The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-03

MODE OF OBTAINING SUPPLIES FOR THE KEDNl
ARMY-We would specially recommend t
Aminadab Sleek, Hon. Jeremiah Wood and al
other advocates, defenders and secret agents o
the rebels in our midst, as well as those who
are complaining about the violation of the con
stitution by the President, to carefully read and
inwardly digest the three proclamations of &c
neral Beauregard, Commander-in-Chief of the
rebel army at Manassas, issued since the
first day Of June; and if they are then con
minced that the only wrong that has been
committed has been on the part of the North
and their consciences will still permit them TO
praise and uphold the tyranny and military
dcspotism of the South, we would advise them
to pack up their traps and pitch their tents in
thatportion of the Old Dominion coming directly
under the supervision of Toutant Beauregard.
On the first day of June Beauregard in great
anxiety for achievements, issued his proclama-
ton, sending it forth from his masked batteries
at Manassas Junction to tho people of Loudon,
Fairfax and Prince William counties, command
ing them to rally to his assistance to drive out
the "unprincipled tyrant, Abraham Lincoln"
who had sent his hosts among them with the
war cry of beauty and booty" The procla-
nation was filled with similar absurd
and ridiculous statements, none of which
reflect any credit on the talents of the man
who is so loudly praised by his secession friends
of the North, and is not at all calculated to
leave an impression on the mind of an impar-
tial reader of any great genius on the part of
its author. The second document which we
refer to is the letter to General BOnham, signed
by Beanregard in his official capacity directing
him to arrest the following persons, viz:-Alfred
Recher, Ebin Mason. John Mason, r. f. Roberts,
Jonathan Roberts and Levi Deming, their of
fence being that they preferred the United
States government to that of the so-called Con-
federate States, and had expressed themselves
as being opposed to secession. 'You will"
says Beauregard, "obtain secret information
proving the above charges. If the testimony
should be deemed sufficient, you will have them
arrested and forwarded to Governor William
Smith, at Warrenton; but should the testimony
amount only to suspicion, they will be allowed
wenty-four hours to leave the country, not to
return until after the war;" At the end of the
war they will certainly have no desire to re-
turn; for according to the laws of the rebels the
property of all such persons is to be confs-
Gated.
The last proclamation was issued on the 23d
of July, when he sent forth his foraging parties
for food and wagons to supply his army. In
this document, after stating that call classes
,,Ar.I. Hi,
no loophole-"if they do not" he modestly
adds "cOnstraint must be employed with all
who are forgetful of their obligations" This
excels the tyranny of the despots of the Old
World and is perfect violation of all constitu-
tional rights, personal liberty or freedom of
speech. 1t shows beyond question that the
Southern government is simply a military des-
pOtism on grand scale. Yet we suppose, from
the course of the croakers and sticklers for the
constitution in our midst, since they continue to
uphold the South, that it is just the kind of con-
stitutional liberty they are longing for 1t
is beautiful illustration Of the consistency of
these sympathizers with secession who applaud
such despOtic outrages of the South and caviL
at the slightest necessary application Of martial
law at the North.
Every trivial success on the part Of the rebels,
instead of causing modification Of their tyran-
ny, only makes them the more arrogant. The
idea of freedom, under the rule of the leaders of
the rebellion, is perfectly preposterous. Seces-
sion commenced with robbery, has been carried
on with tyranny, carrying blight ruin and devas-
ation to every section that it touched and unless
put down by the patriotism of the freedom low
ing people in the North will end in anarchy,
before which the deeds of the dark ages will
sink into insigniRcance.