Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-25
THE BLACK FLAG.

10 hs bdtfoy Of The Whtg:
When the Provisional Government Of the Con,eder.ts
stses sent 70 Washington City Commissioners to demand
the surrender Of Confederate Forts occupied BY FEDERAL
troops and adjust the terms Of aal separation from the
United States Mr. Seward them with the moH ro,i-
tive and solemn that the Federal Cabnes u.s
unit In opposition TO the policy Of coercion and that
Instructions would certainly be sent to hsor Andssoo
to evacaate Fort Sumter at very early day. For over
oneimonth oar Commissioners were innocent enorgh to
allow themselves to be trih.d with in this manner during
which time Lincoln made deliberate sitsmpl 10 slrsp.
ttiousv reinforce hsjor Anderson. They we're houes.
10 exhibiting the Punic quality Of their faith in ths
oat set. They lied so openly, boldly ard reeklsssly
thanot only the Confederate States but the whole void
vn bound to see that with them no pledge vas s.cr,d
snd the policy Of mendscity thus inaugur4ied by the
Lincoln Cabinet has been maintained ygorousy fron
that hour down to this. pensoned Pr = -ss com
msiionei to poison the people With prejudice against
the South. Volune" thai we're called for IN Ter al
prtn stipulation hey would be no tired only to
dsfs1d Washing 'ere converted into = ny Of IN
vassn, and driven lie cad, before abiekOry thong into
the field Civilized warfare has Its lass updsr which
courtesy Is pracsesd AID humanity viudcaied.
"Tair as tie earliest beam of eastern ilyh'
Wien frt, by tire ewldered Iyrim tpieG,
It smiles upoa the drsar! bros of night,
And silVers DER the torrents fosming tide,
Add lights the fearful path on mountain side;
Fair as that bem. although the flrest far.
Giving 10 horror grace. 10 danger prize,
Shine martial faith. and courtesy bright star,
Through oil the wreckful storms thar cloud the
brow Of war"
Nevertheless Gen. Buell. the only Pstsl com na1d-
who has not again and again gaorsd the existence Of
sach Law, and attempted TO eclipse uadss drs cloud,
of bruslity the genial Fight Of that altar. When Nc
Dowsn lef Washington city TO tsks Richmond his army
supplied with ha1dccHJ iron, and ropes ha e.
rebels Near Fairfax Court House, they cAugh, two
South Carolinians and hung them where they caught
them, This fact has been denied, explained e.
plated or retsliated. After the battle Of Balls Run
they sent white g to ash permission to bury their
dead. 1t wSs humanity granted. They left their
dead to bury their dead, and attempted, under the
p'oeson Of that white Asg, to batteries for our
destruction. On the batsleas Of Manassas they un-
fursd Confederate hg, aud shouted to troops NOT
to fire upon them, tha; they frsn4s and then
they fred upon our troops and ID. At Manassas aud
Peus,cOl, thay repeatedly ard dslb rately fred upon
hospitals wher over them yellow a,g vas .sivrg
they have az n and again piliased and then resscsd
10 ashes the private residences Of unc Kndng and hsp-
lsH sidoss aud oIpssus. Ia H,mpton Roads they
hung out . white aiF, and then pr0s!i,ulsi The
protsehon It secured 10 them TO the eowardly
asse.sna lon OF brave sesm-n A. N.wbsru in VIC
laion Of the kws Of var, they sh.ltd city cont.oing
1000 women and children, bsors sither o. man ing O.
Surrender giving the Citiz o, notice OF their in.en-
lions. Gen. Wool made . fair contract With Gen Cobb
70 release our prvatsersmsa aud exchange them br
Federal prisoners That contrsc. the Lre Ia govsra-
ment nov petempiory rsftsi to sx cute. Ksutu an
vent into Feierl camp to claim fugitive slave, and
they tied him up and gave him twenty dVs ashes upon
his bare back, In the presercs Of kis runaway slave
They seal private property and ravi,h viruous women
They bang prisoners and inprison som.n. They e on
"a Of truce, aud FIRE 90 U. from under their own
hsys Of truce They boubArd piAls and sh, towns
occupied only by women and children. Wl,hou. the
sEhtes. pretsKt for exouse shadow Of justifcs
tou they have made negroes aad cotton conuabspd in
the face Of every fact and in violation Of sl Law that
could forbid such decision. What are We to do with
such An ensmy under such nrnnmstanna-s - L-..
one suggestion to make and that is 10 hang out tbs
black H,g aud from this day forth make this b:-
isn irtsrn<einu~. EhskmE.