Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-29
.eThe arrument ia tbat this IS not don.

'eThe argument is that this is not done
from consideration for rebel property, but
that the crops may be preserved and fam
lies saved from suffering. If it is not
giving sid and comfort to the enemy to
thus assure them that We viii kindly take
care Of their wives and daughters, super
anuated fathers and decrepid mothers, that
the husbands and sons may be enabled to
6Fht US with minds free from all domestic
- anxiety, what in Heavens name is ? The
= old man has just sent his sons to the wars
with fervent blessing on their heads, and
his own white but not honOred head is
nightly bowed in blasphemOus prayer for
the success Of an unholy cause; the wife
d has girded her husband sword TO his side,
and bade him smite straight and deep
whenever he nears loyal heart; and now,
emboldened by the unmerited tenderness
T. shoFeTed around their dwellings, they
stand upon their thresholds and spit upon
the very soldiers that guard them. Such
q stFaining Of the quality Of mercy [ ques-
ton if the world ever before saw If the
father needs protection, let him summon
hislpons TO his side; if the wife, her hus-
band let them proclaim their repentance
for the past, and make their good inten-
tons for the future manifest by deeds. Be
f0TeF give guard under any other cir
eumstancss to the families Of the men who
are butohering eur wounded soldiers on the
6eld I'd see the rabbits burrowihg in their
fields, bats building on their hearthstones,
and owls hOoting from their ehimney-tops
70 That We come 10 protect is q f6lsehoOd. Il
is not for the accomplishment Of any sueA
aesthetic task that the loyal North has
lp0ured out its millions and its blood. We
come 70 conquer; to wipe out the debt Of
IA dges 10 teach these ehivalrOus gentlemen
who bayOnet helpless men on the battle
field that we are neither fools nor mud=I
sills to crush out the rebellion and un-
falteringly push the work to its compile
ton. Mercy 10 those who ask It, protec-
ton where the repentent claim it, but our
soldiers enlisted 70 march with the sword
! ia their hands, not an olive branch in their
mouthsl What wonder that the wives
and daughters Of these men who are fight
ing us TO the bitter end despiss us Here
we come, mighty with armies and terrible
with banners; but not to conquer, oh no
Simply to nourish and protect, and show
the South that we are right good fellows,
"a and ohiTalrous to bear arms, but not bar
barons enough to use them
Southerners have always thought us
fools and now they think US doubly So
But yesterday I heard o cream-faeed or
Ger arguing with an old beldane in her
doorway; Ny good woman, we come to
protect y0u and not HMho asked vour
projection p she said; HI hate YOU. and
We nl hate you And 1 admire her spir-
@ st. That is the tone exactly that men
-should- string themselves -up to il, if thew
u intend 70 fight. Clearly we are right or
wrong in this War-if wrong, let US dis
Il band our armies and return to the Gulf
without apology OF asking pardon for des-
eeTating door-yards. Desecrating door
-a0yards, indeed A spoon-souled Doctor in
this Division humbly asked permission Of
the people Of Falmouth to bury our sol
diers, slain in the engagement on the
q skirta Of the village in the revolutionary
bnrying-ground, saying that sooner than
s---ohend- their prgjudices he'd bury them
outside, By the road, in a ditch, anywhere.
Offend the preludices Of rebels and trait
ors, BY burying in sacred ground the dead
who fall in so holy cause as that in which
we sre now engaged I'd bury carrion
under their noses and choose for the last
Testing-place Of our dead the most beauti-
ful lawn that any Southern village affords
- let these people come humbly to Us, and
crave the privilege Of caring for the re-
mains Of those whom they have mRrtyFed
and refuse them the honor unless they
coLne WITH bowed, uncovered heads, and
IN saekcioth and ashes. am sick Of
sQueamis1ness and spOonishness. Let
these who have no stomach for this fight
depart to their homes and peace let the
baa others on to. the accomplishment Of the
work We left our homes to accomplish
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