Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-31
OuTRAGRs OF THE FEDERAL sOL'
W RHERX.


TBo -of,bin~ F-onens,tics Of the Federal sol
/ 5i.ry in Missouri have been INDUCED TO such al
estent that even ihe abolition press Is beginning
to fear the consequences Of such unbndlcd
| Numbering as has obtained, and 70 urge a re-
| .traint. The following. from the Missouri cor
respopdence of the Cincinnati Gazette, gives but
a faint picture Of the outrages that have been
perperated upon the people of Missouri by the
hireIncs who have been imported to subjugate
thom. The writer, who was with FRENoNT's
army, says
Inmy last Iet,erI spoke Of the inauguration
Of the foraging system, and the disappearance OF
fealhercd bipeds, etc, from the face of the earth
brreabouts. l regret 10 say that the practice
was carried to extremes by soldiers aud officers,
until Gen. Fremont felt bound for the reputation
Of he United States army TO put a stop 20 IT,
On the road on Tuesday last, we saw regiments
Of troops passing along, three-fourths of the
members Of which carried dead turkeys, geese
Or chickens on their bayOnets. Nearly every
army wagon we passed contained a couple OF
hogs or calves. Worse than all, many soldiers
killed stock at farms, anu left uine-tenths OF the
carcass to rot on the ground. Houses were en-
tered and depicted of ~yictuals, whether the oc-
cupants were Unionists or Disunionists, the sol
dieTs seldom stopped 10 inquire. Assuming an
authority never given them, they plundered
everything and anything. Such q state OF
things could not long existwithOut bringing dis
grace upon our army and our cause. On
Wednesday morning Gen. Fremont put an en-
phatic veto on Il in the shape OF an order to the
effect thar any soldiers or officers convicted of
foaging or plundeTiug without authority troyI
him should lie shot without mercy
The Chicago TriBuas, LUSCOLN's old Illinois
ORGAN, copies this statement, and not only ad-
mits its truthfulness in every particular, but
makes other charges against the Federal forces,
saving that the track Of our 1.-THE Federall
columns in Missouri may be known by the con
veus 70 secession that the outrages of our 1.-THE
FEDERAL soldiers have made, and that Just
such scenes have attended the march of The
Union troops in almost every place where they
have penetrated" The humiiating confession
is made by the Tribune that when General
/ MCDOWELL moved ont to Bull Run, the line OF
march Of his army was marked by wanton and
1 needless devastation; and only a few days ago,
Gen. MCCLELLAN'S men-afer following up
he retiring rebels-wore severely reproved for
heir destructive and f]elonious propensities " and
it Is added that "HURLBUT's troops in Missouri
erlipsed them al by the variety and extent OF
TIE outraees they committed"
We are reioiced to see these manifestations o.
a return to civilized notions with regard to the
conduct Of the war, on the part of the northern
press; but ct the same time We would say to
he people Of the South, in the neighborhood OF
the Federal armies, that newspaper deuuncia-
tous wiz not stop the robbing and numbering 50
generally INDUCED in BY the hireliugs who have
been sent to fight the battles Of the North. To
protect cur lives and property Wemust rely upon
cur own strong arms, instead Of the moral per
cepticns Of our enemies.