Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-29
IuI FOLLY AID CRUELTY OF fHI AHERrcis wAh-Tr'

fHI FOLLY AID CRUELTY OF fHH AMERicAH WAA-Tr'
RAINY CT THE YANKEE
Prem the LOadsn Tines, July sih.
THE following exact, from review Of the "situa-
ton vas written beor the OF the lighting before
chmoud was received :; l ---F
Toe eye Wearies tstlf as l. attempts TO pierce
throu sh this confusion 10 search Ct the begnuDg Of the
end On neither s6e is there any relaxing or rsenrg
Tley must have suffered hardshps familiar CROUCH 10
tbs soldiers OF the p0p1louseard fet regions IN this
Old World, but very new 70 the inhabitants OF land
4 wing with milk and honey. Yet they endure, and
o. and die with all the spir worthy Of greater and
more Ineligible cause. Many Thousands OF l'ishmen
have e1paed the foes Of repeal by dying to enforce
u lion; aud as many Germans cast ous BY their own
IA herlAnd have perish ID in other meLs quarrss Yet
there il no prospect OF the war hlggng for want OF
mon and we are compelled TO lock forward to the pos
able Tina when The process of mutual destruction may
a. sas. reduce the South TO utter disproporton Of
foro Is il possible that this is the goal oil Northern
arb ion a. hat Ike the tyrant of old, they hope TO
make 90 itude and call 1t Federal Uoion! Il ia at
beat dangerous game for the invaders are Lether so
ouch at home in climate so well under cover as
tNe nhabaats Of the South nor so able to avail them
Ives of the resources Of the country.
Bot let us suppose the hiaecus consummaton let US
grAut that il nay re possible to sacrihce man against
" and by cint of money 10 procure perpetual sue
cs4siou Of American foreign recruits TO supply the
e1haussiou VIVA. will be thu vIlus Of territory from
oil which the men have been desroyedg Will 1t be
conquest when the soil alone survives with miserable
burden Of women, children and slaves the sick the aget
and the m-im,d? II this be what the Americans seri
ousy contemplate then NAV we well ask Which are the
best and ruest friends to Amerca-we, who have ad
Vsed them aud over again to divide quietly into
two friendly FederaoDs, the who advise Boston
and New York draw the rein bate the spread
OF til there remains not man 70 pull down the
Stripes and Stars on the sG OF the United Siatesl
Tie intelligence sWes in its range and in its horrors
as the flows round the whole Union, settles in the
deep iuets fOrtifCs self in peninsuas, ard becomes
chronic in vast plains Toe lo1g, weary columns Of
slaughter give day OF y b. considered as an
earnest Of the that may b, expected, should the
Tenders OF Richmond retreat the mountains in the
ar, and all the other armies now at bay ia back on
their supplies and resources in the interior The mutual
charges of inhumaniy shoS how intense ia the bitter
ness already implanted by less than two years war. II
sc ldd sailors leap into the sea- the Oone3eraeI are
charged with fling canister shot at the boats sent 10
save the drowning wretc1es. Elsewhere the Coincide
rates charged with mRssGcreng house fus OF sleep
ing contrabsnds."
These are ruro 5, and may or may not b: true.
private 81 horny always eds corToboraion CD cknr.
The same doCb. be admitted in favor Of ne
Jhodtias q; whose mercy lies the hapless city Of New
0rcans Is Story is be resl IN the proclmldons and
correspondence Of It's military masters sGd never did
corqlerors sesame such tore. They have, Indeed
conquered the city, its Inhabitants and oil is valuable
Contents though the latter be paid for gsi money
be stored in English names aud OILY wai. for the
Nenleuce OF pa Age 70 tllS country. Tue AnkTlCGOs
" one day ind tba such tyranny rccois back on the
ads Of these who coun Il, and that they
toning agsias themselves the principles which they
permit towards Others. This is the retri0uon Of poll
cy which looks only to c1nques. aud power. Il rails
dctAtors coCqusroTs and yran,s, only 10 bear their
yoke when there is no one else TO beari!.
