Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-09-25


1.-THE citizens Of the United States,
and publicly advertised for sale IN
their cities, with notoriety that
sufficiently attests the knowledge
OF the Government; and It's COM
plicity in the crime is further
evinced by the fact that the SOL
diers Of the invading armies are
found supplied with large quanti-
titles Of these forged notes, as
| a means Of despoiling the country
people, by frand, out Of such por-
tions Of their property as armed VI
olence may fail to reach. Tive q.
least Of the Generals in the Uni
ted States are engaged, unchecked
by their Government, IN exciting
servile insurrection, and in arming
and training slayes !or waIiare
against their masters, citizens CT
tie Confederacy. Another has
been found Of instincts SO brutal
as to invite the violence Of LIS SOL
diery against the women Of il cap.
tured city.
Yet the rebuke Of civilized man
has failed to evoke from the au-
,h0riiies Of the United States enc
mark OF disapprobation CT his acts;
nor is there any reason TO suppose
that the conduct Of Benjamin +.
Butler has failed to secure from
his government the sanction AID
applause with which it is known
10 have been greeted by public
meetings aud portions Ct the press
'9f tie United States. 70 lnqui-
ries made cf the commander-in-
chief Of The armies Of the United
States, whether the atroeious con-
duct Of some Of their military
commandments met the sanction Of
that Government, answer has been
eyaded on tie preteXt that the IN.
curry was insulting, and 70 meth
'Gd remains orsupPression Of th.se
enormiti. 5 b9tsuch retyibutiye jus
tice - it may be found possible to
execute.
Retaliation in kind, for many cf
them, is ;nplact.cab.e; for | have
had occasion 10 remark III q former
message, that under 70 excess of
provocation could our nobie-heart
ed defenders be driven to wrea!s
vengeance on unarmed men, On
women, or on children. But stern
and exemplary punishment can
and must ie meted cut u the muir
derers and te!ons, who, dlsgraclng
tie profession Of arms, seek to
make of public was the occasion
for tha commission Of tie most
noMstrcus CRIMES.
Deepiy as we regret the charac-
Ter OF the cortost into which we
are about 10 be forced, He iaust
accept it as an alternative which
recent mali;iestat.oEs give Us little
hope can be avoided.
The evaporation Of failure has
aroused the worst passions Of our
enemies; a large portion of their
people, even their clergymen, now
engage in urging an exc.t-d pop
ulace to the extreme OF iefoclty,
and nothing remains but TO vindi-
cate our rights and 50 TO maintain
our rights and so maintem our ex-
istence by employing against cur
fee every ei.ergy and every re-
source at our disposal.
Iappend fer your information a
copy OF the papers exhibiting the
action Of the government UP to
the present time, for the repress-
ion Of the ouraSes committed on
our people. Other measures now
in progress will be submitted here
after.
In inviting your attention TO
the legislation which the necessi-
ties of our condition require, those
connected with the prosecution OF
the war command almost undl-
vided attention.
The acts passed at your last
session, intended to secure the
pubic defence by general enroll
ment, and to render uniform the
rules governing troops in the serv-..
ice, have led to some unexpected
criticism thstis much to be regret
ted.
The efficiency CT the law has
been thus somewhat impaired,
though it is not believed that in
any Of the States the popular mind
has withheld It's sanction from el-r