Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-12-11

still with barbarous in stincts and pur
poses-tell me, what did these fello'
traitors Of yours do in East Tennessee
While was counselling moderation !
Nashville, nv wife and children wer
at home in. Knoxville. / was charge
with nothing save loyalty; as for NJ
wife and children nothing was allege.
against them except that she was N,
wife and l was their father? = xct yeu
rebel authorities issued ans edicts 70
them to leave in thirty-six hours
Scarcely was time allowed for them {,
gather up their little household goods
Nv wife had two favorite house ser
wants. She took them with her to tn,
cars and paid their fare. when the mil
itary authorities ordered them to b,
dragged away. Men who complain o
Lincoln's procls nation. will be verl
angry at this, and say that a Lincolnit'
has no business to own negroes. YOl
will Judge that owe the rebels littI'
thanks. Not one week ago | saw thu
children of my friend, Mr.. Brownlow
lon Dging and weeping to return home
Hundreds OF like barbarities have beer
perpetrated in East Tennessee by these
rebel miscreants. Men have been shot
in many instances, in their own houses
have been tied up to trees and inhumsn'
ly whipped, while their wives and
daughters were outraged in their pres
ence.
An instance was related to me, few
days ago, in Cincinnati, by an officer OF
one Of the East Tennessee regiments,
of an aged Union man who was dragged
from his house by rebel soldiers. and
tied to a tree and brutally murdered,
while his daughters were violsted be-
fore his eyes. Who are responsible for
these villainies? The rebel Government
is responsible. and you who have aided
and countenanced them are guilty be-
fore God and your country. The time
is fast coming when you insolent lord
ings will be made to answer for these
outrages. Vengeance shall not sleep
forever. The Federal army will pass,
and justice will resume its swsy, and in
its terrible march you will be crushed
to the earth. These atrocities, which
are at enmity with the human race, will
be punished, and you will pay the pen
atty. The avenger is at band. Sup
pose your rebellion should even prove
successful; and you men who are so
fond of travel, should evG cross the
line, and set foot upon the soil Of the
loyal States, that moment, retribution
would Overtake you; for an army Of
avengers. full of undying hate, would
track your footsteps forever and wreak
their vengeance upon you.
Once more l have come o your city.
You have made a faithful effort to bring
your guerilla friends batk, but all
in vain. Our faithful G,verEor has
proved that you were correct in your
estimate Of his character, ,f bis firm
ness and self-reliance, which wavered
not in the presence of immi,ent peril
He was no coward to desrt you like
that poltroon, Harris. Hehas remain
ed with you through the darkest and
helpless hours; and, let me
tell you he will be with you to the end.
| hear il said that some Fetral soldiers
have committed excesses n foraging.
Well, remember that you invited war,
you provoked it, you deied it, you
laughed it to scorn, when came with
infant tread last March. You were
not satisfied with that and wanted more,
and to bring it on yourseye again, you
stirred up mischief. Thee is verse
which says:
"The mills ofGod grinds sbwly,..
But they grind exceedingly mall"
And you rebels nil be the gsst. Unless
this war be stopped and tlese armies
be importuned to leave, Iou may as
well depart from the country, and leave
it as unoccupied land, to be re-peopled
by other inhabitants. You have acted
the part not only Of knaves, put Of fools.
for you are the dupes of men more
cunning than yourselves. Why did you
not keep this war away from your soil?
Why did not you force it to be confined
to the place where it originated-in the
Cotton States? Oh no, you wanted to
crush out Union men in Tennessee, and
so you started an avalanche which will
grind you to powder. These ae awful
times. 1t is thought the wratl of God
was let loose upon our Natioi. You
madly unbolted the cayerns Of lis thun-
der, and be not astonished hat you
are the first victims Of his power. in
tend that you shall look the cossequen-
ces full in the face. You shall not be
weeping over a plundered corr field or
slaughtered deer, while the Stale groans
with your own villainies. There is no
hope now--your fate is seahd-bide
yourselves-hy the country You who
have brought these curses upon the
country have no hope Of pardon. Your
deluded followers. impulsive ypuths and
giddy girls, will be forgiven aid receiv-
ed back into society. but as for you.
conspirators in the rebellion, AXE your
fight--mske 1t long--and make il pre-
cipitately. There is no use il mincing
words, at an hour like the present.
One side or the other has to gq under
the nation must survive or perish. To
exterminste traitors is to destroy trea-
son; to punish the criminal $ to pro-
tect honest men. The puni bment OF
malignant and leading rebels , the sal