New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-21
NORTHERN CIVILIZATION AND
SOUTHERN BAEDAIssU.

There is one characteristic which dsiin-
pui.Ees this war; on the part of the Northern
Free aud enlightened States--namely, its hu-
manity. There is another characteristic which
Distinguishes this war, on the part oil The
Southern aud semi-barbaric States, which Is
IT, iuhunan.ty. These are broad statements,
but they are IA demonstraDle IA II narrowed
to single case and individual person. Let
~ look at the simple facts.
The North voted for Southern.born Pre'i.
dcn,s or, with the exception of the two
Adamses. for Northern Presidents with South
crn principles. from 1871 to l-GO. Tie two
Adamhs we're, b. the way, chosen in spite Of
Southern opposition But soon "a Presi-
dent not sworn 10 make Sayeholdng, Slavery
extension, and Slavery according 70 the later
theory, the proper condition for all aooriag
men, whether white or c1ored was chosen
by the Northern Southern votes for
him not being permitted under penalty of i'm
prsonment, banshmcnt, or DEATH these be
Gods truths, Men OF the North THE South
inhumany broke away from the North; their
leaders, like 1oombs, saying "War Is Moth
ing" aud deluged the country in fratricidal
b.Jodshed
True TO their barbariiy, they murdered
Massachusetts soldiers. rushing first TO the
rescue OF the Capitol SO accured is
tho spirit of slayeholding that this success
lul murder OF the brave defenders Of the
dag took place not in the midst of
slave plantations, Of chains. Lloodhouads,
and butcher,ug oyerseers, but in a city
almost Northern, but deprayed by mere
contact with tho South, and whose Northern
co,aueonclcs and associations, though So strong
aud numerous proved no match for the con-
contrated virus Of man-stealug.
Az the war proceeded the same barbarous
spirit manifested itself in multitudinous ways.
10 WIS with tho utmost difficulty that the FIRST
prisoners taken were saved from murder q few
leagues from Washington. This statement We
have from Que there whose life was saved by
guard of soldiers. southern Journals and
orators demanded that the black flag be raised
aud that no quarter be- given. This was adyo-
Gated especially in South Carolina and Missis-
sppi aud upheld IN the Richmond Rebel Con-
,cntion. IL vas not adopted, simply because
o. the terrible retaliations such system would
produce and nothing would restrain the North
ihcrcupon from exciting seryle Instruction,
the horrors OF which may not be- calculated.
In coincidence with this Southern fcrocty was
the browning wrath of turning human skulls
into drinkiDg.cups, and bones into souvenirs to
be strung like beads. In mean fury the
women outdld the men. From the statements oil
the late southern refugees at the Cooper insli'
tute, it appears that tho murders OF uhohlSts
South were as Internal as were those by the Last
Indian Thugs. They were shot down Ike the
victims of the republican iusillades.
SO bulchcred were they by crowds, that there
WAS mo- time to make tho rudcst coffin Oh box
for the earcasses, which accordingly were, I'M
eascd. thrown into the ground. Such terrific
butcheries were tho law Of the guegrlllos that
Union General recently was obliged to re-
so,t Ia the net Of tcn-iold sacrilioial vengeance
IN order to stop thea. To match these mur-
dars Of the whites, there have been wholesale
,aughteripgs and hangiygs OF tho mixed or
col,rod csco. and "a some cssea tha oien 'r'