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gresso,s-he proceeds to declare that hi
conddct as just related by himself, was th
Performance Of this promise, so free from
the power Of ingenious sophistry as that th
world should not DC able to misuudcrstan,
it; and in defiance Of his own statement
that he gave notice Of the approach Of th'
hostile fleet; he charges these States will
becoming the assailants Of the, Untct
States. Without a gun in sight Or in ex-
,rectancy to return their fire, save only {
few in the Fort, he is, indeed, fully justified
in saying that The case is so free from the
power Of ingenious sophistry that the world
will not be able to misunderstood it,
Under cover Of this unfounded pretcncc
that the Confederate States are the assail
ants. that higl. functiouary, after expressin.
bis concern that some foreign nations had
so shaped their action as if they supposed
/ the early destruction Of our National Union
probable, atandons all furtlser disguise
and proposes to make this contcs t short
decisive one, 10y placing at the control o!
. the Govevcrnmcnt, for the work, ut least
40O,o 900 men and 40O,OOo,O0O Of dollars
The Congress, concurring in the doubt thus
intlmatcd as to the sufficicncy Of the force
demanded. has in creased it TO half mil
lion Of men.
1hcsegenormous preparations in men and
money, for the conduct os the war on a
scale more gigantic than any which the
New World G. er witnessed, is distinctive
avowal, in the eyes Of civilized man, that
the United STATES are engaged in IA conflict
! with great and powerful nation. They
are at last compelled to abandon the pre-
| tence Of icing engaged in the dispersion of
rioters and he suppression Of instructions,
"nL are driven to ihe acknowIedg that
the anc:vnt Union has Leen dissolved.
hey recognize the separate existence of
. these Confederate States by HE interdiclon,
by embargo and blockade, of all commerce
between them and the United States, not
Only in ships, but in ca.s-not only with
thos" who bear arms, but with the entire
p"pn': ton Of the Colfe lcrate States. Fin.
, aiiy,tticy have repudiated the foolish con-
crit tl:at the inhubi,an:s cf this Confed-
eracy are still citz ms of the United States :;
for they arc wag;ng AZ inLiscriminate war
upon them all with savage ferociiy un-
known to modern civilization. tn this war
rapine is the rule. Private residences aud
peaceful rural retreats are bomhardcd aud
burned. Grain crops in the field are con-
snnaed by the torch; and when the torch
| Is not convenient careful labor is bestowed
20 render complete tho destruction Of every
article OF use or ornament remaining in
private dwellings, after their inhabitants
have fled from the. outrages Of brutal SOL
diery. -
| In 1881, Great Britain, when invading
Ter rcvol ed colonies, took possession Of
every district Of the country near Fortress
Monroe now occupied by the troops Of the
United States, the Houses then Inhabited by
he. people, after being respected and pro.
:ected by the axowad invaders. are now pill
laged and destroyed by men who pretend
that the victims are their fellow citizens
Mankind will shndder to hear the tales ol
outrages committed Oh defenceess females,
by the soldiers Of the United States, now
invading our homes; yet these outrages
are prompted by inflamed passions, and tie
madness OF intoxicatiop. But who shal
depict the horror with which they regard
the cool, deliberate malighity with Which
under the pretext Of ,suppressing an insur-
rectiou, sait by themselves:to be upheld BY
minority only of our people, they make
speca! war on tho sick, including women
and children, By carefully devised measa;ee,
to pre:ent their obtaining the medicine
necessary for their cure, The sacred claims
of humanity, respected even during tn,
fury Of actual battle, by careful Diversion
r, of the attack from the hospitals containing
the wounded enemies, are outraged in colo
bloo1 by Government ard people, tLa
pretend to- desire the continuance Of fra
ternal connections All these outrage
, must 'elnain unavenged, save by the uni
versal reprobation of mankind. IL all ca
}. ses where the actual perpetrators of th'
! wrong escape capture, they admit of;n'
} retaliation the humanityyof our peopl
!, would shripkinsiinctively fr6M .the bar
, idea Of wasnna.like war upon the Sci
: tbewcnsss ssa shi|aren Of the en- en-,
E Rye Rsts Atss o,her savage practice
> whiehs bsse sbes6 resorted to by the Gov
: ernment of tho United states,s which, d
] Fadmit Of repression by retaliation. nav
t been driven tosthe necessity 81 endorsip
, this gepressioa
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