The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-11

or very little, while we reduced hii n
to starvatiOn2 How insane to Tel |
the toiliug millions Of the loyal States,
whose kindred are pouring out their
blood il defense Of the Government,
that the rebels who began shall foot The (
cost of this unholy war; How ruinous
to lessen the amount of taxation by hum
dreds Of millions? Who plough for the |
rebels? Who SOW and cultivate for the
rebels -? Who ill their granaries With
breadstuifs and prepare their meats Z
Who dig their trenches, throw up their
embankments, construct their forts and
plant their cannon? Who, in all that
pertains 10 the outfit and support Of an
army are its bone and sinew, without
whose aid the rebel armies never could
have collected, and without whom they
could 'Aot remain in arms one month?
We answer he slqpes Of R,s rebels, They
are the life blood and the breath Of the
rebellion. The loyal men Of the nation
are lighting against negro power. It
seems to us absurd TO say that to deprive
the rebels Of this right arm Of warfare is
contrary 10 civilized, warfare. Starring
CIT is an old and universally recognized
rule Of warfare Cut off your enemy's
provisions whenever you can II you
can reduce him no other way, or If you
can even do il more easily that way than
any other, do it by hunger and thirst
" would puzzle a casuist TO show how
starving your enemy is more inhuman and
uncivilized than sticking bayonet in his
body, orshooting ball through his head.
Aud for fear some Constitutional man
might object against the legality Of de-
prfving rebels of tneirslave we win quote
Che opinion of Hon. RoBERT MALLORY, of
Kentucky, on this point. He declared
recently in Congress: hn1
AZ think the slaves Of Southern rebels
should be used, as our armies advance,
In all menial service, such as boating and
assisting on Qualifications"
l. lift be "radioaI" to take the slaves of
the rebels from theirmasiers il is equally
50 to appropriate them to our use, as Mr..
MALLORY advises; and if their labor viii
benefit us, il is plain that it must be even
more beneficial 60 the rebels, inasmuch
as our soldiers are Injured to work, and
the rebel officers and soldiers are not As
to Senator BRowEING's ieers at "paper
bulletins" Of cOnfscation, &c, they are
wholly out Of place, inasmuch as we don't
desire that sort Of work. We want 70
see it carried out in practice. And let il
be clearly understood that if negro es-
capes the clutches Of a rebel master, and
gets within our lines, treason shall never
have his assistance again. 1t is Senator
BRowNIEo, and those who patronizC
Cooper Institute meetings, where the
| Conservatives .....
"Resolra and re resolve, aud die tho same"
who are more liable than we are to the
chapgo Of waging war with paper bull
letins. Nor is there the least reason for
saying that this policy would exasperate
the rebels. No one who has watched the
deyilish malignity of The rebels in Ken
lucky, where the Federal forces have
been stationed for months and catching
the run away negroes of rebels, will fee
the slightest fear on this point. The
rebels are about as mad as they can be
and the class we want to strike at intend
to stay mad. u is oar policy 10 sliope Ties,
men from their present amJusoades Of ne't-
tralitg and force them into open hostility
We can fight thousand impoverished
rebels more easily and safely than
can contend against tho intrigues and
plots of one hundred rich rebels who are
ostensibly neutral, For more vigorous
prosecution of the war and its early and
successful termination, we advocate:
Fyysi-The immediate increase of our
army to one million or more if necessary
SO that we can rain regiments upon rebel
soil.
Seco,d-Subsist them of the rebels
ThTa-Neyer protect rebel property
or grant compensation TO traitors.
F5etk-Weaken the rebel strength il
all possible ways; take away their sour
ces Of subsistence especially, labOrsri
included.
Fif,h--As our lines advance place the
estates Of rich rebels at the disposal Of
the Federal Government, to be devoted
to defraying the expenses Of the war.
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