, 1862-07-29
'Gbe> Gtihtttte.
TUESDAY, JULY %, 1859.
FROM GEN. :RUE1.L,s DEPART
rigorous and Excellent R9tey Of Gen. Rosssean-
He Dee'ares that Re6els. y. Anoody, Aust
Furnish Guards for Rt5tl PROPERTY

Correspondence OF the Cincinnati Gazettel
CAn TAYLOR, HuSTsy111E, Ala, July q.
know of nothing so encouraging as the
ming to Ct al with the traitors In North Ala
bama- For the p1st few t1ye have been dill
gently watching the effect Of his course, both
upon the army and citizens, and my astonish
ment has bean mingled With dellEht which
have no language to express. Officers and
ing, as they should, their infinite superiority
to the 1ebei]ious rnff1ans whom they came to
eubdue. General Rousseau does not consider
it proper for him to humble himself before
the enemies Of the Republic, and apologize to
tht m for bringing an army into their midst;
hedeeus it their duty to acknowledge aud beg
pardon for ther crimsna1lty their duty 20 apol-
tg,ze and futfer for th-lr secursed treason;
ttesr duty to humble themselves Before the
loyal men who have been compelled to leave
their homes and all that they held dear, In or
der to maintain the Integrity of the nation and
the supremacy Of the laws.
The general does not in any Why mfnce
matters with the xtbels who are brought be-
fore him, Short, quick, pointed. cutting In
lis r. marks, every sentence tells upon tbeir
beuumbed or perverted cpnsciences. He has
evidently studied most thoroughly the whole
the abominable heresy itself, as well as p.-
tiently Investigating the pretex.s BIZ which
tecess:cn is sought to be justified at
the present time; and he is prepared to
uurayel every bit of the sophIstry
Upon which i1s advocates have been accns-
toned to rely, to unval the pretenses which
they make, detect the subtvrfuges to which
they resort, or nail the lies they utter, whils
p1etensee, subterfuges and lies are still warfa
11om their lips. Utterly and without reserve
dot S he repuiiate the whole doctrine of t4con-
c'iiaticn,' when applied to tr4iso who have
sworn to destroy the government, Or to f'ols
who look upon every attempt to concil,ate
the justice Of their cause, and OF
tleir natural right 10 rule. He holds
That tie last idea of c0nctliation should
hive Eassed away with the sound OF the FIRST
EUn fired At Fort Sumter; and that then no.
thing was properly lett for the government
irg, persistent and unrtlcn!irg, exhibition Of
,te power, until the las: rebel army was bro
hen to pieces, and the last living rebel had
thrown down his arms. Then, and not until
then, the question might have safely been dis
cueeed, Is to how far # was ex{ edlent to tesl.-
per justice With mercy, and to modify, il fa-
vor OF tie deluded victims Of the reoslli "a,
the rules by which vengeance was executed
upon 9ilful traitors.
a single sentence which heard lin utttr,
cmbod1es his views with regard to the policy
of fritter;ng away the strength Of the Unioa
rebels Eouse TO guard the owners property
poli2y which. wherever praeticed, has re
sulted in the encouragement and humifil'foI
of Union soldiers and the defeat Of the Unlor
arms.
"Let JEFF Davis furnish his disciples witt
guards" said General Rousseau; ''thsg ac'
knowledge the validity Of his government
and declare that they are rightfully subjects o
10 other; let them look to him, then, for pro
tectlou.h