New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-13
THE nIEEERENCE


The ditferei ce between war conducted by q
civilized nation and one conducted by unovili7ed
nation, is Illustrated BY report which came to us
yesterday by telegraph. We are told that Federal
steamer, on Friday last, threw one hundred and
| forty shells into the town of Urbanna situated on
| the Rappahannockriver in Virginia, severely dam
aging the old church of the village and the private
| dwellings of the inhabitants.
It so happened that in our last war with Great
| Britain the enenys feet went up this same river.
carrying large force OF men, and landing them 4.
rms very village and at other villages on the hanks
OF the stream. But churches and private houses
were sacredly and religiously respected. They
burnt public buildings only--tobacco warehouses,
couf'.houses, and so forth-but touched not pri-
Vate dwelling or church, y
1t remains for the Vandals of the North. ii an
age supposed to be more refined and ciyilizeb 10
engage in the sacriegious business of hnrnnc
| uo#h me temples OF religion where three or four
seIefatons OF people have worshipped, and Of dis.
su'phs' WIN te not missiles of war; the repose of
tne cnurchyafd beneath whose soil the forefathers
Vi .ae hamtet-not !" rude y forefathers but the
pest and the bravest of the Old Dominion-have
iof more IMAM century been sleeping. These are
also tne christian people who terrify the women
anu chiiaren OF a peaceful and secluded town by
sesthg hre to their houses, and driving them rom
the homes and the firesdes that they love-
NOR is this an isolated case. When the Federal
forces under Mcdowell entered Centreyie, before
the battle of Manassas, they broke into the chrc,
at that place and desecrated its walls with rufe
and insulting caricatures and obscene inscrjc.Ecaz
Forgetting perhaps never knowing-the words of
Scripture The Lord is in His holy temple lit all
tue earth keep silence before Him. thew aese.
Grated the building consecrated to religion in
manner Ihat ought to have, put savages ia the
oiash' Better that they had done as thew dtd at,
ofpanna, and destroyed the church at once than
EXHIBIT TINS combination of Vandalism, and sacri
iese' ana rinaldry, and impotent rage against
people successfully defending their liberties. n
everywhere they have an opportunity, similar
outrages have been pefpetrated. The savage who
dances around his victim roasting at the staAe or
VINO creeps stealthily at night and puts the loren
% tne dwelling of his enemy, has never been edu.
caten IN any other morality and knows not t lat ba
: committing crimes which are unnatural Rn4 with
.ne Nof'iierher who burns churches and borses if
Z uinereni. de knows the full extent of the in. |
'ny oieHls oeeds, and such conduct can uroeeed |
,oin nothlhg but innate depravity and dabplics
iispositioh OF heart. Mr.. Sumner. in the Sanate |
10 1o n,, - 't az tiAS SVnute,
ieciaLls against the barharispa of the South and
70 ana MS echoes make continual boasts Of their
tuVaneea civilization and refinement their colleges
leir ohurches, their libraries and other evidences
2 superiority over the ignorant and debased sontb
low taise and hypocritical are all such pretences
We nave mad abundant opportunities. since this
ba No..,,a...-S' u Ano"iilg. II the morality of
W. tho.a- s-. "s - q feneN OF the morality of
'ofthern society, we hope-indeed we know.the
'ou1h Will never desire to listen to its TEACHINGS