The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-11-24
The massacre In Missouri.


We have forboTne oil remark uacn tie as.ecio"s
murders committed By the Yankee General. Nc
Mel In Missouri, until we could STRIVE ct he exc;
truth We puoushed the statement OF the enemy
vss,sr,sy. sof,apea, TO doaht 20 make the case ss
favorable 10 them possiois Giving u ali sAe
credit which can possibly be claimed for It, II was
enc of the most erGoi unvasranied, Saa Hhf'
xoked murders which civilized warfare ever
broush. forth To fad anything Ike 1t Vse nas'
recur 70 the annals Of Mexico a2d Spain sad ever;
they In tbs highest fury CT evil war, can scaree.y
present . case .hs: surpassesit.
The ofF,nce was this: msl named Ansmar,
formerly solder, and Of ls:s spy uron his neigh
bors, whom he was regularly psd to keep watch
upon and TO denornce to the Yankee authorized
was seizsd and detained bya psr'y Of Confedsrata
euerillas. There appears to be 20 proof Whatever
that be was put 10 death although bis employ
mcns a. spy upon his neishbcrs would amply JUS
tify such q naeSiu-e Of retaliation Gen McNiei,
the YANKEES commander In tina. quarter, forthwith
wrote q note to Joseph O. Porter, In which he
threatened that unless Ailsmsn were returned by
. certain hour he sh su!d proceed to exeea.e ten
Confederate pris then In his sands. This was
done by az officer of the same Government, whose
troops never enter spy place without hrrryi1g on
to prison all The male Inhabitants, Old or young
who reuse TO take the oath, AID whose basses
ere crsmned to .Hocation with civilians from the
Confedsrscy Tho man rot hssiGg bsen returned,
the assassin p-ooneGsd 10 execute his tkreats wit.
ali the circumstance of 6ayi,ish crety ,hs: eou j
susges. themselves % ;:oesiustioa that ieveJei
In crips. SONS G. The unfortunate victims We srs
told, were ii Killed at tia rr-: fire. snd the re
serve SIS osl.ei IN +, dispatch them With their
rsvJlyersi
If tie Govsin.neut o: TIA Corfedars.e States
take Mt SONS sie.5 10 gske rsirl'ais fer ahis
dsmnabIs deed Of bleed. it shoa.d 81 least sodl-
ekse iis fax ctioDs aai sve place 70 ME who have
the nerve TO protect he lives OF rs citizens- Il
the conscience of ruler Is so ;e1Ger tat Re csn
not reconcile its proup.izss with his duty tEen let
bin withdraw ami sive place 10 ste:ner aad iaoEe
cAliou2 zen better silt cd times Ike tio present.
The protection Oh tie Confederate GovetEn,eas
has been promised tc The brave in Missouri.
no pariiinS their ivss IN cur csus,, although
they separated from u b. It's s.is ;ssiPp and
i: Be- not accorded the wnos people Of those
States Will 81 disssaee3 The y.nkee Govecn
msrt wi..ss = esl-h.i-A tie dooj.i"e :ba: hsase
man, defending tasi- bones Giag Ii yaiGeTed il
cod blood 57 authority ii is7v sd upon that dee
tr.a. they sTe now acting al ovdr he country
And vel What 90 We ,ieG = ny, rre isgus
ihuads.!1s rTocl rssti5a SOW eE,i thsl ard with
draw il as soc2 IS eseh particular goe;ty besins
to be leg, wildly Remembered. II Ito msGat n.o,
the Yankees burn and murder worse than ever,
and re sahnit 20 It, hs though ;haY really were
our Lawful lassis.s erd we their rebe!lious savea
Il the l.oveTnmens is afraid to take ths matter
np, ~s hoc il vii. at oDee be taken up by tie ar
mp. ana sasi hey ~ill exac. vs1ssaHca ior this
deed The very :aeDIion of wnioh alsti ap2al pos
tsr.sy to lbs n-pdTedih generation Tie combine.
Virginiaas .,1:sh roil..ana, and sonih Carroll
EisDs, who fought and gained tie bat - OF hicg.
Mountain, huus nlLateen tories @Aom they fou1a
xnong ths prisoner, and qs.o had rendered lex.
selves spicuous by Il i atrocities This exam
PIE we hope MI H. mi a.ad by own ssm.es,
whether tue Government sanctions it OF net.
WIN the Emperor Alexander, Of 2.ussa, was
On lis c,a;h- bed, he said 20 tie attending pgtess
who was offering him the consultations OF religion:
"Ah fstheT. aiuGs have much more TO repent OF
than private Insa-" AID SO taey have, and SO Lave
al ra.ers wno DO aEeir duty Is 1t oush; to be done
The decision Of life and death is constantly In theI
hauds, end from that deoisicn there is appeal -
Tie nan whose conscience IS SO .sLder that he can
net dischs'g Sc sworn duty. though it laay the
lives Of hundreds, OF perhaps thousands while it
only involves tie loss of single one, had test di
vest himseH OF his authority as e 1t may &c
practicable. Esd dozen Yankee ciicers been
hung In retaliation for the murder OF Eam!ord We
should not now be called upon 10 urge vengeance
for the Missouri murders We see remedy save
that to which We have above alluded The army
viii BE- compelled to protect itself by taxing the
Law Into its own baadx The Yankees laugh at our
blusteriBg proelamations, and answer them by
burning ursrmsd towns ani numbering unoffendipg
citisens. Blood will have blooa's in spsse Of all
that may ts done. OR neglected to bs done.