTi5nt5 VIII Os niiic ted by Jefferson
Davis that an outcry OF horror and indigus
ton viii arise against the senseless rnaniacs
81 u "a h!nglon, who stall have 2yonsed his
lust wrath.
The Lincoln Government affects to regard
every single Individual who has taten up
arms to defend Southern soil from invasion,
as punishable ny hanging, and all who have
aided them or rendered them comfort g gull
tv of nisprtsion or trea son. At least four
hundred thousand individuals ought, under
such teaching, to be led to the giiiows 20
morrow, atnu the remainder o. the pUDu Ia tiUn
OF the Confederate States should he suh;ec ted
| to line and imprisonment. This is, substan-
TALLY, the doctrine held by all OF our leading
Abo!itionsts, although. when the time tor
| q certain instinct of selt-preeervati0n
whispers IN tf;air "afH that fha chaiice
| .aoy 50 reckless.y hold M 20 others
ulay, later. ne returned TO their own lips. Ii
! they were thoroughly ousisteEt, they wcuid
not rest con ten ted, M 'N9s zach prisoner cup
| tuned We're visited with an ignominou. leath
They should either directly advocate such
brutality, or else they should cease to i'm pose
| their reckless clalnoV upon the public. Amer,
| leans have been acCus toned 10 express sym
pathv with Itallsns, Hungarians, and even
SepOys in q s tate OF insured tCn, condemn
| ing, ss worthy Of pernotuai infarnv, ruiers
| who have Geeresd tiie penalty ot Tie 42w up
On their subjects but never UIder any tuT-
1 eign nationality~-not within the most ;iarba-
!shment haar pTnTnnlcratGt, SO 5ayuciS Is duu
savage rs thoee when nave rorlne,l the tt pie
ofropunican raYinyS since the nj mtihla of 4 prti
| GOs of tn most painful phenomena Gf tn8SA
dark and diatraGtod t,rnas, ie the Hfort that is
/ ;,cirt lllaur Jy Lile huIUcracY 1T Washing ton,
/ abd Its organs elsewhere, 10 discourage every
tendency to Kindly, conciliat0ry, Or peaceful
/ feelings toward the SOU hHrn States, and to
| create such elubitterlnent between the two
sections IS NAV render future settlement OF
difficulties impossible. The con- paratively
mild policy OF General WccleiIan in Vestern
Virginia a;o kentucky il..s !.eea condemned,
| although "A contrary CoaIas must inevitably
| lead TO local guerilla warfare Of .no ucst de-
piOrabls description. MuIaerous attacks
upon women and children, and The
slAught ter OF innocent citizens il p Conrt OF
Justice, and ulass3cras like that OF Bonneville.
excite the iubilant applause OF the dam0niacs
who hold the desinies ot the country in their
hands. Euluiating the Robes p;erres aud Ma
RI Is OF the Reign Of Terror, they scent out the
possibility OF sacrificing life with 81 keen,
blood -houn6 instinct. rs cowaTdiy as il is har
barous. No patriotic consideration VIII bring
them 70 their senses, but they viii soon oe
checked by their own fears, when those retail
ations have commenced en- Southern soil,
which are inevitable, If the Recommendation
Of general resort To capital punishment is
carried into execution.
LII accordanca Win ,nterHationai law. IL
has been officially declared by 10 less tnan
two ex-Chancellors of England, as well as
by the present Lord Chancellor, that priy;t-
teering Is moi piracy, .nd that 10 punish II
such would be murder. The Contsd-
crate States occupy position ~ q re F1ct0
G0vernn1eFtt which the United State would
instantly recognize, did they mold thcir
present relation TO any other Power hesiies
itself. England and France have both
recognized thorn az belligerents, and, not
imrrobabiy. both of these countries WILL
ere long, assume "a attitude, III tAeIr behalf
hos tia 10 ourselves. The blockade OF tbs
Southern coast, which has been unconstitu-
tiona!ly proclaimed by the esidenl Is
almost exclusively maintained By vessels,
- lanci priTateer2 a -ac Savannah. ;-nL,
therefore, equally liable 70 be considered
pirates. Ifsccession is unlawful, 20 has been
the invasion fStates, the closing Of sea ports,
tie ...;.ssacrs Of citizens, the enforcement Of
martial Law, the raising Of armies, tire in
firms erlent OF the be ls1s cGTp1ae, the violation
Of t-iegraphic dispatches, and q hundred daily
ini4uities that are unscrupuiousiy perpe rated
with the sanction or under the order of the
Administrator. # Southern p.isateers are
TO 1t hung, such ha{oc will be made amoug
Northern prisoners CT war as viii cause the
Abolition demasogues who are incitiEg Gov
ernment TO such cruel folly. to trernhie ~ The
conses suenees of their i'll ldigest ted, bloody
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