Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-09-02
Ietaliation.

IL IN not nlt0petlU pOSolOle 10 carry on war
successfully on humane and Christian principles.
There mast be killing, and burning, and vast.
ng. and it is impossible in all cases to save the
innocent from the NE Of the guilty. Property
and life must be dcuoyed, and the destruction
can only end win ueend OF the war. And, as
general rule, the sutteet war inticU5 the least
mlury and this is certainty true where it is
uaged on s, ,gar scale I'D now n lbIs
country. Der Gov pheh' has within the IaS'
month determined % making more vigorous
o0,r, +, cru.g tree.o. 10 tbjs end il has put
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tenderness toat haS O' "''0i'0 ''iO" u ~ ''''.''
1t hes also ~ some Ftiohs 81 TIE country VIZ
lied with sudden Gu s1meut maAuding bands
rl.l J. 4.ra tb;s M for ,aypnoe
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ouI Us warning d. = t'0'''' ''0''
and pillagc in tutur, ana as measure OF ne
ce,sary severity Ia .ppresug treason 1t is
.,u,l,,i.od .. d,;+t..tbn .u,agce ~ war AZ he-
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tween nei'Ieeie'' Id '''' ''''i '''0'0 y '''o
night that nation r. 70 pun aoWh' by the
strorg arm. all msnr.cti1u against it, author
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no"''''' eA''''"o'J W. W.
ilcly Inc moral sense JeH DAVIS ana bus con
tolerate traitors, and has caused an order to
he ,s.ued direc.,ng + officers Of Gen pone'e
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army VINO mISHt 10 't''n P'''o'ei'' " 'c'Hfust
into dungeons, and t5lted rs common icons.
lie has also issued anl5er order as follows
ADJuTANI AND iNsPL' -" ''Nh"Ni, ~. ~ ''Oh'
Richmond augu'' ~ l9o-' y
GENERAL oRDkH7' "",e"S' ln-
formation has oeen ree'ep 'naI certain peace
able citizens Of 'he l'".quIl"'c states nave
been selzed ana put 10 ''atn ~ cruer oi uthe
raj Fitch, commanding me Army Of the nltcd
States which had inya|d inc oIate Of AtKah'
sas upon the ground t't one OF the sa'd inVH'
ding army had been 'l'' oy some unknown
rr I,Y riobt Il lelend his home md
lchereas. inquiry has b.ea made Of the Govern
ment OF the United Stat as 70 the correctness
=, o"I E;. 'IJ ,"''Y '' ~ ,6e said G"ysrn
mont 10 which lnouiry tbe authorities Of the
United States have refused to answer, and
~heeaS, our Government is thereby driven TO
,o,t''oiy 'ru' bo - ..o .t +,'',, y Eo
Conlad,roio States who NAV fail INFO the hands
Of General Fitch, or any persons acting under
his authority
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XII triL,,tl a.,.rt.n and rerort IL the
President whether such ac.s have been commit
ted, and upon beng certified thereof shall orth-
WIN se' part ~ lot' u III among any pliso"-
number n nlIicers ,o'n',I 7. number ~ tbo nsr.
sons who have been nut death as AZORES id
and place t-n..ep IN cose confinement for execu-
UNI AZ sucl 'ime t5eIea,er Us may .. VtGgseu
F,,rb # caatnycd No., ~ prisoner Of war;
but place him in confinement as a felon, until
further orders OF the President by order.
1t is evident from tins course Of the rebel au-
thorltes. that they expect. by such retaiatory
measures as the above. to dictate the policy
which our Government. shall pursue in suppress
ing rebellion. TAc7 know the value and innu-
cnce Of the .cvercst measures at home, for they
have endowed those agencies until they have
made their pcopica unit in opposition to til.
United States authorities. They now are rs
ing the same treatment apon our Government
Hitherto they have successfully accomplished
their PURPOSES By tics. threats Of retaliation
and through lea of tbem. our authorize.
have abandoned one alter another the measures
Of yigor threatened against rebels ltlemain,
to lie seen whether rebelhoncan still successfully
play tins game, committing every imagiuabl,
crime agalnst our Goyernmcu, with mpuuity
and aycrting from their own heads every blow
of just punishment by utcrposing some unlor
tunate Union prisoner
We submit that in this direction the tender