The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-07-26

torch end when the torch is uo. cone
renieul. careful Iab0ri bestowed 90 leH-
der Complete the destruction Of every ar-
tiele Ol u-e on ornament remaining In 1
private dwellings after their inhabitants |
have fed from the outrage of brutal soil /
diaTy
M II71 Great Britain when invading |.
heueyoltod Colonies. tool, possession ofthe |
very disH4et-,he country near I5rFe
.Alonr0e, now occupied by the troops OF
Tho United States, the houses then inhabl-
ted by the people aitcr being respected
and protected by the avowed invaders
are now pilated and destroyed by the
men who pretend That the victim ara
their fellow citizens. Mankind win shud-
der 10 hear the tales Of ouraees commits
ted on the delencele. females by the
sgldicry of the United States. now iuvad-
mo orr homes. Yet these ouuages are
aroplp.ed ~ the infamed passions and
madness of INVESTIGATION. But who shall
dauict the horror with which they regard
G.a cool Deliberate malionity. with which
rrdsr tbe nratcxf Of slInurogsiup iu-ur-
rectign. said bv themselves TO be upheld
Nv minority only oil our people, makes
sroc;ol war IN thc sicl5 incindino women
,nd cbildren bv carefully devised mea-
.nrcs to orevent tbeir obtaining the
ncdioines necessary for their cure The
aaorod claims Of humanity are respected.
oye, drring tba inrv or actual battla by
carer,l diversion of attacl, from the hospi-
tols oorfaining the wounded enemies. are
OUTRAGED I'm cold blood bv government
and naonla thal pretend 10 desire p con
fnu1nca Of fraternal connections All
thrsc outrages must remain unavenged,
.ava Ly the universal reprobation OF all
mankind
In all cases where tho actual perpetra-
TORS Of Tronos escape capture they admit
az mo retaliation. The humanity Of our
people would shrink instinctively from
1 The hare idea of waripa like war upon
the sick. tbe women and children of the
enemv But there are other savage prac-
Iticos which have been resorted to by the
Government Of the United States which
Ido admit of repression bv retaliation.
have been driven to necessarily enforcing
Mi. rnpresgion. The prisoners of war ta-
ken by the enemy on board the armed
soboonor Savannah sailing under our COM
mission. were. as | was credibly advised,
t.o,tal III. co,,tnnn falIons mt in irons
l0,'0, ia'N. -:1 ,,l,,,Il,.I ,,,,ao,,,;o
anu couiiieC ~ . en- ,'',Iy "Pl','ilr'd
Veu 70 ci'iHliiI'9 VI ~ NVi'o -
,hrealeli5" VIII Pu.ils''siieiiy 90 auI,',
h9o H'"oo "PPHV"''on ~ w $500
OF lheSe PRISONERS 20 Uno ~, ~
oIicer OF me enemy So uauroI on Vii'l
lesion, but that olhcer hau alfeauy sent
ID
plicaIlon was made. therefore deemed
it my duty to renew the proposal Ior an
exchange to.the constitutional Commah,
der-inChlef OF the Army ana Navy OF
the United States, the only oihcer haYing
control oil the prisoners. 10 TINS enc
p despatched an officer to MN under IHe
Of truce, and IN making the proposal IN
= formed President Lincoln oil my resolutI
purpose to check all barbautes on prs
oners OF war 10y such severity OF ret9ua
ton on prisoners held by US as should Sc
cure the abandonment OF the practice
The answer to this communication wa.
1 that reply would be returned by freSi
G dent Lincoln as soon as possible. ! earn
: estly hope this promised reply, winch ma
s not yet been received, will convey the as
+ surance that prisoners OF war VIII Dc
2 treated in s,,oI
resaru 70 luliiala'y WV u t M Contest =
! coi7 l'lououo ,llaot,lnoo ~ ,,rooo,,
lilouetH "o'l"io 90 I'' - W.
Np" go 'i', '.;ii 'l4o1 oI,so ans
d tlS 70 lro(il a. s,a,, ,trod fran, ta on
" o,,,,, NJ, - had hopn INV nleasurn nrc
RI ,.;a,sI,, A., ,,,lorgo an norolp and who's
ne Cafe must necessarily denend ON that c
Il n,isonocs hold by Tho enemv amend
Ia com, of nv, communication IN the Pres
Id dont and Commondor.in.Cb Chief Of th
le Arrnv and N,vv Of fine limited States an
in tbe ronort Of Tie officer charged ia deli,
or or II marked document Az There an
ST. soma oiber nossocos in the remarkabl
in ,orcr 70 which I have directed vour ~
rt fontion HAVING roferonce IN the npcnli,
Of rolations which ovists betwaen tbi4 Go,
d. eminent and the States. merely terme
az bordar slave States which cannot nrone
X " he withheld from notice.
NJ The hearts of our people are animate
en- bv sentiments towards the Inhabitants
as those States which found expressions
he vour enociments. refusing TO consid,
N those enemies. or authorize bostiliti,
ct AGAINST them. that n very LARGE norton
d. the neople of those States. if unr
no strained bv the actual presence of lars
es- armies. to the subversion Of civil author
tv and the declaration of martial la,
N some OF them, at least. could iovfulI
he unite with us. That they are with us. a
IN most entire unanimitv onnosed to I'll
at prosecution of the war against US. an
sr- facts Of which dailv recurring events flu
.e- w warrant the assertion. The Presider
ell Of tbe limited States refuses to recooni,
Sc in those. our late sister States. the rigl
he Of rofrainino from attack on rs and IN,
or ti6es his refusal Inv tLe assertion tbot Nh
We states b,vo mo ether nower tbsn that p,