The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-08-20
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| WAsHINGToN, August 8.-The Richmond
Dispatch, OF Monday, the 4th, say dav o
retribution is at hand for the outrages which
have SO long characterized the conduct OF the
enemy in the prosecution Of the war.
ADJUTANr AND INSPECTOR GENERAL's( Z
-.a OFFICE, RICHMOND, Aug. l. { ..
GENERAL ORDER, 54.
First-The following orders are publish.
ed for the information and observance of all
concerned: a.. "a o..
| "WHEREAs, By general order, dated
July 22. 1862. issued by the Secretary ol
War Of the United States, under the order
OF the President OF the United States, the
military commanders of that government
the States of Virginia, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, are directed
to seize and use any property,real orpersonal,
belonging TO the inhabitants OF this Confed
eracy, which may be necessary or convenient
for their several commands, and no provision
is made for compensation to the owners OF
such private property seized and appfopri
ated BY The military commanders. Of the
enemy. t
''3 WHEREAS, by General Order No II,
issued on the 23d Of July 1852, by Major
Gen. Pope, commanding the forces of the
enemy in Northern Virginia, it is ordered
that all commanders Of army corps, divisions,
brieades and detached commanders, will pro
coed Immediately to arrest all disloyal male
citizens within their limits, or within their
reach, in the rear Of their respective com
msnd; such as are willing to take the oath Of
allegiance 10 the United States, and will
furnish sufficient ecurity for its observance,
shall be permitted to remain at their. homes,
and pursue in good faith their accustomed
avocai0ns. Those who refuse shall be con
Quoted South beyond the extreme bounds Of
this army, and be notified that if found again
in the rear, they be considered as spies and
subjected to the extreme srIgor Of military
law. If any person, having tax N the oath
as above specified, be found to have violated
it, he shall be,s hot and his property seized
and appropriated to the public use. ~ '
/, '4 WHEREAS, BY an order issued on the
18th Of July, 1862, by Brigadier General A.
Steinwher, Major VIM. Stedman, a. cavalry
officer OF his brigade, has been ordered to
arrest five Of the most prominent citizens Of
Page county, Virginia, to be held as hostages
and to suffer death in the event Of any OF the
soldiers OF said Steinwher being shot by
bushwhackers, by which .erm is meant the
citizens Of the Conlederacy who have taken
up arms to defend their homes aud their
families. ta
rs. WHEREAS, 1t results from the above
orders that some of the military authorities
OF the United States, not content with the
unjust and aggressive warfare hitherto waged
with savage cruelty against 'unoffending peo
Pile, and. exasperated by the failure of their
efforts to subjugate them, have now determ,
ined to violate all the rules and usages Of
war, and convert the hostilitics hitherto
waged against armed forces into a campaign
Of robbers and murderers against unarned
citizens and peaceful tilets OF the soil. 9tn'1
g. WHEREAS This Government, bound
by The highest obligations OF duty OF its citi-
zens. is thus driven TO the necessity OF adopt
ing such Just measures oil retribution and re.
taliaton as shall seem adequate TO repress
and punish the barbarities.
aAnd whereas, Tho orders above recited
have only been published and made known
to this Government since the signature Of a
cartel for the exchange of prisoners Of war,
which cartel, in so far is it provides for an
exchange oil prisoners hereafter captured,
would never have been signed or aSreed TO
change this war into system OF indiscrimi,
nate murder and robbery had been made
known Of IL. .N q
HAnd whereas, A just regard to humanity
forbids that the repression Of crime which
this Government is compelled TO ENFORCE
should be unnecessary extended TO retalia-
tion on the enlisted men in the army OF the
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