The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-29
Gen. Mcclellan.

W. had s,rnosed IL at an officer OF the feg"-
lar service was better acquainted "'''
laws of civilization than TO threaten tue Sc
veres. military penalties, as 'eh' "' -
ba, done in his hate proclamation asa'n'' G"
who defend their country by gucfhia "ai'"i0'
& :, sesm. that we are not to defend our own
49,, and all we hold dear, except IN Such
i, mode and manner as in Gen. McoLELiAN
o,;nion is most agreeable to the rules Oh HILL
,,rv art Such proclamation is the best e'i-
asnce AN enemy could give us OF the great e'-
eo;o,cv of this mode Of warfare, and snouio
IOWA ma 10 pursue it with redouoieo
energy. 1t is mode OF deiehce' "niOA'
~ wa have often shown, can DE aooP'-
| "a with great ease by cur Whoie III
| ral ronn,ation. not one Of whom, perhaps
is without good horse and good gum anu
| all os whom are expert in the use OF arms ironl
| IT,, childhood. Let this proclamation Oh
| MCCLELLAN convince them that the gu'i1'"
svsten is sore point with him, ana tha' 'hey
ouobt to give that tender spot 81 Steiha'i' anu
thorough punching. In regard to his threats Nc
sav emphatically, that the abominaole oa'
tiles threatened from the frat by TINS a.
,5 bloody Administration and its military
aorl;pos can mover be carried INTO eHeo'
without the prvmptest and most thorough
,aEation. We have prisoners as well aS 'n'
enemy. and precisely the same measure 'ha'
thew mcte out to our men shall We he'e Out
RI theirs. Hitherto, under observation-disclosures "a
tho ,ravest rrovocation and wrong the course
oeour authorities has been distinguished by ie-
infancy and humanity. RIGHT anu I'op'H'''
tho two Federal officers who were arresteo aiV''
attempting to produce an explosion '' 'n'
Navv-Yard, which might have Destroyer wv
lives of everybody ia GosPort, were aiSeh"'s
ii ,vitbopt even their parole. Harvey, cap
,,red At Harucr's Ferry, was also humahelJ
set at liberty, and showed his appreciation
the act by seeking to crush the hooi"eS
) Missouri beneath bloody military despouSn'
Other prisoners have been released upon pa
role. and no departure from the rules u CIV Il
nod warfare has occurred in a single lhstanc
in the treatment Of prisoners or ID any o'he
mart of the conduct of this war. On IN
contrary, the enemy themselves ADMIT thd
y -
their prisoners have been kindly trea'e'
and that. amidst the deep feeling aroused
the invasion of our territory, the outrageS upo
persons and property, the most atrocious Gu
RACES upon defenceless women, and other VII
lations of the rules of civilized wartar
might we'll call for summary Vengeanc
We believe that this humanity and torbea
ance have been miscOnstrucd by the hearue
watches who have in their own hearts
;s trace of those virtues, and therefore cam
!, conceive of their existence among other me
!; But there is a limit to the long-tri paten
. of our people, and there is such thing
no even-handed justice, which will follow
| execution of such "a threat as that OF McolE
va Lam as quickly as the thunder ever 1oiio"
- the hghtning's flash. Just so soon as inc
10 slayish minions Of a tyrant exchange IN
- msuaces for corresponding actions, the lives
-, their own prisoners, two for one, will atone
-. their crimes; and should the man who ina
he eurates such a system, fall into Southern han
;or he may count with perfect certainty upon
of ing hoisted by his own petard.