Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-10-30
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] but a a5rehash, Of the editorials of
= the Chicago 4rt5une'upon this sub
..,.ject, which is that we are in an
enen1y's country, and have a right
to sstbsiSt upon the people there
Of. Not one dollar in a thousand
of the value of the stolen or con-
! ffscated, property ever sinures to
! the benefit. OF our government. .
/ sAH this is the legitimate and
necessary u, consequence Of the teach
ings of the abolition papers Of the
North. Young men who, when
they left their homes, We're the
idols of fond mothers, and the fu-
ture hope Of their fathers, are now,
many oofthem, confined within the
walls of our military prisons for
no other offensei than following
the teachingssof such papers as the
Chicago Tribune. 9 How many par
sents, hearts will be made. sad upon
the return of the sons they have
sent to the war sons, who, when
'theyleft home, would have seorned
to do mean act, but who now
have. become parties to almost ev-
cry crime. A fearflf responsible
ty rests upon those newspaper ed
iiors who have. during thus entire
war, been clam BRING against ssguar-
ding property Of rebels, and abu-
sing ourloficers for endeaverlng to
enforce good order and discipline.
Of the army. s5s 5s..1ih .esiFy ssra
II have been eighteen months in
the service, and have never seen
an instance Of "a commanding Off
Ger placing a guard over any man s
property. except to prevent a-war-
ton and indiseriininate plundersand
. destruction of the same, yet the
Chicago Tribune has certainly been
abusing them fer guarding prop
erty."e We have always taken
all tie. property of rebels that
was necessary for men or animals,
for that was needed for any pur-
pose, but have always endeavored
to take it in a legitimate way, giving
receipts for the. same, to be paid
for when. the owner should mske
his claim and establish his loyalty
beyond a doubt. ?; p ets7sssa =
This / understand to be.sthe
proper manner .sef5 appropriating
property to the use of an army
Blythe teachings of. the abolition
prints, many who were4,not over
;,serupulous, at the outset have
easil y. argued themselves into the
belief that it was not right to guard
and protect property from an IN
discriminate .plundera until the
consequence is, the. camps, the
lxnapsacks, and pockets OF that
class of soldiers are lined with sto-
len watches, silver. ware, money,
and other valuables taken fremfthe
inhabitants, upon the I. Chicago
.Trib,1ne's rule. tTthat there = are
none but rebels in the South" and
that therefore they cannot be.Plun-
dered amiss. q kgg ass6
I assure. you, Mr.. Editor, this
picture is not overdrawn and,
while it is to be regretted, ut is
but right that the people at home
should know the truth. This /
have givesl-ilo more. : .s ~ i. a &,
CoLuMBrs, Ky, September 80. =
A person who is not an actual par
tieipator in the war may theorize
relative towhat should be adopted,
make s'paper campaigns, and yet
have but very little knowledge of
what course of action should real
ly be pursued. The different
changes Of policy that are contin-
ualiy being adopted, / can tell you,
being in a place wheresI can judge,
!, will have a bad effect upon the
lInenwho ARE really doingthe fight
ing. For instance, the vast army
( thatsis now spread upon the Dor
ders of the rebel country enlist
/ ed. with the explicit pnd derstand-
ing and belief that, the war was to
be prosecutedsfor the 'tConstitution
asitis and the Union as twas" will
mot quietly consent ito itssbeing
,alight else. They left their homes
to prosecute the war vigorously
and to a speedy close, upon these
principles. Many, / may say tliie
: most of them, are men from the
North who are to depend upon
Ao:, 1,,Ex- labor for n livelihood