Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-12-30
HOY the Yankees Make War.


moa5ance Of the British GOveSnment upon the reten
Uol in Office Of Butler the Beast he declares that the
Yankee Armies composed mainly of young men Of
sos culture and moral Tone whose sensibities were
greatly shocked at nos receiving from the ladies of New
Orleans the civtes which they had been accustomed
Seward Is perhaps the readies and coolest liar in the
~hos Yankee natoa and that is saving great deal
these Christian patriots Of whom be speaks these high
bred AID debonaag gentlemen are for the most part
me very ves; o. the hRman'race low brutal obscene
re-ilg vretches gathered from the four quarters of
che globe, ana em5odying of immortality and
sllaasu, such the euptyng of every prison house.
9eoi'eu'isry and penal cOloay in the world would
not supply We have no idea that since the fan
q Adam there has ever been aggregated as much
gnHi-Ned sSouudresm is to be found this time in
JEs Yankee armies. And they are well and worthay
presided over b. the Gorilla Government, by Lincoln
aud Seward and Chase who propose the lsr January
70 give the character in comparison With which
TIE horrors Of JacqUere and the atrocities of Sppore
viii cease 10 be remembered as carnivas of dabolism
No wonder French Journal, Ia France should say -
1T Is no longer Of civilized people It u war of
s17ages, in which all the principles Of tue law of ma
tioGs and all she guarantees OF modern society are
t-lP.e3 uLdrr foot The horrors Of our first Repub-
ly are exceeded nothing is Any longer respected
as,herJ-e eternal laws Of justice the laws of humanity
nor the lives liberty and property Of citizens Aud
these e1cesy7 disgrace 70 age, committed
IA the mad nt0NiCatiouo Of the combat they are pro-
d.,ei in the form Of DEGREES, and cody calculated
"Pc5clnstoGs and carried into execution with iucon-
"csivabe song f.osL"
Tle OF bir1I-iry that have been perpetrated bv
che Yankee br ylais since the began nom the cold
J.5od-i MASSAGE Of women aud children at Camp Jack
son, Missouri, iu lsal down their LATE ssekiug OF
fredericksburg are such the records Of the Dark
Ages furnish ID parallel To. What i the condition OF
whole border coGatrys They came a. they sought
70 make the wOrl believe hberae Union-oving citi
zeas from the terror OF SoaspirtOrs Who had aceiden-
tAly sOt possession OF power; they bring
ensayeI people the liberties and blessings OF the pa
tsru-' Government" How have they done it. Let the
career Of Pope IN North Eastern Virginia tell Let the
des5h;ed ssds and smoking homes and fleeing families
OF olc people wherever tae robbers and eu,hroas APP
proaeh, tell l. there Anything in the records OF the
Spanish and Moorish struggles in tue wars Of the Roses
% the Thirty Years Variu Germany, anywhere in the
history Of civilized races iaat compares With the muir
derols of the euemy the aSSsnatons the arsons
the rob5eries the torture aad ruin Of womeu-tbe in
agnerabs and iud'-crbabIe viainies of ahieh unof
fsadag and hgpss people have been the victims since
this var bsgaus We do not beley, il.
Bat &; IS useless 20 continue these r,mark, Our read
ers are familiar vJl the detail, OF such scene, As We
have spoken Of We were lead speak of the Jeastly
caaracter and ulbsroas conduct Of the enemy by the
following paragraphs which iy under eve in looking
over our exchanges yesterday. They bear very re-
- relation Co On, srea, mass Of atrocities either in
amount quality, bat they serve show something Of
the gai9l'a aud morale OF the enemy;
The Wilmington Journal SAYS:
Daring the recent raid Of the enemy towards Colds
Jo-o their conduct grltutously evil and wsu,only
barbAr0Js TUev committed Oatrages which seemed 10 |
have neither object and which could have
vi. arr Justification Tie poor cell a. he
se,-srs Dirsdr and its objects Of female attire and
',g cbltrHJ.' toys rsrs torn sP Or burned out Of |
mere isrii'rH
Many plantations were stripped OF servants, horses |
pigs ca'lle, meat Goth, meal and in fact OF everything
tlaf eo1d either be carried on or destroyed. The mum
oerof negroes taken of i estimated $40 to goo and
al OF tAem working hands
Female attire ant ehiIrens toys destroyed out of
mere deyaUy-by christian warriors and gentlemen sol
d,srs
b, here "a su eyeerp, from Yankee account Of |
what done fredericksburg before the vengeance
Of Heaven fell GA them from tue batteries and muskets
Of Gen Lee.
a letter 10 she Tribune dated Fredericksburg Dec
I2tb SAYS
Tie old manson Of Douglas Gordon--perhaps the |
vsath.est citizen ia the vicnitv-i7 used the |
-eId1czrters OF General Hoslri but before he Occu
pied h. every had been With shot and then
"a she elegant fruirurs aud works OF broken aud
sJllshs1 D. the soldiers who burst into the house after
having driven the rebel sharpshOoters from behind it
when entered &c esry JIis morning before its occu
pasicn b. Gen Howard f0uEd he soldiers Of Ais IA,
.-s:0g lssriy NsslSsitty gH he rich iresfss J0trqi
g., tie uzrir06ss- had bOnns,s Of the fashion
II last year and we're surveying themselves before mir
r9rs, whSh an hour OF two 1ftersards pitched
Of To sRdCr end s7yassoi 10 pieces DoE ne Pare
-s oaers had ell CAN'T scarfs bound round their heads
n tie ioa Of t1rbns aGd skaEls around tbeir waists
We dessToyed 6y ere nearly tIo whole squares Of /
o-1ngs chiefly ussj for business purposes, together
with the fine residences Of D. MeDONe, Dr.. Smith J.
II. Kelly, A S. CUtt William Slaughter aud many 9TH |
smaller dSelncs Bssry store Think ritiogt s1csD
non, PiHdysd Of sVsry ralsa6ls artics hue drug
tore ghich EOuld not have looked badly Broadway
sol Htsrri,y one mass IF broken gias sHdidr,.
OF a former raid by the Yankees in North Carolina,
correspondent Of ths Boston Tr4rs!ler wrote OWE
hEmstO0, he said
Ihis i z saah i0Eu having before the troGl 900 |
C 100 Inhabitants Ws found alnos entirely deserted
oue or two white being ali IN ihr place
Our hat there aBOdt three hours and II the end OF
thai time the town Sas thoroughly plagsd Not only
acre u'elA anu otAnehA aruelrs tAAeh from houses
and horses barne and carriages from barns but stores
were entered and sacked, and with the "appe jack"
discovered and the Ehsky dealt by order few
we're dad drunk and many more partially frenzied.-
Whsu weuosed a considerable number bad to be urged
almost At The poat Of the bayoast while others were
lldsd into ambnianees and baggage wagons.
Of their arrival Hamilton, Of from 500 to
40 souls be says
. But Instead Of marching into the town Esre co
e-ape3 u } corn-heid just outSide OF IL The order
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