Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-05-15

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officers were attached that I shaIi not bc
sati-iied with what they shall d, unless they
gyc, an account OF one rebel killed Tor zach
vi their owl number" ~ ~
The mcmbers Of yo1r committee migtt
cJnten, themselves by leaving this tcstiln9na
to q o ScIa Q AMI the people, without word
OF com nept; but wheu the enemies Of lust
and generous Government are attempting
10 excite the sympathy of disloyal men Ia
our cJlntry, aud to solicit the aid Of foreign
GJvernments. BY the grossest nlisrepreser-
t4tons OF The objects Of the war and of the
eondIct Of the officers and solJi,rs Of tho
Republlc, this, the most startling evidence
OF their insiD;efiiy and inhunanity, deserves
soine notice at our hands. =
History viii he examined in vain for Q
parallel 70 this rcballQn aeains. a good Gov
erhment. Long pNpared for by ambitious
men, who were made doubiy confident Of
success by the aid AMI counsel Of former ad.
nllnstrationi, and by the belief that their
p!ans were unobserved by magnauincui
people. they prec plated the war at a mo.
ment when the general administration hal
just been changed under circumstances OF
astounding perfiIg. Without s.r:,le res-
sonable ground OF complaint. and in tho
I face OF repeated manifestations OF modcra-
ton ana pelca on the part of the President
and his fnends, they took up aruIs and de-
clare1 that they woll1 never surrender until
their rebellion had haen recognized, or tho
Institutions established by our foraflth.r,
had been destroyed. The people of the 10y.
a states, AZ last convinced tina. they could
| preserve their liberties only by an appeal To
the God OF battles, rushed to the standard
OF the Republic in respol:c TO the call Of the
Chief Magistrate
Every step OF this nonstrous treason has
been marked by violence aud crime. No
! transgression ha, been too great aud no
wrong too startling for its leaders. They
disregarded the sdnctity of tho oaths they
had taken to support the Constitution thew
| reprdiatei all their obligations to the peo.
/ pie OF the Fres States; they deceived and
betrayed theirown fellow-citizens, and crowd.
ed their armies with forced levies; they irova
from their midst all who won,j not We'd 10
their despot;sm, or tlle,i their prisons With
inen who would not enlist under their flag.
Ihey have nov crowned the REBELLION by tho
pcrpetranon OF Guods siarcey knoxu etea
10 sarage N>r-are.
! Inc !:i7estlgr.ols otyo1r comu,reo have
eStaolished the fact beyond controversy. The
I Witnesses Gale before us were men of un-
doubted yeracity aad character. Somalof
NS-'-Ity lDJoAtipl5 lut
and Others high petitions ia civil Iiio. Diff.
f.,ins in political sentiments, their eydsnca
presents remarkable concurrence of op:a-
ion and Of jGlgmcnr.
Dur fellow colntiymen, heretofore sufii-
, elen IL Impressed by the generosity and for
) b5arlnce q tie Government OF the United
States, and the bgrbarous character Of tho
! cFusadr against it, will be skocked BY tho
; statements OF thesa unimpeaehed and unim-
peachable Witnesses, and foreign nations
must, with one accord. however they have
he,itaied heretofore, consgn {, lasting
oiium the al;h0rs OF crimes which. in al
their details. exceed ;iio worst cxcs,ses OF
the S'p0ya in India. W
Gen. Benuregari himself who, on very
recent occasion, boastei that he had been
controlled BY humane feelings, after the Bat
tie OF Bu!! Run coolly proposed 10 hold
Gen. Ricketts, as L hostage for one of the
nurderons privateers, and the rebel surgeons
: dlsdalned intercourse anl communication
with our own surgeons, taken in honorable
battle The outrages upon the dead will re-
vlye the recollection, OF the ciueties to
which savage tribes subject then prisoners.
: They were buried in many cases naked, with
their faces downward. They we're left %
! decay in the open air, their ZONES carried
OF as trophies, aoDotimes, as the testimony
proves, 10 be used az personal aiornmsuts,
and one witness deliberately ayers that tha
hotd otnne OF oar most gallant officers was
cut OF by Secessionist, 70 DO turned into q
= drinking cup on the occasion Of his marriage
i Nonstrous us this revelation NAV appear to
. be, your committee have been Informed that
during the last two weeks the skull ofa
/; Union soldier has te.n exhibited in the
o.hce of the sergeaut.at arms of the House
OF Representatives, wliich had bsen con.
. verted to such purpose, and which had
been found on the person of one VI the rebel
prisoners taken IN recent conflic, Tho tes.
timony of Gov. Splasuc Of Rhode Island is
most interesting. II coHfrms tho worst re-
, ports against the rebel soldiers, and excu.
svcy proves that the body of ore Of the
! bravest oIicoEs ~ ,lc volunteer service was
burned,
He does not hoslta.a 20 all tl:,t this
! hyena deseoraiion Of the honored oorhse vas
because the rebels believed it to bs the b,ady
OF Col. s;ocun, against wkom they were
intur.ated for having displayed so much
courage and ch ivalry in forcing his regiment
: fear!essy and bravey upon iheu TEoSo
. disclosure. establishing, as they ncoaiesta-
bly, do. the consistent. inhumsnity OF the
: rebel leaders, viii bo rold with sorTpw and
ln'iignatipn by the people Of the loynl States,
y They should inspire these peopis 10 rensw.
/; ed eEeriIon, 10 protect otir Ujl,n;ry irs,u tho
: restoration 10 power OF such ,leIi. They
should, AMI We believe they will, arouse the
DISCUS. aud horror Of ioreign ia; ons against
! this unholy rebellion. q n
> Let 1t be Ours to furnish, nevertheless, a
!. continued contrast 10 such bariariias and
U crimes. Let rs perseyera IN tho pooi Hork
= : of maintaining the authority vi the Ca9st,.
tuition, and OF refusing 90 iilitate tho inon.
1t II,