The New York herald., 1862-03-25
The Abolition Cry OF Blood, Blood, Blood!
More BlOody

The Abolition Cry OF Blood, Blood, Blood!
More Blood
The daily attacks of the Tribune upon General
Mcclellan for compelling the rebels by strate-
gy to evacuate Manassas, shows convincingly
that the abolitionists are faction OF blood.
For this they thirst and pray, and their cry
the cry of which they never weary-is blood,
blood, blood more blood! If four or live
thousand or more lives had been lost in driving
the rebels from Manassas, the Tribune, as the
guiding light of these bloodthirsty fanatics,
would have rejoiced, and the cruel hearts of
the factionists would have been gladdened, like
to those of the brutal King of Dahomey and his
satellites, at the sight of multitude of slain
and a torrent of human blood--the diabolical
work of their own evil passions. The aboli-
tionists thirst, like that sable monarch
the color of whose skin they wor-
ship, for human slaughter-for human blood
The sacrifice Of life is what they burn
for, yearn for, cry for. They would like to see
the whole South one vast hecatomb, and where
there is no bloodshed there is for them no
glory They ignore the teachings of civiliza-
tion and hum anity, and they have no law but
the fulflment of their own dark purposes. =
In aiming at the qualification OF their own de-
sires they overlook the immense importance of
strategy in military commander, and have no
regard whatever for economy of human life.
They are wilfully blind to the fact that vic
tory gained without bloodshed is double vic
tory-a moral as well as physical one-and
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struggle with foreign foe instead of what it
is, General Mcclellan might possibly have act
ed differently, but then only under certain con-
ditions which may have been wanting at Ma
nassas. But General Mcclellan knew that in
this case strategy was particularly important,
and therefore he laid his plans for forcing the
rebel retreat and insuring for the Union
army a bloodless victory. The more
we can accomplish in the same manner the
sooner this war will be brought to termina-
ton, and the more speedily will general re-
vulsion in Southern feeling in favor of the
Union take place. The greater the slaughter
the deeper the hatred and the wilder the ex-
asperation of the people, whose return to the
Union is likely to be as much accelerated by a
change of sentiment on their part as by great
naval and military achievements on ours. But
the abolitionists cannot see this Nothing will
satisfy them but blood.
If, however, General Mcclellan was, as they
say, at fault in allowing the peaceful evacuation
of Manassas, what have they to say to General
Halleck for driving the rebels from Columbus
without striking blow, or to General Buell.
for allowing Bowling Green to be evacuated in
the same peaceful manner, or to General Pope
for not giving them little more blood at
New Madrid, or to Commodore Foote
and Gen. Grant for permitting the rebel garri-
son, all but sixty men, in Fort Henry to escape;
and last, but not least, to General Burnside for
entering triumphantly into possession of Beau
fort and suffering Fort Macon to be blown up
without . drop Of bloodshed! How atrocious
all these must be if General Mcclellan was so
bad. What pity there was not little more
bloodshed to crafty these bloody abolitionists.
The blood of ten or fifteen thousand men
would have filled these thirsty leeches with
satisfaction. AS it is, they are left to reflect
that these victories. like McClellan's have
been gained without contributing to slake
their own evil thirst for blood, blood more
blood! but considerably to restore the recreant
South to the Union, which in its folly it
forsook, and which they, in their fanatical zeal,
have never ceased to undermine.