THE IXECUIIoS OF NUNFoRD IN NKw cRLELSS-FIUTs oF
BRUIE BUTLKR's TYRANNY
From the London Morning Post July s,h Government orEAn
From New OreanI Gen. Ru ler continues to
supply food for comment Ia that city military dsspot
ism IN its most unmitigated form regns supreme
Women are outraged uader oti,ial sanction and men
arc murdered to prison after being forced to
suomi 70 the mockeTy OF trial
The execution OF IA unfortunate gentleman accused
Of having in q street tunult hauled down the Federal
Tag calls for some investigation the par: OF the GOV
eminent a. Washington. We can scarcely hope, how.
eve thst Executive which could cor nve 81 the most
wI1ton outrage orej TO the em,les Of conquered
c " will trouble itself much about an act which viii te
attributed to incorporate zeal WIKI the instinct oil his
cid profession Gen Buler seized with ayid.y oppor
taotY Of practically Illustrating the subeses Of the law
o! treason, and, by hanging Mr. Aumto'd for pulling
down hlg in a street row, established precedent
which DO subs quenly referred to in determining
vast shall be considered overt acis. IL is kumord
pfoesed HE innocence OF the sleg crime, aud
obaby told the truth but striking example being
deemed Necessary, Cen Butler not deferred by any
ars about barging The wroT man, from iurnish an
o-Ler proof 10 the citizens oil New ORLEANS OF the Vgor
Wit which be inteads setting in support of claw aud
der" Snce then he hse summary committed 10 Fort
lckson 40 Aldermln abd the OhairmlR OF the L. =
Z LET Commit ee an l!t them 10 the intervals of hard
labor With the oa ami ctaiup opportunities for Ie
ting on the ines unable advantages Of living
aldsr the mid aud p2terna Government OF toe United
S Gtes.
To US it seems perfectly inColcsivlble how the Gov.
eminent st Washrg on can leave 10 military command
at New Orleans such nan As Butler No. merely fer
The sake Of consistency With their orepeated dec!ara
tons bu: for their Interests We should have sup
posed that they would have made the position of Gill
us Of captured towns little dsagreeaols possible
Had { rbearing and temporziug policy been pursued
a. Nav 0reIns the existing between the North
aud South would have been much diminished, aud q
foundation might possibly have been laid Tor an AMIGA
bic COMPROMISE but now every day wdens the breach
Toe most W.ysFug tho meat unOroug Of Southeruere,
are being rapidly converted into impAel0le eneiuiCs.
FormsilJ ttey rspeed the advance O! the Northern
forces because threatened their political Independence
but they themselves compelled TO hsht In dc
fe7cs Of theis WomeuI honor and their oWn Ives II
the CT Cunsaaces under which New ans surrendered
we're not those which cou insure the favorable treat
men, o. the uhabianta thea under none could any oh
or city hope to meet with more consideration.
Hal neral Butler lsf. tie m2ioteDAucs Of order in
New Oiears TO the municp liy aud the poce and had
he rCfFiined from trying the ctzons before drum
cour martial tho Federal Gauss night have been mate
rally benefited By The capture OF the Crescent City
Above all had be Gbs'anei from ouiraging the susc,p-
bili,ss Of every man aud woman tu!ery tefd to the
feelings OF :scr ns:urp by the IublcAtoI OF his 100
celebrated general order tie results misa have been
o hersise than they are. Now, however tls ofprru
nity has been lost for The mischief has been DONE
81 never again, whatever may bo the iortuces OF the
a,mcs in the field the North and Souh o1 s. under
the same Government The sntipat5y generated against
Great Britain during the War oil Independence has not
after lapse Of ghty years entirely died away; but the
A"moaiiy which has duE1g the present war sprung up
between the inhabitants the rival SstGs aud VII oh IL
still fur or excited by the systematic commission Of
grA.uous outTages wilt need the hpse OF centuries be-
fJre il is entire eT'inguished.
ApJgrAST GENERALS OYPIoE, VA,
Rlohmosd, July IS, 1854
HE o-'er rsqdog that all 'rtI ard other ee' Of basn