Spirit of the age., 1861-06-05
From the VI ntgomery, Ala. Mail.
a Brace of Unmitigated Scoundrels.

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From the NJ ntgomery, Ala. Mail.
a Brace of Unmitigated Scoundrels.
Of all the herd OF lov-.lown, base-soulcd
lickspitties of the Lincoln Mlnagerie, Gem
Harney and NJ jo.. Andersoa are most noto-
nous IN intamy. For mpnths Anderson ac-
cepted the courtesies and dinners of the peo-
ple OF Charleston, w'ne al the same time he
was guilty not only of treason against the
authority of the State in whose jurisdiction
he was do.nicilcd, bit lac was plotting with
foreign enemies against The sovereignty of the
State, and against tAc honor and the lives of
the very people TO whom he professed friend
ship, aud whose hospitality he was partaking
of, This dlp.icity will cons:n the name of
Robert Anderson to infamy in the estimation
of all homo -able men. And when 1t became
necessary to take Sum'er, he used all the
means in his powe' conSiS ent with his per
onal safety. TO damage and slaught. the very
people whose lJersl favois he had been so
long lc:eivin,. When he no longer had a
hiding place of safety in SImter he surreu
dered 10 the Confederate authorities Instead
OF fdeallng with hun according TO the uSages of
war, those authorities treated him as guest
and SET him a: iibcrety. How has he repaid
this mistaken act Of magnanmiIy? /? He went
to the North and maIe pu llic speeches, in
which he Sian tered the officers and the pe0-
pie 10 VIII III he 4 INDEBTED for his liberty and
his dishonorcd life. Now ne is travelling
through the North herr of rabbleS, and
most likely with secret orders fiom the Lin.
coin drspo;ism. Anl nc is going to Ken
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ed alto boitloni>ts wh infrst that Slare..t a-nal2I.
dFr women and chdrcn aud pilnder houses.
as has bsotheE in infLmy ftiarnevl is doing in
Missouri -
Gen. lla,ney Ike Anderson. is indebtedto
the mistaken ulagnanimity Of the Conieder-
ale authorities for his liberty and life STAN
ed with acts of dupicity aud faIseaood. He
went TO Harper's Ferry, no doubt,as a spy
He was arres cd AMI by the laws of wa de
served death upon the gibbet. But he lied as
to the facts arl promise falsely as to his IN
tenions. Nos he Is a St LOUIS to execute
the orders OF those Lincoln butchers of wo.
men and children.
The name of iIarney is infanlous. 1t is
connected With deception, insratitude and
ialsehood, and with deeds Of wanton
murder and the wiling executor of the ~
rannical and oloo1y orders Of perjured and
periidous Ciuinet
When Will our people and our authorities
have done with bestpAing pearls on swine
We nave suffered enough from rhe treachery
of our enemies. We must teach them that
we can Geal out Justice to spies, traitors
and villains. who devise and execute robbery
upon our unarmcd ciTizens anI our women
and children.
Speaking of lIaruey, the Missouri State
Journal says
Under these condtions-these facts inieli-
bly, written in the iIst'ry If lie past and the
present by the direction and order of the
Fedei al Executive, the militia of the State
protected by law and by the Constitution,
and by the flag of the Union, have been ig.
ANONYMOUSLY disar led and driven to prison
under escort cl hostile bayonets-resultng
in tie irdiscrinlinaic slaughter, first Of the
dsarmcd mrn and then Of the unarmcd cit
izens and women and children and infants
in their motherSlaTns. And this act of the
tyrant vas committed upon a people " ho
were by tie terms oi the Constitution and
the laws, under the p otection OF Fedora!
Government, created uy the States and
clothed with limited powers only sufficicn,
to ensarc that protection. And Uhae hearts
were still bleeding with the agonies OF be
reavement-while free born men were stung
to the quick of their soul by this crime
anu III ulleF ViOlatiOfi CT
the genius of free inst.tutioas, Gen. HarneY,
the military representative of the tvrant fac
| ton he served, Irociaims 10 the people OF
Missouri, that whatever other States may be
| permitted TO do, Mssourians. numbering "a
| million of Anglo-Stxon free-Do people.
will be he'd by the whole po er f the Fcde-
raj Government, to restrain them from any
/ freedom OF expression, or freedom of polti-
| cal action, or iron any militia organization
for the defence Of their soil and their
| homes
A more insulting proclamation has not
| been issued in the records Of modern civil.
zation.
When the Austrian general went to Hun
| gary to crush out the bresthings forth OF the
| desire for Liberty, and while Hungary bled
| under the iron heel of military despotism, he
/ wro back to his master: Sire, your heel
is upon the neck Of Your encmies.' And
Harncy may write 20 Washington and say to
/ the imbecile tyrans who hound on their
dogs for blood; Masters under your COM
mand. have crushed freedom in Missouri
ArRocrors RfvFA:,rrY.-Th Richmond
Enquirer states tho following facts upon re-
liable information
An officer in the Virginia Army, who re
signed his commission in tic United States
Army sometime since, ard whose family il
] still in Washington, asked lc'mssion tn
other day TO visit that city to attend the bu
rial If deceased child. Gen. Scott prompt
ly and indignantly refused, declaring that
thousands Of children wese to be buried n
rficer Of the Virginia Army could yisi
Washington without arrest
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